The coach of the Russian national track cycling team – on the Junior World Championship: “For the guys, it’s a necessary breath of fresh air”

Vladimir Kiriltsev, coach of the Russian national track cycling team, told that admission to the Junior World Championships in Cali (Colombia) was a breath of fresh air for the athletes, pointing out that the techniques of motivation without international tournaments work increasingly difficult.

Russian cyclists, participating in the tournament in neutral status, won three gold medals in the first three days of competition: Nikita Kiriltsev (keirin), Ruslan Kuznetsov (scratch) and Elizaveta Solozobova (sprint).

Are you happy to have come to these competitions?

“It was a well-deserved breath of fresh air. For the guys, it’s all just a curiosity, they were rolling with their mouths open as we arrived. But all this is important even for me, because all the coaches unanimously say that, of course, we manage, but the motivational techniques become more and more difficult.

I lost my voice – already weaned. Previously, at each stage of the World Cup, World Championships and Europe, I would switch to bass after the first days of competition, now it is forgotten. But today he also screamed on the track. It is necessary to prepare athletes only to win, Kiriltsev told .