Turin, 5 May (LaPresse) – “Am I thinking about this summer’s European Athletics Championships? Right now, it’s a pointless discussion. Because first and foremost, it’s the federation that has to make the decisions. I no longer base my competitive training on preparing for specific events. The last time I did that was for Paris 2024, because I really believed in it. And I’m not doing that again. If the federation thinks I can be useful, then we need to meet, talk it through together, talk to my wife as well, and see if, in the two months leading up to the race, I can find the time again to prepare for the long distance. Because that’s a question of time.” So said Alex Schwazer in an interview with Sport Mediaset after setting a new Italian record in the race walking marathon on 26 April at the age of 41. “I’m still a bit tired from that race, because it’s been ten years since my last long-distance race. The last time was in 2016, so I’m still feeling the effects of the race a bit, but otherwise I feel very good,” he said. “What stage of life am I at now? But in reality, I only have one life. The only thing that’s changed in my life is that I now have a family. That’s the only change there’s been. I’ve always kept training. I’ve never really had a problem with sport, apart from perhaps a very brief period when I was depressed. But generally speaking, now that I’ve returned to racing, I’ve become a different person.”
European Championships, Schwazer: ‘There’s no point thinking about it; the decisions are up to the federation’
Turin, 5 May (LaPresse) – “Am I thinking about this summer’s European Athletics Championships? Right now, it’s a pointless discussion. Because first and foremost, it’s the federation that has to make the decisions. I no longer base my competitive training on preparing for specific events. The last time I did that was for Paris 2024, because I really believed in it. And I’m not doing that again. If the federation thinks I can be useful, then we need to meet, talk it through together, talk to my wife as well, and see if, in the two months leading up to the race, I can find the time again to prepare for the long distance. Because that’s a question of time.” So said Alex Schwazer in an interview with Sport Mediaset after setting a new Italian record in the race walking marathon on 26 April at the age of 41. “I’m still a bit tired from that race, because it’s been ten years since my last long-distance race. The last time was in 2016, so I’m still feeling the effects of the race a bit, but otherwise I feel very good,” he said. “What stage of life am I at now? But in reality, I only have one life. The only thing that’s changed in my life is that I now have a family. That’s the only change there’s been. I’ve always kept training. I’ve never really had a problem with sport, apart from perhaps a very brief period when I was depressed. But generally speaking, now that I’ve returned to racing, I’ve become a different person.”
