Comparison of Tuktamysheva with Pugacheva and criticism of Baiul against Tutberidze and Tarasova: what is being discussed in the world of figure skating

Parody of Tuktamysheva and nomination of Shcherbakova

There are only a few days left until the World Figure Skating Team Championship.

On the eve of the final major tournament of the season, it was confirmed that the Russian national team will be able to use state symbols - the flag and anthem of the Russian Federation, since it is not subject to the sanctions of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

The Russian team has never become the winner of these competitions, having won silver twice in its seven-year history and once - bronze.

According to coach Alexei Mishin, this is due to the fact that in previous years her rivals were stronger.

At the same time, he did not answer the question whether the situation will change this year, urging to wait for the end of the championship.

“I think that in some cases the team was not the strongest in the tournament.

In a number of cases, tactical mistakes were made in the formation of the team, and in some cases it was simply unlucky, ”Mishin quotes“ Sport Day by Day ”.

The captain of the national team will be Mishina's ward Elizaveta Tuktamysheva.

Many experts have positively assessed this decision.

Ice dancing specialist Alexander Zhulin said that the skater deserved this title, the Olympic champion of Salt Lake City Alexey Yagudin noted her personal qualities, and the 1999 world champion Maria Butyrskaya suggested that she would be able to unite the team.

Tuktamysheva herself reacted to the news of the appointment with her own humor.

With the help of a special application, she substituted her face in the shots from the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean", "transformed" into its main character - Jack Sparrow.

“Elizaveta Tuktamysheva.

Captain Elizaveta Tuktamysheva!

But seriously, I'm incredibly happy to be the captain at the World Team Championship!

It will be interesting, ”the skater signed the video.

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The 2015 World Champion led the team not only because of her results this season, but also because she is one of the most experienced representatives of Russia.

The famous teacher of acting Margarita Bugaeva, who works with figure skaters, compared Tuktamysheva with People's Artist of the USSR Alla Pugacheva.

“Liza Tuktamysheva runs counter to all competitors.

They are chorus girls, and here is a kind of Alla Borisovna, a diva who came to the party of youngsters and said: "My dears, now I will show you how to do everything."

She is cool!

At a glance, it is able to give energy, it keeps the entire area and the skating rink under control, "the Match TV website quotes Bugaeva.

Another single athlete preparing to represent Russia at the World Team Championship, Anna Shcherbakova, was among the nominees for the title of Athlete of the Month according to the American Sports Academy.

In addition to her, American Maam Bini, Jessica Diggins, Chloe Kim and Claressa Shields, as well as the Chinese woman Yang Jiayu are claiming the title.

Personal life of Trusova and Moskvina's appeal

The personal life of popular skaters sometimes interests the fans no less than their sporting achievements.

While some are happy to share the details of life off the ice, others try not to be distracted by such things.

So, Alexandra Trusova admitted that at the moment she is only interested in sports, and it is too early for her to think about relationships.

“I tell everyone that I will still skate until I am 22 years old - I have such a plan.

And while I'm in sports, I have no time for my personal life, ”Trusova said in an interview with Tina Kandelaki on the air of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station.

At the same time, Evgenia Plushenko's ward is not deprived of male attention from an early age.

The reason for this is the quadruple jumps that she mastered, which were previously subject only to single skaters.

“Before in the world I jumped two quadruple jumps in one program, there was only a quadruple salchow attempt by Mika Ando.

She was credited as the world's first girl.

And the girls were jumping triple axel.

The rest of the quads did not jump ... How did the men react?

At first they were very interested, and all the boys in our group helped me learn.

But when I began to jump more than they did, they felt a little offended that the girl was jumping the same as them, and sometimes more, ”Trusova recalled on the air of“ Dozhd ”.

Meanwhile, the tour of Eteri Tutberidze's ice show "Champions on Ice" has come to an end.

Within its framework, the leading figure skaters of the group entered, including Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva.

Both athletes presented touching numbers.

The 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic champion dedicated the program to her fans, and the two-time world champion dedicated the program to World Health Day.

“We all have health problems one way or another.

Someone has more, someone less.

I want to wish everyone to be healthy, and let sport in this sense become a help for every person.

In addition, 2021 has been declared the Year of the Medical and Social Worker.

Let's try to lead a healthy lifestyle, remain vigilant in a pandemic, try to make sure that medical and social workers have as little work as possible, ”Medvedeva wrote on Instagram.

Football club "Zenith" arranged a celebration for Tamara Moskvina's wards, sports couples Anastasia Mishina - Alexander Gallyamov and Alexandra Boykova - Dmitry Kozlovsky, who became gold and bronze medalists of the 2021 World Cup.

The athletes, together with their mentor and her assistant Artur Minchuk, took to the field before the Russian Premier League (RPL) match Zenit - Khimki.

And the blue-white-blue coach Anatoly Tymoshchuk handed them the team's T-shirts.

Then the skaters went to the stands.

Boykova admitted that it was her first football match in her life.

“It is worth noting here two goals of the St. Petersburg team“ Zenith ”, which brought them victory!

Of course, getting to the Zenit Arena and immediately being not just in the stands, but on the field is very cool!

I received unforgettable emotions: adrenaline, joy, excitement ... But the main thing is that all this resulted in a positive direction.

Thank you very much for the invitation to the match, for the gifts and just for a good mood, ”the athlete shared her emotions.

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Moskvina was also impressed, which was most impressed by the scale of the Gazprom Arena.

According to the specialist, she usually does not watch matches, although she supports the team from St. Petersburg and monitors its results.

“In general, we came to greet the players and invite them to follow the example of the skaters.

To reach us faster in terms of international success.

We have a small team, and we are once, and world champions.

And the guys-football players are somehow moving a little slowly in this regard to the pedestal, ”said Moskvina.

Scandal around Baiul and Tarasova's answer

Over the past few days, the name of the 1994 Olympic champion Oksana Baiul has not disappeared from the Russian information space.

The ex-skater made several controversial statements on social networks at once, criticizing Tutberidze, Zagitova, Yagudin and Tatyana Tarasova.

First, she published a post with a poster for "Champions on Ice".

She recalled that the show of American Tom Collins, who is considered the founder of the leading skaters' tour after the end of the season, was held under the same name.

The first such event took place back in 1969.

“These kids don't even know what Champions on Ice is and who created this brand.

Tom Collins, your tour was multifaceted and included skaters from all over the world.

We will always remember, ”Baiul wrote.

To the comment of one of the subscribers that modern figure skaters, such as Zagitova, are in no way inferior to the athletes of the past, she replied: “Yes, yes, more abruptly, I see.

Is Zagitova a good fellow?

Or was it all written off? "

Subsequently, comments on the post were closed.

The next "target" of the ex-skater was the outfit of Zagitova.

She called the design of the dress in which the Olympic champion performed in Pyeongchang plagiarized.

The "original" is allegedly her 1995 costume.

Many specialists and experts, including Tarasova, did not disregard such a statement.

She suggested that in this way Baiul decided to remind herself of herself.

“And she also reminded me of how she had spoken outrageously about her colleagues before, took up the old.

Baiul has not played on the ice for more than twenty years, she decided to remind herself of herself in such an unpleasant way, ”Sport24 quotes Tarasova.

Then went to the most honored coach of the USSR, who, according to Baiul, "pretends to love Russia", but in fact "loves money, not Russia."

Yagudin stood up to defend the ex-mentor.

“Baiul, probably, got bored in America, so she decided to comment.

There is nothing to comment on globally, ”Yagudin told Sport-Express.

In response, Bayul recalled that after moving to Tarasova, Yagudin himself lived and trained in the United States for some time.