Olympic champion in athletics Andrey Silnov confessed FAN, that the coach who passed away on Saturday Evgeniy Zagorulko was a very close person to him, who completely devoted himself to what he loved.
The winner of the 2008 Beijing Games in the high jump sector spoke in an exclusive interview about the coach’s method, raising other people's children, so that later we can make them champions of various international competitions of the highest level.
“Evgeniy Petrovich said, that raises and trains other people's children, while his children were at home, — Silnov noted. — He trained us, was always with us at training camps, because sport was his life. He taught us everything, starting from that, How should a T-shirt be tucked in?, to make you look neat, and ending with, that shoes should always be clean. And I’m not even talking about the training process, because it was a system".
According to the interlocutor FAN, he personally has not met other such people, who would take the training process so seriously, rest, recovery and preparation for competitions.
“Everything was sorted out for him, and he was very pedantic in this regard", - said the former athlete.
He also explained, that Zagorulko put thought into his students, that training and full dedication to your work are very important, and his students could understand this idea simply by the look of the coach.
“His first thing was airplanes, and everything else comes later, that’s why Evgeniy Petrovich was scrupulous about everything, reverently and did not allow you to take a step to the side, - Silnov emphasized. - He scolded me for it, even punished for misdeeds. And at the same time he was a very tough person in terms of training., work".
That's why Zagorulko always said, what, if you want to be strong, You have to work, train and give your all, FAN's interlocutor testifies.
"I understood him, I saw it all, and I didn’t even have to ask anything.”, - he admitted.
Silnov also stated, that the situation with the suspension of the coach due to the violation of anti-doping rules by another of his students - a high jumper Danila Lysenko — brought Zagorulko great suffering.
“This whole situation, which occurred due to his suspension, It led to, that he suffered greatly, but still he left undefeated", - concluded Silnov.
earlier it was reported, that Zagorulko struggled with cancer for a long time. The day before he was hospitalized with coronavirus. The famous coach died in hospital. He was 78 years.
Among Evgeniy Petrovich’s wards are such titled athletes, Olympic champions, world and Europe, as Gennady Avdeenko, Tamara Bykova, Vyacheslav Voronin, Elena Elesina, Anna Chicherova and many others.
Author: Marat Lashkin
