World Cup anthem performed by Gagarina and admiration for Sharon Stone
After the CAS verdict, which confirmed the WADA sanctions against Russian sports, the teams were faced with the need to look for a replacement for state symbols at the upcoming tournaments.
The Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) offered its alternative to the national anthem.
The awarding ceremony for Russian athletes may be accompanied by a fragment from Pyotr Tchaikovsky's piano concerto # 1.
The idea has already been supported by the famous coach Tatyana Tarasova, the silver medalist of the Olympic Games Ilya Averbukh and the two-time Olympic champion Maxim Trankov.
Now this option should be agreed in the International Skating Union.
As for the national team emblem, instead of it, a modified FFKKR logo will be used, on which only an abbreviation consisting of letters of the Latin alphabet will remain.
Interestingly, the official anthem of the World Championship, which will be held from 22 to 28 March in Stockholm, will be performed by the Eurovision participant, Russian singer Polina Gagarina in a duet with the winner of the 2015 competition and songwriter Mons Selmerlev.
According to him, the song, called Circles and Squares, will reflect the drama of figure skating, which is similar to the ups and downs of human relationships.
“When producer Stefan Ern suggested making a song with an artist from the country of figure skating, I automatically thought about Russia and immediately about Polina, she has a fantastic voice!
And besides, he is a great performer in Russia.
It was completely natural and wonderful to meet her again after six years, ”Selmerlev explained.
The official song for the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 will be performed by international artists Måns Zelmerlöw and Polina Gagarina.
The single will be released on February 19, 2021.
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- ISU Figure Skating (@ISU_Figure) February 8, 2021
Gagarina added that the video for the song will also have a love story that is closely intertwined with figure skating.
“The other day we filmed a video in Stockholm.
It turned out to be a beautiful love story, where I play a figure skater, and Mons is a man who works in an ice palace.
The track, like the video, turned out to be very romantic, it is about hope and about the fact that everything will come true, ”said Gagarina.
Thanks to the growing popularity of figure skating, more and more stars are gradually becoming interested in it.
Thus, Olga Buzova, a participant in the last season of the Ice Age, visited Evgeni Plushenko's academy, where she met with the coach himself and his wife Yana Rudkovskaya.
None of them have yet revealed the purpose of the visit, but, according to the producer, we are talking about a new ice project.
However, the success of Russian figure skaters is impressive not only for representatives of Russian show business.
Hollywood actress Sharon Stone published a fragment of Alexandra Trusova's show on her Instagram page.
It is worth noting that in 2019, the lead singer of the Muse group Matthew Bellamy congratulated the figure skater on her successful performance, whose composition Pray (High Valyrian) became the musical accompaniment to her show act.
Tuktamysheva's attitude to the age limit and Zagitova's plans
World Champion 2016 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva is one of the oldest figure skaters in the Russian national team.
However, she does not plan to end her career in the near future.
Moreover, the student of Alexei Mishin does not support the idea of introducing age restrictions in women's skating.
“It seems to me that when I go out on the ice and skate, my artistry and interesting programs give me confidence that everything is not just that.
I will ride as long as my body allows.
Now, in principle, figure skating has rejuvenated.
Many skaters start jumping complex cascades and even quadruples at the age of 12.
Our sport has progressed a lot.
Therefore, there is no point in introducing an age limit - we will stop progress, "Tuktamysheva said in an interview with Match TV.
Alina Zagitova does not intend to officially leave the sport either.
At the same time, participation in competitions is not yet included in her plans.
“I will perform at the anniversary of Alexei Nikolaevich Mishin, and then in the Ice Age show as an athlete,” Zagitova quotes “Championship”.
And the main rival of Zagitova, Evgenia Medvedeva, who missed most of the season due to back injury and illness, does not intend to pause and is preparing to return to competitive mode.
At the same time, the athlete still has time for other hobbies - makeup, music and even filming in new projects.
She continues to master the ukulele and hopes to learn how to play the piano.
“I took up the ukulele after several musicians appeared in my life.
And in their circle I felt a little inferior, decided to start with a simple instrument.
The guitar did not fit, because it has a too thick neck and it is too big for my small hand, so the ukulele came to the rescue with its four strings, ”Medvedeva said in an interview with Vogue Russia.
Fashion is no stranger to the two-time world champion.
She admitted that she has been actively following her lately, and prefers Dior among brands, although she also likes more budget brands.
“The favorite things in the wardrobe are jackets.
Now I have about eight or ten of them, but I feel that in the near future there will be more: different colors and styles.
At the moment, my favorite look is a light basic top, a jacket with a belt, jeans and ankle boots or boots.
And, of course, the main decoration is a smile and hair.
You need to watch your hair, if it looks unkempt, then the whole image fades, ”Medvedeva is sure.
The fulfillment of Slutskaya's dream and the results of Plushenko Jr.'s examination
World ice dancing champion Alexander Zhulin had to apologize to Czech judge Olga Zhakova after reporting bribery at the 1994 Olympics.
Earlier, he said that her vote was decisive in determining the winner, which eventually became the Russian duet Oksana Grischuk - Evgeny Platov.
According to the expert, the jury member received a “small sum” for her assessment.
“I said this in an interview rashly, remembering that someone in that very 1994 told me something so bad.
I had no reason to suspect a Czech judge of dishonesty, ”RIA Novosti quotes Zhulin.
In the same 1994, the Goodwill Games were held, one of the participants in which was Irina Slutskaya.
According to her, at that time the skaters' fees were extremely small, so the $ 3 thousand she received was a significant increase in income.
Thanks to them, she managed to fulfill her dream and help her father.
“And what do you think I spent them on?
I always dreamed that my dad would buy a car and take me to training.
And I managed to implement it!
True, my dad had to add a little, because I paid taxes and gave 30% of my earnings to the coach.
We bought a blue Tavria.
A month later, she began to crumble, but that's a completely different story, ”Slutskaya wrote on Instagram.
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Partner and wife of Maxim Trankov Tatyana Volosozhar told how the couple decided to have a second child.
She always wanted several children, but her husband was less determined.
“He said what many moms and dads say, who adore their first-borns:“ I don’t know how you can love someone else but Angelica. ”
But these words were not categorical - they say, in our family there will be only one baby, period.
Max saw how I want a second child, I often talked about it, and he gave in.
Now she jokes: "Well, if two, then maybe three?"
- Volosozhar said in her column on the Letidor website.
Meanwhile, the results of the forensic psychiatric examination of Plushenko's son Alexander became known.
The procedure took place as part of the investigation into the publication of an article in which an anonymous source suggested that the boy suffers from Asperger's syndrome.
“Psychological examination carried out in the framework of the criminal case showed that Sasha Plushenko had no mental disorders.
Which, in fact, was already clear.
As well as the fact that everything written about Sasha Plushenko is a lie and was done only in order to harm his parents, ”Mash quotes the lawyer of the Plushenko family Alexander Dobrovinsky.