Memories of Goose
Pyotr Gumennik told a funny story about how he came to figure skating.
At the age of four, he tried different sports, but none of them appealed to him.
According to him, it was scary during the wrestling, as the coach grabbed him in his armful and took him somewhere, and while swimming, he could not swim from one side to the other, so he had to walk along the bottom of the pool.
“And when I was given to figure skating, I immediately realized that this was mine.
I liked it there from the very first day.
I didn’t like to get up early, but if I knew that a training session was waiting for me at the rink, I woke up with joy, ”shared the silver medalist of the Russian Championship.
He also remembered the time when he trained in the group of Alexei Mishin, along with Artur Gachinsky, Artur Dmitriev and Evgeni Plushenko.
Gumennik noted that he constantly worked side by side with athletes performing triple axels and quadruple jumps, and felt the competition.
In addition, Peter admired the two-time Olympic champion, with whom he often played football together.
“They used to put me on the gate ... they put me.
And our team usually won.
Plushenko was basically on my team.
Why was the goalkeeper?
I don’t know, I wasn’t tall then, on the contrary, the smallest.
That's probably where I've been most useful.
Could block some part of the gate.
We also had gates that were not quite ordinary - benches from the hall, long and low.
I lay down and closed it - it’s convenient, ”one of the tallest skaters in Russia, whose height is 183 cm, said with a smile
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Dissatisfaction with Duhamel and Kalalang
The decision of the RUSADA disciplinary committee to acquit Kamila Valieva in the doping case, as expected, caused a flurry of indignation abroad.
Following WADA, ISU and the IOC, Western skaters did not fail to leave their comments.
One of the first to respond was Megan Duhamel, whose caustic remarks about Russian sports are already reminiscent of an old hackneyed record.
The Canadian, we recall, was one of those who violently attacked the 15-year-old athlete online during the Beijing Games, and, of course, she did not bypass the development of the situation.
“Well, who believes this?
Give their Olympic medals to others!”
Megan wrote on Twitter under the message that Valieva was not guilty in the doping case.
However, it was hardly worth expecting something different from Duhamel.
Another thing is Jessica Kalalang, whose comment sounded as strange as possible.
“Well, well… sounds extremely fair and unbiased.
Doping is doping, and its use should automatically entail punishment.
WADA needs to appeal.
Point,” wrote the American in the social network.
The absurdity of the situation lies in the fact that in 2021 the skater passed a positive test for one of the prohibited stimulants, but she did not suffer punishment for this.
She managed to avoid disqualification by proving that the substance was contained in the cosmetics that she used before going on the ice.
According to Tatyana Tarasova, Kalalang should have just kept silent so as not to look stupid.
“Everyone has the right to say whatever they want.
But I think that from the side of [not so important who] American, Dutch, Swiss, English - an athlete who used doping, it looks somehow strange.
It would be better for her to refrain from such statements so as not to once again remind the whole world that doping was discovered in her, ”RIA Novosti quotes Tarasova.
One of those who has consistently maintained a neutral stance is Nathan Chen.
The Beijing Olympic champion once again emphasized that he was simply patiently waiting for the final decision of the sports authorities in order to receive medals in the team tournament, regardless of their dignity.
“I am not particularly familiar with the situation.
There are things that we don't really control, but I'm glad that I participated in the Olympics and was able to achieve such results.
All of us in the team are in solidarity on this issue and we are just waiting for everything to be resolved, ”said Rafael Harutyunyan’s pupil.
End of "Ice Age"
The broadcast of the Ice Age finale in the Moscow time zone did not take place last Saturday due to the tragic news of the death of the People's Artist of Russia Inna Churikova.
However, in most cities of the country, the final episode of the TV show went on the air, and, of course, the names of the winners and prize-winners became known to everyone.
The first place was taken by Nikita Katsalapov and Elizaveta Arzamasova, the second went to Evgenia Medvedeva and Fedor Fedotov, and the bronze medals were shared by two duets: Ksenia Sinitsyna - Ivan Skobrev and Oksana Domnina - Marat Basharov.
Moreover, before the decisive rental, Oksana and Marat were the leaders of the project, but the partner made an inexplicable fall in the final, which cost a couple of gold.
“Still, the tension in the Ice Age is very similar to sports, no matter how strange it may seem.
Even I felt it when Olga Kuzmina and I skated last in the 2020 final.
We went to first place, all competitors skated on 6.0, and we also had to skate only on 6.0.
“Ice Age” is not even a Grand Prix stage, but you still worry.
Anything can happen - not only for a star, but also for a skater who has spent his whole life on ice, ”said Alexander Enbert, silver medalist of the 2018 Olympics in team competition, on this occasion.
Medvedeva, in turn, reacted to the distribution of places with some irony, calling the second place "native" for herself - probably with a reference to the Pyeongchang Olympics.
According to Evgenia, she and her partner were very surprised by the result, because they hoped for a maximum of third place.
“But the ice is slippery, everything happens.
In the final, one of the couples made some unforeseen mistakes, and thus we ended up in second place.
When we were told about this, Fedya and I began to laugh hysterically, because this is the last thing we expected, in general, to be on the podium.
So to break in in the middle of the season ... In general, it was difficult, it was interesting, fun, cool!
- quotes the two-time world champion "Championship".
Medvedeva's visit to the Dynamo training camp
Meanwhile, the season of New Year's ice shows has ended for the skaters and it's time for a break.
Many of them immediately went to warm countries.
So, Alena Kostornaya and Georgy Kunitsa, who made a lot of noise because of the likely joint performance in pair skating, went to Cuba.
Alexandra Trusova flew to Dubai, having received a few days off.
Not far from her - in Abu Dhabi - Evgenia Medvedeva is resting.
True, the two-time world champion is not just going to lie on the beach and enjoy the sun.
The fact is that the skater was invited to the training camp of the Dynamo football club: she will spend several days with the team, attend a friendly match with the local Green Herons club and take part in other activities.
“A powerful reinforcement has arrived at the Dynamo training camp,” they wrote in the club’s official Telegram channel.
Evgenia has already tried to learn football tricks, and also boasted of her first successes in scoring.
“See how many balls are there?
I scored all this, ”said the skater in a video on her social network.
"Love is Evil"
In Russian ice dancing, another couple broke up.
Irina Khavronina refused to compete with long-term partner Dario Chirizano, with whom she became the winner of the Youth Olympic Games 2020.
As the couple's coach Alexei Gorshkov said, the athlete announced her decision to Dario not even in a personal meeting, but in a regular message, which was later confirmed by her partner.
She did not even inform the mentor herself.
The Russian Figure Skating Federation did not know anything about castling either.
Many fans of the couple were shocked by this behavior of the skater and took the side of the 21-year-old young man.
“I see all the comments, thank you so much for the kind words of support!
I will get in touch soon, ”Cirizano wrote in his Telegram channel.
It soon became known that Khavronina would ride with her boyfriend David Narizhny.
The duo will be coached by Denis Samokhin, whose group includes Russian champions Elizaveta Khudaiberdiyeva and Yegor Bazin.
Narizhny previously performed with Annabel Morozov, but their duet broke up due to different views on career development.
“I don’t pretend to be right, but it seems to me a kind of nonsense when two weaker partners break up their strong, in general, couples in order to skate together.
But love is evil ... ”- commented on what is happening, RT sports columnist Elena Vaytsekhovskaya.