Medalist at the World Speed Skating Championships Alexander Rumyantsev said that he is now part of the Chinese national team coaching staff.
Rumyantsev officially announced his retirement in an interview with . After the 2021/2022 Olympic season, he will train as a sparring partner in China.
— As an older athlete, I would no longer wait for the Russian national team to be admitted to international competitions.
Therefore, after falling in training, I spoke to the team leaders here. I saw that there is no long distance coach as such. I started writing programs, I started training with the guys, they gave me a group of young athletes with results from 7 minutes 5 seconds to “A”, and now they, already working on my program, improved their personal results, broke Chinese records for 5000 and 10,000 meters and in all-around.
— Are you one of those athletes who always said to yourself: I will never be a coach?
“I did not deny myself such a possibility. Plus, everything was gathered here. And now I work with the Chinese national team, I am part of the technical staff.
— Do you coach a men’s team?
— Last year there was a men’s team for long distances, now there is no such division, we all work together, we have a big team.
However, after the Olympics, something broke in me as an athlete, that’s all. I trained, but I stopped enjoying it all,” Rumyantsev told .
Source : MatchTV
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