When sports titles are called, you can imagine the character of a person. The more they are, the more persistent, agile, or stronger the person is, and it is always interesting to communicate with such things. Therefore, the winner of the triathlon sport, the candidate for the master of sports in the field of athletics, the bronze medalist of the Ukrainian championship in triathlon at the superstrinter distance (2018) and the international triathlon “Asian Cup” (2017), the member of the national team of Ukraine, the prizewinner of the European Cup stages, the winner and winner of the Championships of Ukraine, the bronze medalist of the European Junior Championships for duathlons and the legionnaires of the French club Chateauroux Anna Abdulova is undoubtedly an interesting interlocutor. About the main thing in life, the memories of childhood and the little lifehucks for every day for readers of Zhytomyr.Travel from Rytomyryanka Anna Abdulova
“In sports for realization it does not matter who you are: a man or a woman. Professionalism has no gender. Sports are about the ambitions, the nature, the will of the will, your level of stress, the pain threshold. In general, all have the same goals. And those who feel on the way to their achievement, are also approximately the same for both men and women. I do not see a fundamental difference. Ask this man again! “(Laughs)
“Sport itself does not kill femininity because it is, in my opinion, the concept of innate: either there is or not. My femininity is harmony with me. And some sports, it seems to me, just do not feed women. Armwrestling, for example, or heavy athletics. I’m asking for a professional boxing: there you’ll win only when you hurt someone. And this cruelty embarrasses me”
“I would not say purely about sporting character. Naturally, pluses add sport to the nature or formation of man as a person. But in general, I do not think that the character of a businessman or manager or a person whose work involves risks is very different. There is also a high level of stress, and one needs to manifest a character that either exists or is not present. Success and professionalism have neither sex nor age. There are ambitions both for business people and athletes. Character – this concept is generalized. In successful people, regardless of the type of occupation, there are tokens by which they can be identified. This ability to rise a thousand times after everything went wrong is belief in oneself, its strength, stress resistance, and flexibility. I am sure that all of these qualities are in every person, only one of them can be extracted to the surface, and someone in their own suppresses”
“Fears of childhood? In general, I do not even have a great-great fear. In me, as in every person, there are many fears that, at a certain moment, flow and do not give life”
“Our parents gave everything they could, and I am extremely grateful to them for this. And although we were not rich, it was quite an average family, but we had value. Most of all, we tried to convey that we can not be the sole owner, there are those around us who are worse, and therefore we must share. My grandmother always said: “When something is given to you, go away!” I am very surprised by the poor people, they simply enter me in a stupor, and sometimes I do not even know how to talk with them”
“In childhood, just after the last bell, we went to my grandmother in the village for three months. Returned on August 30th. And without excessive modesty, I can say that at home, I was still able to do everything at that moment: to pick up, milk a cow. Now I can, but I do not do it. Immediately I will say that children from large families have a huge advantage, because they are much more independent”
“I will not spit my children definitely, it seems to me that it will not benefit them. I will try to make them happy. I do not remember which of the psychologists said that the greatest of what parents can do for a child is to give happy memories of childhood. I will just try to make my childhood fun and happy, show them the world and say: “You have every opportunity to be what you are dreaming of and to achieve anything. I will try to put them in the head, which is impossible – perhaps, and nothing is impossible at all. This will be my main maternal task. Well, of course, love them”
“Everything that is not connected with training is a rest for me. From now on I have a rest. (Laughs). Occupation in professional sports is not physical education. This is largely violence against yourself. And if you’re not on a bike, do not run and float – as in my case – you’re resting”
“I really love the movie. Previously, we did not go at all, and now – regularly. I do not like films about violence and horror. In this life, and so huge amount of muddy around, and still go to the cinema and through it all to miss it? No, I’m too vulnerable man. I’m going to hurt something, and then I’ll think about it a week later. Why? I love comedies!”
“My husband and I spend a lot of time abroad. And it is very embarrassing for compatriots who do not know how to communicate, especially with the service staff. They can roughen, shout. I feel very uncomfortable with myself at the time, it’s very embarrassing to me, although I’m not doing it. It is much more pleasant when before the competitions someone is approaching and Ukrainian wishes you success. It’s very inspiring!”
“I do not think that has made something extraordinary in life. I am only at the beginning of the path and so far I absolutely do not consider myself to be successful. Success for me is the opportunity to do charity. I do not even remember how this thought appeared, but it always seemed to me that the successful one was the one who could help the needy. When will I have my own fund for helping children with cancer, and I will be able to save lives … It seems to me that all that goes past charity is by no means”
“I have no attraction to earn a lot of money, to become a millionaire. Yes, I want to live in abundance, to afford myself the necessary things, but without fanaticism. Now I understand that sport is not my whole life. And now I’m thinking of a conscious, systematic, non-chaotic coaching, I want to get an ITU certificate (certificate from the International Triathlon Union – ed.), To become an organizer of sporting events. I know how to do it right how they should look”
“I hope that in ten years, the men who tell their wife to sit at home are considerably smaller. At least my husband is precisely against this, he is for realization “(Man Anne, Yegor Martynenko, * – prim.red.)
“I really like how Mykhailivska is reincarnated. This is the level. I like the fact that every weekend something really happens, and people have the opportunity to get out of the house, take part in something, develop, and not sit in front of the TV. And this is a huge-huge plus! It does not matter much from the authorities – they just ask us the vector of development. And the lion’s share of change is personal change that depends on each of us. And if people do not want to get in touch with them, they do not want change, it’s extremely bad”
“What is the favorite place in Zhytomyr? I do not have that, I just love to walk around the city. But my childhood is associated with the Great Koblenz, where the Blue Lake, where we often trained a group. Previously, I was very sad for Zhytomyr. Now I miss people, and I just need to come for one day and go. And I miss you not in a place, but in time, when everything was simple and understandable, and the coach told you how and what to do, everything solved for you”
“I would have advised Zhytomyr citizens to travel more. It is an opportunity to expand your own horizons, see new opportunities for yourself, for the city. There is tourism potential in Zhytomyr. I think if you can explore the city fairly quickly. And here are more interesting places around Zhytomyr: amazing nature. Though our Museum of Cosmonautics I really love!”
Translated by Aliona Matushevich
