Beijing, February 13, Alexander Bokulev. Silver medalist of the 2022 Olympics in shorts -track Konstantin Ivliev admitted to reporters that he was surprised by his own psychological stability at the Games. On Sunday, the 21-year-old Russian won silver at the debut Olympics at a distance of 500 meters. one jitters, sweaty palms, nerves. I ran and enjoyed the competition, the situation here. It was cool!» — said Ivliev. «I ran to the maximum at each stage in order to realize my advantage — my start. It is much more comfortable for me to run first, and 500 meters is my favorite distance, it turns out to be good to run it. There is a very important race ahead — the relay race, we will try to show a good result. I think we need to cool down, tune in to the next race, recover. For now, emotions need to be a little lowered,» the athlete added.
