Congratulations Medvedeva
On November 19, two-time world champion Yevgeny Medvedev celebrated her birthday. After the Moscow Grand Prix stage, the athlete did not return to Canada and met her twentieth birthday with relatives and friends. The day before, she said that she intends to celebrate the anniversary in a hotel room with her friends, however, she was not able to completely isolate herself from strangers.
Fans prepared Medvedev a big surprise by tripling her “ambush” near the Khrustalny ice rink. The appearance of the skater was met with fireworks and a chant of congratulations. The culprit of the celebration received a cake, flowers and balloons. She chatted with fans and thanked them for the gifts.
Of course, numerous colleagues congratulated the skater on this day. So, the famous coach Tatyana Tarasova left her a touching message on Instagram.
“Dear, I congratulate you and your mother on your day! Thanks for Moscow! To tears! Health, health and health! Happy life to you! See you! I love! ”, The specialist wrote.
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Publication by Tatiana Tarasova (@tatarasova) Nov 19, 2019 at 3:29 am PST
A post in honor of the birthday of the eminent athlete appeared on the official Russian-language page of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Twitter. The video with her performance at the Pyeongchang Olympics was accompanied by the signature “Our Congratulations and Endless Admiration”.
Touching stories of Trusova
For most athletes, playing at home tournaments is an opportunity after a long absence to return to their homeland, where they are expected not only by friends and families, but also by pets. The winner of the two stages of the Grand Prix of this season, Alexander Trusova, famous for her love for animals, is the mistress of a cat and chihuahua named Tina, who managed to become an ice show star in the offseason.
It turned out that one of the favorites in her family appeared by chance.
“In Novogorsk, four kittens were planted in a box. There was a brother with me at the training camp, who before this really wanted a husky breed dog, and then he said: “That's it, I don’t want anyone anymore, just this kitten.” In the end, we took him home. First, dad was against, and then: "How sweet, how sweet." So he stayed with us, ”Trusova said in an interview with Olympic Channel.
In addition, she reported on the replenishment that occurred in her house after winning the Moscow tournament.
“My parents gave me a dwarf poodle, because with a lot of problems. First, we selected a puppy from a photograph, asked where it is. It turned out that in Veliky Novgorod. And we went there at night, ”the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) quotes the Trusova.
She previously stated that her parents promised to give her a royal poodle for learning to play the triple axel. Confirmation that the skater has made significant progress in this direction has become a video in which she performs an element in the hall. Interestingly, Medvedev and her mentor Brian Orser became witnesses of her achievement.
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Grand Prix finals predictions
Less than a month remains before the Grand Prix finals, and some experts have already begun to speculate who will be its winner. So, the silver medalist of the 2012 World Cup, Alena Leonova, considers Trusov to be the main favorite of the competition. She added that her main competitors this season will be Anna Shcherbakova and Alena Kostornaya.
“In my opinion, Trusova is now the strongest due to her equipment. She fell in arbitrary, not only in Moscow, but also in Canada, and nevertheless became the first. If she collects all her fours, she will be invincible. Shcherbakova makes two quadruple Lutz - this is also much appreciated. At the same time, Alexandra has it in the second half of the program, ”Leonova emphasized in an interview with Team Russia.
In addition, she suggested that Medvedeva and Zagitova should wait for the offseason to make changes to their programs and become more competitive against young rivals.
At the same time, two-time silver medalist of the team world championships Maxim Kovtun noted that Medvedeva has something that the rest of the Russians do not have. According to him, the performances of the student Orser can be moved.
“I sat with my parents at the tournament. Medvedev rides a short program. Skated off. My dad and I turn around, and mom weeps, she has tears. She could not stop. Cried for about ten minutes. What's this? She did not cry after Trusova, ”quotes Kovtun Sport24.
In turn, the 2002 Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin noted positive changes not only in skating, but also in Medvedev’s psychology. In his opinion, the skater managed to find inner harmony.
“Eugene does not fly in the clouds, she took off her pink glasses for a long time, lives in reality, for which she has great respect. She stopped fighting, don’t understand with anyone - with opinion, with the media, with other people's fans - and today she is competing with herself, ”the TASS expert quotes.
His words were confirmed by the athlete herself. She said that it was not easy for her to be in the spotlight for many years, but over time she managed to learn how to abstract from the negative.
“I still changed my worldview, now I see only those people who support me. Like those spectators who were sitting in the stands in Moscow shouting, worried about me, ”Rossiyskaya Gazeta quotes Medvedev.
Tough reaction of Slutskaya
Unexpectedly, a wave of negative statements addressed to him was provoked by two-time world champion Irina Slutskaya. On her Instagram page, she described in detail her impressions of the Trusova and Medvedeva rentals in Moscow, and also criticized the organizers of the competition for not providing seats on the VIP stand to the honored skaters and they were forced to “look for seats in plastic seats”.
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Publication by Irina Slutskaya / Irina Slutskaya (@slutskayaofficial) Nov 17, 2019 at 9:28 PST
The post gathered a large number of comments. Some of them agreed with the opinion of the ex-athlete, while others sided with the current skaters. They accused Slutskaya of allegedly receiving money for her criticism, and called her envious.
At first, she answered each offender individually, but then decided to appeal to everyone in the new post.
“What can they tell their children if they allow themselves to an unknown person to write something that they don’t want to talk about? I wish them all - it’s a pity they won’t see it — to be kinder, more tolerant, and first sort out the situation, and then throw out their dissatisfaction with other people, ”complained Slutskaya.