Albert Demtschenko: "I will retire after the Olympic Games"

Albert Demtschenko: 'Dopo le Olimpiadi di Sochi mi ritiro'
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Albert Demtschenko: "I will retire after the Olympic Games"

A little less than 150 days before the start of the twenty-second Winter Olympics, the great "old" sledging, Albert Demtschenko (pictured), announced to the media will want to close the racing career at the end of the races of Sochi 2014.

The Russian Olympic Games has won a silver medal'', has released an interesting interview'' (which we fully proproniamo) Federal rusluge.ru to the site, in which he explained the training program that will follow in the coming months , spoke about the state of his current form and especially new materials. Q: Albert as you are growing your seventh Olympiad? Albert Demtschenko: "At the moment we are getting ready to go down for the first time on a frozen whole gut. From September 26, in fact, we will move in Lillehammer where finally we will try new materials.'ll Be interesting to verify in the field the long process of preparation of the slides performed by our new coach Walter Plaikner. Norway In addition to Plaikner we will also follow Alexander Vasin, professional who takes care of the sleds made with the Formula 1 team Marussia, and the mechanic Wolfgang Schedler. Situated in Lillehammer we will have the beauty of 30 slides which will be made available to all members of the team. " Q: So each athlete will have at least two slides for the upcoming season? Albert Demtschenko: "Actually, some of us will even three available. As I said before, after tests in Norway each of us will choose which slides will adapt better to their driving style.'' During the summer we provided technical guidance to our preparatory but as long as you do not try the toboggan do not know the actual behavior on the ice. " Q: Do you think these new slides will be competitive? Albert Demtschenko: "It is still early to tell. Though, I am pretty confident with my experience since I helped the engineers to find new solutions, the more I trust a lot of the Marussia team. We worked hard, changing the geometry, '' improving the aerodynamics of the slides and reviewing the structure of materials. Moreover, we must not forget the great financial help that the Russian Ministry of Sports has provided us over the past two years.'' Quest year for example, we have funded the construction of seven slides that have been used by me, Kneyb, Pavlyuchenko and Tatiana Ivanova. " Q: With what expectations you show up to the Games in Sochi? Albert Demtschenko: "They will be my seventh Olympics. Already I feel so much pressure on me and I'm ready to do my best because I have also decided that Sochi will close at the end of my sporting career as an athlete. In the future I think I'll stay , attached to the world of the sport maybe as a coach or as a federal official. " D: C'' is the ability to see your daughter Victoria with you in the Olympics? Albert Demtschenko: "I honestly do not have a clue. Though it is my daughter, Victoria, in the course of the season will qualify for inclusion in the Olympic group. I think it will be quite difficult, it is still young, but never say never ... "

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