Russian divers are used to the idea of Chinese athletes’ constant superiority in competitions, says Olympic champion Ilya Zakharov .
– Speaking globally, of course, we do not have such a number of people involved, respectively, there is no possibility of forming a new team almost every four Olympic years. But in fact, a lot comes from the attitude of the athletes themselves towards what they are doing. First, there should be an understanding: what do you want to achieve? I would say that in my time everything was much harder in terms of requirements.
So it is with the Chinese. It seems to me that we have gradually gotten used to the idea that we cannot be better than them. And that’s not normal. Aren’t we able to perform the same difficult jumps? Box. You don’t know how to enter the water without splashing? Another question is who does it best. So, it is enough to train, to prepare for complexity, risks, heavy loads. And to the fact that not everything will work out right away, RT quotes Zakharov.
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese diving team won 7 out of 8 gold medals and five silver. The Russian team has a bronze medal.
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Source : MatchTV
