Speed Skating World Champion Ruslan Murashov said he was not going to leave the sport, although after the Olympic season he could not claim a high salary.
Murashov stayed out of the medal fight at the Beijing Games; during the Olympic season, he was seriously ill with the coronavirus. His first official start of the season was the Shavyrin Memorial, where he won the 500m and also ran 1500m in test mode.
– The last time the “one and a half” was in November 2011, the Junior World Cup. It was difficult for me and after that he asked Dmitry Anatolyevich (Dorofeev – Ed.) never to put me on top, – Murashov told .
– But nevertheless, we ask about motivation here, and you and Pasha Kulizhnikov are running around.
– It’s like a training, to strengthen your functionality. We sprint, sprint and the competition is completely different. You can show phenomenal seconds in practice, but going out and in the second round will “shrink” your legs. In competition, the adrenaline, the nervous tension, it’s completely different.
– On 35 seconds at the “five hundred” in October, isn’t that bad?
– Not a bad result. Ready for it. The seconds of training show that I can run just a little faster. I don’t think Dmitry Anatolyevich was surprised by this result.
– You remain cheerful, but after the Olympics, the mood was clearly different. How did you survive all of this?
– The first month was apathy – what’s the point, what to do next? In addition, international competitions were canceled, which led me to depression. Dmitry Anatolyevich made it clear that despite the absence of international competitions, one should not relax. This is fraught with negative consequences.
– Will there be 1000 meters this year?
– I would like to run both 500 m and 1000 m, “one and a half years” I would run once or twice in the Russian Cup, if Dmitry Anatolyevich gives me such an opportunity.
Your sport is not for the money. How are you going to survive?
– Difficult question. To safeguard!
– On what?
– On the products. Previously at the Kolomna training camp I could afford to eat at home, now I go to the hotel for lunch. Economy. With a salary after the Olympics, all is not good.
– And you don’t have the Spartakiads this year, like the “flyers”.
Yes, the motivation would be different. Well, what to do? I’m not going to quit the sport anywhere just yet, I have to keep fit so that if not this year then next year I’ll be in prize money to earn money.
– You appear on Artem Arefiev’s video blog. Sprinters have always been a bit of a closed story – and then everything changed. How did you get here?
— Artem is a charismatic, cheerful and sociable person. I would like to take something from him, participating in blogs helps him grow and helps us open up more to society.
Well, it’s such an emotional release.
– Well yes. I think he can go high with this story. Worthy of that.
Source : MatchTV
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