was the greatest hope of the entire Olympic team of Poland for a medal of St. This season, she regularly stood on the podiums of the World Cup. And at the end of October, she won the pre-Olympic trial in Beijing.
Unfortunately, just after arriving at Maliszewska, she had a positive covid test and was isolated. Locked up in a small room, she spent eight days. She didn’t have how to train, she didn’t eat, and she was mentally disturbed.
From the isolation hotel to the Olympic Village, Maliszewsk was transferred on February 5 at three in the morning. A few hours later she was allowed to go to the start of the 500m elimination, her crowning distance. But when she was in the hall, the decision was changed, she was ordered to come back!
We did not get high hopes for ourselves
It was only on February 9 that Maliszewska made her debut at the Olympics in Beijing. She won her race in the qualifying round of 1000 meters. We hoped that he would fight for his dream medal even at a distance where he achieved incomparably less than 500 m. Unfortunately, on February 11, Maliszewska falls down in the frenzy. And it falls off.
Now, before 1500 meters, we appreciated her sixth place in the relay race (she won on February 13). But we didn’t have much hopes for ourselves. At 500 meters, Maliszewska won the World Cup, won the silver M and the gold of the European Championships. At 1000 m, they can reach the P podium, even this season. But at 1500 m she was never more than 12th in P.
On Wednesday in Beijing, Maliszewska tried her best to be promoted to pfinau. In the beginning, they even lead in their poems. But after about 2/3 of the distance it clearly falls down and she reached the finish line far behind her four rivals (drunk earlier falls).
– 1500 meters is not her distance, and the isolation caused a decline in form – says Jakub Jaworski, Natalia’s manager, and when the Polish representative in
Now Montreal. No anger
Jaworski knows best how unfulfilled Maliszewska will leave Beijing. But at the same time, she realizes that our best player cannot remember failure. In just a month – March 18 – start the world championship in Montreal.
It is there that Natalia wins the silver M in 2018. – Natalia has M medal already, but yes, goals for this season will have to be changed. You have to fight. It’s not even about venting out of sporting anger. The short track is more of a cold-blooded discipline, says the 2010 Vancouver Olympian.
They already talked about the next games
Goals like the World Cup will have to lead Natalia to the Games again. She has had a very successful last four years. On the way to the Olympics, she became a player of the world’s most important man. And in Beijing, she really was one of the four-five most important candidates for gold in 500 meters.
Now Maliszewska will have to work similarly to keep fit until the 2026 Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. Natalia is 26 years old, she is definitely not exhausted, and Beijing is probably not her farewell to the Olympics. – We have already talked about the next Olympics – Jaworski tells us. – But, of course, there is still time to plan what we will do in the four years until the Olympics – summarizes Natalia Maliszewska’s manager.
Source: Sport
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