Olympic high jump champion Maria Lasitskene said she would not compete in absentia with the athletes who will participate in the Paris Olympics.
The high jump competition at the Paris Olympics will take place from August 2 to 4 (women) and from August 7 to 10 (men).
— In my training, there are no tasks for specific numbers. I never set myself the goal of showing a certain height. This is an additional obstacle for me. At every start, I want to show my maximum, give everything. And what is the result, so that’s what I worked for today.
In terms of comparisons… I don’t think they will compare. It’s no use. But maybe it’s just my mood at the moment. In 2016, when we also missed [Олимпийские игры]it was different. I knew that 2 meters was the best result of the season. Then there was a different situation, different thoughts. Now it’s a different time, different results. I don’t want to waste energy on it, I want to jump, show the result – what I’m ready for today,” a correspondent reports, reporting Lasitskene’s words.
As part of the international tournament “New Height”, the 12 best jumpers (6 women and 6 men each) will perform on August 3 in Moscow at the amphitheater of the Salyut Heraklion sports complex, and on August 31 the competition will take place in Prokhladny (Kabardino-Balkarian Republic). In addition to Lasitskene, the series will bring together: indoor world champion Danil Lysenko, junior world champion Natalya Spiridonova, medalists of the world and European championships, winners of the national championships Maria Kochanova, Ilya Ivanyuk, Kristina Koroleva, Karina Demik.
“Many people know that I had an injury in the spring, and all this time we trained with hope and underwent rehabilitation. The first start was successful, then I showed a good result. I train, I do my best, I continue to love high jump, I continue my career. An injury always introduces adjustments in the training process. We did not want to force, we did not want to aggravate the injury. All my thoughts were aimed at healing everything to the end, and I did not feel any discomfort during training. That is why the rehabilitation took so long. Everything went well, we jump in training, I do everything.
The best training is competition, so the more competitions, the better. I am preparing for a serious debut, where I have to perform and show a good result, and try to enjoy it. The format requires a lot of spectators and a lot of activity. The tournament in Prokhladny is an additional motivation, because the republic has never seen my jumps before, there have never been such competitions. I am glad that this year will be such a festive year for the sports component of our city. And I consider myself an active athlete, and not an organizer, this will be a full-fledged tournament for me as an athlete, “the athlete added.
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