State Duma deputy and Olympic champion in speed skating Svetlana Zhurova told socialbites.ca that she is actively involved in yoga, hockey, and also participates in Russian amateur golf championships. She also admitted that she quit speed skating because she had reached her maximum speed.
“I don’t speed skate because it doesn’t make sense. Once you reach the maximum level in this sport, there is no pleasure in doing it afterwards. You will not show better results than you had before. This does not apply to team sports, there is a different ideology. And when you worked for seconds just to get results, everything else was just a pathetic imitation. The person will not have the motivation to do something, Zhurova said.
The Olympic champion admitted that after completing his sports career, he had the opportunity to do what he could not do in major sports.
“For example, I couldn’t go skiing because I might get injured. The teachers forbade this. Now I can do it with pleasure whenever there is opportunity and season. I try to do yoga at least once a week. Generally, my days are planned. Yoga after work on Monday evening. There is ice hockey on Tuesday and Thursday. If possible, I play golf on Saturdays and Sundays. I compete at the amateur level, for example in the Russian Amateur Championship. So golf is a sport in which I also compete. Hockey is a little bit smaller because there are tournaments, but we play in the Women’s Hockey League once a year. It is clear that all this happened in the evening, not at work, but after,” said Zhurova.
Former member of parliament It has been recommended To maintain physical fitness, do not overeat.