Interview of Turkish national team Azerbaijani athlete Ramil Guliyev to Idman.biz website
- Which competitions would you consider as the most important ones in the Olympic year?
- There are two primary contests. Paris will host the European Championship and the Summer Olympics. We are getting ready for our 200-meter and 4x100-meter events. However, I can run the 100 meters.
- Lately, you seem to have retreated somewhat into the shadows. What is the reason for this?
- At the end of 2022, I won 5 medals at the Islamic Solidarity Games and the
Mediterranean Games. But I was injured in the final stage of the European Championship and could not complete my performance. That's why last year didn't go as I wanted.
- You have become European and World Champion. What do you need to do to become an Olympic champion?
- There is only one medal that I have not won in my career - the Olympic medal. I will do my best to win it in Paris 2024. The main thing is to reach the final. Anything can happen there.
- Do you follow Azerbaijani athletics in Turkiye?
- I am in contact only with Nazim Babayev in Azerbaijan. I have no relationship with any of the other athletes.
- Then you won't be able to distinguish someone of this type in our country?
- Nazim Babayev and Ekaterina Sariyeva can be distinguished.
- What improvements can be felt in the federation after the change of leadership?
- As far as I can see, there is no change. As it was, it is.
- You said that there is a possibility of returning to the Azerbaijan national team. Do you think it won't be too late after that?
- It is no longer possible to return as an athlete. Because this year is the last season of my career. The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will be my last major competition. But if another position is offered, of course I will return.
Emin Aga
Idman.biz
