Russian diver Gennady Vagin said that after an unsuccessful attempt at synchronized to individual ski jumping as part of the Friendship Games, he had to rehabilitate psychologically.
Vagin made a “timing” error on the first day of competition at the “Friendship Games” stage in Kazan. On Wednesday, in individual jumps on a three-meter springboard, he became the third.
– It was difficult to get together, before there were no such breakdowns. It touched me both in the preliminaries and in the final – especially in the final: more fans, television. I overcame myself.
Have you collapsed painfully?
– Not. On the contrary, there was confusion – I did not understand how it happened. Many times I saw – well, anything can happen.
– Did you follow the results of your opponents today?
— I tried to switch off after the first jump. I was no longer following the scoreboard, only my lap.
– Had to such experienced Evgeny Kuznetsov, Sergey Nazin …
– They are much more experienced than me, but if I assemble the program to the maximum complexity, I can fight them.
– Is there a jump that Zhenya Kuznetsov is already doing, but not yet?
– Four and a half turns forward. But I want to cash in, maybe for the next championship or the Russian Cup.
The victory in this type of program went to Evgeny Kuznetsov (485.60 points), the second was Sergey Nazin (456.55), Vagin – the third (448.45).
Source : MatchTV
