17-year-old Daniel Marinov became the second in the “Russian” all-around at the Russian Cup in Kaluga. This all-around competition can be called “Russian” due to the scheme for calculating the amount, which is carried out over two days of competition – qualification + final. That is, for the twelve exits of the athlete towards the projectile. Let me remind you that at international competitions, athletes start from zero in the final – qualifications are not taken into account.
So, if you recalculate the all-around amount according to international rules, then Marinov won the Russian Cup. On the final day, he scored the best total in six events – 85.632. Nikita Nagorny scored 84,998 for the final. But, since we are talking about the “Russian” scheme, a qualification was added to the final, and Nikita turned out to be the winner with a score of 168.763. And Marinov took second place – 168.164.
We spoke to Daniel after completing the crossbar exercise that crowned the all-around. Even before the price. The visibly tired athlete was seated without his uniform top, which allowed the tape stretching from the back to be noticed. This is where the conversation started.
– And for the back, are there teips, insurance or a problem?
– The problem, and it came out of nowhere, you might say. The first day of competition passed, the all-around qualification in some types, and in the evening I felt pain in the right side of my back. Also, it’s not the muscles that are on the outside that hurt, but something on the inside, when twisting. At first I thought it would hurt and gave up. But the next day it did not let go, it only got worse, some movements were very painful to do. I went to the doctor, they did everything for me – put needles, gave anti-inflammatories. Today, I hoped that he would let me go, but alas, no.
– How did the body pass the general competition given this problem?
– We started with freestyle, everything seemed to be fine, the back didn’t bother me much. But then, with each shell, it was more and more difficult. After the jump, I felt that it already hurt a lot, it hurt with every step, it was given in the thoracic region on the right side of the back. I was stretched, massaged, stretched. On uneven bars, I kind of forgot about the problem. Well, he hung on the crossbar, kayfanul, in the same place where the body is stretched. Now everything is fine, I hope that tomorrow in the finals I will not pay attention to that.
– If you translate into numbers, estimates, how much did you miss today because of your back?
I don’t like to talk about injuries. And no matter what anyone tells you that during the performance he couldn’t do something because he was in pain, then that’s rubbish. After all, when you go out to talk, raise your hand, you forget everything. It’s about knowing how to do it, not what hurts. Therefore, I can’t say that I didn’t get it somewhere because of my back, because I didn’t think about it during the performances.
– Did you expect to lose only Nagorny overall and beat Belyavsky?
– I didn’t listen, because when I do that, I start to worry. Yesterday I thought of nothing, I listened to music, watched videos, talked with the guys. And this morning, when I got up, I said to myself that I had to pass with dignity. And, thank God, I did.
– Returning to the competition, after the all-around in the Czech Republic, where everything did not work out, many here did not believe that you would be enough for two days, for twelve exercises.
– Yes, in Kazan in the all-around I fell eight times in two days. But I prepared much better for the Russian Cup, I knew what my mistakes were when I started to worry about leaving as an adult. And he worked, worked much better than when preparing the Chechen Republic.
– Was there a fear of repeating the failure of the all-around competition in the Czech Republic, a desire to work more cautiously?
– No, it certainly wasn’t. On the contrary, the mood was – to come together and confidently go all the way.
– How do you manage to avoid the other extreme – excessive excitement during competition?
– When I realize that I am in such a state, I sit down, calm down and continue to prepare for the next projectile. You need a cycle, you don’t have to be constantly on or constantly cooled, because both are bad.
“Daniel, what’s on your ears?”
– They are magnetic balls that create a kind of field that reduces excitement. Chinese medicine.
Does it help or rather a placebo?
– If only self-hypnosis. It works.
– In the end – all around money. The next big start is the Spartakiad at the end of September. Do you believe that there, in the all-around, you can meet both Atur Dalaloyan and Nikita Nagorny, who will be even better prepared? What will be the real battle?
– Of course, and I’m ready for that. I’m already waiting for this moment. I have something to add on the second jump, it was not finalized for me. There is in stock, in inventory, a better jump – to the base above. But I didn’t have time to prepare him for the Cup. But here in the jump final, I’m going to show you two jumps. I hope to do both. There, the base of the first is 5.6, that of the second is 5.2.
Source : MatchTV
