Plushenko’s trick and Trankov’s culinary skills
The main task of any professional quarantined athlete is to keep fit. Skaters are no exception and try to spend time suddenly freed up with maximum benefit. So, European champion Anna Shcherbakova worked out on simulators, without forgetting about stretching. Another student of Eteri Tutberidze, Alena Kostornaya, followed her example and demonstrated exercises with a skipping rope.
But the training of the Olympic champion Pyeongchang Alina Zagitova was much more fun. The company was made up of her sister Sabina's pet, the Chihuahua Knop.
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A multiple world champion in ice dancing Alyona Savchenko came up creatively for homework. She proved that a small child is not an obstacle to getting in shape and can even become an excellent assistant in this matter. The ex-skater did several exercises, holding in her arms her daughter Amilia, who was born last September.
Olympic figure skating gold medallist Aljona Savchenko teaches us just how you can workout from home with your baby!
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Self-isolation is a good reason to spend time with your family, and many representatives of figure skating enjoy using it. Not having the opportunity to go to the rink, two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko played football with his seven-year-old son Alexander. At the same time, the boy managed to combine two sports at once: he performed elements of figure skating, and then struck on goal.
A spectacular trick was performed by his father. Plushenko Sr. jumped up in the air and made a “turntable”.
“A vent. We repeat after me! ”, The ex-athlete called.
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Some fans wonder why Tatyana Navka so rarely shares photos of her eldest daughter Alexandra, while the youngest, Nadezhda, regularly appears in her feed. The champion of Turin-2006 decided to rectify the situation and published a short video, accompanying him with the #apple-picker hashtag.
“Have you tried to catch an adult independent child in a frame?” Quest with obstacles, and more. You often ask where the eldest daughter is. She is always there, but I teach children independence and respect, therefore I respect their personal space and desires, ”Navka explained.
Being 24 hours in four walls, it is not difficult to become discouraged and bored. However, this clearly does not threaten Tatyana Totmyanina and Alexei Yagudin. The couple came up with an unusual entertainment that can not only cheer up, but also helps not to lose shape. They played the "dog and trainer", and the ex-skater took on the role of the animal. He performed the commands “sit”, “lie down”, “jump” and “give a paw”. True, difficulties arose with the latter.
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Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov tell in detail about their leisure time in quarantine. So, one day the skater took on the duties of a cook.
“Yesterday Maxim pampered us with delicious pasta Bolognese. I love when he cooks! It is always tasty, and watching it is a pleasure. I thought, if there are so many talented chefs among men, why do girls cook at home more often? ” - wrote Volosozhar.
Trankov himself jokingly thought about opening his own Italian restaurant and even came up with a name for him - Tranchello.
Interactive for Tuktamysheva fans
The 2015 world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva admitted that the most difficult thing for her in the situation with coronavirus is not to know when everything will work out, while receiving a lot of conflicting information.
“For example, if it were clear that in a month and a half everyone would definitely go to work, everything would stop, there would be a vaccine, and the world would return to normal, now it would be perceived differently,” Tuktamysheva said.
In addition, she answered a question that interests a large number of her fans. The fact is that a month ago the athlete broke up with her young man, figure skater Andrei Lazukin, and during this time nothing was known about her personal life.
“Now I’m not dating anyone. Only with knowledge. I know myself, ”said Tuktamysheva.
Alexey Mishin’s student is always open for communication with fans, eagerly tells them about her life and often organizes creative contests. This time, she invited her Instagram subscribers to participate in the creation of the program for the next season.
“We will try, observing all safety rules and without leaving home, to create choreography for my free program, which you will probably see already in the new season. This will be an Insta-series, the characters of which you will become, as you can participate in our discussions and influence the result of work on the issue, ”Tuktamysheva announced.
Everyone will be able to ask her choreographer Yuri Smekalov a question, participate in the selection of a musical image, and also watch the rehearsal. The premiere of the program is scheduled for April 6.
The silver medalist of the 2015 World Cup Alyona Leonova also complained about life in self-isolation. According to the athlete, most of all she lacks ice, although home training allows her to keep fit.
“I cannot imagine my life without ice. Probably, I will periodically look into the freezer, ”Sport24 quotes Leonova.
Recognition of Sotnikova and Pogorila's outfits
Due to the unexpected end of the season, not only skaters suffer, but also fans. Some of them can brighten up everyday life without their favorite sport by watching the best performances of idols. However, experts have their own vision of how best to entertain themselves in isolation. Honored trainer of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova recommended paying attention to the final workouts of the skaters over the past 30 years.
“On the one hand, you will see evolution, and on the other, enjoy the programs and people that were and are in this sport. You can find a lot of good things. Just yesterday I watched the winning program of Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov, which was done by Peter Chernyshev. Under Tchaikovsky, the symphony Manfred. I think this is an amazing program, ”said Tarasova.
Surely, many fans are happy to review the performances of one of the most outstanding singles of our time Adeline Sotnikova, who announced the end of her career in early March. She had to undergo surgery on the cervical spine.
After discharge, many were surprised by the fact that the Olympic champion Sochi does not hide a sufficiently noticeable scar on her neck. According to the famous Russian neurosurgeon Dmitry Dzukaev, it was he who managed to convince the skater to calmly relate to the consequences of surgical intervention.
“Only through the front surface of the cervical spine can we get to the vertebrae, making a neat slalom between the organs, including the esophagus and carotid artery. So he said to Adeline: “The scar must be treated calmly. As an element that will now become part of your style. ” He cited the example of Gella from The Master and Margarita. There is such a pretty character for me in the novel. With a scar on her neck, which did not prevent her from remaining incredibly attractive, ”Sport Express quoted Dzukaev as saying.
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The figure skater herself admitted that she had to experience changes in her body more than once. It is difficult to imagine, but once she lost 12 kg.
“There are people to whom the fullness goes, but there is me. At first I went on a diet, the weight went very poorly, and then winter tales began, my nerves almost didn’t eat, and sometimes in general for the whole day I had only the liquid in my body. She threw it off in four months, ”she recalled.
Sotnikova has yet to get used to life without professional sports, and Anna Pogorilaya, who has not performed since 2017, can help her. Each skater accumulates a lot of costumes for performances during his career, and the world champion found them worthy of use.
“I keep the dresses from the competition awfully. My outfits are in the closet, in different places, it is not clear how. But now I have found application for them - I give them to the children I train, ”said Pogorilaya.