The coach of Russian gymnasts Dina and Arina Averin, Vera Shatalina, last fall, two months after the end of the Olympics, told how Irina Vigner warned Dina ahead of the final ribbon exercise exit at the Tokyo Olympics.
Games Dina Averine passed all four types of all-around without errors visible to the eye, but took second place. Israeli Lina Ashram won with a loss in the ribbon exercise. Dinah’s sister Arina Averine – she also made a big mistake in the tape and did not get on the podium, remaining in fourth place.
– You see, as a teacher, coach, I can say that it was in this exercise that she went bankrupt. And there were the words of Irina Alexandrovna that Dina, the whole country is behind you, you have a chance. That’s what I heard: “Dina, you have a chance.
It is not possible to tell every athlete that someone breaks down, but Irina Alexandrovna knew that she could count on Dina, that it was Dina who was the absolute three-time world champion – she knew how to knock down the situation in the right direction and right way. He is a rare athlete who can resist when you are congratulated and told that you have such a train behind you, that the country is behind you. Honestly, I didn’t expect such a performance from Dina’s band. It was perhaps one of his best performances from the band.
– The Tokyo Olympics are the second that Irina Alexandrovna could not attend. What was your communication like with her in the sub-gallery?
– Well, it was very hard. First, the very fact that she wasn’t there… I’m not even talking about the kids anymore, we’re talking about us, the coaches. When you see it on the screen or hear it in the headphones, it’s completely different. For me, his presence is already half the victory. It seems to me that if she had been there with us, many outrages would not have occurred.
Technically it was also difficult. Irina Alexandrovna’s broadcast was a bit late, by 2-3 seconds. Girls always wear headphones, until they say something, until the signal reaches Irina Alexandrovna … But the Japanese have it all planned, they don’t give extra time for anything . They get up, listen to it and at that moment they are asked, for example, to move on to another carpet. It was all very entertaining.
Yes, and I practically did not hear her – the girls had headphones. There have been times when I would like to consult, but either have to call it separately or distract the girls. I wanted to talk face to face with her in certain situations.
And technically, what did that look like? Zoom, Skype?
– By zooming. It went on and off, there were communication problems. We were very far from each other, Irina Alexandrovna at that time was not even in Russia. It was purely technically difficult, but morally even more difficult. I missed her there.
Source : MatchTV
