The Kuts Memorial athletics tournament in Moscow was very important for the Russian Danila Lyssenko since his sporting destiny depended on this debut, the athlete’s personal trainer Sergey Klyugin told .
Lyssenko took first place in competitions in Moscow on Thursday. For the 25-year-old athlete, this victory was the second after a four-year disqualification. The high jump silver medalist was suspended in the summer of 2018 for missing three doping tests.
– If he hadn’t jumped 2.34 today, the season would be over for him. And he couldn’t talk to the Spartakiad. It was the first step to integrate the national team. You understand that he had four difficult years. Now I would like to go out and live normally, continue to prepare and achieve global results. Yes, we don’t have the right, but we still have to prepare. If this is not done, where will the result be? said Klyugin.
– Where are all the competitors? Why is this beginning so easy?
– This beginning was not very important for the others. He was important to Dani. Others have already scored all their points. It was important for them to earn money for the prizes and to be happy. Danya was only interested in the result. Here, his destiny was played out.
– I accidentally heard from the judges that the bar was 2.35 cm and not 2.34. It’s true?
No, it’s just a joke (laughs). In fact, the judges are scared and most set the bar a little higher. If, God forbid, there is a change, the result will not be counted. And so we had a story when my student Ivan Ukhov jumped 2.41 in Chelyabinsk. The judges took it and measured it: it turned out 2.42, but they counted it as 41. Everywhere they wrote 42, so the result was not counted. Vanya then had to go to the Czech Republic and jump 42 in front of everyone.
– Danil only started training this year, right?
Yes, this year. All this time he did not actively keep himself in shape. What and how – he will tell better. I can only guess. I am a salaried person.
– Are you satisfied with two starts?
– Oh, sure. Everything is going according to plan. This is a good start. In Chelyabinsk we will already take any height. To win.
Source : MatchTV
