Elena Radionova: “If world figure skating loses its Russian audience, then sponsors and advertising will leave. So they created such a difficult situation themselves.”
Bronze medalist of the World Championships Elena Radionova believes that world figure skating creates a difficult [...]
Laura Lepisto: “When I watched the last women’s warm-up at the Olympics, I was shocked by complete absence of joy. No one is happy, everyone is crying, everyone is broken.”
European champion 2009, Finnish figure skater Laura Lepisto about women's competition at the Beijing Olympics. [...]
Irina Rodnina: “Quite decent athletes took medals at this flawed World Championships, but they could not count on high places if there were all the strongest.”
At the World Championships, the pedestal was taken by athletes who could not count on high places if there were all [...]
Mark Kondratiuk: “Almost every athlete dreams to get to the Olympics or to win Olympic gold. It may sound strange, but I have never aspired to it. I just skated for fun.”
Big interview with Mark Kondratiuk. About team and individual competitions at the Olympics, this season, quintuple [...]
Betina Popova: “If we kept in mind the absence of leading athletes, then a lot of people wouldn’t be considered World and European champions. All victories at the World Championships are deserved.”
Betina Popova summed up the results of the World Figure Skating Championship in ice dance, noting that the Russian [...]
Anastasia Gubanova: “I’m very pleased with my skating, that I was able to finish the season on such a high note. I’m shocked! I’ve never had such a busy season.”
Anastasia Gubanova who now represents Georgia summed up the results of the 2021/2022 season, which she finished with a [...]
Gabriella Papadakis: “Russians lost a lot of trust from other skaters because of the situation in Ukraine and doping. There is less tension without them.”
Olympic champion Gabriella Papadakis spoke about the absence of Russian figure skaters at the World Figure Skating [...]
“I’m so proud that I didn’t give up and did what I came for.” Loena Hendrickx about winning silver at Worlds
Belgian figure skater Loena Hendrickx about winning the silver medal at the World Championships in Montpellier. [...]
“It was the hardest month of my life” Kaori Sakamoto about winning the World Championships
Kaori Sakamoto after winning the World Figure Skating Championships in French Montpellier admitted that this month was [...]
Alexander Zhulin: “Why wouldn’t Papadakis and Cizeron set a new record at competitions without Russian athletes? World Championships without Russians is a real circus!”
Alexander Zhulin told that he does not watch the World Figure Skating Championships, which takes place in French [...]
“It’s called being the first guy in the village. World Championships is a competition of the best of the best. This one cannot be called that” Averbukh and Mozer about the results in pair skating
Nina Mozer and Ilia Averbukh about the results of the World Championships 2022 in pair skating. photo [...]
“Among those who skated, the Japanese was the best, but this is a performance of twenty years ago.” Tatiana Tarasova about women’s short program at Worlds
Tatiana Tarasova commented on the results of the women's short program at the World Championships in Montpellier. [...]
“After the Olympics, I wanted to show that I can perform better.” Loena Hendrickx about the short program at Worlds
Belgian figure skater Loena Hendrickx, who became second in the short program at the World Championships, commented on [...]
Kaori Sakamoto: “Since there are no Russian skaters here, they suddenly began to consider me a contender for a gold medal.”
The bronze medalist of the 2022 Olympic Games, Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto, commented on her performance in [...]
Tamara Moskvina: “World Championships is World Championships. I watch such competitions not only because of the Russian figure skaters.”
Tamara Moskvina shared her opinion about the upcoming World Championship, in which Russian athletes will not be able [...]
“I won’t watch the World Championships and I’m not interested. I’ll watch only the Russian Nationals and the championship in Saransk.” Zhulin and Averbukh
Ilia Averbukh and Alexander Zhulin announced that they would not watch the World Figure Skating [...]
Inna Goncharenko: “It will be the most uninteresting and unspectacular World Championships, also without intrigue.
Coach Inna Goncharenko told that World Figure Skating Championships will be the most uninteresting and unspectacular [...]
Alexander Zhulin: “When they reported about a positive doping test in the Russian team and didn’t gave a name, every coach was worried what if it’s his athlete.”
Russian coach Alexander Zhulin admitted on the air of a podcast on the Match TV YouTube channel that he was worried [...]
“The home environment helped the Chinese today, but in any case, this is the greatest pair, they deserve to be Olympic champions.” Russian coaches about pairs competition at the Beijing Olympics
Russian coaches about pairs competition at the Beijing Olympic Games 2022. photo by sportal.bg Inna Goncharenko: [...]
Anastasiia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov: “Any Olympic medal should be rejoiced.”
Anastasiia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov about their performance and Olympic bronze medal. View this [...]
“Are you kidding? 141? We scored such points three years ago when we came out the juniors” Dmitrii Kozlovskii about scores in the free program at the Olympics
Aleksandra Boikova and commented on their performance in the free program at the Olympics. Dmitrii also shared his [...]
Anna Shcherbakova: “It’s hard to say how would I feel if there was no drama. I wasn’t ready to rejoice. I wasn’t upset, didn’t hesitate to rejoice, emotions just ended.”
Beijing 2022 Olympic champion Anna Shcherbakova shared her emotions after the awards ceremony following the results of [...]
Alexandra Trusova: “Where is the medal? I took it off. Anya will show you medal.”
Alexandra Trusova talked to the journalists after ther medal ceremony. After the awards ceremony, she took off her [...]
“I’m proud of you and no matter what anyone says, you deserve this medal.” Alena Kostornaia congratulated Anna Shcherbakova
Alena Kostornaia congratulated Anna Shcherbakova on winning the Olympic gold medal. View this post on [...]