Pickings of Tarasova and Rudkovskaya
Tatyana Tarasova rarely gives frank interviews, therefore, great attention was riveted to her appearance in the "Secret for a Million" program on NTV.
The renowned coach talked about her family life, the specifics of her work, her attitude towards Dana Milokhin, and even remembered how she helped Alexei Yagudin solve the problem with alcohol.
But the greatest resonance was caused by her words about Yana Rudkovskaya, the wife of two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko.
Tarasova bluntly stated that the producer "spoiled a lot" in the beginning coaching career of her husband.
Answering the question of the presenter Lera Kudryavtseva about the comparison of the two-time Olympic champion and Eteri Tutberidze, the honored coach of Russia said that it was “ridiculous to even talk about it”.
“Eteri is an outstanding coach, and Zhenya is a beginner.
Maybe Rudkovskaya decided that it would be more useful for promotion.
But this is wrong, this is ridiculous.
What to talk about?
Zhenya has no one, Zhenya has been working for the first year.
She does not understand that it is not words that decide - that work, actions decide here.
When she understands this, it will not be too late.
But she has already ruined a lot for him.
I see that it works well, and I state this.
And when there is a result, then there will be a result, ”Tarasova said.
She also noted that she "does not really see" the sports potential in Plushenko's son and Sasha Rudkovskaya.
“He skates well.
I think, we just need to be silent for a little, be silent for two years, "- said the coach.
Such frank criticism could not but offend the family of the two-time Olympic champion. Rudkovskaya first stated that she was shocked by the words of Tarasova and would not comment on them, but later she nevertheless answered all points. In particular, she stated that she does not take into account the opinion of a specialist about her son.
“She does not see [the potential], but Alexey Nikolaevich Mishin, Elena Anatolyevna Tchaikovskaya see.
Brian Orser sees, Rafael Harutyunyan sees, Nikolai Morozov sees, and my husband and his entire team see.
These opinions are authoritative for me.
The opinion of Tatyana Anatolyevna Tarasova is authoritative for someone, but for me, since she did not raise my husband and has nothing to do with my family, her opinion about my child is not fundamental, "said the co-owner of the Angels figure skating academy Plushenko ”in an interview with“ Sport-Express ”.
The wife of the ex-skater did not argue with the fact that Plushenko is a novice specialist, but at the same time she emphasized that Tutberidze cannot be called the greatest coach.
“Yes, we all understand that Evgeniy is a beginner coach.
We do not argue about this.
But I don't think Tutberidze is the greatest coach.
The greatest coaches are Mishin, Moskvina, Zhuk, Tarasova, Tchaikovskaya.
Tutberidze is an excellent coach.
She has a super team, they are great fellows.
But Tutberidze will become the greatest coach when her athletes will pass not one Olympics, but two, three, four ”.
After Rudkovskaya's speech, journalists turned to Tarasova with a request to comment on the words of the producer, but the renowned coach refused to talk about it.
"Who is Yana Rudkovskaya to answer her?"
She only asked.
Plushenko's wife reacted rather harshly to this.
“We can convey to the respected Tatiana Anatolyevna that if I am nobody, then let her no longer pronounce my name and do not touch our child.
We raised her ratings, I hope her goal has been achieved.
I think all mothers will understand what I mean, and she will someday get it.
Well, after these predictions Sani will have even more incentive in sports, ”she wrote on Instagram.
Later, the mother of Gnome Gnomycha published a separate post on the social network, where she stated that she considered Tarasova's statement about 8-year-old Sasha unethical and stressed: if earlier in Soviet sports schools “it was possible to humiliate children like that,” now this is unacceptable.
“I will always stand up for my family and my children, no matter who my opponent is!
Regardless of his merits, status and other regalia.
Even such people need to think about what and about whom they are talking, especially if it concerns children's feelings and experiences, ”wrote Rudkovskaya.
The position of Plushenko's wife was supported by the Olympic champion in speed skating Svetlana Zhurova.
She emphasized that children at this age should in no case talk about "hopelessness", otherwise they may be completely disappointed in sports.
“If a child at the age of seven is told that he is hopeless, it’s wrong,” said the former athlete.
- I saw a lot of "hopeless" children who achieved results with their hard work.
And I don't know a single specialist who would say one hundred percent that this or that child is hopeless. "
Evgeni Plushenko himself remained silent and reacted only with a short caption under the photo with his son: “With my newsmaker!
Should we be in sorrow, Sanya! "
Obviously, the two-time Olympic champion prefers to focus on work rather than online squabbles.
In addition, soon this work will be added to him: in the west of Moscow, construction of a sports training complex for "Angels Plushenko" has begun.
It will include two ice rinks, gyms, a choreographic training room, massage rooms and even a museum.
Construction will be completed next year.
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Furor Medvedeva and Milokhina on the "Lednikovoe"
The new number of Evgenia Medvedeva and Dani Milokhin on the Ice Age project has caused a flurry of enthusiastic reviews.
The guys decided on a very frank performance filled with passion and emotions.
The skater went out on the ice in an extremely short black dress, and her partner in stylish black trousers and a white shirt.
The program turned out to be "18+", as the host of the project Alexei Yagudin noted, and it is difficult to disagree with him.
“Last week, after Zhenya and Dani's skating, the phrase was heard that the guys all the time perform somehow in a childish way, that Dania does not change during the project and that they want to see something passionate, adult.
