Elizabet Tursynbaeva’s mother “Representing not a skating country on the world stage … it’s hell. No judges, no technical controllers, no behind-the-scenes support at all.”
Elizabet Tursynbaeva's mother - Padishahan Sultanalieva speaks very openly about her daughter career, compares [...]
Daniil Gleikhengauz: “We pull Alena out, but she loves to drag herself back”
Interview with Daniil Gleikhengauz about the interim results for "Khrustalny" team. source: sport-express.ru dd. [...]
Tatiana Tarasova: “When the program goes from beginning to end with applause, it is no longer so important what kind of music plays”
Interview with Tatiana Tarasova. About Alexandra Trusova's quads, triple axel and Evgenia Tarasova - Vladimir Morozov [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “Any Olympics is competition and it’s the same at all the Games, although this year it will be of a slightly different level.”
Interview with Evgenia Medvedeva. About skipping the Olympic season, pair skating, shows and possibility to attend [...]
Evgeni Plushenko: “I adhere to the training system of Alexei Nikolaevich Mishin and I don’t want to change anything there”
Evgeni Plushenko about coaching system and Anastasia Zinina's result at the Junior Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk (2nd [...]
Alexander Zhulin: “This style allowed us to win the World Championships, why should we change it? “
Interview with Alexander Zhulin. About street dancing, new programs, lessons learned from the failure in the Grand [...]
Tamara Moskvina: “Only the final result matters. To show it at the right time is the main goal of our work”
Interview with Tamara Moskvina. About the importance of the Grand Prix series before the Olympics, possibility of [...]
Boikova and Kozlovskii: “Apparently, we are really top level pair, after the bronze at Worlds no one congratulated us. Everyone said what a pity.”
Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii about new programs and their performance at the Russian test skates [...]
Sinitsina and Katsalapov: “We’re grateful to the people who write the rules – finally they made it possible to skate to any music”
Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov about new programs and performance at the Russian test skates [...]
Anna Shcherbakova: “I had enough of experience with transformer dress, frankly speaking, I wouldn’t want to do this ever again”
Anna Shcherbakova about her performance in the free program at the Russian test skates 2021. photo by [...]
Alena Kostornaia tries to perform her FP in the style of Patrick Chan
Alena Kostornaia about her performance in the free program at the Russian test skates 2021 where she forgot steps in [...]
Anna Shcherbakova: “When I found out about Trusova and Kostornaia return, there were a lot of emotions, like for any viewer, it was impossible to react calmly.”
Anna Shcherbakova about her new short program, skating at the Russian test skates 2021 and return of Trusova and [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “I said it once and regretted it (harsh words about Tutberidze’s group) very much, now I will be silent.”
Alena Kostornaia about skating at the Russian test skates, triple axel and return to Eteri Tutberidze. photo © [...]
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva: “Six people against me in the battle for the Olympics? It doesn’t pressure on me, especially when I go on the ice.”
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva about her short program, skating at the Russian test skates 2021 and competition in the [...]
Alexandra Trusova: “I decided that I had to return, after all, I’m more used to performing and training with Eteri Tutberidze”
Alexandra Trusova about her come back to Tutberidze, test skates, red hair and new programs. photo by [...]
Mikhail Kolyada: “The short program is about what Pavarotti is singing about. What is he singing about? Look in the Internet.”
Mikhail Kolyada about his new short program for the Olympic season, skating at the Russian test skates 2021, his [...]
Daniil Gleikhengauz: “Eteri Tutberidze’s sense of pose is at the highest level.”
Daniil Gleikhengauz about choreographing lots of programs for the season. source: Channel One, text version [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “It’s time to return the flag to Russian national team. Sanctions hit the pockets of innocent athletes!”
Interview with Evgenia Medvedeva. About plans for the future, age minimum, summer Olympics 2020, sanctions for the [...]
Alina Zagitova: “I deliberately didn’t look at the results: if I am not on the podium, why should I know what place I took?”
Alina Zagitova about Olympics, shows, main victories, new life and star fever. source: kp.ru dd. 8th September 2021 [...]
Alexandra Boikova and Dmitri Kozlovskii: “We are responsible to the state, which gives us the opportunity to skate, which we are actually going to defend as at war.”
Alexandra Boikova and Dmitri Kozlovskii about responsibility to the country, training with Tamara Moskvina, [...]
Elizabet Tursynbayeva: “Probably I lacked a “kick” from Eteri Tutberidze to jump a quad”
Interview with Elizabet Tursynbayeva, 2019 World silver medalist and the first female skater to land a quadruple jump [...]
“Pressure on judges is a typical practice. The judges know from the beginning that these athletes should have higher scores, and these – lower.” Interview with a judge Alexander Vedenin
Interview with Alexander Vedenin, the judge of the international category, who has extensive experience in judging [...]
Petr Gumennik: “I can dismantle the machine gun in 11 seconds, but I hope that my main battle preparation will be the Olympic one.”
Interview with Petr Gumennik. About preparation for the season, new programs, army, faith and Beijing [...]
Elizaveta Nugumanova: “Everything is fair in figure skating”
Interview with Elizaveta Nugumanova who placed six at the Russian Nationals (3d among senior athletes). About [...]