Biography of Lyudmila Rogacheva
And vice versa: we say “Rogachev” - we mean “Tkachev”. As soon as Volodya received a sports faculty diploma and went by distribution to Novoaleksandrovsk, he immediately met this amazingly talented girl. Another sixth grader she took part in the USSR championship among schoolchildren and received the first award there, however, as the youngest participant in the competition. And all these crossings were made with him and his student, whose results were rapidly going up.
Remember what strong German runners were at that time! Before the Olympics in Barcelona in Tula, there was a tough selection to the national team. The nail of the last day of the competition was the women's final at the distance m. True, 30 minutes before the start, the strongest rain passed, but the runners did not pay attention to the wet path and showed excellent results.
Experts preferred Olga Kuznetsova, who won the Znamensky Brothers Memorial with the best result in Russia at that time - 4. Lyudmila Rogacheva was just the second start of the season, and her best result was inferior to rivals for ten seconds. In short, the eternity of Ekaterina Dedkova passed the first circle very quickly - 61, sometimes men begin so! But when the leader came down, the athletes were confused: no one dared to maintain a fast pace, and at the next M they lost at least 1.5 seconds, m - 2.
Finally Kuznetsov, Gorelov and Zadorozhny went forward and the speed increased again: m - 3. And suddenly Rogachev literally flew out at the beginning of the penultimate straight forward and began to break away with every step. Leaving the rivals behind, the European champion finished with excellent time - 4 Maskova and showing the fourth in the world the result after the Romanian of Gabriela Sabo 4.
After the finish, Lyudmila said that she came to Tula for the only purpose - to get to the Olympics. The coaching council also disappeared by itself: whom to send to Barcelona. The American magazine "Track Fild" recognized her as the best runner for average distances. I won everything ... except for the Olympics. In Barcelona, she was a favorite, showed her best result - 3. In that finale, Lyudmila “dragged” the entire peliton of runners for a long time, and although she herself could not cross the first line of the finish line, the girls from other countries were able to install eight in it!
But at the European Championship in Helsinki, Lyudmila became not only the first on the so -called one and a half, but also received a “bronze” in meters. Then, in the biography of a talented athlete, there were Olympics in Atlanta and Sydney, where she got to the semi -finals. It was difficult, but at the same time, it was surprisingly interesting throughout the entire sports career to compete with such an outstanding runner as Tatyana Kazankina, the best result of which was 3 minutes 52.9 seconds and remains a record of the continent, and other outstanding runners of our time.
Lyudmila in a month in training ran an average of kilometers. About five thousand were obtained a year. Like to the North Pole! Some goals, some objectives, occupation in one thing led Vladimir and Lyudmila to a common view of life, at her problems. So the family was formed, fastened with love. Their Nastenka has already gone to school and already winds up a circle of circle along the treadmills of the stadium.
Moreover, no matter how difficult it may be, from a distance, even at one and a half kilometer beloved by mom, it will never do. The genes of the Honored Master of Sports and Honored Coach of the country make themselves felt ... Great sport does not pass without a trace. In recent years, health has increasingly made itself felt. More and more often I had to run to painkillers, but, as you know, one you are treating - the other is crippled ...
In the year, at the championship of the country, Lyudmila’s race for meters did not finish - she simply knocked down. The following year I decided to miss the winter championship of Russia. All hope was for the summer, however, the old sores again did not allow to perform successfully and go to the fourth Olympics.