And so the guys listened and gave such sexy blues, ”he said.
The jury members were amazed at this transformation of the participants.
“Well, you give, of course!
I leaned back in my chair.
I felt hot, - admitted the Olympic champion Roman Kostomarov.
- Very stylish, tasty, youthful, sexy, expensive and technically difficult.
Well done.
Thanks a lot!".
Danya and Zhenya themselves admitted that it was "very embarrassing" to rehearse a frank act, especially because the figure skater's mother was present at the trainings.
“I made my mother leave the hall.
She said: "Give us 15 minutes," Evgenia admitted.
A few days earlier Milokhin celebrated his 20th birthday on a grand scale.
Many stars of show business came to the party, including Olga Buzova, Yegor Creed, Klava Koka.
And, of course, there was a two-time world champion among the guests, who easily joined the blogger's friends.
Fans were impressed by her unbridled dancing.
She even starred in a video for Dani's new song, which he performs with Nikolai Baskov - "Wildly in Love".
The figure skater played in it a tattoo artist who draws a cup on Baskov's neck.
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Valieva and Zagitova
Eurosport TV commentator Andrey Zhurankov in the next episode of the podcast "Skating" compared two domestic figure skaters Kamila Valieva and Alina Zagitova, the comparison was not in favor of the Olympic champion.
In his opinion, Zagitova was able to win the Olympic Games thanks not so much to innate talent as to the hard work and contribution of the coach.
Valieva is unique precisely for her natural abilities.
“Let's be honest.
Well, we didn't have such a skater as Valieva.
She has a flying glide, which is enhanced by her ballet elongation, her absolutely chiseled arms, chiseled legs, all this is stretched to the line.
<…> There has never been a figure skater in the history of figure skating with such data.
I don’t know with whom to compare it, ”concluded Zhurankov.
In his opinion, Don Quixote by Zagitova is an absolutely cool, innovative program by Tutberidze.
And it was thanks to this joint work that Alina won the Games in Pyeongchang.
“Tutberidze made Alina Zagitova an Olympic champion.
You can curse me, but it was Tutberidze who made Zagitova such a program and trained her so that she became an Olympic champion.
And not Alina Zagitova herself is so brilliant, great, no.
It was the work of a coach, ”the expert expressed his opinion.
Zhulin's revelations
Olympic medalist and honored coach of Russia Alexander Zhulin wrote an autobiography entitled "Dancing on the Ice of Life."
The book will hit store shelves in January next year.
It is interesting that it will be released in two design options at once, because the author and the publisher could not choose which one is better.
“Friends, I have great news.
In January my first, very long-awaited book comes out.
Autobiography.
For the first time, I dared to tell you very frankly about my life and career.
And, of course, about love, - wrote Zhulin on Instagram.
- I will wait for your feedback.
I hope you enjoy it, I wrote from the bottom of my heart. "
In the wake of the growing popularity of figure skating in recent years, several memoirs and autobiographies of figure skaters have been published in Russia.
In 2018, the book by Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov "Two sides of the same medal" was published, in 2020 - the work of Alexei Mishin "What the ice is silent about", and in the outgoing year a biography of Alena Savchenko appeared "The Long Way to Olympic Gold".
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Blitz interview of Tarasova and Morozov to their own coach
Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov became the heroes of the "90 Seconds Challenge" column with the Olympic champion Maxim Trankov.
In it, skaters compete in who will answer the most questions in the allotted time.
Unlike sports tournaments, in this "show" the two-time European champions took part one by one.
Trankov is the coach of the couple, and it was not for nothing that he asked Vladimir a question about his beloved mentor, to which he replied somewhat unexpectedly: “There are none”.
The athlete also said with a grain of humor that he spends half an hour on his hair before the performance, that his favorite element is “the fifth”, and the animal with which the partner is associated is the “Tasmanian devil”.
Tarasova was asked what she dreamed of doing, but would never dare, and the athlete replied: "to jump with a parachute."
Answering the question with whom of the skaters she would go on a trip, Evgenia named Elizaveta Tuktamysheva.
In addition, Trankov asked what cartoon character Vova was like, and the skater said with a laugh: "Red-haired, freckled, he killed grandfather with a shovel ..."
In a minute and a half, Vladimir managed to answer 20 questions, and Evgenia - 19, and these are some of the worst results of the program.
So far, Evgeny Semenenko is in the lead, who managed to answer 25 questions.
Kostornaya Tattoos
Alena Kostornaya during the show "Evening Urgant" told why she decided to get tattoos.
At the moment, it is known that she has three of them.
The very first appeared in the spring on the skater's left hand - this is an inscription in Latin "Sequitur cor tuum" - "Follow your heart."
And more recently, before the stage of the French Grand Prix, two more drawings were added: the inscription Lovely (to the composition of Billie Eilish with this name, Alena performed a free program) on the left collarbone and the image of a chanterelle behind the ear.
“Life has finished,” said the athlete in response to Ivan Urgant's question why she began to “get hammered with tattoos”.
- Somehow, for a very long time, I wanted to make one small one, then it went on increasing. "
According to the European champion, she deliberately does not get tattoos related to figure skating.
“Because figure skating will pass, and this is for life.
Tattoos remind me of difficult times, of overcoming myself, ”the girl emphasized.