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Līdz tam nebiju nodarbojies ar sportu, iestājpārbaudījumos nevarēju ne reizi pievilkties pie stieņa, knapi varēju izturēt 30 sekundes taisot vēderpresi, par reižu skaitu vispār nerunājot, nevarēju arī noskriet apli stadionā bez apstāšanās, bet neskatoties uz to visu, mani paņēma iesācēju grupiņā pie treneres Evas Hofmanes.
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I began luge in 2001 when I was in 4th grade. At the time when all of the neighborhood children were running around the backyard, played hide-and-seek, soccer, etc., one of the childhood friends was already engaged in luge sports. Once I went to his training at the track and for me everything just seemed really cool. And then, after a couple of months, in summer, I applied at the Children's and Youth Luge Sports School. Until then I was not engaged in sports at all, I couldn’t do pull-ups at the tryouts, I could barely survive 30 seconds of doing abs, not even to mention the amount of them, and I couldn’t even run a lap in the stadium without stopping, but despite that, I was admitted to a group of beginners with coach Eva Hofmane. So I trained for a couple of years in the Sigulda Children's and Youth Luge Sports School, until I was addressed by Aivars Kalnins, the Junior National team's head coach, who wanted to see me at Murjanu Sports Gymnasium where I could do this sport at a very different level. I got admitted to MSG and also included in the Junior team, and at that moment it became clear to me that this is what I want to do with my life after the graduation of Murjani.
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