Radionova's revelations and Zagitova's photo shoot
Russian skaters, as well as representatives of other sports, continue to be quarantined due to the coronavirus pandemic, but this does not prevent them from remaining heroes of news feeds. They try to attract interest to themselves as much as possible by posting various posts on social networks and communicating with subscribers.
Especially active in this regard is Elizaveta Tukatamysheva, who regularly pleases fans. This time she took part in the famous challenge, the essence of which is to take pictures, covering her body with only a pillow. At the same time, the athlete complained that the pillow was too small for her, and advised her to “forget all her nutrition tips.”
Two-time Olympic champion Tatyana Volosozhar along with her three-year-old daughter Angelica also took part in this challenge.
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Tuktamysheva, however, a few days later laid out an intriguing post. She wrote that an event had occurred in her life that she had been waiting for nine months. Despite the obvious allusion, many suggested that the athlete removed the braces.
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In addition to communicating with fans, Elizabeth continues to work hard at home. According to the world champion, the need to practice regularly even makes her happy, because without sports quarantine is “sad”. However, Elizabeth did not begin to hide that forced self-isolation at first was very difficult for her.
“I have not been in St. Petersburg for more than two weeks, I had many plans - a show in Japan, which I was waiting for, for example. The first time was zeroing - emptiness and misunderstanding. Then she began to accept the situation, think what I can do for myself. She made a regime and even found the advantages in quarantine - that’s life and has improved. Since there has been a regimen throughout life, it must be observed now. You can fall apart without discipline, ”said Tuktamysheva on the air of the Sobaka.ru portal on Instagram.
In terms of activity in social networks, Alina Zagitova, the former partner in the Russian national team, is not inferior. The other day, she shared with subscribers her own photo shoot for Cosmopolitan magazine.
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Meanwhile, in the world of Russian figure skating, they continue to discuss the suspension of a career as an Olympic champion, although four months have already passed from that moment. This time, the winner of the World and European Championships Arthur Gachinsky spoke on this topic.
“Remember the game“ King of the Hill ”, where you had to throw someone off the top and stand in his place? Now there is a similar struggle among the skaters. Last season, we watched the struggle of this "crazy trinity" ... Suspension of Zagitova’s career is connected with this. During the season, her programs were not as stable as before, there were ups and downs. Perhaps she took a break to relax a bit, ”Gachinsky quotes“ Sport day after day. ”
Gachinsky also commented on a broken skate by Evgenia Medvedeva during the Russian Championship. According to the athlete, he himself got into such situations several times.
“Eugene correctly said that the skaters do not take two pairs of skates with them to the competition. There are some for the season. They break down - we buy new ones, or they give them to us. Rolling skates is very difficult. Corns, bones - it's all in the blood ... And someone put on - and went, ”added Gachinsky.
In addition to Zagitova, fans and journalists are actively discussing another Russian skater who hasn’t been on the ice for a long time - Elena Radionova. The reason is the personal life of the athlete. In mid-March, she posted on social networks a photo with her young man. They turned out to be a midfielder of the football CSKA Konstantin Kuchaev. The girl admitted that she had been dating him for several years.
And a little later Radionova decided to openly talk about her relationship. According to Elena, the football player “did not leave her any options for thought,” because he preferred to act rather than speak. The skater called Kuchaev a reliable man who always supports her.
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“We especially did not show our relationship. We met calmly. Then I consulted with Kostya if I could post a photo on my birthday. He was not opposed. I did not think that this photo would tear the Internet. They thought that I was breeding some kind of PR. But I just shared a beautiful shot. Actually, we have been dating for a long time, ”the R-Sport athlete quotes.
If the information about Radionova’s happy personal life pleased her fans, then the story about the disturbing symptoms that she had after returning from Italy was seriously scared.
“I got sick on the way back on the plane, I still don’t know what it was, coronavirus or not. Symptoms are similar. For several days a very high temperature and dry cough were kept. It lasted a week, and then the cough came to naught, but for another week I went sluggish and almost without strength. After we arrived, we announced that there was an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy, ”the skater added.
