“I tried to leave. But they still led me to the place where they were shooting.” Alexandra Trusova about her emotions at the Olympics

Translation of Alexandra Trusova’s comments about her emotions after winning silver at the 2022 Olympics.

original source: “No Comments” youtube channel

Here’s a translation of Alexandra Trusova’s comments made during the interview for Evgenia Medvedeva’s YouTube show.

“Evgenia Medvedeva: In 2018, it was very difficult for me to hide my emotions. Now I understand that back then I could allow myself and had the right to express, show emotions. At that time, I felt constrained and was afraid that I was being filmed, that the whole world was watching me.

Sorry for bringing up this topic. We have something to talk about with you. There are frames from the Olympic Games where you cry, where it is visible that it’s hard for you. Did you know you were being filmed?

Alexandra Trusova: I tried to leave. I wasn’t the last to perform. I spent a lot of time in this room, the waiting room. I left there; we had a stand, a corridor from this room, and you turn here, and there are journalists.

I went into the corridor while they were skating. I took the phone, talked to my mom. Naturally, I told her all about it. And then I saw that journalists were running around, taking me on camera, including our journalists.

Evgenia Medvedeva: Our journalists are mostly the first to run up.

Alexandra Trusova: Yes, and I went between the room and the stands. I was leaving sideways so that no one would see. Everyone was coming towards me, coaches were coming up to me there. And I couldn’t go anywhere. And I wanted to go to the journalists and beyond, but they wouldn’t let me. They left me in this corridor.

I had to be there and then go to the awards ceremony. Of course, I wasn’t going to do that there.

Evgenia Medvedeva: What did you feel when they pressed you from all sides?

Alexandra Trusova: I can’t say that there was a specific feeling… probably unpleasant, that they made some kind of emphasis on this. Because, I repeat, I tried to leave. But they still led me to the place where they were shooting.

Evgenia Medvedeva: Can you do this to an athlete when they are in the most stressful state of their career? You can’t do this to animals either… Why did it happen?

Alexandra Trusova: At that moment – and for a very long time in principle… Probably only about six months ago, I realized that this is not an entire life. But at that moment, it was my entire life. I explained that to everyone. Of course, I don’t need to explain it to you. You probably are the only person on this earth who understands me.

When you go to this from a very young age, there is nothing more important for you.

About pressing – these are the rules set by the organizers. Secondly, we had a bubble that greatly restricted us. I don’t know if it’s allowed or not, but I couldn’t go anywhere.

Then, thank God, the journalists let me into the locker room with the condition that I would come back. I had to go back. I didn’t want to go anywhere, then they took me to the press conference, back to the mixed zone,” Trusova said.

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