Arthur Tovmasyan. “I am my role model”

2024-08-22 11:21:28

On March 25-30 of this year, the 7 th FIG ART Gymnastics World Challenge Cup was held in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Artur Tovmasyan was among the athletes who represented Armenia with honor in the competition, who became the gold medalist in the rings competition with 15,575 points. Life.panorama.am spoke with the latter about the victory, the upcoming European Championship and the athlete’s main goals.

– Recently in Doha, you won the title of the new king of rings. did you expect such a result?

– This is the third year that we have participated in the Gymnastics World Cup, and during these years we have not had such strong competitors, both in terms of the number of participants and their preparation. Our competitors were mostly top-level, title-winning athletes. Of course, we had prepared well, the staff had spared no effort to present themselves well, but to be honest, we did not expect to come back with three gold and one silver medals. Gymnastics is a very unpredictable sport.

– Besides being well trained, what contributed to your victory?

– We also prepared well psychologically, in that sense the coaches worked well with us, and the most important thing was that we didn’t let the tension prevail.

– Who was your number one competitor in that championship?

– My strongest rival was my friend Vahagn Davtyan, we have been training with the same coach for 10 years. It was predictable that we would be rivals in the World Championship. We are both very happy about that.

– What are your expectations from the European Championship?

– This is a very important review for us, we spare no effort and energy to present ourselves well, what will happen, of course, we cannot predict, I should mention that we have very strong Russian and French competitors, with whom it will be difficult to compete, but we will fight. we are until the end.

– What is your next priority goal?

– Now we are all focused on the European Championship. a lot depends on it, if we succeed here, many doors will open for us. If we succeed here, we will already prepare for the World Championship, and our main goal is to have a ranking in the Olympic Games.

– As a gymnast, what was your record?

– I can say what my personal record was. I registered it this year in Doha. on the first day of the fight, I received a score that I had never had, I had never recorded such a result.

– Is there an athlete in your field that you would like to take an example from?

– There are athletes whom I respect and love a lot, but I am my example, I try not to take an example from anyone.

– Have all conditions been created for gymnasts in Armenia to train well?

– The conditions that I have created for us are not enough to demand more results from us, we would like to see some improvements, for example, the rings on which we train are already worn out, we are facing the 4th Olympic Games in the same way. with tools subject to replacement. However, we practice vigorously.

– What is your dream now?

– My goals and dreams are not only sports, we know that sports are temporary, no matter how much we love them, there will come an age when we cannot do it. My future goals are sports, but I also have personal dreams, I really want the kindness of the Armenian nation not to be lost, to have bright manifestations, to heal human relations.