East is colors

The premiere of a new ice performance by Tatiana Navka "Scheherazade" took place in Moscow.

As the Olympic champion of Turin said, after several years of staging classic fairy tales, she wanted to do something diametrically opposite, and most importantly, fun.

“I wanted people to dance, smile.

The East is just right.

A fertile ground where all desires can be fulfilled.

The East is colors, emotions, music.

And what costumes!

Incredible picture!

I really want to see the performance from the side.

I think it turned out fabulous!

We have invested a lot of work, emotions and efforts.

The guys worked hard for a month.

We improve every second, ”Navka shared after the first show.

According to her, there is an extreme stunt in the show, in which the leading actress Victoria Sinitsina takes part.

At the end of the first section, Scheherazade is engulfed in the most real fire.

As Navka admitted, she was even scared for the Beijing Olympic champion, since at some point she “almost burned out.”

The athlete herself said that she felt out of place only during the start of rehearsals.

“The first time I was a little uncomfortable.

It's a strange feeling when there is fire around you.

Now it’s normal, I’m absolutely used to it, ”admitted Sinitsina.

“A real Russian woman,” added her husband and partner Nikita Katsalapov, who plays Tsar Shakhriyar, Scheherazade’s lover, with a smile.

Also involved in the show is Beijing Olympic champion Anna Shcherbakova, who plays the role of the Goddess.

An athlete recovering from knee surgery noted that the experience of participating in a performance is especially interesting for her, as it differs from the usual performance of individual numbers.

“In ice tales, it is much more important to feel the role, get used to it correctly and interact with all the skaters participating in the show.

Here I fly on the ring - very unusual, but I like it.

It is important not to fill the program with elements, but to show the character of your hero, ”said Anna.

Attacks on Shcherbakova

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation demanded that ISU exclude Anna Shcherbakova from the list of nominees for the Skating Awards in the Most Valuable Skater category.

The corresponding statement was published on the official website of the organization.

The Ukrainians sent two letters: the first to ISU President Chae Yol Kim from the head of the UFCF Mikhail Makarov, and the other to the chairman of the athletics commission Eric Redford from a similar commission headed by Anna Khnychenkova.

“The Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation is outraged by the nomination of the Russian woman Anna Shcherbakova for the International Skating Union Skating Awards and asks the ISU leadership to respond to the shameful fact and exclude the representative of Russia from the list of nominees,” the UFF website says.

In Russia, this initiative was treated with irony.

Many experts called for simply not paying attention to the populist statements of the territorial neighbors.

So, the acting president of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, Alexander Kogan, called them nonsense, and Tatyana Tarasova said that the members of the UFC, apparently, have nothing else to do, since they send out such messages.

“Let them put pressure on the ISU, since they have nothing else to do.

Nobody wins from them.

I think that Anna Shcherbakova will not be deprived of the award.

ISU has put forward a candidate, why should she be led by Ukraine?

Who are they in general in figure skating?

Are they responsible for something?

They just don’t have any other things to do, ”Sport-Express quotes the honored coach.

And State Duma deputy Dmitry Svishchev, in turn, said that the International Skating Union needs to understand the reasons for these requirements.

“If the only thing is that Shcherbakova is Russian, then this already smacks of Nazism and extremism.

The ISU needs to take strong action against National Federations that try to use such methods of discrimination.

Shcherbakova deservedly became a nominee for the ISU award, and there can be no unreasonable revision of this decision.

And let the Ukrainian federation take care of the quality of the performance of its own skaters in order to have at least some right to express its opinion on the issues of nominations, ”TASS quotes the parliamentarian.

Revelations of Plushenko and Rudkovskaya

Two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko and his wife Yana Rudkovskaya took part in the filming of the Secret for a Million program on the NTV channel.

In it, the star couple frankly spoke about the crisis moments of family life.

So, according to the producer, their relationship with Plushenko was tested for strength in 2008.

“It was difficult and incomprehensible: I lived in Moscow, and he lived in St. Petersburg.

There was some chill.

Zhenya then said: “Probably, we are not suitable for each other.”

It went on like this for about a month, I felt so bad ... He was then still on the jury of the ice project, he also kicked me out of there.

I rode with a temperature, then I was in the hospital.

Then she returned, in four days they put the number on ... He left me, and then kicked me out of the project, ”said Rudkovskaya.

Plushenko, in turn, noted that he could not imagine his life without his wife.

“We have been together for 16 years, I studied it, I love it.

When I leave, I'm sad.

Yana is my person ... I need such a person who pushes me, because I'm a lazy person.

I need a battery that is constantly in the socket, then in the network - and forward, ”the skater emphasized.

Eugene also shared the details of how his relationship with his son from his first marriage, Yegor, is developing.

After the divorce of his parents, the boy stayed with his mother, Maria Yermak, and now shows almost no desire to communicate with his father.

Plushenko stressed that he is always ready for a meeting and will provide his son with any help if he asks for it.

“This is my sore subject.

He has a real father - me.

If my son has a desire to communicate with me, to come, he has this opportunity, I always wait for him.

If he wants to live permanently, let him live permanently with us.

If he needs any help, I will gladly do it.

But at the age of 16 he should already have his own opinion and his own decision.

Unfortunately, we have minimal communication, but this child does not want to, ”admitted Plushenko.

Admiration for the Empress

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, who won a bronze medal at her 15th Russian Championship, made a splash not only at home, but also far beyond its borders.

