Zagitova's plans after the completion of the career and parting words of colleagues
Alina Zagitova’s decision to suspend her career caused a serious resonance in the world of figure skating and created a huge scandal. However, if we ignore the conflict with the participation of many prominent people, the fans still have something to follow. In particular, they can observe how Zagitova herself spends time after making a difficult decision. Now Alina got the opportunity to spend much more time with her family. So, on Thursday, she personally congratulated her younger sister Sabina, who was 11 years old, happy birthday. As a gift to the girl, the Olympic champion presented a modern smartphone.
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But about his future, Zagitova so far prefers not to spread. It is not known whether she will return to professional figure skating, or the ellipsis in the case of a career suspension will become a point for her. It is only known that on April 3, Alina will take part in the ice show of her coach Eteri Tutberidze "Champions on Ice", which will be held in Perm. In addition to her, the guests of the event will be other students of a well-known specialist: Elizabeth Tursynbaeva, Maurice Kvitelashvili, Kamila Valieva and others, as well as daughter Tutberidze Diana Davis with partner Gleb Smolkin. In addition, such famous figure skaters as Evgenia Tarasova, Vladimir Morozov and Maxim Kovtun will perform on the show.
And on Thursday, Zagitova performed with an indicative number before the KHL SKA - CSKA match, which took place in St. Petersburg at the Gazprom Arena football. After the skater held a symbolic throw-in.
“Today I spoke for the first time with such a large audience, it really encouraged me and charged me for hire. Hockey ice does not differ at all from figured, somewhere softer, somewhere harder. I’m already used to it, I’m quickly adapting, ”RIA Novosti quotes Zagitova.
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Meanwhile, Zagitova’s colleagues continue to discuss her decision to suspend her career. In particular, the famous ice dancer Dmitry Solovyov, who, together with Ekaterina Bobrova, became the Olympic champion in Sochi, spoke on this topic. And four years later in Pyeongchang, in the same team with Alina, he won the silver medal in the team tournament. He reacted to the unexpected step on the part of Alina with understanding.
“In general, the Olympic Games take a lot of energy, and after them you’re just empty, you don’t have enough elementary emotions for anything. After Pyeongchang Zagitova spent at a high level for a season and a half. She is a man, not a robot. Such press attention to our girls ... Well, you leave them alone, after all, it is impossible to work under such emotional limits. You must not first praise the athlete when he takes medals, and then scold him when he decides to pause, ”Nevasport quotes Solovyov.
In turn, another partner of Zagitova's silver team championship in Pyeongchang, Alexander Enbert, emphasized that Alina had enough strength to fight with younger compatriots.
“Alina’s decision did not surprise me. It was noticeable that she had the strength to fight the growing girls. But the suspension of performances also seems logical, since she won everything. I understand that finding motivation to work at 110% is not so simple. If Alina felt that she needed a break - that’s good, ”R-Sport quotes Enbert.
Summing up the results of the year from Medvedeva and participation in the Averbukh show
While Zagitova decided to pause, Evgenia Medvedeva continues her career and still does not think to hang skates on a nail. Moreover, the silver medalist of the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang is trying to reach a new level in Canada under the guidance of coach Brian Orser.
“The outgoing year was remembered by the fact that I managed to overcome myself. I went through many failures and difficulties. As a result, we managed to approach the competition in very good shape. My team and I have done excellent programs that so many have liked. I think I managed to change myself for the better. This is what I was striving for. Everything suits me. My path has never been easy. For me, it’s not new to learn a lot in a few months, ”Medvedev said in an interview with Teleprogramma.pro.
The athlete also said that she would like to change in her appearance.
“I am calm about plastic surgery. If you want to fix something, you need to change it in order to feel more confident. I would change the shape of the nose - since childhood I’m talking about this. But whether I will do this is a big question, ”Medvedev admitted.
In the near future, Eugene will take part in the New Year show of Ilya Averbukh. By the way, the famous choreographer himself posted a video on his channel on Youtube about how Medvedeva put the short program under the composition of the band Muse “Exogenis”.
Achievements of students of Tutberidze and recognition of the daughter of a coach
Meanwhile, other Tutberidze students continue to succeed. So, Alena Kostornaya, who won the Grand Prix finals this season, became the winner of the Silver Doe contest, as one of the best athletes of Russia of the past year. The top 10 national athletes are traditionally the Federation of Sports Journalists of Russia. Kostornaya turned out to be the only skater on this list, although in 2019 other representatives of this type showed themselves brightly, for example, 15-year-old Alexandra Trusova.
But Tutberidze’s wards can’t rest on their laurels for a long time, because in her group very young girls grow up, ready in the near future to squeeze older teammates. For example, at the age of 11, Veronika Zhilina vividly declared herself. At the "New Year 2020" tournament in Moscow, she managed to complete the fourth sheepskin coat in a free program. She became the first figure skater in history to successfully make this jump at such a young age at the All-Russian competitions. As a result, Zhilina received 109.64 points for a free program, and in total - 168.48. For the first time, Veronika succeeded in successfully completing the fourth sheepskin coat in October. Even earlier, the quadruple salchow obeyed her.
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Meanwhile, the daughter of Tutberidze Diana Davis, who was already mentioned in this material, continues to live and train in the United States. The other day, the girl broke out in an emotional post on social networks. She told the fans that she had not had any hearing problems for a long time, despite the fact that she is still considered to be hard of hearing.
“Dear people, I’m already tired of reading that you consider me sick and hard of hearing, that I have no future because of this disease and all that. So, I want to tell you that I live an ordinary life, study in an ordinary school, hear and speak fine with people. Sometimes I hear even better than ordinary people, ”Davis wrote in a story on her Instagram page.
According to the young figure skater, she managed to cope with the disease through regular communication. She urged other people with similar problems to "be less shy."
“Yes, I used to have problems, I didn’t quite understand the speech, people seemed to speak indistinctly, I was shy and almost did not communicate with them. But at some point I decided that I would develop my hearing. I refused the devices and everything that was offered to me, and came to the point of opening up and began to hear perfectly. I was able to adapt myself, ”added the daughter of Tutberidze.
As Davis continues to build a career overseas, the United States seems to be growing a serious competitor for the unbeaten Russian skaters. We are talking about the 14-year-old Alice Lew, who interrupted the almost three-year series of victories of domestic athletes at the stages of the junior Grand Prix and the first performed a triple axel and a quadruple jump in one program. Her coach Laura Lipetsk spoke about the secret of success of the ward, and also shared her opinion on the work of Tutberidze, who began her career in the United States.
“Eteri is my ideal trainer. She prepared a lot of really cool skaters, and not just one bright. In the USA, Tutberidze is well known. And I really respect Eteri for the way she began her career, from scratch coaching almost everyone who came to her. She became famous by growing Polina Shelepen and later Medvedev, and not just beautifully packed ready-made girls and presented them as holiday gifts, ”Lipetsk admitted in an interview with Sport Express.
The trainer also told how it relates to the fact that in female figure skating there are more and more quadruple jumps.
“They do not kill women's skating, but make it more exciting. If they submit to individual girls, then why not jump four turns? Plus, as soon as the quadruples begin to be given easier to the skaters, they will have the opportunity to develop other aspects of their skating. Remember Yuzuru Hanyu and Nathan Chen when they only included a large number of quadruple jumps in their programs. Then their skating was not at all as amazing as it is now. The same thing is happening in girls now, ”Lipetsk stressed.