“Once, I heard a phrase: “Lisa, look at yourself! Look, you’re fat! Look how your belly sticks out! It’s bigger than mine at 40!” And it’s just my uterus hurting, what can I do about it?” Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva on being a woman in professional sports
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva on being a woman in professional sports. original source: MatchTV View this [...]
“Interview Eteri Tutberidze? Do you think she would agree? Evgenia Medvedeva about her show on YouTube, coaching, quints and Kamila Valieva
Translation of the interview with Evgenia Medvedeva. About ice shows, journalism and Kamila Valieva. original [...]
Ilia Averbukh: “The situation with Valieva should not affect the team, it’s her personal case. So, our team are the Olympic champions!”
Ilia Averbukh on CAS decision that Russian figure skaters retained the bronze in the Beijing-2022 team [...]
“In his last season, he always said it was ‘for Stephane.’ He wanted to make Stephane happy. I think that was probably the biggest reason he continued skating.” Trainer Shinichi Demizu on Shoma Uno’s motivation in his las competitive season
Translation of the interview with Shoma Uno's trainer Shinichi Demizu. original source: jbpress.ismedia.jp dd. 27th [...]
“I didn’t know how much it would be when she agreed to teach me, and later the bill that came was the highest I had ever had – 5 million yen.” Shizuka Arakawa on training with Tarasova and financial aspects of figure skating
Shizuka Arakawa about financial aspects of figure skating. original source: news.yahoo.co.jp View this [...]
Adelina Sotnikova: “I believe that one day the true Olympic spirit will prevail over politics, and our Russian athletes will once again be winning medals.”
Adelina Sotnikova on the Olympics without Russian athletes. original source: Telegram View this post on [...]
“Given the circumstances, this is fair. The situation with Kamila took us away from the first place. But it’s terrible that they are not inviting us to the award ceremony. If they are inviting others, why aren’t they inviting us?” Tatiana Tarasova on CAS’s decision on medal distribution for the 2022 Olympic team event
Tatiana Tarasova on CAS's decision on medal distribution for the 2022 Olympic team event. original source: [...]
CAS dismisses the appeal filed by Canadian figure skaters, Skate Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee. Russia keeps the team bronze
CAS dismisses the appeal filed by Canadian figure skaters, Skate Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee. Russia [...]
Mao Asada: “The most nerve-wracking performance? Short program at the Sochi Olympics. I was too nervous. I couldn’t control it, and the tension turned into fear.”
Mao Asada about her post-retirement life, health and the most nerve-racking performance of her life. original [...]
“After competitions or at camps alcohol flows freely. One official banquet after international competitions even ended with calling in strippers.” Sofia Baranova about pills to lose weight and athletes’ parties
Translation of the interview with Sofia Baranova who unveils the truth about behind-the-scenes of Russian figure [...]
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva: “Either you make a scale for quintuples with motivating points, or why do you need it at all? These laughable points that someone who makes history might receive – it’s an unjustified risk.”
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva on quintuple jumps base value and the possibility of her returning to competitions. original [...]
“Who will represent Russia to receive the bronze? No one. There will be an awarding of gold and silver.” IOC Director of Communications
The IOC announced that only gold and silver will be awarded for the 2022 Games team event in Paris. original [...]
“This recovery has been a big challenge for me as at times we feared I would loose much more time recovering.” Nikolaj Memola returned to ice trainings after an injury.
Nikolaj Memola returned to ice trainings after an injury. original source: Instagram View this post on [...]
Daisuke Takahashi: “There are many kids who have great potential. I would be happy to see skaters who are both good at jumping and have beautiful skating skills.”
Mao Shimada and Daisuke Takahashi took part in the All-Japan Junior Figure Skating Training Camp. original source: [...]
“Shoma wasn’t really fixated on the Olympics. It didn’t matter that the Olympics were just two more years away; he made his decision independently to conclude this chapter.” Shoma Uno’s former coach, Mihoko Higuchi, on his retirement.
Shoma Uno's former coach, Mihoko Higuchi, about his retirement. original source: jbpress.ismedia.jp dd. 18th July [...]
“I just don’t understand why they can’t invite us to the medal ceremony in Paris! Those medals are ours.” Tatiana Tarasava on the potential absence of Russian skaters at the medals awarding ceremony in Paris
Tatiana Tarasova on the potential absence of Russian skaters at the medals awarding ceremony in Paris. original [...]
“We are being humiliated thoroughly.” Alexander Zhulin on CAS decision to reject Russia’s appeal and award gold to the team USA
Alexander Zhulin on CAS decision to reject Russia's appeal in relation to the final standings for the Team Event in [...]
“There were critics who wrote: ‘Traitor’. But I already relate to this normally. I made a choice.” Samodelkina on her transfer to Kazakhstan national team
Sofia Samodelkina about Kazakhstan Championships and representing Kazakhstan. original source: tengrisport.kz dd. [...]
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva: “The value of quints should be higher because it turns out to be an absolutely unjustified risk.”
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva about the base value of quintuple jumps. original source: TASS View this post on [...]
“I’m very happy. At the same time, I felt that it took a very long time for this day to come. Through this experience, I strongly felt the importance of fairness and integrity in sports.” Japanese skaters on the 2022 Olympic team silver medal
Japanese skaters commented on the getting 2022 Olympics silver medals in the team event. original source: [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “Olympic silver is a blessing for someone, but I went for gold.”
Evgenia Medvedeva about her silver at the 2018 Olympics. original source: Championat View this post on [...]
“The Panel deliberated and concluded that the results of Ms Valieva in the Olympic Figure Skating Team Event were correctly disqualified and that the ROC Skating Team could not be awarded the gold medal.” CAS dismissed Russian appeal
CAS dismissed the appeals field by Russian Olympic Committe, the Figure Skating Federation of Russia and skaters in [...]
“When I saw the footage from last year, I thought my arms were more chubby than I thought so I started doing push-ups” and “The fighting scene with Luffy [Shoma] is my favorite” Shoma Uno and Marin Honda about ‘ONE PIECE’ show
Shoma Uno and Marin Honda about 'ONE PIECE' show. original source: tokyo-sports.co.jp dd. 10th July View [...]
“From the moment I met Niina, she has had the quality to be beautiful and powerful at the same time, and this is a special combination that we need in figure skating.” Choreographer Mark Pillay on working with Niina Petrokina
Choreographer Mark Pillay about his work with Niina Petrokina. original source: sport.err.ee dd 21st July 2024 by [...]