Olympic cross-country skiing champion Veronique Stepanova In her column on , she recalled the unsuccessful live broadcasts, noting that working on mistakes is always a challenge and motivation for her.
At the end of last season, Stepanova won the overall standings of the Russian Cup and also became the best in the long-distance running standings. Last week, the 23-year-old athlete posted a photo on social networks next to her crib and announced that she was preparing to become a mother and would therefore miss the upcoming season.
– Either you retire, or you try to realize yourself in related areas of entertainment for the population – primarily in the media, but also in art, in advertising. Yes, we lack fundamental education; we often fail to remember the difference “between Bach and Feuerbach.” Do you remember? And if you remember, then why do you have an audience of ten thousand people, and Alina [Загитовой] – a few million already, but it will be ten. Maybe because millions of girls want to be Alina – and not you, the stuffy and mossy ones?
Yes, in the race to chase all the hares at once, we make mistakes, all of us. I’ve had a few completely disastrous live shows where I said total nonsense, and all because [тренер Егор] Sorin changed the plan at the last moment; instead of a day off, there was a very hard training right before going on air. And there is no one to blame: my main job is as a professional athlete. “First of all, airplanes.” But every time I watch my failure on air, I learn to be better, to quickly search my head for arguments and quotes. It is a challenge and motivation.
Of course, I and, I am sure, Alina want to be like San Sanych Karelin in his ability to capture the attention of the audience, control the degree and direction of the discussion and not allow anyone to doubt the intellectual baggage of the athlete. . This is a great example, we learn from it. But this does not mean that you should remain silent until you reach his age, experience and merits in various fields. Each generation has its own heroes and idols, ”Stepanova wrote.
Alina Zagitova won gold at the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. The athlete also won victories at the World and European Championships. In 2019, she put her career on hold.
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