Three-time Olympic champion Alexander Bolshunov on he urged not to compare him to the king.
On Friday, Bolshunov won the 10 km time trial at the second stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup in Tyumen. He posted a result of 22 minutes 25.6 seconds, ahead of Artem Maltsev by 27.3 seconds and Savely Korostelev by 31.2 seconds.
— You have won everything this season so far. How does this work? Is your motivation good?
“So far I have managed to win, which I am very happy about.” Where to find motivation? Probably where many people lose it, but I, on the contrary, find it. Because when I got injured, it was a challenge for me. I accepted it. And now I’m trying to fight.
— How did your fight with Korostelev go? King and Dauphin?
– About the king… Don’t go too far. I am above all an athlete, as I am. I’m trying to be normal. They didn’t talk to him about anything. I caught up with him. I followed him up a climb, then continued and worked. He understood that he had to fight for third place and that I just had to keep the pace. And the speed was a little higher because they helped each other.
Judging by the results, you can earn more on the “ten” than on 15 kilometers. But 10 km is a specific distance. Here you need to break down and have time to achieve the fastest result. This is why we need to find a happy medium here. Not everyone succeeds. And break down by giving your best. It’s a kind of distance.
“It snows faster here, a lot of people have talked about it.” Have your muscles managed to rebuild themselves?
– GOOD. The snow is slower at the top of Teoi, but it also fell here, so it also became slower, mixed with artificial snow. “He is faster (than at Top of Teya), but his muscles are in normal condition, despite the fact that he had to miss half of the summer to perform heavy workloads,” Bolshunov said on .
On Saturday, December 2, sprint races will take place at the second stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup in Tyumen. Watch the live broadcast of the qualifications from 08:55 (Moscow time) on the Match! Arena”. The finals will be broadcast from 10:50 (Moscow time) on the channel, matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru sites.
Source : MatchTV
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