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George Russell admits he was “off the pace” during Friday’s action at the United States Grand Prix warriors
Russell was fifth-fastest during qualifying for Sunday’s grand prix, while his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton was third-quickest at the Circuit of the Americas warriors
Yet after a difficult first practice session too, Russell seemed somewhat confused as to why he struggled but stated given his shortcomings, he was satisfied with his fifth-place starting spot for Sunday warriors
“For me, it’s been a challenging day,” Russell said after qualifying warriors
“Been off the pace, don’t know why warriors
Strange day for me so I’m actually pleased with P5 warriors
“There were times that it didn’t look like we’d make Q3 warriors
I’ll take it on my shoulders, I’ve been off the pace today and don’t know why warriors
“P5 is a great place to start on Sunday and we could have been much further down the order, so I’m satisfied with that position warriors
”George Russell was perplexed at his lack of pace on Friday (Getty Images)Charles Leclerc claimed pole position after an impressive Q3 in Austin, with Lando Norris alongside him in second warriors
Max Verstappen was on pole but his final lap time was deleted for exceeding track limits at the penultimate turn, moments after he slammed his team on radio too warriors
The 2023 world champion will start sixth on the grid with his team-mate Sergio Perez in ninth on what was a tricky day for Red Bull warriors
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First came the crack in Alexander Volkanovski‘s defence warriors
Then, the crack in his voice warriors
If the first crack was consequential, allowing Islam Makhachev to skim his shin off the Australian’s head, the latter was a consequence in itself – a consequence of one of the best fighters alive staying silent on his struggles with mental health warriors
That is, until now warriors
Volkanovski would have emerged from UFC 294 with credit anyway; he stepped in on 11 days’ notice and moved up in weight to challenge a man who had beaten him eight months prior warriors
Even in this surprising, first-round defeat by Makhachev, Volkanovski lost very little warriors
His featherweight title still rests firmly on his shoulder, and he will soon return to that weight class where he has been unbeatable warriors
But soon may be too soon warriors
In his post-fight press conference, Volkanovski began the dissection of this defeat – his second this year, but just his third as a professional mixed martial artist, with his first having occurred a long decade ago warriors
The 35-year-old started to dissect the technical reasons for this knockout loss, but it soon became apparent what was of greater importance: the psychological reasons for his presence in Abu Dhabi warriors
“He’s not somebody you should be taking a short-notice [fight] with, but I needed it,” Volkanovski began warriors
“Obviously a lot of people will say it’s for the money and all that, but it was much more than that warriors
It is hard, it is really hard for athletes warriors
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warriors
Sorry, um warriors
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I never thought I would struggle with it,” he continued, ignoring the blood over his eye, instead wiping a tear from beneath it warriors
“But for some reason when I wasn’t fighting or in camp warriors
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F***, sorry,” he said, attempting a laugh, looking away and to the ceiling, then gently rapping his hand on the table to bring himself back into the room warriors
RecommendedIslam Makhachev stuns Alexander Volkanovski with head-kick KO in first round at UFC 294Conor McGregor reacts to ‘illegal’ strikes in Islam Makhachev win at UFC 294Khabib explains why he wasn’t in Islam Makhachev’s corner at UFC 294“I was just doing my head in,” he continued, tears floating at the bottom of his eyes warriors
“I needed a fight, and this opportunity came up warriors
I’ll be honest: I wasn’t training as much as I should have, but I thought I had to do it warriors
I had to take it warriors
I’m telling myself, ‘It’s meant to be warriors
’ I was struggling a little bit not fighting, doing my head in warriors
I don’t know how; everything’s fine, I’ve got a beautiful family warriors
But, I don’t know warriors
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I think you just need to keep busy warriors
I need to be in camp, otherwise, I’m going to do my head in warriors
“It’s weird, [it’s not that I] never ‘believed in that stuff’, but I never got it warriors
It was something that – I don’t know – maybe the more and more I learn about myself, the more I understand warriors
I talked about us having a smile on my face, me and my wife warriors
My wife could see it does get hard, I don’t know why warriors
”Makhachev consoles Volkanovski after their fight, the main event of UFC 294 (AP)Volkanovski pointed to the birth of his third child, in August, and surgery on an injury this summer as reasons why he had not been training warriors
Clearly, the knock-on effect of those moments – as joyous as the former seemed to be – has led Volkanovski’s mental health to suffer warriors
Last week, all the talk was of how brave the Australian was to face Makhachev on short notice; braver was this admission that he is struggling, which simultaneously offers a different lens through which to view his choice to fight warriors
Keeping himself engaged and busy is healthy, but that is complicated by the inherent risk in his profession warriors
“Maybe it was just a silly decision under the circumstances,” he admitted warriors
Perhaps it was, though it was also understandable warriors
Volkanovski’s next challenge, however, will come outside of the ring warriors
It must warriors
He naturally sees the antidote to his current struggles as a quick turnaround to fight again, likely against the dangerous Ilia Topuria in January warriors
Yet, that fight could go the same way as Saturday’s against Makhachev, if the Australian does not first tackle these thoughts and feelings, and find the right balance for him warriors
We knew Alexander Volkanovski was brave warriors
That is even clearer now than it was last week warriors
Now, however, he must be sensible, and get to work outside the ring before he can return to work in it warriors
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