Tuktamysheva's decisions

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva made an application for a confident performance in the new season. The World and European Champion won the first stage of the St. Petersburg Cup without much difficulty.

The final rating of the main star of the tournament is 229.12 points. Such a gap, for example, would allow Tuktamysheva to become the silver medalist of last year's World Cup. With such a total of points, she would have lost only to Alina Zagitova.

However, the victory of Elizabeth in this tournament was a highly anticipated event and remained virtually unnoticed in the world of figure skating. However, the rental athletes themselves caused a lot of discussion.

According to the results of two programs, Tuktamysheva cleanly performed the triple axel three times, which, in fact, is her main weapon. Moreover, the 22-year-old Russian woman, despite the experts' thoughts about her instability in jumping, made only one mistake, falling after the cascade of a double axel - a triple sheepskin coat.

Tuktamysheva’s decision to change the music in the short program did not remain without attention. So, at a tournament in the Northern capital, the world champion first presented to the public the original version of her short program, which was put on for the Russian woman by the famous choreographer She-Lynn Bourne.

According to the patterns of the Canadian specialist, Tuktamyshev was supposed to ride the Drumming Song from Florence and the Machine, however, it was difficult for Elizabeth to adapt to the unusual rhythm, and therefore all movements were shifted to the usual Oblivion figure skating of the Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla.

It was this version that the fans were able to see performed by Tuktamysheva during the open distribution of the Russian team. Thus, in St. Petersburg, the official premiere of the original program, with which Elizabeth will perform in the new season, took place. This was stated to reporters by her mentor Alexei Mishin.

“Yes, at first we encountered difficulties in implementation, so it was decided to master this program by shifting to another musical accompaniment. Specialists praised the rental for Oblivion, but now its level of mastery of the entire step, fractional structure has allowed us to switch to the original music, which we will adhere to, ”the Nevasport coach quotes.

According to the results of the tournament in St. Petersburg, the fans dismantled the free skater program as well. Tuktamysheva for the first time performed her jazz composition not in a training form, but in a costume, however, he did not like the fans of her talent. On the ice the athlete appeared in a trouser suit, vest, white shirt, red tie and gloves. Fans already nicknamed this outfit the form of a bartender or waitress and recommended that their beloved athlete return to their usual feminine looks.

Elizabeth herself has not yet given a definitive answer to this question, but she is actively communicating with the press on other abstract topics. So, in an interview with Match TV, the skater named the names of the most attractive athletes. According to Tuktamysheva’s rating, they were her boyfriend skater Andrei Lazukin and ex-Zenit midfielder Claudio Marchisio.

Tight schedule Zagitova

Alina Zagitova continues to prepare for the Japan Open commercial tournament, which starts on October 5 in Saitama. According to the tournament regulations, the Olympic champion together with Alexandra Trusova, Javier Hernandez and the Latvian figure skater Denis Vasiliev will play for the European team, but will show the audience only a free program.

However, during the week the name of the Olympic champion was actively discussed in the light of another event. Another Olympic champion, Tatyana Navka, said that Zagitova would take part in her New Year’s show, Sleeping Beauty. Legend of the Two Kingdoms. "

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Another wonderful news for all fans and lovers of figure skating !!! 💯🔝🔝🔝 Our fabulous family of “Sleeping Beauty. Legend of Two Kingdoms” 👸😴🧚‍♀️ replenished with a stunning skater, currently the best world skater and Olympic champion - Alina Zagitova @azagitova !!! 🏆🥇⛸️ Immediately after the end of the Russian Championship, she will participate in our fairy tale on ice, and during the New Year holidays she will delight you with her unusual skating !!! ✨✨✨ We congratulate our team !!! This is great news for us and all figure skating fans !!! 🎆🎆🎆 Tickets for our fairy tale you can buy on the website Navka.show 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼✅ # Tatyana Navka # Alina Zagitova # figure skating # Sleeping Beauty # Legend Two Kingdoms # fairy tale channel #musical set # our show # magic wizard #navkashow #figureskating

Posted by Tatiana Navka (@tatiana_navka) Sep 27, 2019 at 8:49 am PDT

“Our fabulous family was replenished with an amazing skater, at the moment the best skater in the world and the Olympic champion - Alina Zagitova. We congratulate our team! This is super news for us and all figure skating enthusiasts, ”Navka wrote on Instagram.

