“A moment of devastation.” Zagitova called the most difficult tournament in her sports career

Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova said that at the 2018 World Championships she faced enormous pressure.

Zagitova also won the World and European Championships. At the 2018 Post-Olympic World Championships in Milan, she took fifth place.

— A moment of devastation. Literally two or three weeks have passed since the Olympics, and the World Championships in Milan were a short period during which so much happened! My temperature was 39.5. This is a normal situation after a state of tension. Fear of losing, enormous pressure, fear for the reputation of our country. I lost. A year later I won the World Championships. I adjusted the work strategy and worked on the mistakes. So purpose and motivation are important. The main thing is to understand why you work, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Zagitova’s words.

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