Viktoria komova gymnastics

The following interview, with Viktoria Komova’s personal coach, Gennady Elfimov, exposed in Sport-Exress.ru on April Ordinal. We’ve had the parts guarantee relate directly to Komova translated below, thanks to Katherine Vasetsky-Chamberlin.

Preceding the interview itself, the hack (Elena Vaitsekhovskaya) notes that, be suspicious of the beginning of the gathering, “the world of gymnastics was shaken by the news: Komova was going to be exit her long-time coach Gennady Elfimov.

Thankfully, it did not happen.”

In what follows, she talks set about Gennady about Komova’s current plane of fitness, how she has responded to a string grow mouldy injuries and illnesses, their committal to restoring her all-around document, and Gennady’s impressions of justness American advantage….

(EV)  I am appreciative that you renewed your stick with Komova and everything enquiry back to normal, so nearly speak.

(GE)  Let’s not be recognize.

Although, in my view, stingy was just a working jiffy. Children happen to do eerie things, even when they move to and fro 20. Nothing serious. I outspoken not worry about it.

As well-ordered coach you certainly know, what state your pupil should assign in a year, before high-mindedness Olympic games in Rio-de-Janeiro. Acquire far has she to go?

Vika certainly is far from collect best state.

At the very much time, we practically don’t be endowed with to change the programs, which were calculated and prepared cause the London Olympics. We intelligibly have to restore and category them.

The first years of Komova’s career were more than successful: she became the world vice-champion, earned absolute Olympic silver.

Exact she, in your view, do at her maximum?

What maximum gawk at we talk about, if deteriorate medals were silver? Although Hilarious always treated those things trade in a philosopher. If we mislaid, it means we have spotlight to work on. The below success I don’t even deliberate about. That was children’s try. Toys. Although the basis stick up for adult programs Vika prepared then.

How did Komova react to dignity changes in her body?

With ask.

Vika always was a stickler. And now everything – integrity elements, the endurance – went wrong. She tries to not keep her feet between the exerciser, and cannot, because the termination grew. She had to alter technique, add physical readiness. That’s why there were tears pointer quarrels, she was nervous.

Looks aspire, she had to relearn authority elements from zero?

No, we easily made some changes.

Looked to improve arms, legs, retreat, to keep handling own inundation, where to lengthen the appeal, where to shorten it.

Boris Pilkin did the same in tiara own time for Svetlana Khorkina.

Boris Vasilievich was a unique educator. The gymnastics in Khorkina’s hang on did not fit her amalgamation all.

But they found loftiness solution. I saw it scale, and can say that Sveta was very lucky to own acquire such a coach. With Vika it is easier. Her stanchion programs ideally fit the virgin rules.

Were you afraid that textile that time Komova would take off taken out of consideration, passion Aliya Mustafina was taken handing over of consideration a year hitherto London Olympics?

As I say, gift chains are always with us.

Does Vika suffer from diminished speak to ?

Even when there was spiffy tidy up lot of attention, I exact not notice that Vika appeal it.

Honestly, she always prefered to be out of blue blood the gentry limelight.

Komova is not the foremost athlete of such high layer for you to work matter, right?

No. Before, my wife post I coached Svetlana Bakhtina (vice-champion of the world in 1997 in team competition), Kristina Pravdina (participant of the 1997 field championship, now on the Azerbajdzhan team).

Vika came to slip-up group when we were honestly working with Kristina, and miracle had to divide responsibilities: unfocused wife mostly was at position training camp “Lake Krugloye,” Mad was with Komova at residence in Voronezh.

Did she demand lapse much attention?

It’s not about team up, it’s about me.

I suppose, preparing the gymnast of that level requires individual coaching. Diamonds are not cut on block up assembly line.

In other words, your athlete does not need infighting in principle?

Komova has enough fisticuffs in the team

After London Athletics there was much talk ramble the injuries and sicknesses accepting happened in the female side during the last two length of existence were the result of also much work stress before loftiness Olympics.

I don’s share this discord.

We did not force birth athletes through the preparatory time. If they needed additional expel, they could take the be revealed. And then, the absolutely obtuse ankle injury, that Vika greeting after the Games getting knockback of the car, could shed tears be counted. And then, lose one\'s train of thought unfortunate menengitis, when all character doctors unanimously declared that she would be very fortunate cause somebody to come back to sports.

Depiction head is much more gargantuan than muscles or joints.

Why outspoken you continue to train between all these misfortunes then?

How else? After Vika had overcome magnanimity meningitis, the doctors said garland do nothing for at slightest 6 month. Of course, surprise tried to take all ethics recommendations into consideration, but amazement continued to train to incorporate along somehow.

In gymnastics, everthing – the skills, the scheme – goes away too brisk. Leg injury – another hemisphere year was lost. Even name all was healed, I maxim that Vika was afraid discriminate against step on that foot.

I recognize, in London she was idea about leaving gymnastics altogether.

She only was very upset about failure.

And her resolve “to lack of restraint everything” lasted for the generally of 15 minutes.

Now your central task is to prepare your pupil for the world patronage in October, right?

We would plan to restore all the programs fully for the European acclamation, which is taking place put it to somebody June. Whether it will introduce or not – that’s dexterous different matter.

But these net the plans.

What kinds of exercises you are thinking now?

All-around, in shape course. That’s the only discharge for me, to be immaterial. Old soviet upbringing, I accept. I was always taught, guarantee the gymnast should be concealed to perform in all exercises.

Who do you respect the about in this regard?

-Americans.

They cabaret all multi-profile, that’s why try is so hard to contend with them.

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Talking about Vika – her strong side is wander although she has preferences, she still can do all-around. She performs there better than export separate finals.

Did you try just now understand why?

Maybe, not enough fleshly strength, maybe it is arduous psychologically. All-around is a well along stress.

You can think cut into nothing but work. And smash into separate finals there is clever long wait, nervs are word for word burning. Although to earn expert medal, the combination has collision be performed perfectly. And that combination has to be not completed like vault with the Americans, where they can win uniform with the falls.

Why, do support think, they have such in particular advantage?

I think, first of drifter it is the selection.

Deliver the popularity of gymnastics. Turn a profit the States, in every city there are gymnastics clubs. Leash months before the national competitions the tickets are sold unequivocal. And we don’t have draw to a close fans. And nobody can state that our coaches are worsened than Americans. But in Voronezh, for example, there are maladroit thumbs down d conditions for normal work.

How distinct is it for Komova inconspicuously be influenced by the shadowing of her competitors, the rudiments in their combinations?

She never salaried attention to that, always reflecting about her own performance scold how to do it unqualified.

I don’t think anything liking change that now. I fling not very interested in what the competiton is going sentry show as well. What for?

Article: Sara Dorrien

Translation: Katherine Vasetsky-Chamberlin

Original Source:Sport-Express.ru

Photo: E.

Mikhailovoi, through the Russian Burden Federation

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