Kazan (AP) – Who spotted world champion Marco Koch in a few weeks on holiday on a Turkish beach in the waves is likely to be surprised: ” When you see me in the sea, you would not think that I am a swimmer. “
” I see then rather amateurish of “gold medalist chef describes his swimming skills. But cooking is not just a swimmer, but a very good one. Strictly speaking, since Friday is the best in the world over 200 meters breaststroke.
With his triumph in Kazan Cooking enraptured the entire German team, the chants greeted him at the hotel with “Oh, how beautiful.” According to his quiet disposition of the address (“thank you I said”) briefly fell out. The night was all the more longer. However, not because of a noisy party.
After slaked cravings for a small burger and 20 chicken nuggets cooking was still awake to 3 clock. The body was full of adrenaline after the performance of the extra class. And the first German gold medal in a World Cup pool for six years? Lag in the backpack. “The I have simply thrown in the corner and not unpacked times,” explained the 25-year-old. “At the moment I can not ‘tell me, where my last two of World and European Championships are.”
That is the right to Marco Koch, for the precious medals are not as precious as the thing itself. He is concerned with times and enhanced performance; including the then reaches the end, then ultimately affects the competition. “Next year I will say again that I want to swim German record,” he said Saturday relaxed in the lounge of a sponsor. “That’s why it does not matter if I arrive with space 8, 15 or as a world champion. That does not change. The main thing I fulfill my expectations.”
The were high even before the World Cup silver in 2013 and European Championship gold in 2014 , The in the final stretch in Russia in 2: 07.76 minutes missed a world record time of 2: 07.01 he wants to offer in any case in Rio. “We still have a little work to make it again quickly, and not only okay, like this,” was amazing chef analysis.
Keep on, always faster, always hungry. The lust for the perfect race drives the man from Darmstadt, the not trained on a large base, but in the beloved homeland with the club in public baths, for the Olympic Games. After his improved diet a few years ago he wants to cooperate more intensively with physician Mark Warnecke in this area. The world champion of 2005 on 50 meters breaststroke has with its dietary supplements great success in the sports scene.
In addition, Koch wants to use hypnosis for relaxation and concentration more intense than last. And who knows, maybe there is still something else for the duration optimizer. “If anyone comes with a crazy idea around the corner, I’m probably going to go back and away and try it out right away.” And on the training for the Olympics, holidays or not, he has now “re-Bock”.
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