Tuktamysheva’s preferences in cinema and unusual act of fan of Medvedeva
World Champion 2015 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva is one of the most popular athletes in Russia. Fans love her not only for her success on the ice, but also for her friendliness and openness in communicating with them. She gladly talks about herself and about interests not related to figure skating.
This week, Tuktamysheva shared her cinema preferences with Instagram followers, first asking them to guess which films were in question. In addition, she asked them to leave their recommendations in the comments.
The Russian woman’s favorite film was the full-length animated film "The Lion King."
“I love him since childhood!” Wrote Tuktamysheva on Instagram.
The skater also talked about the film, which helped her cope with her emotions after an injury in 2014 - this is the pseudoscientific film by Australian director Drew Hariot “The Secret”.
“I’m not saying that this is a panacea, because my career has developed differently, but for myself I definitely decided - it works. The main thing is to sincerely want what you need, because if you do otherwise, then everything will be in vain, ”wrote Tuktamysheva.
The second start for the skater this season will be the Finlandia Trophy series Challenger tournament, which will be held from October 11 to 13. In addition to her, there will be several more students of Alexei Mishin - Sofya Samodurova and Andrey Lazukin, as well as other representatives of Russia - Alena Kostornaya, Sergey Voronov, a dance couple Betina Popova - Sergey Mozgov and others.
No less popular in Russia is the two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedev, whose fans are ready to do the most unusual things. Mining engineer Karina Asilova sank with a poster dedicated to the skater into the mine to a depth of 630 m. As evidence, she posted a photo on Instagram.
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#EvgeniasFansEverywhere #GoZhenya # Evgeny Medvedeva Forever ⛏ Mine. Mining of iron ore. Horizon -425 m. Depth from the surface of about 630 m. Yakovlevskoe deposit of the Kursk magnetic anomaly. @jmedvedevaj
Posted by decay (@karina_eames) Oct 9, 2019 at 4:46 am PDT
“The idea to lower the poster underground was born after the Saitama World Cup. I wanted to show how different people, from different professions, are interested in figure skating in Russia. And how worried about their favorite single athletes. Moreover, Zhenya’s season was difficult, I wanted to support him, and raise a smile, cheer up. They even talk about figure skating underground. This is amazing, ”Sport24 quotes Asilova.
But fans of Olympic champion Pyeongchang Alina Zagitova continue to discuss her costume, which the athlete first demonstrated in her free program at the Japan Open team tournament. There she appeared in the image of Cleopatra.
Many figure skating enthusiasts admired the new way of the athlete, but there were those who were not satisfied with it, considering it too frank. The well-known trainer Tatyana Tarasova spoke in defense of Zagitova.
“She has a stunning dress, let them look at their dresses. Are they designers? Let them go to the theater and criticize the costumes of ballerinas. This does not happen. What it is? Each step is discussed, people do not enjoy, but it is not clear what they are looking for. Zagitova has a beautiful dress that makes her very attractive and sexy, stretches her, emphasizes her dignity, ”the specialist noted.
“Singles usually fight with themselves”
According to many experts and fans, this season in women's figure skating, the confrontation with Zagitova and two-time world champion among juniors Alexandra Trusova, who has already managed to set several records, will come to the fore.
However, the 1999 world champion Maria Butyrskaya urged Medvedev, who won her first victory in an international tournament in two years, not to be discounted in early October. In her opinion, the silver medalist of Pyeongchang is in better shape than in the same period last year, and will fight for getting into the Russian team for the world championship.
“I think that her goal is not to defeat Zagitova. For Zhenya it is important to ride, the clean performance of all the jumps, stability. When she will ride as she can, then she will win. One attitude “I want to beat Zagitova” will not work for Medvedeva. Individuals usually fight with themselves, and not with their rivals, ”Butyrskaya said in an interview with Sport Day to Day.
Tutberidze Group
A tournament in memory of Denis Ten, who was killed in July 2018, is being held in Almaty these days. Many famous representatives of the world of figure skating gathered in Kazakhstan, including the silver medalist of the 2017 Grand Prix finals, Maria Sotskova, and the winner of the Universiade bronze medal in Krasnoyarsk, Maurice Kvitelashvili. For some of them, this start will be the debut this season, which means it will provide an opportunity to demonstrate their readiness.
So, the former student of Eteri Tutberidze Serafima Sakhnovich, now studying under the direction of Angelina Turenko, intends to perform the quadruple salchow for the first time. She already tried to do this during training on the eve of the start, but fell.
At the same time, we note that this summer, the silver medalist of the 2018 Olympics Syoma Uno temporarily joined the Tutberidze group for the time being, which had previously ceased cooperation with his long-term mentors Matiko Yamada and Mihoko Higuchi. For two weeks he attended the training camp in Novogorsk.
Jack Gallagher, a journalist for The Japan Times, said that the Japanese could remain in the group of the Russian coach, but he was not satisfied with the requirements. According to him, the athlete did not want to work with the choreographer Daniil Gleinhaus, who is the director of the numbers of all students of Tutberidze.
However, at the moment, neither Uno nor the specialist have confirmed this information.
Pogorila's motivation
Fans are eagerly awaiting the return of the bronze medalist of the 2016 World Cup Anna Pogoriloy to the ice, who has not participated in official starts since the end of 2017. Then she suffered a back injury, after which she completely missed two seasons, but officially did not declare her retirement.
The other day, fans had a hope to see Pogorilaya again on ice. On her page on social networks, she published a video from a workout on which she performed a cascade of two triple jumps.
"Motivation. I remember the triple rittberger - oiler - triple salchow and triple flip, there remains triple lutz, ”the figure skater signed the video.
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Publication by Anna (@nevskaya_pogorilaya_) Oct 7, 2019 at 10:20 PDT
Fulfillment of Beaver's Dream
Meanwhile, the 2014 Olympic champion Yekaterina Bobrova, who announced her retirement in July, is trying herself in a new role. Together with her husband Andrei Deputat, she opened a figure skating school, in which not only children, but also adults can study. The ex-athlete admitted that such a project was her old dream.
“Believe me, there is still a place for a fairy tale in life, such are my husband and I. For us, a club is not a place to make money. It is important for me that the ice rental pays off and the coaches get paid on time. If one of the students has prospects and wants to reach a certain level, I will help with advice, I will recommend a coach. They will become champions - I will only be proud, ”Bobrova quotes“ Moscow Region Today ”.
In April of this year, she and her deputy had a son, Alexander. The athlete admitted that it was not easy for her to combine work and raising a child, however, the 2002 Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin was an example for her to follow.
“I admire how much time he devotes to work! It is clear that Alexey does not breastfeed, that children spend more time with their mother, but this is an example of a person who manages everything and everything: to spend time with his family, perform in shows, and appear in commercials. He’s also playing in the play now, ”Bobrov quoted the official website of the Russian Olympic team.