Refutation of Gorshkov's words and Zagitova's speech in Japan
The topic of Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva's non-inclusion in the Russian national team for the Olympic season does not lose its relevance among fans and experts.
And although the chances that the athletes will go to Beijing after such a long pause are extremely small, some continue to believe that this will happen.
That is why the statements of the President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) Alexander Gorshkov that this is completely excluded, which appeared in the media, so excited sports fans and gave a new reason to doubt the return of both athletes to the ice.
However, the head of the organization soon denied his words, noting that they "may have been deliberately misrepresented."
“Both Alina and Zhenya have every opportunity, if they train, prepare and perform, and win the right to go, then we will see them at the Olympics.
And what everyone writes is nonsense, ”RIA Novosti quotes Gorshkov.
Zagitova and Medvedeva really still have the opportunity to get into the application for the Games-2022.
To do this, they need to successfully perform at the preceding competitions in the 2021/22 season.
In addition, a place in the team may become vacant if one of the declared skaters is injured or refuses for any other reason.
The final composition of the team for international tournaments will be formed in December following the results of the Russian championship.
In the meantime, before the start of the new season, Zagitova continues to participate in ice shows.
This time she went to Tokyo, where she performed with a special program.
In addition, the Olympic champion attended the screening of Alexander Domogarov's film "Palma", which tells about the relationship between a dog and a person.
The figure skater performed one of the roles in the Japanese version of the tape.
“The story of love and friendship between a man and a dog, all difficulties and trials are reflected in this beautiful film.
It is especially important in this difficult time, in connection with COVID-19, to see friendship and support between the people of the two countries, ”said Zagitova.
After returning to Russia, she shared a touching video of meeting her pets.
The skater is a big dog lover, and they clearly love her.
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Despite a break in her career, Zagitova continues to be one of the most popular and beloved figure skaters in the country.
This fact was confirmed by the rating of athletes enjoying the greatest confidence among Russians, compiled by the Romir company.
Olympic champion Pyeongchang-2018 took second place in it, ahead of such eminent athletes as Artyom Dzyuba, Alexander Ovechkin, Maria Sharapova and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The first place went to the two-time European champion in rhythmic gymnastics Lyaysan Utyasheva, the third - to the world champion in skiing Alexander Bolshunov.
Unusual meetings of Shcherbakova and adventures on vacation by Boykova
World champion 2021 Anna Shcherbakova entered a much more prestigious list.
The Forbes publication has presented an annual rating "30 to 30", which includes young Russians who have received recognition in the professional community and have become famous not only in the country, but also in the world.
The figure skater became one of the winners in the sports category.
In addition to her, the Tampa Bay Lightning goalkeeper Andrey Vasilevsky and the CS: GO player Dmitry Sh1ro Sokolov received the award.
The skater herself last week boasted of several unexpected meetings that took place on vacation in Dubai.
First, she talked about meeting the famous French figure skater, European champion 2011 Florent Amodio.
And then she shared a photo with Zahra Lari, the world's first figure skater to compete in a hijab.
“This is such a pleasant meeting.
Zahra Lari, I wish you good luck in the upcoming season, ”wrote Shcherbakova.
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However, not everyone's vacation went smoothly.
Alexandra Boykova, paired with Dmitry Kozlovsky, spoke about the troubles that happened to her during her vacation in the Maldives.
At first, the skater who made a transfer in Moscow mixed up the airports, and she had to get from Vnukovo to Sheremetyevo.
And before boarding the plane, her coronavirus test results were accepted, since they had not been translated into English.
However, in the end, Boykova managed to pass the express test.
On the island itself, there were also some adventures.
“Here I was in for another disappointment.
I didn't make friends with snorkeling at all (swimming at shallow depths with a breathing tube -
RT
) ... I managed to overcome about a quarter of the way, but then I quickly got tired, crashed into a fish and swam back in panic.
In addition, for some reason it burned me very much.
Of course, then I tried to swim a few more times, but then I got water in the mask, then I drowned in fins, ”Boikova complained.
And Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, who returned from rest, immediately began training.
So, she demonstrated an unusual exercise for practicing rotations.
On a special gradually accelerating simulator, she performed several elements.
Her record was 4.7 revolutions per second.
The ward of Alexei Mishin has repeatedly refuted the myth that there is no place for friendship in figure skating.
So, her close friends are Sofya Samodurova and Evgenia Tarasova.
In addition, the 2015 world champion is happy to communicate with younger colleagues - Alexandra Trusova and Anna Shcherbakova.
According to her, the age difference not only does not interfere, but even helps communication.
“I talked to Sasha at the World Championships, because she lived in a bigger room next door.
We talked a lot with Anya at the World Team Championship.
I am interested with them, because you are already looking at a different point of view, a younger one.
I wonder how they think, reason.
You take some kind of immediacy from them.
This is also cool, ”Tuktamysheva said in an interview with the Saint Petersburg TV channel.
Many figure skating fans call the 2015 world champion the Empress.
However, few people know the history of the origin of this nickname.
“It started when I was 13 or 14. My fans on the VKontakte network called the group“ Scarlet Empress.
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva's group ”.
And after that they began to speak like this.
From that moment everything went smoothly, ”the skater recalled.
The end of May is the time of the last calls.
This year, the 2020 European champion Alena Kostornaya graduated from the 11th grade.
She took part in a festive event in Moscow school number 2098. In the near future she will have to take the Unified State Exam.
The athlete stated that after completing her career, she would like to become a neurosurgeon, but it is not yet known whether she plans to enter a medical school now.
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An appeal from Dolce and Gabban to the Ilyins and the addition of Volosozhar and Trankov to the family
Some time ago, Sochi 2014 Olympic champion Elena Ilinykh starred in a new video for the song Music by Australian singer Sia.
The spectacular video, directed by her husband Sergei Polunin, was appreciated not only by fans, but also by famous Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana.
They recorded a special video message for the skater.
“Hi Elena!
Your video is great, great.
Congratulations, you're incredible.
Bravo! ”, - said the designers.
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Meanwhile, in the family of two-time Olympic champions in pair skating Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov there was a replenishment.
On May 27, the ex-skater announced that she had become a mother for the second time.
“Our family has grown by 3 kg 950 g and 55 cm taller!
My dear, we have all been waiting for you!
Thank you beloved for being so comfortable, calm and not scary!
The feeling that you want to hug the whole world!
Tired, but happy, ”Volosozhar wrote.
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Many colleagues and representatives of Russian show business congratulated her on the joyful event, including commentator Dmitry Guberniev, host Regina Todorenko, coach Tatyana Tarasova and others.
While the couple prefers to keep the name of their son a secret, however, Volosozhar arranged a small competition for her subscribers, inviting him to guess.
The famous choreographer Ilya Averbukh also took part in the game, proposing to name the boy Ilya.