
Four-time Olympic medalist Maria Paseka from RUSSIA will start working as a coach in the Chinese national gymnastics team this summer. The 26-year-old gymnast told TASS about this.
“I want to pass on my experience to children and raise an Olympic champion. There was an offer to go to CHINA to prepare the Olympic team of this country for the Paris 2024 Olympics - this is a very great experience,” Pasika said.
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According to Paseka, most likely she will go to China for one year. “Let’s see if I can handle it right away, because helping Marina Gennadievna (Ulyankina, Pasika’s personal trainer. -) with little girls and working as a coach in developing gymnastics is one thing, but to endure such an experience right away is very difficult, a very big responsibility”, Pasek added.
The two-time world champion in the vault in March 2020 announced the suspension of her career. In September 2021, the HEAD coach of the Russian national team Valentina Rodionenko reported that Paseka plans to return.
Pasika has three silver and one bronze medals of the Olympic Games, the silver of the 2019 World Championship in the team championship, and two golds in the vault (2015, 2017).