The world record holder opened the season in Kolomna and explained how he survived Olympics history, where he was out of the showdown.
– The first day of the season opener – Pavel Kulizhnikov leads the truck. What’s going on?
– Ruslan Murashov on the “one and a half” is probably even more surprising to see (laughs). But I hadn’t even started before that. I’ll run, I think, I’ll feel the distance, I’ll have a better head. And then Ruslan runs. We lacked competition, we didn’t have a result for the application to the official part, but we ran like that and at least practiced.
– All summer visitors ask the question: “How is Kulizhnikov there, did he end?”
– It’s because of my results in the Olympic season.
– But a failure in the results is not the same as “ending a career”.
– Many do not know why everything was like this and think, well, that’s it, krants.
– How did you survive the post-Olympic period? Everything was, to put it mildly, far from what we would like.
“Yeah, I couldn’t even think about it. I was constantly dizzy and had panic attacks. The body could not bear it. There was a nervous breakdown.
“You said it was because of post-Covid.
– Maybe yes. From the start of the season, I said to myself “well, maybe he will let go of me a little”, but no. Numb throat, panic. Ran like a vegetable. I’m still running with the same result as in February. But now we are only starting the season, otherwise it was the Olympics!
– Were you able to cope with it?
“Now it doesn’t bother me anymore. I want to run. I want to run all my distances, train, find the same rhythm. Once released, I will be happy to race internationally.
– So you came back from the Olympics, put down your bag and what did you say to yourself…
“It’s good that it’s all over.” My nerves were exhausted. I was just glad the Olympics were over. I fully understood that even a miracle would not have saved me in Beijing. I couldn’t even do my light training work normally: the main thing was not to pass out, it was starting to get dark in my eyes.
– Have you been to a psychologist?
– I went to see a psychiatrist. Antidepressants were prescribed. At least I could sleep with them, but away from them the elm tree is like a swamp.
And it all happened to me, a man who was never driven seriously about anything.
– Maybe it looked like he was untrained?
– Maybe. But I could never be offended much, I would never be stressed about yelling at someone…
– How did you spend your summer?
– I mowed the lawn, finished building something around the house. To the season he came in good shape, threw 7 kg of weight.
– Do you believe in the possibility of playing at international level this season?
– Not. But I really want to be in good condition and to race. I want to go for good seconds, I want to have a competent race.
– You didn’t want to take a break for a year?
– I wanted to, but when I started to recover, I felt that so much energy had accumulated in me! She just has nowhere to go! I even ran 1500m today, and the training was different. And the seconds passed by others too.
– After the Olympics, there were a lot of stories about the sadness that your career was killed at some point… Do you feel that?
“They are sofa experts. They don’t know and don’t understand what happened to me. In reality, they would be amazed. In training, no one “killed” me for sure …
– There we are talking more about non-admission to the 2018 Games for example…
– It’s nothing at all. I also had a world record after missing the Olympics. Also, in December 2017, I was ready for the fact that they wouldn’t let us in.
– You started appearing on Artem Arefiev’s YouTube channel!
“My attitude has changed a bit. Then yes. And subscribe, let this man relax! (laughs) Write us what to do, write in the comments what you want to see. We will do everything. Well, almost everything, within reason.
– Isn’t it a shame that Artem is trying to create cool content, but did it reach a large audience more about an axe?
“Sometimes that’s exactly what happens when you can’t even think about it. But it doesn’t always work. There has to be a measure. Here in life too. I had a world record distance that I almost lost – I ran lightly in a relaxed way. And last year, in all these circumstances, I tried so hard that I thought I was going to break, but I couldn’t cross the barrier.
– At the same time, I kind of flew with a result in Salt Lake and qualified.
– Purely by chance. There was already an attack of desperation, the legs did not work, but once a year the stick pulls. Although this result after the world record is only a failure. Yes, it was selected, but what’s the point?
– Everyone wrote “Kulizhnikov is finally at the Olympics”.
– Thank God, huh? (laughs) But now that this year is behind us, we keep working, and now I want to direct everything.
Source : MatchTV
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