The long awaited kiss

This week Ostankino hosted the filming of the last two episodes of the Ice Age show season. 

The performances of Evgenia Medvedeva and Dani Milokhin turned out to be amazing in both cases.

The couple especially distinguished themselves in the penultimate, New Year's box office under the Happy New Year of the ABBA group.

The guys finished the purely performed program with a sincere and long kiss, which their fans had been waiting for from them for so long.

Now fans of the Medvelokhins, as the couple of Zhenya and Danila are affectionately called, are even more confident that closer relations are developing between young people than just friendship.

As it turned out, even Tatiana Navka and Tatiana Tarasova are of the same opinion.

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“I don’t want to make out what they skated.

I don't even remember that!

I only remember how they looked at each other, how they kissed at the end ... so good at heart!

I'm like a matchmaker Babarikha!

But you guys fit together so well.

Tatyana Anatolyevna Tarasova and I think so, ”said the Olympic champion.

After the rental, Milokhin said that he and Yevgenia did not rehearse the kiss, although there was an agreement about it.

“We agreed that the kiss would only be there.

Zhenya asked: “How long will it be?

But as?"

I said that we would understand and decide right there, on the set, ”quotes the tiktoker of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station.

The last edition of "Ice Age" was held in the format of a gala concert - each couple performed their best number, adding a few new, more complex elements to it.

Medvedeva and Milokhin repeated the program under "Uptown Funk" and coped with it quite successfully, if not for the absurd fall of their partner literally out of the blue.

On a simple dance element, Danila lost his balance and stretched out on the ice right in front of the jury.

The host of the show, Alina Zagitova, even joked that it was such a "tackle to the judges."

“Yes, this is such a new element, just many did not understand, but it's okay,” Tiktoker agreed with her.

One of the few who appreciated Milokhin's “new element” was Olympic champion Maxim Trankov, who was on the jury of this issue.

He gave the guys the highest rating of 6.0, giving a very extravagant explanation.

“Everyone confesses their love to this couple, but they always write to me that I don't like Medvedev.

So: everyone who writes this, fuck you! ”- said the former athlete.

The shooting of the eighth season of "Ice Age" has ended, although the final episode will be released on television after the New Year.

All participants admitted that they were sad to say goodbye to the project, since it was not just a job, but also an important part of life.

So, according to Medvedeva, she has changed a lot thanks to the show.

“I've learned a lot.

Danya learned to get ready, I - to relax.

I feel more relaxed, freed myself from clamps, became kinder, simpler, ”said the two-time world champion.

But even with the end of the show, one of the most spectacular couples will continue to participate in various projects together.

So, on December 23, Eugene and Dan.

is waiting for filming in another popular program of the First Channel - "Evening Urgant".

Fans are already preparing: they draw posters and expect interesting tasks from the host for the stars of the broadcast.

Experiences for Tarasova

Holiday shooting of "Ice Age" was overshadowed by the absence of permanent jury member Tatyana Tarasova, which greatly excited the fans of figure skating.

Recently, due to poor health, the renowned coach could not go to Sochi for the Grand Prix stage, which she was supposed to comment on for Channel One, and all this together caused fears about her health.

They were partly confirmed by the choreographer of Ice Age, Ilya Averbukh, who, after filming the final episode, addressed the audience with tears in his eyes.

“Now Tatyana Anatolyevna needs our strength very much.

I propose to support her with loud applause, ”he said.

The next day, social networks were filled with touching confessions and good wishes addressed to Tarasova not only from the project participants, but also from many other skaters and coaches.

“Tatyana Anatolyevna, we all love you very much!

Health to you!

Please, get better, ”Olympic champion Tatyana Totmianina wrote on Instagram.

Later it became known that Tarasova was hospitalized presumably due to high blood pressure, but no details of her condition are still reported.

“Alarming news ... I know that the honored coach of Russia in figure skating, our pride Tatiana Tarasova is hospitalized ... Tatiana Anatolyevna, I wish you a speedy recovery and strength!

I believe that everything will definitely work out!

Everything will be fine!

We are all mentally with you, ”wrote two-time world champion Irina Slutskaya.

The coach herself, who was not used to talking about her own problems in public, only thanked everyone who was worried for their support.

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Publication from Tatiana Tarasova (@tatarasova)

“My friends, I see, I read your warm wishes and kind words.

Thank you all very much for your support and love, ”wrote the specialist on Instagram.

