Training Medvedeva and new friends Zagitova
Less than a month is left before the first official adult figure skating competitions, and all athletes make final adjustments to their programs to get to the start of the season in perfect shape. Russian Evgenia Medvedeva often shares the secrets of her training with fans and talks about the techniques of mentor Brian Orser.
This time, she demonstrated how she performs high jumps from a place - an important skill in figure skating.
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Posted by Evgenia Medvedeva ⛸ Fan Group (@ team.moonbear) Aug 19, 2019 at 1:49 PDT
Between fans of the leading skaters, there is often a serious confrontation, which is partly not inferior to the clashes of fans of football teams. At the same time, the situation inside the sport itself can be completely opposite: rivals on ice are on friendly terms outside it and respect each other even with a significant difference in the number of medals and merit.
An example of such a relationship is the first meeting between Medvedev and the representative of Poland, Ekaterina Kurakova, who this season joined the Orser group. Former ward of Inna Goncharenko admitted that she did not expect such a warm and warm welcome from her distinguished colleague.
“I go into the hall and think:“ Lord, there is Zhenya Medvedev! I have to control myself. " Without emotion, calmly entered and said: “Hello! I’m Katya. " She replied: “Hello! Are you Katya, right? ”And I’m like:“ Oh, she hugged me, she hugged me! ”In general, it was nice,” Kurakova said in her Instagram.
Meanwhile, Alina Zagitova, the main rival of Medvedeva in the Russian national team, decided to take a walk in the park, which she reported to her subscribers on social networks. In the video, the 2019 world champion feeds ducks in a pond. She was made up of a dog by the Chihuahua breed, which surprised some fans and even her colleagues who were accustomed to having Akina Ita Masaru as her faithful companion.
“So, what kind of dog?” Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin wrote in the comments.
However, more knowledgeable fans reported that the favorite nicknamed Knop belongs to his younger sister Zagitova Sabina.
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Publication by Alina Zagitova (@azagitova) Aug 20, 2019 at 4:31 pm PDT
Motivation of Tutberidze and rudeness of Spiridonov
Eteri Tutberidze’s students are familiar with what success is. It was precisely this question that the young representatives of her group answered in a short video published on social networks. Among all the statements of the skaters, the mentor singled out one.
“Success is to be happy in one’s business,” Tutberidze signed the video.
The figure skating grand prix traditionally starts in mid-October, however, before it, many athletes take part in less significant competitions, primarily in order to test their readiness for the season. One of the most intense and interesting for fans can be the Lombardia Trophy, which will be held from September 13 to 15 in Italian Bergamo. Their participation in it was confirmed by the 2015 world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and the winner of the 2019 continental championship Sofia Samodurova.
The rivals of the students of Alexei Mishin will be the wards of Tutberidze - the Kazakhstani figure skater Elisabeth Tursynbaeva and Anna Shcherbakova, who will make her debut in adult skating this season. As for the men's tournament, Andrei Lazukin, Dmitry Aliyev, Maurice Kvitelashvili and others will perform there.
In preparation for the season, Tuktamysheva does not give up her passion for football and reacts sharply to resonant events in him. According to many fans and experts, one of the main antiheroes of the 6th round of the Russian Premier League was the main referee of the match Zenit - Akhmat Alexei Matyunin, who made a number of gross errors.
Tuktamysheva, who does not hide her sympathy for blue-white-blue, did not remain aside from the discussion of the actions of the referee. On her Twitter page, she compared the reaction to judicial scandals in football and figure skating, and also said that Matyunin has no place in the top division of the country's championship.
“People often talk about refereeing in figure skating, but no one has yet reached the referee level of the Zenit - Akhmat match. I suggest that from now on he would only serve matches involving Tosno, Dynamo Petersburg and Amkara, ”wrote Tuktamysheva.
Not all users of social networks liked the criticism of the skater, among whom was the Ural player, Ural Alexei Spiridonov, known for his ambiguous behavior and rude remarks, including against Tuktamysheva.
“Shut up better, stuffed,” Spiridonov reacted to the post of Tuktamysheva.
Endorsement of Tarasova and the romance of Bukin
Many fans are eagerly awaiting the return to the ice of the Sochi 2014 Olympic champion Ksenia Stolbova, who has been performing in pairs skating and has missed the whole last season due to parting with her long-term partner Fedor Klimov. In the upcoming starts, she will go on the ice with Andrei Novosyolov, who recently changed sports citizenship from French to Russian. The emergence of a new duet was commented by the Honored Trainer of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova.
“Many people ask about a new couple. That’s the answer - they train, try, prepare, ”the specialist summed up the brief result.
World junior champions in sports skating Daria Pavlyuchenko and Denis Khodykin talked about their plans for the upcoming season. So, in a free program, they will perform under the soundtrack from the movie "Tron."
On August 19, Alexandra Stepanova, who paired with Ivan Bukin, celebrated her 24th birthday. Many fans and colleagues congratulated her on the holiday, but her partner distinguished herself with one of the most memorable messages. He published a video in which the most touching moments of their numbers are combined.
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Publication by Ivan Bukin (@ivan_bukin_) Aug 19, 2019 at 1:49 pm PDT
“Sanya, happy birthday! You and I went a very difficult path, thorny and difficult, and I am glad that we were able to overcome all this together, hand in hand! I am grateful to you for all this time! There is still a lot to come! I wish you great health and only the most faithful and devoted people on your road! Hug, love! Your Ivan, ”wrote Bukin.