Anatoly Kiselev, winner of the Russian Cup in the 110 meters hurdles, told that winning a tournament without Sergey Shubenkov and winning against him are fundamentally different things.
On Saturday, Kiselev won the Russian Cup in the 110m hurdles with a score of 13.78 seconds. Second place was taken by Konstantin Shabanov (13.82), third – Philip Shabanov (13.88).
Shubenkov misses the Russian Cup due to a broken collarbone, resulting from a fall from a motorcycle. He is currently recovering.
– We can say that Artem Makarenko gave me first place today. Anything can happen in hurdles, at first I lost my rhythm, then I started to catch up and was just hoping to finish at least third. And then Makarenko suddenly went astray, there were two rivals on the flanks, and there it was already common.
Of course, without Shubenkov, motivation is lost. Winning the Cup without Shubenkov and winning the Cup with Shubenkov are fundamentally different things. Well, what is 13.78? It’s not even time. Sergei would say, “Your electronics are broken.” I’m looking forward to his return, I want to go to the start again with the world champion. I want to go abroad, I need to gain experience.
The IOC didn’t invite us and Belarusians to the Olympics? Well, sad. I can only say one thing: they are afraid of us. Maybe they have softer electronics, maybe something else. Our launchers will simply crush them there. Well, we sprinters have to go there to gain experience, new formations, ideas. Even just to watch it, the idea of athletics is already completely changing. They are completely different emotions. Too bad they won’t let us in. I really want to go fight,” Kiselev told .
Source : MatchTV
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