I love the pole vault because it is a professor's sport. One must not only run and jump, but one must think. Which pole to use, which height to jump, which strategy to use. I love it because the results are immediate and the strongest is the winner. Everyone knows it. In everyday life that is difficult to prove.

I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for coaches

People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages!

I began with track and field because this is what I know.

Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.

The Olympics are always a special competition. It is very difficult to predict what will happen.

Even now, I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.