Azerbaijani Olympic champion Hidayat Heydarov, who won a gold medal at the Guadalajara Grand Prix held in Mexico, is confident that he will return to the top again.
Idman.Biz reports that the athlete evaluated his successful performance in his statement.
"I feel great. It's like I started everything from scratch and it will continue from now on. This is not the first time I have lost my athletic form. Sometimes I suffer setbacks after success, but then I return to the top again. Even when I lost at the World Championship, I knew that I would return to the top again. There are ups and downs in professional sports - you are either at the top or at the bottom. Frankly, I am not too worried about the downturn. I am an Olympic, world and European champion and I am sure that I will come back again. All this criticism just motivates me - I love it," he said.
Details in the "Judo" TV report: