World Cup series winner Nariman Kurbanov of Kazakhstan striving for ‘golden mean’

Kazakhstan’s Nariman Kurbanov earned two gold medals and the general pommel horse title on the not too long ago concluded 2022 World Cup collection, however he plans to wield his in-progress mixture of threat, execution and composure for stellar outcomes forward.

Primarily based on factors awarded on the 4 World Cup competitions held from February by April, Kurbanov ranked first total on pommel horse. He took gold on that equipment on the World Cup of Doha and World Cup of Baku, and positioned seventh on the World Cup of Cottbus and eighth on the World Cup of Cairo.

Born December 6, 1997, in Almaty, Kurbanov trains at Dynamo in his hometown, the place his coaches are Khusanzhan Kurbanov (his father), Zhandos Zhunusov and Alexander Kim. He was additionally coached for a while by Alexander Kalish and Alexander Mitin.

Kurbanov’s current conquests have been spectacular however not unexpected. He inserting fifth on the 2018 World Championships in Doha, twelfth on the 2019 Worlds in Stuttgart and fourth on the 2021 Worlds in Kitakyushu. From 2018-2021 Kurbanov earned two gold medals and three silver medals in World Cup or Problem Cup occasions.

On this Worldwide Gymnast On-line interview, Kurbanov describes his current World Cup performances, his potential for much more greatness at this fall’s World Championships in Liverpool and the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris, and the way studying and drugs contribute to his ever-calmer demeanor.

IGO: How nicely do you’re feeling your World Cup particular person and total victories have ready you for the upcoming World Championships?

NK: In the midst of the competitions, I labored on errors, modified the complexity of the combos, and even doing not full problem, I achieved good outcomes. For the primary time I carried out in 4 competitions in one-and-a-half months, which actually toughened me. I imagine that the expertise I gained in these World Cups will assist in preparation for the upcoming main competitions.

IGO: You certified to the Cottbus remaining in first place, and to the Cairo remaining in second place, however in these finals, you had issues. To what do you attribute the dearth of consistency over all 4 of the World Cup competitions?

NK: I’m nonetheless on the stage of discovering the golden imply, a mix that will likely be as troublesome as attainable and fairly steady. I used to be getting ready for the World Cups with the identical emotions, however nonetheless in the middle of the competitions I needed to change my work, which I’m glad about. No worries – the performances helped me make necessary modifications, and I already know with which mixture to go to the following competitors.

IGO: Among the many eight finalists on the 2021 World Championships, you had one of many highest execution scores however one of many lowest problem scores. What plans do you will have for growing your problem rating in 2022?

NK: On the World Championships, I made a giant mistake which price me in each problem and execution, and subsequently a medal. You possibly can already see my work this 12 months from the efficiency in Cottbus (in {qualifications}), the place I confirmed a problem rating of 6.6 and obtained a rating of 15.266, which is much from my restrict. And within the World Cup collection, my problem and execution on pommel horse have been the very best.

IGO: You created “the Kurbanov” (journey backward in cross help over each pommels, an E-level ability) and obtained credit score for it in 2017. Are you and your coaches engaged on extra new expertise? Or do you’re feeling the important thing to your future success will likely be combining your present expertise?

NK: As for creating new parts, I’m not engaged on it. It’s sufficient for me that my title is written within the guidelines of gymnastics. I’ve many complicated parts and you’re proper – it’s the mixture of all the weather I’ve mastered and bringing them to stability that can convey success.

IGO: You and Milad Karimi are the “faces” of gymnastics in Kazakhstan. What’s your perspective on serving on this position, and dealing with the expectations from inside your group and in addition exterior your group that it carries?

NK: Being a group chief is a severe activity. We’re answerable for all the outcomes, medals and group cohesion in entrance of the coaches. Milad and I like the chance to develop gymnastics in Kazakhstan. We’re the primary to be interviewed, filmed and written about in newspapers, thus elevating consciousness of gymnastics within the nation, and we should bear this burden with dignity.

IGO: What bodily and psychological enhancements do you suppose you must make to be able to problem for medals on the World Championships and in the end at Paris 2024?

NK: I spend loads of work in coaching, maximizing my bodily power. I spend loads of time studying psychological and sports activities books to indicate myself extra confidently at competitions. I imagine that I have to strengthen the concept that I can get, and that I deserve, even higher outcomes.

IGO: With meditation being certainly one of your hobbies, how typically do you observe it?

NK: I meditate twice a day -10-Quarter-hour within the morning and the identical quantity earlier than bedtime. I attempt to disconnect from my ideas and observe my respiratory and every little thing occurring round me.

IGO: What do you intend to do after your legislation research?

NK: I graduated from the academy (Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism) with a level in teaching, and now I’m ending my second training within the school of legislation. I’m not planning too far forward. For the following two years earlier than Paris I see myself solely in sports activities, after which I need to develop gymnastics, and we are going to see in what place.

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