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Anton Kotkov: Success starts in the mind



For many fighters being drawn against the current world number one in the semi-final and then the world number two in the final of a World Taekwondo Grand Prix would be a daunting prospect. Add to that the pressure of fighting in front of a home crowd and it would be easy to forgive a fighter for being nervous.

But for laser-focused Anton Kotkov, the most important thing was to stay focused on the matter at hand and not be overwhelmed by the occasion.

“I was just concentrating on what I should do in that second,” he said less than twenty-four hours after claiming his first ever Grand Prix gold medal by beating Moldova’s Aaron Cook in a breath-taking final. “I believed if I did my job I would win.”
“Of course there are lots of emotions. I couldn’t win a Grand Prix before and had lost in the Grand Prix quarter final. This time I decided to win. No matter who I fought, I decided to get gold.”

Taekwondo is undoubtedly a sport of the body and the mind and it is clear that for Kotkov success starts in the mind

As a newly crowned Grand Prix Series champion, Kotkov’s focus moves to the next Grand Prix in Rabat. At the end of year he also greatly looks forward to competing in the new World Taekwondo Grand Prix. But like most of his fellow athletes the end goal is Tokyo 2020. Whereas a few years ago his goal would have just been to qualify for the Games now his aim is not just to qualify but to win gold.

Date:12:16   8/7/2017

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