At the recent press conference, both Aliya and Vika gave short interviews. You can finds videos of them and the ROC's website.
Olesya Mikheeva has found time to provide some translations - thank you!!
Aliya's Interview.
āOperation was done on November 3rd, so about 3 weeks ago, so now Iām recovering/rehabilitating until December 7th, Iām not allowed to jump/run/go upstairs, Iām still wearing a cast. This is the last week of this. After that, I will start a more difficult recovery to build muscles, rehabilitate so in February I can get back to jumping. ā
The interviewer asks about her injury and she says she had a meniscus injury. (donāt know how to translate the details)
When can you start training again?
āI think Iāll start training again when Iām out of the hospital because Iām still concurrently rehabilitating my back so until the New Year I will be doing that.ā
The interviewer asks something about the judging and Aliya gives a quote, but Iām not quite sure how to translate it. Then he asks if sheās ever been to Brazil and she says āIāve never been to Brazil, but I want to. Of course I want to.ā
āOperation was done on November 3rd, so about 3 weeks ago, so now Iām recovering/
The interviewer asks about her injury and she says she had a meniscus injury. (donāt know how to translate the details)
When can you start training again?
āI think Iāll start training again when Iām out of the hospital because Iām still concurrently rehabilitating my back so until the New Year I will be doing that.ā
The interviewer asks something about the judging and Aliya gives a quote, but Iām not quite sure how to translate it. Then he asks if sheās ever been to Brazil and she says āIāve never been to Brazil, but I want to. Of course I want to.ā
Viktoria's interview
About herself on the team in 2015:
āWell without saying, this was my best year because I was finally able to compete, in the European Games we took 1st as a team, unfortunately I wasnāt able to compete individually because it was only 1 per country, and of course the world championships. Of course the world championships didnāt start out too well, in the team competition I performed poorly, thereās not much to hide there, but we finished well, even with gold medals, there were even 4 gold medals, first time in history, that was something incredible.
About returning to the team:
āIt was very difficult to return because I didnāt compete for 3 years, those were the very worst years of my life because it was just training and then injuries and there was no more desire because I was preparing and then getting injured right away. I wanted to quit and I tried to quit more than once to be honest, but the Olympics gave me the push to keep going.ā
Who impacted your decision to keep going or was it just you?
āWell of course my parents and I myselfā¦. well actually I kind of quit at home, and then Andrey called me and told me to come back right away in 2 days to Lake Krugloye and there I started training slowly and slowly developed a desire again slowly. Also I had fought with my coach and then when I had gotten back into shape I called my coach and said I was ready to work and letās forget about it and so thatās how I got back on the team.ā
About Olympics in Rio
āI have the moral strength, I want to go there, we could say this is my last chance to go because after that I wonāt be able to, Iāll be somewhat old for gymnastics. Well of course I want to hope for the best but I donāt want to guess because itās pointless because anything can happen at the Olympics.ā
On life outside of sport
āI rarely have time outside of sport, but I like to sew.ā She continues to talk about details related to sewing or types of sewing Iām not sure that she enjoys. āI like to hang out with friends, go to movies, or just hang out. This year we saw on the internet that there would be a meteor shower and went and watched it which was really cool, out in the open air with friends, what could be better.ā
What about personal life?
āFor now, just sport, I donāt think about personal life for now, first I need to get everything out of sport and then attend to personal life.ā
About herself on the team in 2015:
āWell without saying, this was my best year because I was finally able to compete, in the European Games we took 1st as a team, unfortunately I wasnāt able to compete individually because it was only 1 per country, and of course the world championships. Of course the world championships didnāt start out too well, in the team competition I performed poorly, thereās not much to hide there, but we finished well, even with gold medals, there were even 4 gold medals, first time in history, that was something incredible.
About returning to the team:
āIt was very difficult to return because I didnāt compete for 3 years, those were the very worst years of my life because it was just training and then injuries and there was no more desire because I was preparing and then getting injured right away. I wanted to quit and I tried to quit more than once to be honest, but the Olympics gave me the push to keep going.ā
Who impacted your decision to keep going or was it just you?
āWell of course my parents and I myselfā¦. well actually I kind of quit at home, and then Andrey called me and told me to come back right away in 2 days to Lake Krugloye and there I started training slowly and slowly developed a desire again slowly. Also I had fought with my coach and then when I had gotten back into shape I called my coach and said I was ready to work and letās forget about it and so thatās how I got back on the team.ā
About Olympics in Rio
āI have the moral strength, I want to go there, we could say this is my last chance to go because after that I wonāt be able to, Iāll be somewhat old for gymnastics. Well of course I want to hope for the best but I donāt want to guess because itās pointless because anything can happen at the Olympics.ā
On life outside of sport
āI rarely have time outside of sport, but I like to sew.ā She continues to talk about details related to sewing or types of sewing Iām not sure that she enjoys. āI like to hang out with friends, go to movies, or just hang out. This year we saw on the internet that there would be a meteor shower and went and watched it which was really cool, out in the open air with friends, what could be better.ā
What about personal life?
āFor now, just sport, I donāt think about personal life for now, first I need to get everything out of sport and then attend to personal life.ā
Aliya - http://olympic.ru/news/interview/aliia-mustafina-vse-chto-ni-delaetsia-vse-k/
Viktoria - http://olympic.ru/news/interview/viktoriia-komova/
Good luck, girls!
Hi Elizabeth - the missing bit of the Aliya interview - it has nothing to do with judging. The interviewer asks, "and was missing the World Championships a good idea considering (judging) that the Olympics is coming up?" and Aliya answers, "I like to hope that whatever happens, it is always for the best."
ReplyDeleteThank you Kristina - that's a great clarification :-)
DeleteThank you for sharing this! I hope Aliya has enough time to make gain all her skills back for the olympics.
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