“Artem Levchenko promises to fight in Tokyo of last forces”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
The World Cup will be held in Tokyo from September 13 to September 21. The composition includes 23 athletes that will represent the country in 9 types.
Thanks to the redistribution of the quota of the pass on the World Cup, 4 more Ukrainian athletes received another Ukrainian, including the pusher of Nucleus Artem Levchenko.
The 26-year-old nucleus pusher gave an interview after getting into the World Athletics Championship:
“Initially, we did not target the World Cup, prepared for the European Team Championship and tried to get there. But with how we started starting more and more, there was an opportunity to try to get to the World Cup. They tried to do everything possible to get away.
Low results on ChU? The reason is the discomfort that he felt during the stroke of the nucleus. I made an MRI, I have a small protrusion. It is insignificant, but very much interferes with twisting on a turn and gives on your back. In doing so, I cannot do the load load to send the projectile for far meters.
In addition, we had Balkan Games in Greece, there was a very difficult road (more than 25 hours), and all this time we sat. This trip was very reflected on the back: I could not recover, did massages, procedures, painkillers, but nothing helped. There was the first start where I made very badly if you take into account everyone else.
Returning home, I had time to the Ukrainian Championship – everything seemed to be normal. But the pain in the waist is not going anywhere when I started pushing the nucleus. At the championship, I made the first attempt 17.57 m and realized that I could not become a Ukrainian champion this year. But there the rivals helped me to gather. I would think better than it was, but very glad that he still chose leadership and consolidated this title of champion. However, after this push I have my back – I was already lying and refusing to perform attempts. Impetus to one end.
Getting to the World Cup? Due to injuries at the Balkan and Ukraine championships, I had a weak result. But despite this, I went in the 36th rating. There for another two weeks was before the end of the deadline, so they were waiting. At first he wanted to at the World Cup, he hoped, then a week passed and I think: maybe it is not so much wanted to go there.
Then the time passed, everyone was silent, but I bought me tickets, the bus was booked, but I didn’t say that I passed or not. Two days before the departure, I did not want to go anywhere, to be honest: I wanted to rest, to fishing. And then I just called the head coach and said that I had taken away and went. I think well, but there were no such great impressions.
There was not enough emotional background to rejoice and jump from happiness. Moreover, I was injured, and I don’t have a good shape now. It turns out that I go clean to go. But I want, because I spent a wonderful season and I think I deserve to go. Perhaps because I did not expect very much, I do not care much that I can somehow speak or something.
The main thing is to show everything I could. He was at the collection, tried to recover. I could take the core before going to the World Cup, so I think I will be able to show something better than at the Ukrainian Championship. Not to say that I was strongly tuned to workout, preparation for the World Cup. Of course, there was another 50/50 or not. In tone, he tried to keep himself as possible, on the feeling of pain and everything else, but he spent more time to restore.
To be cool at the World Cup, it should be a personal record. I will hardly say it would be cool. But the World and Europe Championships – they always invigorate me. There is another atmosphere, other rivals. Maybe I will not feel pain on adrenaline. I would like to show the result for 19 m so that it was not so ashamed. I will be teasing – anything you want. When I get into the sector, I will fight the last forces. ”