Olympic bronze medalist in speed skating Angelina Golikova told that she felt a lack of work on the ice, particularly due to missing several starts early in the season.
Golikova won the Russian championship in the sprint, which ended on Sunday in Irkutsk.
– What do you think of the Russian Championship in Irkutsk?
— I liked both the organization and the distribution. There were fans in the stands, they very actively supported their Belarusian resident of Irkutsk, Ekaterina Sloeva. They supported everyone, of course, but especially their girlfriend from Irkutsk! Golikova told .
– Did you feel the tone of the competition at the end of the season? You had a forced start to jump in the fall.
– I already had such a season after the 2018 Olympics, when in the summer I was sick, I was not in training, then I was in the hospital, then one thing, then another. Then I only came to training in August, and by November I had acquired a minimum base, which allowed me to perform more or less decently at international competitions.
And this year, I thought I had been there before and there was nothing terrible about it. And then I realized – no, the main point is not only summer training, but also volumes are not on the ice.
– You didn’t get them?
– Yes. And it feels. The season will close, the information will be digested and we have to move on.
– You are optimistic!
– Life isn’t just black and white, sometimes it’s a movement from one to the other. There are athletes who, regardless of what is happening in their life and work, show a certain level, but that does not mean that there is not such a moment of transition from one path to another. other. There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s work time.
– If you hadn’t missed part of the starts, would it have been psychologically harder?
— I always want to show the best seconds. It seems to me that for us athletes this is the most important thing, not even prizes and medals. So in that sense, I don’t have any psychological issues, because I’m specifically focused on making progress accordingly.
Source : MatchTV
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