Medalist at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships Ekaterina Aldoshkina said that she was preparing for the Russian Speed Skating Championships with maximum concentration, but still considers her result in Irkutsk unexpected.
Aldoshkina combines short track speed skating and speed skating. In Irkutsk, she won her first career gold medal at the Russian Long Track Championship. Aldoshkina won at a distance of 3000 meters, then won in the team race and mass start.
— Three gold medals before the last day of competition. Did you at least expect it before the championship?
– Honestly no. I prepared with maximum concentration, fulfilled all the coaching tasks,” Aldoshkina told .
– Which gold is the most unexpected?
“I thought the mass start would be very difficult, because the girls are faster than me on the straight, and I still don’t understand how to accelerate and where to place my feet. I approached the race from a tactical point of view.
— Don’t people say to you jokingly “she came and took all the gold”?
– Do not talk. They don’t say anything at all.
– Where will you be on December 31? How are you going to celebrate your birthday?
— At home with my husband, with my family.
Source : MatchTV
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