Three-time Olympic cross-country ski champion Alexander Bolshunov on he expressed the opinion that after injuries and failures one can become much stronger.
Bolshunov injured his back last summer during training camp, which is why he approached the season with limitations in his training work. This season, the athlete won 12 consecutive races of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup.
— In Tyumen, we ran 10 km “skating”. I probably ran the first lap, or it was the end of the first lap, my back was already loaded and tired. I felt that I had to be careful, go a little more calmly, finish the race, because I had already won. I understood that we had to get there so that development would not go any further. Because I took a certain speed, quite high, at the start, and there was a little overload.
Even in this condition, I understand that it is possible to fight for the World Cup, and for the Tour de Ski, and for everything that exists. We are fighting. We have other cups: the Russian Cup and others, which are also necessary.
Motivation finds me on its own. This happened to my back. The motivation is to get out of this situation. How is it possible? It turns out that anything is possible. Even after such injuries, some failures, it is possible to become even stronger, and much stronger.
Mallets [Артем Мальцев] He said to me: “Tomorrow we will probably beat you. » I answer: “I don’t even consider what breed it is. » And when I leave, I say: “Wow! (points to the cookie and laughs). From me, of course. All the guys want to beat me, obviously. They want it, but I want it too. I want to fight. This is the important point,” Bolshunov said in Andrei Romanov’s special report “The Bolshunov Year” on .
Watch live broadcasts of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup races on Match Group TV channels, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
Source : MatchTV
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