Biathlete Pashchenko: “During the season I was not myself and my thoughts were outside of sport”

Winner of the European Biathlon Championships Pierre Pachchenko told that his poor performance during the season could be because he was thinking a lot about his family and not about the sport.

In February, Pashchenko and his wife Alexandra welcomed a daughter, Sofia. At the fifth stage of the Alfa-Bank Cup of Russia in Ufa, the biathlete took fifth place twice – in the sprint and in the pursuit.

— How do you explain the result in Ufa?

— Throughout the season, coaches said: “You are not yourself, your thoughts are constantly at home. » My wife was pregnant. I can’t say that I constantly thought about it and had experiences, but, probably, somewhere in my subconscious I was not into sports. These contradictions led to a lack of concentration, which did not allow me to obtain results.

— When the child was born, did you let him go?

– All this happened when I was in Zlatoust. During the first two days, I had an explosion of emotion: despite the fact that I was very happy at home, I disappointed the team a lot. When I got home, I didn’t feel like training at all. Two days later, I still went out to train, but I could only ride for 30 minutes – I didn’t have the strength. Little by little, he came to his senses. They wanted to skip the first race in Ufa, but the coach said: “Even the worst competitions are good training.” Well, after the “individual”, I had two good days. I think that before the Russian Championship, being in good shape and in a good mood is a plus,” Pashchenko told .

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Source : MatchTV

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