World champion in the 110 meter hurdles Sergei Shubenkov in an interview with , he said he would like to participate in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, emphasizing that the situation in the world is changing rapidly.
Russian track and field athletes have been suspended from international competitions due to the situation in Ukraine.
— You said that the Olympic movement was collapsing. But at the same time, you maintain the hope of participating in the 2028 Games. Isn’t there a contradiction in that?
— Yes, but I am optimistic in life. I always want to believe in the miracle and the high ideals proclaimed by the Olympic Charter. Even if life again and again puts us in our place, explaining that there is absolutely nothing more ideal than money in this world, including for the International Olympic Committee. Will this suddenly resolve? In four years!
One day they called me from a bank, they forced me to buy products, they said to me: “Let’s give you money now, we will do something, and in five years we will give you give three times as much? I’m like, “When are you going to give it?” In five years? Seriously?” It was 2023. Five years before, I had not participated in a single national competition, but in 15 international competitions, of which I won 11. I have more than 100,000 dollars in prize money in money, I travel everywhere, there is no place for stamps in my passport, visas for all countries, I am a world citizen And in 2023 I cannot transfer to a neighboring country. Can you imagine how much has changed in five years? Now everything is completely different.
Although I also struggled with pain. I was dropped by Omar MacLeod, struggled in Doha, tried to recover and finally managed to get through it – took second place at the 2019 World Championships. That was just five years ago, and 2028 is only four years away. “Everything can change radically,” Shubenkov told .
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