Short Course European Champion Nika Godun told that she left to train in Luca Gabrilo’s group this season because it was necessary to reboot emotionally.
Godong in the Spartakiad of the strongest won the 100-meter breaststroke.
“It was psychologically important for me,” Godun told . – It is difficult to swim only at the Russian Championships, because international competitions in themselves bring completely different emotions. What’s going on here (Spartakiad of the Strongest) isn’t bad. It’s what you need to survive in today’s realities, but it doesn’t come close to world championships.
Therefore, for me, the experience of training with athletes from other countries was somewhat of a substitute.
– How did you manage to organize it? It’s very difficult to do that now, as I understand it.
– Not easy. And, unfortunately, now the situation in the world is such that not all coaches are ready to work with Russian athletes, even if it concerns only training. It turned out that it worked out, because Anya (Egorova) was already there, she introduced me.
– You were almost the only one to have said that at the Russian Championship: there are not enough emotions. Why do you think?
Because we don’t accept it. It is accepted that we are emotionless iron athletes. Unfortunately, when athletes are tired, they don’t understand it. Immediately, “What, that’s not enough for you?” – such questions begin … But the fact is not that it is not enough. Just “why not!”
Source : MatchTV
