Sparring with the 2020 Olympics bronze medalist Madina Taimazova helped judoka Eva Ognivova win the Anatoly Rakhlin Cup, Chelyabinsk region team coach Andrey Morozov told .
Ognivova won in the category up to 70 kilograms. The athlete won the gold of the tournament for the second time. The Anatoly Rakhlin Cup took place in St. Petersburg on June 3-4. Over a thousand under-18 athletes from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Serbia, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan took part in the competition. The sets were played in 17 weight categories: nine for boys and eight for girls.
— How would you rate your student’s overall performance at the tournament? However, for the second year in a row, he won competitions at the Anatoly Rakhlin Cup.
– He certainly likes it. This can already be called stability. And this result pleases. But there’s a lot of work behind it all. So everything is understandable. Although judo is an unpredictable sport. Sometimes even the strongest athletes lose. But Eve’s stability is understandable.
– Do you have any idea how you managed to achieve such stability?
“Completely understandable. First of all, this is a clear diet, an integrated training plan, regardless of holidays, birthdays. This plan also includes small areas for rest and recovery. That is to say that the work is well thought out. Eva sticks to the plan. We are therefore gradually approaching the rest of the starts and trying to show a good result.
– Eva trains with Madina Taimazova, who won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Can we say that it also helps to obtain results?
– It worked well for us that they were in the same weight class. It’s great that we have the opportunity to work and compete. Today, any result is teamwork. If we talk about Madina, then we always appreciate and bow to the work of our sparring partners. Therefore, of course, there is also his contribution to this small coin.
– Given progress and stability, will you move to St. Petersburg? Center for your sport.
“We didn’t have that in our plans. A work strategy has been developed. At this time, we are not planning to move.
– In general, next season in which team will Eva train – in youth, youth, or are they already invited to adults?
– The last tournament was one of the last starts for the young men. Now she is part of the U18 team and the next step is the U21 team. In other words, for the moment, our task is to make it happen. But the horizon opens automatically. You can participate in competitions up to 23 years old, and a year later you can compete as seniors. Such a plan,” Morozov told .
Source : MatchTV
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