Russian speed skating Alexandra Sayutina she said that at the age of sixteen she left figure skating, because psychologically it was already difficult to cope with the load.
Sayutina is the daughter of Olympic speed skating champion Svetlana Bazhanova and world championship winner Vadim Sayutin.
– It was a time when Anna Pogorilaya was preparing for the Olympics, she had back problems. She came, then she missed, the coach accumulated all that emotionally, pissed off, and it all came down to us. Our charges have increased so much that it has become impossible to remove them,” Sayutina told .
– And that day I went to the program, ripped off the jump and heard: “Either three more skates in a row to the music, or you won’t train anymore.” At that time, the situation was such that at each training session, I thought of leaving.
Usually, when the coach asked me to, I packed up my stuff and left. I was in one of my best shape. We have already overcome the moment with the transitional age, when the weight changes and the brain at this time already works differently. Everything began to improve, got in shape, was quite “dry”, and now everything went … I went, I sat on the playground, I thought, I weighed everything, called home and said to my father: “Take me away.” He is surprised: “So it’s only one o’clock in the afternoon.”
– You talked about loads, but speed skating is a huge job…
“But it’s a completely different sport. And morally a little easier.
Source : MatchTV
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