gymnast Victoria Listunova in a conversation with a correspondent, she shared her impressions of the victory in uneven bars exercises at the Russian Cup in Kaluga.
Victoria Listunova, due to a foot injury, participated in the Russian Cup in only one form. The athlete won the qualification on Wednesday, and on Saturday she became the best in the final. With a score of 15.233, she beat Melnikova, who came second, by 0.200 points, and Maria Minaeva, the bronze medalist, by 0.367. The gymnast simplified the combination on the bars, both in qualification and in the final.
– Is it difficult to do just one look?
– Of course, it was incredibly unusual, because I understood – there is an approach and that’s it. In the all-around, you can get by at the expense of other shells, but here the only approach and you need to do your best.
– At the same time, during competitions, you were all the time with the team on all apparatus and practically performed the function of a leading coach.
“The girls really need support, it’s very important. I’m also a member of the national team and probably just have to help and support them. Well why not? I would stand idle in the stands, but it’s so interesting to help the girls, they also ask me to be there, to bring something, to help and I’m happy.
– In this mode, is it easier to approach from your own view than from the locker room, passing directly under the bars?
– I don’t even know, I used to be a team together. Today there was a vault in front of the bars, and I supported the girls, it was very important and necessary for them. We are used to being together.
– About the combination on the uneven bars. In testing they did a “double somersault with two screws” disassembly, but in competition they simplified it to “two with one”, why?
– In the test, I did the disassembly separately, outside the suit, but it is important to know how it will look in the suit, on fatigue. We decided to play it safe, because due to the pain in my leg, I couldn’t land completely on that leg and I did something on the uneven bars for a long time without landing. And since the exit is a complex element of coordination, it is very important to do it from time to time. Of course, I trained, but I decided that it was better not to take risks, not to do it incomprehensibly so that the coach did not think whether I would get up after the exit or not.
– It’s the end of the Russian Cup for you, what’s next, in what direction will the preparations for the Spartakiad take place?
A week off, then back to work.
– When will it be clear that the leg allows you to make all the shells?
– Even before the Cup, I started doing all-around on the sly, acrobatic jumps, it’s just that here they decided to do only uneven bars. So now, after the rest, I will come to the base and start preparing everything.
Source : MatchTV
