New flight of the Russian Rocket: how Trusova made her debut at the track and field tournament in Moscow

The debut of Alexandra Trusova in long jump competitions has become one of the most anticipated events in the framework of the Athletics Week, which is taking place these days at Luzhniki.

And the skater lived up to the expectations of her fans.

She showed a fairly high result for a person who had never appeared in the sector before, flying 4.19 m in the best attempt.

The figure skater appeared at the stadium half an hour before the start of the competition, accompanied by the acting president of the VFLA, Irina Privalova, as well as the honored coach of Russia, Evgeny Ter-Avanesov.

The specialist immediately began to explain to the skater the basics of this type.

The main task, as it became clear from the communication of the couple, was to choose the length of the run-up and work out hitting the bar.

It immediately attracted attention that Trusova did not use the entire length of the track, like other participants, but started the run exactly in the middle.

In addition, the Olympic silver medalist appeared in the sector in sneakers, not spikes.

As Ter-Avanesov later explained, this was due to the desire to protect the athlete from injury, since the use of special sports shoes requires more abrupt movements.

During the warm-up, Sasha made only a few attempts, but they were not very successful - with spades.

And the first of them seemed just huge.

However, after a few minutes, the girl corrected herself and pushed off in the right way.

By the time the competition started, the stand closest to the jump pit was almost completely filled, and Trusova received active support from the fans.

But her main fan that day was Mark Kondratyuk, who, of course, came to support his beloved girl.

He settled down right in the sector, next to the coach and other athletes, and encouraged Alexandra before entering the track.

Performing the first attempt, Sasha was noticeably cautious - the run-up speed was not very high and the athlete tried her best not to step in.

Naturally, the result turned out to be very modest - 3.80 m. After adjustments by the coach, Trusova immediately improved it by 14 cm. “Perfect!”

— the referee of the competition commented on hitting the bar.

But this was not the limit for Russian Rocket: in the third attempt, she added another 16 cm to the result, and the fourth jump was the best - 4.19 m. The athlete did not continue to perform further - she was in a hurry to train for the evening show.

“I am glad that I was invited to this tournament and I was able to try myself in the long jump.

I really liked it here, very nice atmosphere.

The girls are very responsive, they received me well, wished me good luck, ”the figure skater told reporters after the performance.

According to Trusova, when she entered the sector, she had no idea what to do: how to scatter, how to push off.

In this regard, Sasha thanked Ter-Avanesov, who became her coach for this short competitive period.

She also admitted that the most unusual track and field experience was the sand.

“I was afraid to fall into the hole, because there is sand.

He immediately fell asleep in my sneakers, and this is very unusual, this does not happen with us, as you understand, ”Trusova said.

Ter-Avanesov, in turn, commenting on the work with the figure skater, noted that for him such an experience became as unusual as for the ward, because he had to explain to Sasha in a short time what athletes learn for 10-15 years.

“Well, something happened to us.

At least Sasha did not make a single spade, and this is a lot - jumpers learn this for many years.

She is a great athlete, she has a sense of rhythm, which worked in her favor.

I helped her pick up a run, and it turned out to be a jump of 4.19 m, which is quite good for the first time, ”said the honored coach in a conversation with RT.

He also thanked the athlete for taking part in the competition and thus participating in the promotion of athletics.

At the same time, the coach did not evaluate Trusova's result in terms of possible progress.

“It is quite late to switch to athletics at the age of 17-18, and it is unjustified for a person who has achieved the highest results in figure skating to do this.

I view her experience today from a different perspective.

Progress in sports is often achieved at the intersection of different types.

Athletes have physical fitness, in figure skating - technique, training in elements.

And mutual assistance, interpenetration of species is beneficial to both.

And there is one more thing.

Now athletics is a kind of outcast, no one sees us, no one knows.

And Sasha helped us at least slightly change this situation, for which we are very grateful to her.

Let someone call it PR, but if it benefits our species, then I’m all for it, ”Ter-Avanesov emphasized.

• New flight of the Russian rocket: how Trusova made her debut at the track and field tournament in Moscow

Irina Privalova praised Alexandra for her true sporting character and expressed her hope that the new experience would help her further progress in figure skating.

"I liked her.

Accurately executes the given settings.

I came, measured the run-up and hit the bar four times, each time improving the result.

There is great potential if she trained in athletics.

By nature, she is very jumpy.

Another thing is that it has its own specifics: you accelerate on the ice - and you jump from a place, but here you have to run to the end.

Plus landing - here you have to throw out your legs and land on the fifth point, but she never did and did not begin to do this.

But I think this experience will help her in figure skating, maybe now we will see five jumps in her performance, ”RIA Novosti quotes Privalova.

Trusova's contribution to the popularization of athletics was also noted by the silver medalist of the London Olympics in long jump Elena Sokolova.

In her opinion, one should not pay attention to specific figures in the protocol.

“Any result here is good.

If a person has never done this, he tried it for the first time, you have to start somewhere.

The fact that she did everything right, fled according to the rules, did not step in even once - this is already good.

For an amateur jump, it seems to me that this is a good result.

I do not think that many people will try their hand at athletics.

There is also the risk of injury.

This Sasha is not afraid of anything, she is brave, but other athletes, especially aged ones, are unlikely to try something new for themselves, ”the Championship cites the words of the athlete.

But one of the rivals of the figure skater Anastasia Kukushkina complained that after the completion of Alexandra's performances, the sector was empty.

“Trusova is a cool girl.

We knew that all attention would be on her.

She was second at the Olympics.

This is great.

It was a little unpleasant that after the fourth attempt, when Sasha left, everyone left too.

We were left alone.

When athletes need support, clapping, only our coaches remained there, ”said the athlete.

Trusova's participation is not the last surprise of the Athletics Week.

On Friday, Luzhniki will host the Golden Race, a 100-meter race, in which a whole scattering of Russian sports stars will take part.

Among them are Olympic champions Yuri Borzakovsky, Nikita Nagorny, Alexander Legkov, Vic Wild, European basketball champion Alexei Savrasenko, football player Denis Glushakov, and sports journalist and TV presenter Dmitry Guberniev.

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