How was the offseason?
– I rested for two months, then I started training. And it was a difficult moment. In my opinion, two months is a long rest, and my specialization suggests that you always keep yourself in good shape. It wasn’t here. Until August, I trained at home in Nizhny Novgorod, then we went to Minsk for two consecutive training camps. Between training camps, they played a wedding with Dasha (Daria Trofimova, née Beskrovnykh, also a skater. – Approx. “”).
Someone says the first ice in August is too late. But I don’t think so. It was necessary, in my opinion, to take a break from on-ice training a little more than has happened in previous years.
– Was it the longest vacation of your career?
– Yes. The coach allowed me to rest so much, maybe because in the previous Olympic cycle I didn’t rest at all. After the Games in Pyeongchang, I didn’t have as much rest as today. Well, the 2021/22 season turned out to be the toughest of my sporting career so far. Not only because there were Olympics, but also, in principle, in terms of workload, special training, stress, selection for the Games. It was all very pressing.
– Who participated in the wedding preparations? Dasha or were you included too?
“We tried to do it together. But since we were very busy in terms of training, we hired a wedding planner and were in constant contact with him. We and the organizers have done our best in this regard.
– How many guests were there?
– Sixty people.
– You had no desire to organize a wedding on the ice rink?
– Not. But we tried to get out of the traditional approach. It was a wedding party.
– Without extreme sports?
– We have rather an extreme party turned out.
Why didn’t you play at Shavyrin Memorial? And why did he run to Minsk?
– In Minsk, I wanted to break the ice rink record for 3000 m. I paid attention to the board, and some records seemed to me, as they say, in my power. I just decided to beat one of them, and I managed to do it. My trainer Yuri Dmitrievich reacted well to this initiative. The start on Shavyrin was not included in the preparation plan, at that time we were in the training process. In addition, these competitions do not affect anything this season, they are not qualifications, nothing. Commercial start, so to speak. The only thing that could be done there was to show the result. I can do it at the Russian Cup.
– Do you want to break the record of the St. Petersburg ice rink? Or is there no intention to go at all?
– I think I will go to all stages.
– What is the motivation? What is the tactic of such a choice?
– My motivation here is simple: you can’t lose tone in the training plan. The situation in the world can change. It’s the first. Well, in addition, we have the opportunity to perform in the regions, which will help popularize our sport.
– Rolls that are new to you should also be tested.
– I agree. The Russian Championship will be held in Kemerovo, and there it will be possible to establish a kind of feedback on the quality of the ice. I remember that when I first arrived in Irkutsk, the pourer was also very interested in these comments in order to improve the quality of the ice cream.
– Are there tasks in seconds? Maybe another disc caught in sight?
— Let it be a surprise (laughs).
Source : MatchTV
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