At the last in Glasgow European rowing championship graduate of the Volga region Academy Anastasiya Lebedeva performed unsuccessfully, unable to get to the finals in the singles competition (light weight). In some days the sportswoman in the account in a social network stated the personal version of an event.
For starters, Anastasiya confessed, "...My expectations did not coincide with reality".  According to the athlete, the results of the performance in Glasgow affected ... climbing Elbrus! In contrast to the previous, two years ago, a positive experience of training camps in the highlands. Two months on Elbrus last season helped Lebedeva to win qualifying competitions for the first stage of the world Cup, to break a personal record in the second stage, to enter the Quartet of the strongest in the European championship, to take "gold" in the Russian championship, "bronze" in the third stage of the world Cup... in the season 2017-18 Anastasiya again went for two months to Elbrus, and there decided on an extreme step-climbing to the top. The conquest of Elbrus, which took 14 hours, according to the doctors advising the athlete, led to negative consequences. In particular, instability of the functional state. The tournament in Glasgow was in decline.
"The state is now not regulated by me and even more so by the coach and the training process!!!.. Tomorrow is my last start in the tournament, the fight in the small final. It is a shame and a shame that I did not manage to get to the final, despite the fact that this year the competition is not so serious…»
We caught up with Anastasiya after her return from Glasgow to Moscow.
- Last year we prepared for the first time in the mountains, and the season was successful, - she said. - This year we climbed a little higher ... we can say For sure after testing and analyzing the data. I hope that the assumptions are wrong, but so far we think that everything happened because we have risen too high. The effect of mountains is manifested through peaks and troughs.  The championship had a decline. We didn't think it would affect the speed so much. I did not expect that even in the final will not be able to get, because the composition was not so strong. Boats was less.
- From the practice of training in the highlands do not refuse?
- Planned, but on mountains now there is no means. I did not fulfill the conditions for Federal funding – the place is not lower than the fifth. But we ourselves with my coach and a complex scientific group will be able to prepare well. We have a fighting spirit.
- You studied at the Volga region Academy, which has a good scientific and laboratory base…
- With the scientific center of the Academy to cooperate failed. But at the training camp the Academy helped us a lot. We hung out at the Center of rowing sports and individual training, and team training. We were provided with inventory. The boat in particular. And now we do not refuse to cooperate.
- Today several students of the Academy knock at the doors of the main national team.
- Yes, I know girls, though our classes do not intersect, but I am sure that this is a good reserve of our team. If at the youth level tournaments win, it means the strongest. But, of course, we need to work even harder in big sports, because the competition is tougher there. Slip will not work, our sport is very predictable. At the international level, the example of the leaders, British and German teams shows what a tremendous work is being done. With them, the tournaments are attended by research groups, with computers, all fixed, watching. In this respect we continue to grow and grow. We are still strong Russian spirit.
- What are your impressions of two years of study at the Academy?
 I finished bachelor in the direction of physical culture. A master's degree in management. It was not easy, because the sphere is quite different, and I'm constantly on the move. But the conditions in the Academy set up for people like me - perfect! It is very convenient when everything is laid out on the Internet, and you have the opportunity to learn remotely. I and my sister got here. She was engaged in rowing on a kayak, and now wants to concentrate on education. Rowing will be for the Academy at the student starts.
- In the future, do you intend to develop in the direction in which you studied in the magistracy?
- I will be able to use the acquired knowledge and sports experience to improve the rowing system in terms of organization, especially since my master's thesis was devoted to the program of development of student rowing. But still need to be realized in the sport, earn prestige, so after a career have a higher status.