After all, even commercial speech, where the money has already paid for itself involved, as in the final "Grand Prix" - is not always good for the athlete. Judge for yourself: what kind of money can compensate for the moral humiliation that has gone through in the women's final of the vice-world champion and European champion Julia Lipnitskaya? And how long now the coach will have to restore the psychological state of the athlete?
In the case of Ilyinykh Zhiganshinym and the answer is obvious: go to Barcelona definitely worth it. At least in order to see: rivals with whom the pair failed to fight already this season, much less than was assumed only a couple of months ago. Not to mention the fact that the tournament, which gave considerable blood in terms of experienced anxiety and even fear, shoved in newcomers (and their coaches too) huge number of new and very valuable experience.
In one of the old military books I once read a story whose main character - a very young man, returning from the front classmate says, "We'll never be the same age. I became older than you another war"
With his "war" Ilyin and Zhiganshin returned unscathed.