“We decided to ‘climb’ for the best result of the season in the world.” Coach Lasitskene is satisfied with the performance of the athlete, despite unsuccessful jumps

Coach Maria Lasitskene Gennady Gabryyan commented on the athlete’s victory in the Russian team championship, which ended in Sochi.

Lasitskene passed Tatyana Ermachenkova, despite the fact that the latter took a height of 1.91 on the second attempt, and Maria on the third. Everything was decided by the next height, 1.94, which Lasitskene took on the second attempt, but Ermachenkova did not submit to the bar.

Having already won, Maria commanded a height of 2.01, one centimeter more than the best result of the season in the world, but could not stand it.

– Is the launch plan complete?

– Yes, this is the first departure, the plan has been carried out. I had planned for Masha to complete the jump today for 1.90. As a result, it turned out that she is currently in second place in the world rankings with a score of 1.94, because in Eugene, in the Diamond League, the best result is 2.00, and the second is 1, 93. Today’s start is very successful and everything that happened, including the weather conditions, has of course benefited him. The only thing is that the wind might interfere in some places.

– Does the achievement of these heights that Maria took into account?

– Quite satisfied, but, of course, we are still going to work a lot. So far so good, everything is going as planned.

– The fact that the 1.91 only gained third, is this normal?

– It is the work, the technical work, its adaptation, as an athlete, to the conditions of competition, psychology, etc. Everything is going as planned, everything is fine, I’m happy.

– Why didn’t Maria change height today, after a missed second at 1.91?

– Today was another task – to do as many jumps as possible in technical mode. It’s not a tactical start, but a technical one, so we didn’t endure the heights.

Was the 2.01 order justified?

– We decided to “climb” to a height that will be the best result of the season in the world. This is also part of the technical and psychological work.

– Where will the next departure be?

“June 7 in Luzhniki we are preparing for it,” said Gabrielan.