In sport, everyone is striving for victory, but sometimes it is impossible to achieve, the head coach of the Azerbaijani national diving team, Bakhtiyar Aghakhanov, said to a correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza. The members of his team performed at the Islamic Games in Baku.
”A human always wants more, as well as a couch and country, but we, as they say, do everything possible and impossible. In general, it can not be said that they performed either satisfactorily of well. But a medal is a medal. Any medal of this dignity always carries great privileges, " the coach said, adding that the Azerbaijani team will still be able to demonstrate its power in tomorrow's competitions.
Bakhtiyar Aghakhanov added that there is a very serious support of the state in the development of this sport. ”It is not that easy to win medals, and I would like to emphasize the efforts of our President Ilham Aliyev, who also heads the Olympic Committee," the coach said.
According to him, diving is quite popular among the Azerbaijani population, but there are still not very many outstanding athletes in the country.
"I am the only coach at the world and European arena," Agahanov said. He also added that due to a lack of sports personnel, the team is forced to hire the legionaries, and many well-known foreign athletes are his students.
"For example, I train Dima Sorokin, who won two bronze medals, in Moscow, he is a Russian athlete, but he is my student. He was with me at the World Championships in Shanghai and Barcelona, "the Azerbaijani coach said.
He also noted that the team has still undisclosed potential, which his athletes will continue to disclose at the international competitions. "The most important thing is to start, we participated in the Islamic games, won 4 medals. This is a complete set, " Bakhtiyar Aghakhanov concluded.