Easter and homework
Now Radionova, like other skaters, is forced to quarantine. Permanent stay at home is not easy for everyone. But last week, a bright Easter holiday, which many skaters gladly celebrated with traditional dishes - Easter cakes and eggs, became a certain outlet for athletes and coaches. Photos of her beautifully decorated table were posted on Instagram even by Tatyana Tarasova.
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And Volosozhar helped the three-year-old daughter paint eggs. Two-time Olympic champion during this lesson told the child about "traditions and faith."
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Olympic champion in pair skating Tatyana Totmyanina shared a photo of the festive table against the background of the Christmas tree, which, apparently, was not removed after the New Year. The former athlete in the comments joked that the next wait was not long.
Having celebrated Easter, the skaters returned to home training. For example, Stanislav Konstantinov showed how she does stretching in her own bed.
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And Anna Shcherbakova admitted that during quarantine she is trying to limit herself in food, because she cannot conduct such intense training at home as in the gym, and therefore runs the risk of gaining weight. Meanwhile, the plans for the future of the 16-year-old skater are very ambitious. After the coronavirus pandemic ends, she is about to learn the triple axel.
“This is what I did not have enough this season. In the short program, I often lagged behind the first place, because I did not jump the triple axel. I will need to work a lot on this jump to insert it into the program. And, of course, it is possible to add in rotations, in sliding, ”the athlete said on Mayak radio.
But those skaters who already own a triple axel, on the contrary, are afraid to unlearn how to jump during a forced outage. This admitted, for example, Alena Kostornaya. She said that it’s enough not to execute it for a couple of weeks, and you begin to “fly like a kamikaze.” The European champion complained that restoring the jump would be "painful."
Meanwhile, the doctor of the Russian national figure skating team Philip Shvetsky told how long it would take for the skaters to regain shape. According to him, it will take as much as the athletes are without competitive practice. Home workouts just do not give the necessary load.
The doctor also spoke about relations with former and current skaters. He admitted that many continue to communicate with him and periodically consult on this or that occasion. According to the doctor, Zagitov “bothers” him the most.
“We communicate with her more often than with others, from the very beginning of quarantine. She is well done. The real Olympic champion. There are questions, calls, asks, day and night ... It should be so. As a doctor, I would like to note her high level of consciousness and self-organization, ”Shvetsky’s words are quoted on the website of the Figure Skating Federation.
Perhaps the most dangerous quarantined entertainment was chosen by an American figure skater of Russian origin Alexei Krasnozhon, who lives in Texas. He caught a poisonous snake and recorded a video with her on Tiktok, and then released it. According to the athlete, in Texas there are many such snakes.
“Yes, she could bite me, I would have to go to the hospital. But I'm not afraid of such snakes and I know what to do with them. Usually, when they come to the house, they must be taken in a bag and released somewhere nearby in the park so that they crawl not at your side, but at a safe distance, ”Sport24 quotes Krasnozona.
The skater also spoke about quarantine in the USA. He noted that the isolation rules there are not as stringent as in Russia, although all states have their own laws and regulations.
A harsh statement about the Russians and Vedenin’s response
Even during the pandemic of the coronavirus in figure skating, talk about the dominance of Russian skaters in the world does not cease. The other day, Olympic champion from Austria, Beatrice Shuba, added fuel to the fire. In particular, she spoke about the technical superiority of Alexandra Trusova.
“I call them one-time champions. They perform at a serious level for one to two years, win all possible medals, and then disappear. This is physiology - they are growing, the body is changing. And instead, new skaters appear who have learned even more complex combinations of jumps. Vicious circle! What kind of real women’s skating can we talk about if, at 17, the Olympic champion finishes her career? After figure skating, girls still have to be mothers. Eteri Tutberidze should understand this, ”Business Online quotes Shuba.
To impede the dominance of Russians, the International Skating Union (ISU) even discusses the introduction of artistic and technical programs instead of short and arbitrary. This initiative was criticized by two-time USSR champion Alexander Vedenin. He called it "a way to fight the Russians."
“If today we remove Kostornaya, Shcherbakova, Trusova from the competition, the audience simply will not come. It is these young beauties that make figure skating popular in our time. And in order to revive the popularity of figure skating among a new generation of spectators, it is necessary to help grow more cowards, and in different countries of the world, ”Vedenin said.