Double Olympic bronze medalist, 2019 world champion, seven-time Russian boxing champion Andrei Zamkovoy told he never thought about changing his sporting citizenship.
– Everyone is upset [что нет возможности выступать на международной арене], – said 35-year-old Zamkova, “”. – After all, everyone trains and comes to big sport to participate in the Olympic Games. But for now everything is in limbo. We hope that our country will be admitted to the Olympic Games and world and European tournaments.
– Are you afraid of missing the Games in Paris?
– It’s very sad. We have to hope for the best. As it will be, so it will be.
– The motivation of this does not become less?
– Of course not. We continue to train, go to training camp. Yes, there are fewer tournaments and international meetings. But we also organize excellent tournaments in Russia: the Russian Cup, the Victory Cup, the Spartakiade. In these competitions you can gain experience.
– Andrei, you have to admit that you are a centuries-old boxer for Olympic boxing …
– My technique is not professional boxing. I don’t see myself in that sense, I don’t have such an arsenal. I don’t have punching power, I have a style of play. And I feel more comfortable playing as an amateur.
– I started my question to find out if you had any ideas about stopping your career due to the impossibility of performing on the international scene?
– Thoughts such visit, but I do not think so. Honestly, after the 2012 Olympics and after the 2016 Olympics, I thought about it. But you see, he stayed. In boxing, it is better not to guess.
– And after the Tokyo Olympics, did you think about ending your career?
– After Tokyo, there were no such thoughts. I want to box in the Russian championship and win gold.
– How do you view a subject such as the evolution of sports citizenship?
“Everyone has their own vision. If a person wants so badly to participate in the Olympics and the management gives permission… Such thoughts have never visited me to compete for another country. I find it difficult to answer this question. It’s a personal matter for everyone.
former tennis player Daria Kasatkina spoke about the fact that young Russian tennis players should think about changing their sports citizenship to be able to perform on the world stage. State Duma deputy Roman Teryushkov said he made a proposal to equate changing sports citizenship with high treason.
Source : MatchTV
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