Winner of the Speed Skating World Championships Evgeniya Lalenkova says that leaving women Russian team Polish coach Pavel Abratkevich was a blow.
The contract with Abratkevich was not renewed after the 2021/2022 season. Now Lalenkova trains under the guidance of her husband Evgeniya Lalenkova .
– It was probably a strong psychological blow when it turned out that Pasha would no longer work with us. I did not see any other option to work with, except under the leadership of Evgeny Alekseevich (Lalenkov, husband of Evgenia Lalenkova – approx.), Because the technical aspects are very similar. On the downside, we are still in the “athlete-coach” situation, the conversations are still only about training and athletes. Among the pluses, there is the tactical race of the 1500 m distance, in which I specialize. This is the merit of Zhenya. Nobody teaches tactical distance running, he did it and it works – not only with me, but also with other athletes who train with me in the group, – Lalenkova told a conference Press.
– We had a serious renewal of the composition, – said Evgeny Lalenkov. – Among the most experienced athletes – Evgenia, who is unrealistically motivated, performs the load at 300% and always shares her energy with the whole group, which is much younger than her. Our main task is to keep the main athletes we have and to bring up the younger generation.
Evgenia Lalenkova, 32, is a four-time world single-distance champion, three-time European champion and multiple Russian champion.
Source : MatchTV
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