Olympic short track speed skating champion, 2022 Games silver medalist in speed skating Ruslan Zakharov told that he struggled to run the 5,000m at the Russian Championship in Kemerovo, where the quality of the ice for stays leaves much to be desired.
Zakharov is in the lead after the first day of competition in Kemerovo over the sum of two distances. On Sunday, the speed skaters will start in the 1,500 and 10,000 m.
— The coach gave instructions on the seconds you need to ride in order to show a regular schedule. Since this championship takes place in training, work mode, its framework was, in principle, relevant, if we focus on the results of our last control training.
Well, I run and I run, I try to adapt to the desired schedule, I reach the desired speed and I realize that things will not go any further, it looks like I will have to finish before I see zero laps at the finish. So I had to go there according to the forces available. I arrived, I was upset, I didn’t show the time I wanted. And then I look at the general protocols – almost all the guys showed their worst result of the season. In any case, much worse than during the last and penultimate competition. And I think: well, that means it’s not just that I’m so weak, there are probably other magical moments.
I don’t know what the problem is. Cool, nice and chic stadium. Bright and beautiful warm up area, all the rooms look great. But the quality of the ice of course leaves much to be desired over long distances. I saw roughly the same dynamic in girls at a distance of 3000m. It turns out that the longer the distance, the slower athletes cover it. This proves once again that the quality of ice cream may suit some people, but not at all others. It was already hard enough for us. I think that at a distance of 10,000 m it will be even more difficult.
I don’t know. But judging by the training process, this is a stage of preparation for the Spartakiad, but when you go out on the track, they give the signal to start, you forget everything – what is your mood, what you have eaten in the morning, on all factors and try to show the maximum result of what you have inside. “I try to show fast seconds, but keeping in mind the important start, which will take place in 2.5 weeks,” Zakharov told .
Source : MatchTV
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