“I didn’t even think that I was now the record holder, it didn’t put pressure on me” – track and field athlete Krylov

Sprinter Konstantin Krylov, after winning the 60-meter exhibition race as part of the Athletics Week, said that he was in no hurry for the Russian record, which he broke in March .

On Tuesday, demonstration races will take place on Nikolskaya Street in Moscow as part of Athletics Week. In March, Krylov broke a 31-year-old record for a distance of 60 meters at the Russian Indoor Championships and covered the distance in 6.56 seconds.

“I didn’t even think that I was now the 60 meter record holder. It doesn’t put any pressure on me. I really liked it, I won and I’m happy with it. In relation to the opponents, of course, but in the context of the spectacle, everything was enough. I didn’t run last year, but I didn’t notice that the platform was somehow elastic, everything was as usual. I was delighted that the audience supported us and were there for us.

— Will you fight with your adversaries at the Znamensky Brothers Memorial?

“Of course, we will fight,” reports the correspondent of , according to Krylov’s words.

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