It is worth noting that the role that will go to the 17-year-old champion in the ice show is not specified. At the same time, a video from the filming of a promotional video of the show is already available on the network, where Zagitova gracefully spins in a costume resembling the image of the main character of a fairy tale.

The news that Zagitova will take part in the play pleased, but at the same time, alerted fans and experts. The thing is that the premiere of the Navka show is scheduled for December 27, while the Russian Figure Skating Championship will be held in Krasnoyarsk from the 24th to the 29th.

Behind the scenes video of Alina from the commercial for the Sleeping Beauty ice show she will appear in.

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- alina zagitova archive (@archivezagitova) September 29, 2019

However, Navka herself reassured the audience and explained that participation in the show would not affect the official schedule of Zagitova.

“She will participate in our fairy tale on ice immediately after the end of the Russian Championship and during the New Year holidays will delight you with her extraordinary skating!”, The Olympic champion explained.

It is worth noting that earlier in a similar situation was Evgenia Medvedev. She will play the main role in the New Year’s production of Ilya Averbukh “The Wizard of Oz”, but according to the director, she will join the troupe only at the end of her performances at the national championship.

Maria Butyrskaya, the first Russian world champion in figure skating, is sure that the Christmas performances will not affect the athletic results of the girls.

“I assure you, this is likely to be a one-time performance. Often there are some demonstrations after the competition, this is almost the same. The girls are strong. Of course, it’s hard for me to believe that Zhenya and Alina will fully participate in the show on an ongoing basis. So do not worry so, everything will be fine. Both will perform at the Russian Championship and ride in the show, ”Butyrskaya quotes Sport24.

The compromise of the Plushenko team

It is worth noting the fact that around the premiere of the Navka show, a conflict almost flared up. The thing is that the planned date of the premiere coincided with the day of the first rental of the ice show with the participation of two other stars of Russian figure skating.

The first domestic Olympic champion in women's single skating Adeline Sotnikova, the gold medalist of the Sochi Olympics Yulia Lipnitskaya, as well as two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko will take part in the Cinderella show, however, due to the premiere date of the Navka troupe, the first performance may be canceled. The producer Yana Rudkovskaya reported this in her Telegram channel.

“I was very pleased to know that our talented friend, gorgeous skater and wonderful woman Tanya Navka finds in our friendship not only personal, but also creative inspiration. Of course, this is mutual. Her achievements have endlessly inspired me, ”she wrote.

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I always dreamed of doing an ice show "Cinderella" with a ballet. In January, we already released the first teaser, now we shot the second one, for the first time in history Sergey @sergeyfilin_official and I decided to make a show format with 2 ballet scenes and 360 Degrees at VTB Dynamo Arena from December 27 to January 2! It turned out to be wildly complicated, but what we came up with would be wow! Fabulously beautiful! To our Olympic champions Adeline @ adelina_sotnikova14 and Yulechka @sunnylipnitskaya we sewed couture dresses of unreal beauty that you can only dream of. .. I make my dreams come true .. a lot of creativity with my team and I'm happy that it turns out a real fairy tale where my men will play the main roles) And most importantly, 3 Olympic Champions on the same ice and many more surprises and New Year's magic ... I promise you this 💛✨✨✨ # cinderella

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“The only thing is that it’s a pity that for some reason they delivered their premiere on the same day as us, although I trumpeted December 27 from the beginning of the year. Apparently, I will postpone our premiere until December 28, so as not to put our mutual friends in an uncomfortable position, which one of us to choose. Here, I’ll give in, as this is the case when it’s not a pity, ”said Evgeni Plushenko’s wife.

In addition, Rudkovskaya said that five-year-old Nadezhda Peskova, the daughter of the Olympic champion, will take part in the production of Navka. The producer wished the beginning skater good luck and compared her first steps on ice with the achievements of her son Alexander Plushenko.

“We will definitely be sick with the whole family and watch the premiere of Nadia with a wonderful remake of last year’s issue of our Sasha! I have no doubt that Nadia will "turn" into Tanya as enchantingly and dignified as our Sasha "turned" into her brilliant dad, "admitted Rudkovskaya.