Joke of Slutskaya and unsuccessful advice of Zagitova
March 21 in the Canadian Montreal was supposed to end the competitive part of the world championship in figure skating, canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Based on the results of the first half of the season, many fans and even experts suggested that the tournament could be a triumph for Eteri Tutbedise's students. In particular, the first place was predicted to the European Championship winner Alena Kostornaya.
However, two-time world champion Irina Slutskaya noted that the competition could have developed in a different scenario.
“The ice, as you know, is slippery. There are other skaters who are ready to compete with Russian women. Our girls are still young, and whenever this championship takes place, I’m sure that they and their coach will make every effort to achieve victory goals, ”Slutskaya said in an interview with Team Russia.
The epidemic affected all sports, except for figure skating. Following the example of colleagues, skaters urge their fans to take the situation seriously, not to leave their homes unnecessarily, and to carefully monitor hygiene. Slutskaya shared her half-joking advice.
“So what should children do when kindergartens and schools are closed?” The first is, of course, to kill them. The second is to attach to a chair, to a battery and close your mouth. Okay, I am laughing. Outside the city you can plenty of exercise. Moreover, the weather allows. With schoolchildren do all the lessons! And I'm also a lover of moving something somewhere. There’s just time to change the interior, to attract children to this, so that they feel important and necessary, ”wrote the ex-skater.
2019 world champion Alina Zagitova also takes care of fans. In her example, she showed that, leaving the house, it is necessary to wear a medical mask and gloves, and also try not to touch objects in public places.
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In addition, the athlete published a video on which the foot opens the door of the ice rink in the ice palace.
“That's what stretching is for,” joked Zagitova.
However, later she had to delete the post. It can be assumed that the reason for this was the criticism of some users of social networks. They called the skater’s act selfish, since, according to them, another person would take the door handle after her foot. Interestingly, a few days earlier, Yevgenia Medvedev faced a similar situation. She posted a photograph in which a medical mask is worn on a plush shark. Subscribers accused her of misusing the remedy.
In December last year, Zagitova announced a suspension of her career. After a short rest, she continued active training, but some experts and colleagues expressed doubts about the advisability of her return to the ice.
So, the Olympic champion Ekaterina Bobrova suggested that the student Tutberidze need to find motivation.
“At the moment, she has left the winner with the colossal love of the fans, reaching insanity and sometimes outrage. She is young, healthy, at the peak. Very rarely it is possible to get out of this without loss. I wish her to find a goal if she will return, or to find herself in life. I’m sure that there will be no problems with this, ”Sport Express quoted Bobrov as saying.
Roller quarantine and Valieva forecast
Meanwhile, the Moscow authorities decided to suspend the work of all educational institutions. The regulation applies to sports schools and ice rinks. Groups of Tutberidze, Nina Moser and Alexander Zhulin went on a forced vacation. At the same time, it is reported that Sambo-70 students expect to return to ice on April 12.
The wards of Tutberidze are famous for their hard work, and their training continued until the ban. Of course, the whole group was observing security measures, as evidenced by the photo on the mentor's social networks.
“The virus very quickly introduces amendments to life. We all need to adapt to the requirements that are necessary for our health and a return to normal life. We need some temporary self-isolation, wearing masks, keeping a distance, if possible, and hand hygiene so that the virus stops spreading at lightning speed, ”wrote Tutberidze.
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One of the most promising students of Tutberidze Kamila Valieva spoke about the methods of the coach. According to her, the specialist instructs the wards not only on ice, but also in everyday life.
“Eteri Georgievna is a very demanding coach. If you do what she wants from you, then she can also praise. Sometimes she says how best to put on makeup, straighten her hair, or something else. As for costumes, she also picks them up. First she looks at the sketches, then when the dressmaker brings the finished version, she says what she likes and what not. But it always turns out very beautifully, ”Sportbox quoted Valiev as saying.
In addition, the newly made world champion among juniors suggested that even more difficult jumps would appear in women's skating.
“When you are still small, you just have to teach quadruples, because closer to 17 years you get a little scared. Everything that you have learned up to this age, it seems to me, remains with you, ”Valieva explained.
You really start to believe in the forecast of the athlete after the news about the next achievement of the student Tutberidze. 11-year-old Veronica Zhilina performed a triple axel in one of the training sessions. Previously, she became the youngest skater to whom the quadruple sheepskin coat obeyed at official competitions.
Misha’s mood and Medvedeva’s work
Meanwhile, 79-year-old trainer Alexei Mishin said that he was not at risk, since the disease poses the greatest threat to pensioners with weakened immunity.
Therefore, the specialist continues to work at the Yubileiny skating rink in St. Petersburg.
“If the instructions of our governor Alexander Beglov follow to suspend training, then we’ll go to sit at home. But not passively, but actively. We will think about music, programs, engage in general physical training. If the authorities allow, we will train at the Yubileiny skating rink, which I have been working on since its opening and am the absolute elder of this sports facility, ”Mishin told RIA Novosti.
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In the absence of competitive practice, his student Elizabeth Tuktamysheva continues to actively conduct social networks. This time she was thinking about life in St. Petersburg, where she moved from her native Glazov.
“I have been living here for almost 10 years, and during this time every city I visit has fallen in love with, compare it with St. Petersburg. I can tell you that few of them can compete with him. Everything is perfect in Petersburg: atmosphere, architecture, people. Of the minuses - perhaps sometimes I want more sun, ”admitted Tuktamysheva.
Do not lose time in vain and Medvedev. Figure skating fans are well aware that the athlete is interested in drawing. On her Instagram page you can find portraits of popular singers Billy Elish and Ariana Grande, Japanese figure skater Satoko Miyahara, German couple Alyona Savchenko - Bruno Masso. Now the image of Anastasia Skoptsova, along with Cyril Aleshin performing in ice dancing, has been added to the virtual gallery.
Very little is known about the personal life of most representatives of the world of figure skating. Athletes prefer to hide their relationship from prying eyes. If recently many were surprised to learn that the Olympic champion of Sochi-2014, Elena Ilinykh, became the mother for the first time in January, now fans were waiting for a surprise from Elena Radionova.
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The 2015 World Cup bronze medalist admitted that she has been meeting with CSKA football player Konstantin Kuchaev for several years. The first joint photo she published on his birthday.