President's attention

The nationwide love for ice shows did not go unnoticed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The head of state invited Tanya Trotsenko, a 13-year-old schoolgirl from the Stavropol Territory, to the Swan Lake performance of Tatiana Navka.

Earlier, within the framework of the "Christmas Tree of Desires" campaign, the president had already fulfilled the girl's dream of the ballet "Swan Lake".

Tanya, who is undergoing treatment for cancer in St. Petersburg, attended a production of the Mariinsky Theater.

On December 15, Putin called the girl to inquire about her impressions of the ballet, and at the same time offered to organize a trip for her to Moscow to the Navka show.

The schoolgirl's family gladly accepted the invitation.

The Olympic champion herself was flattered by the president's attention to her show.

“It's incredibly pleasant that Vladimir Vladimirovich drew attention and invited Tatyana to our Swan Lake ice show.

It is with great pleasure, honor and joy that I invite the whole family, all relatives and friends, Tatyana's friends to our fairy tale.

I want to meet her in person, show her everything behind the scenes.

On the eve of the New Year, such miracles happen to people, it's so nice.

I hope our fairy tale will give her unforgettable moments of happiness, ”Sport24 quotes Navka.

New Kostornaya

Alena Kostornaya shocked fans not only with an injury, which made it impossible for her to fight for an Olympic ticket, but also with a cardinal change of image, dyeing her hair bright red.

“I don’t live a quiet life,” the skater commented on the video in her new image.

However, this is not the first time the European champion has resorted to such experiments: in the summer she dyed herself purple.

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Publication from Aliona Kostornaia (@aliona_officialnew)

While the skater is prohibited from training, she is actively engaged in the development of her own YouYube channel.

Alena has already published two videos, in one of which she applies makeup with her left hand in 12 minutes, and in the other she talks about her favorite dresses for performances.

The sportswoman, who broke her right arm and still has to do everything with her left, complained about how uncomfortable it is for left-handers, because "almost everything is done for right-handers." 

“It is very difficult to do something with scissors, cut, cut, write.

Most of everything is done under the right hand - this is wildly inconvenient, because the same scissors simply do not cut.

No matter how I turn them, they don't cut me, and from a person who always tried to do everything on my own, I turned into a person who, whenever possible, does this: "Maaam".

And this is disgusting, because it is inconvenient for my parents to run after me and help me, and it is inconvenient for me to constantly ask them, ”the figure skater said.

In these videos, Alena is positive and does not at all look like a person who recently said goodbye to his dream of performing at the next Olympic Games.

According to sports psychologist Victoria Borzenkova, at such moments, athletes need "positive incentives to the audience, which provides resources and support."

“There is an algorithm for the stages of living failure (loss).

All stages are the norm and an element of psychological relief, a response to loss.

The intensity and depth of experiences is individual.

The main thing is not to get stuck and reach the stage of “surfacing” in order to return to activity, or to make a rational and balanced decision for the future, "- quotes Borzenkova as" Match TV ".

Kostornaya herself said that she was not going to give up on her career and would prepare for OI-2026.

By that time she will be 22 years old, which is quite a lot by the standards of modern women's single skating.

American journalist Dave Lees, for example, spoke harshly about the future prospects of the Russian figure skater.

“Following the injury this week, Kostornaya assured us that she wants to compete for another four years.

Even in spite of the fact that a skater without a triple axel and quadruples in any case will not last even four minutes with the coaches of the Tutberidze team, ”he said in TheSkatingLesson podcast.

Empress's revelations

However, before Kostornaya's eyes there is a wonderful example of athletic longevity - Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, who recently celebrated her 25th birthday and is closer than ever to going to the first Olympics in her career.

At the same time, in the life of the Empress, as the fans call Elizabeth, there is a place not only for figure skating.

The athlete calls herself a "hedonist with a capital letter" who enjoys every minute.

For example, she loves delicious food and good wine, although she cannot always afford it.

“In the season, I usually have a rather tight schedule, and I try to relax at home, because when you go to a restaurant, I want to drink wine and relax.

I am afraid that I will somehow rest too much.

I try to spend more at home during the season, observe the regime.

But in the summer, sitting on the veranda is a nice thing, '' said the 2015 world champion in the program on Channel One.

At the same time, Tuktamysheva also serves as an example of a harmonious relationship with coach Alexei Mishin, who helped her overcome many crises and return to the Russian national team six years later.

“I have always been amazed at how much he feels about his athletes.

If I come in a bad mood and do not feel well, he immediately understands it.

Very perceptive, ”said the skater.