Figure skating fans from all over the world watched the tournament in Krasnoyarsk, and then expressed their admiration for the 26-year-old figure skater.

“Incredible”, “amazing”, “unique” - these are just a small part of those epithets that were awarded to the Russian figure skater by foreign and domestic fans.

One of them joked that Lisa was a foster mother for young athletes who competed at the championship.

Sofia Akatieva, for example, was born the year Tuktamysheva took part in her first CR.

Unexpectedly, this enthusiasm was joined by Canadian Megan Duhamel, who has recently been distinguished by a consistent negative position in relation to all Russian sports.

“I definitely don’t want to follow the Russian Figure Skating Championships, but [I want to express] immense respect for Tuktamysheva.

She still performs, does her job ... Year after year, ”wrote the ex-world champion on Twitter.

Of course, the Empress received even more compliments from Russian experts.

So, Tatyana Tarasova wished that there were more figure skaters in the country with the same long careers.

“I am delighted that Liza Tuktamysheva performs, skates wonderful programs.

She is very strong technically.

I'm truly in love with her for being such a long-liver.

The rest will skate for a year or two, there is no one and you no longer remember their names.

And Lisa has been in front of us all these years.

Our outstanding athlete, beauty, clever.

I would like us to have such ones, ”Sport-Express quotes the coach.

Elena Radionova also emphasized the importance of the example set by the pupil of Alexei Mishin to her younger colleagues.

"Lisa is great!

She proved once again that age in figure skating is not so important, that you can push all the boundaries, despite the fact that you are already over 20. This is an example of how long you can be in sports, and not just be, but also skate not high level.

It seems to me that for many she will now become a guiding star, and women's single skating will not be for a couple of seasons, but for many years, ”said the former figure skater.

Trusov's demands

Information appeared in the media about the essence of the conflict that arose between the family of Alexandra Trusova and Channel One.

Earlier, the athlete appeared at one of the stages of the Russian Grand Prix without a TV channel patch on the sleeve of the olympic shirt, and Maxim Maxaim Trankov, being on the air and thinking that the microphone was off, dropped a mysterious phrase: “Trusova is everything ... for Channel One.”

According to media reports, the problem is that the father of the Beijing silver medalist demanded that Alexei Yagudin and Tatyana Tarasova be banned from commenting on their daughter's performances, as they allowed themselves to criticize the girl.

However, he was refused.

This information surprised the honored coach of Russia, who was reproached with comments about the cleanliness of Alexandra's performance.

“It was in September.

There is no opportunity to look, she has not performed anywhere yet.

Did you hit dad?

Now we have dads, moms, grandmothers will write?

Sasha is an adult girl.

I love her very much.

If something is wrong, she can always ask me.

We are talking normally.

Why did dad get hurt?"

Tarasova asked.

Reacted to the hype and Olympic champion Salt Lake City.

He emphasized that he was always glad to be in the same company with the greatest coach, "even if it is on the list of unloved commentators of the father of the figure skater Trusova."

The former athlete also noted that he always respected Alexandra, her achievements and skill, and did not quite understand the essence of the claims.

“But no matter how good an athlete Alexandra Trusova is, such demands from relatives are nonsense.

If such requirements are met, then the next step is for the athlete to choose the judges?

Perhaps parents and ice palaces for competitions will now choose?

But I'm not offended by Alexandra's father.

And ready to take the hit.

Let him criticize me.

But I won't let anyone touch Tarasova.

Tatyana Anatolyevna has always supported girls more than anyone else.

And to put forward demands to remove Tarasov from commenting is outrageous, ”Yagudin wrote in his Telegram channel.

Memories Chen

Against the backdrop of a flaring scandal about the demands of the Trusov family to remove Tatyana Tarasova from the air, the well-known sports commentator Yolanda Chen shared her memories of working together with the famous coach.

In particular, she spoke about the conflict situation that arose during the Olympics in Sochi.

According to the former athlete, Tarasova, having first appeared in the studio, from where they were to comment on the Games, was very unhappy and "made a million claims."

The specialist did not like that there were uncomfortable chairs in the room, and there was no toilet room nearby.

“Tarasova, if she has already gone into a rage, it is impossible to stop her.

It's useless to yell at me, I'll yell at anyone you want.

In general, word for word, and I threw a microphone at her.

“Tatyana Anatolyevna, if you don’t calm down now, I will kill you right here!”

- Chen quotes Sports.ru.

As the journalist admitted, such an emotional outburst impressed Tarasova.

“She somehow got together, we conducted the broadcast very discreetly, and then I honestly told her:“ Tatyana Anatolyevna, I feel bad, I don’t have the strength to argue and swear.

It’s easier for me to hit someone in the head.”

And she smiled and everything.

A few days later, in the same studio, we rejoiced together after the victory of Adelina Sotnikova.

And already the chairs suited her, and the balcony was not so far away…” Chen shared.

She also spoke about Tarasova's especially responsible attitude to work: the coach always went on the air, despite her ailments.

“Sometimes you look at it - and it seems that there will be no ether.

And she will not only see him through, but also inform that tomorrow she is flying to Japan to advise someone there.

<...> As soon as the camera turned on, Tarasova immediately forgot that something hurt her.

She was all in the screen, lived every performance.

The camera turned off - and sometimes it hurt so much that it was difficult for her to leave Ostankino, the journalist noted.