Olympic champion and head coach of the Russian national judo team Arsen Galstyan in an interview with , he said that the athlete did not complete the job if he won the World and European Championships, but did not win the gold of the Olympic Games.
Galstyan won the 2012 Games in London in the weight category up to 60 kg. He also has one gold medal and two bronze medals from the European Championships, one bronze from the World Championship.
One year before the Paris Olympics. What can you say about the work of the technical staff?
– Another whole year! For an athlete, that means there’s still a lot of work to do. There are those weight classes where there is no clear leader, where you have to compete with each other. Even before the Olympics, we will have many training camps and competitions. Our guys are leaders in the last Grand Slam tournaments in Mongolia and Kazakhstan.
– Evaluate the performance of the Russian team at the World Cup.
– Excellent result. We have two world champions. The last time this happened was in 2001. After so many years, here is the result.
Of course, I wanted more, because there are guys in other weight classes who could have won medals, but due to some technical errors, they missed the chance to win gold. But that’s the way to the Olympics.
– Can a judoka career be called successful and ideal if there is gold at the world and European championships, but no Olympic gold?
I think this is unfinished business. The games are the pinnacle, every athlete dreams of becoming an Olympic champion, Galstyan told .
The 2024 Olympics will take place in Paris from July 26 to August 11.
Source : MatchTV
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