CHELYABINSK, August 5, Vasily Bogdanov. Olympic champion in jumping in height Maria Lasitskene told reporters that she was still not used to the attention of the fans.
Earlier, Lasitskene took sixth place at the Russian Championship, which takes place in Chelyabinsk.
“It’s still unusual for me that people come to the stadium for me. It’s very nice, the fans come, worry, some for more than a year. such meetings with fans give motivation,” Lasitskene said.
The athlete also told what competitions she will take part in this season.
«But, I hope, if the federations are interested, they will give me a wild card as last year's winner. We are training, preparing. There has been silence for all these two months. To be honest, I have not had such an early end of the season for a very long time. Although all the same we will technically jump further. After such a rehabilitation, I don’t want to end so quickly,» the athlete added.