Tokyo Paralympic Games track and field champion Anton Kulyatin told how to run the two toughest distances in one day and win medals in both.
— How would you rate the performance at the Paralympic Games “We are together. Sport” in Sochi?
— I started with 1500 meters. Won, showed good seconds. Today I decided to combine two distances – the 5000 and 400 meter finals. Accordingly, silver and gold.
– And how do you feel after such a group?
– It is not worth repeating it. It still did pretty well.
– Is it true that they say that 400 meters is the most difficult distance in athletics?
– Depending on how fast you run. I run for endurance, not acceleration. Some start like 30 yards, or try to give four hundred square yards in a row. I’m starting at a different pace, but I’m running. Every 200 meters – 25.2, it turned out 50.41.
They ran without a leader. The vision allows it?
– Yes. The problem is congenital, hereditary, the father also saw badly. I wore glasses from the first year, at the age of 18, I was allowed to wear contact lenses, but my vision gradually deteriorated. And it keeps getting worse.
– Can’t you stop him?
– Untreated. Atrophy of the optic nerve, no surgery can fix it. I accept the disease for what it is. The left eye almost does not see, the right – minus 13-14. It does not interfere with sports to some extent.
Today at 7:00 p.m., Sochi will host the closing of the Paralympic Summer Games “We are together. Sport”.
Source : MatchTV
