MOSCOW, June 30, Anastasia Panina. Champion of Russia among juniors In 2008, figure skater Katarina Gerboldt stated in an interview that she experienced depression after a severe injury.
Gerboldt competed in single skating, after she switched to pair skating under the guidance of Tamara Moskvina and was seriously injured during training.
“She (Moskvina) said that learning (paired elements) without a longie is traumatic. But it seemed to me that if a person with a longie is shorter than Sasha (Enbert, Gerboldt’s partner — approx.), He will not have time to catch me and pull it out. How is it, I will fly halfway forward and halfway back? I don’t understand at all when I should open up. I was afraid of the lounge and knew that this was not my option. And now Tamara Nikolaevna and I were in a lot of conflict on this basis. didn't work,» Gerboldt said.
“I still remember this day. Lena Berezhnaya (at that time Moskvina’s second coach) drives up to me and says: “Katya, please, let’s not make a fuss. Tamara Nikolaevna asked me to persuade you. Let's do it once on the lounge, she will see how bad it is, and we will teach how you want. She is more experienced, you are young, remember how she persuaded you to go into pairs? Maybe you’re stubborn now in vain.” We talked to her for 20 minutes. Everything inside me resisted.
She noted that «everyone was delighted» with this turn. «But that was really the only time. I landed badly, hit the trail. Since the lounge was a little behind, I began to be dragged back and twisted. The leg got stuck in the trail, and I made a whole turn. I tore everything that exists in the leg. Everything ligaments, muscles, tendons, syndesmosis capsules,” Gerboldt said.
““23 years old. I had depression. A friend helped. As soon as I was allowed to put my foot down, she began to call me somewhere. She dragged me to hockey matches — we lived near Ledovoy. restaurant, they say, you love social life, get distracted! I had a huge floor-length skirt — it was dangerous to go out in it, because you could get confused and fall. But I couldn’t put on something that would show my leg. I was terribly shy cast and crutches,» she added.
Full interview with Katharina Gerboldt read on Friday at rsport.ria.ru.