Alexander Zhulin: “Decent prize money at domestic competitions is the only way to exist while everyone in the world considers us damned Russians.”
Alexander Zhulin told in the interview whether Sinitsina/Katsalapov will continue their career, new pair in his group, [...]
“A month ago, Sasha came to me and said, upset: they tell me that I’m the worst in dancing, I can’t do anything” Dance coach about Trusova’s dance
Alexandra Trusova strip plastic dance caused a lot of fuss. Here's a comment from Sasha's dance teacher. [...]
Alena Leonova: “Trusova will grow up and will understand everything. Maybe even regret saying what she said then.”
Alena Leonova about the results of the Olympic season. View this post on Instagram A post shared [...]
Betina Popova: “Someone is indignant that I scold Daniel Gleikhengauz, but everyone has crises. This season we didn’t have a new, truly Olympic program.”
Ice dancer Betina Popova criticized the Olympic programs of figure skaters from the group of Eteri Tutberidze. [...]
Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov: “We didn’t get our team medal, but everyone knows that we won. The main thing is that for our people we’re Olympic champions.”
Interview with Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov. Abour desire to develop pair skating and learn the quadruple [...]
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. [...]
“Everyone returned exhausted, Eteri looked awful. To my question: “How are you?” she replied: “It feels like I’ve returned from prison.” choreographer of Tutberidze’s group about Olympics
Interview with choreographer of Tutberidze's group - Alexei Zheleznyakov. About Anna Shcherbakova's victory, [...]
Boikova and Kozlovskii: “When in one group several athletes claim the first place, it doesn’t matter for the coach which of the athletes will win this fight. This is normal, and you shouldn’t have any illusions about this.”
Interview with Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitri Kozlovskii. About Olympics, programs, development of pair skating and [...]
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 [...]
Ilia Averbukh: “Who is to blame for Valieva’s doping? I won’t comment on it. I’m absolutely sure of her innocence, as well as the innocence of Eteri Tutberidze.”
Ilia Averbukh about Olympics and doping case of Kamila Valieva. View this post on Instagram A [...]
Evgeni Plushenko: “In Salt Lake City, I lost fair. I’m not ashamed of that defeat. I had a strong opponent. Vancouver – it was definitely a state like Trusova had in Beijing.”
Interview with Evgeni Plushenko. Plushenko explained why he believed in the victory of Anna Shcherbakova more than in [...]
Adnrei Mozalev: “I’m only 18. It’s probably not right to think that there is still a lot of time ahead. But I still hope that these are not the last Games for me.”
Interview with Adnrei Mozalev who Represented Russian at the Olympic Games and took 19th place there. About [...]
Dmitri Mikhailov: “I don’t judge Trusova’s strong reaction. She used to say “I’ll do five quads and I’ll be the first.” Imagine what a disappointment comes when it turns out that this is not so.”
Interview with Dmitri Mikhailov, one of the leading coaches of the Plushenko's Academy. Mikhailov told what was the [...]
Mikhail Kolyada: “In Pyeongchang there was a feeling that the fate of mankind depends on me. And I could not cope with such a burden of responsibility. Now I think differently.”
Interview with Mikhail Kolyada. About missing the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for coronavirus, how he [...]
Alexander Zhulin: “We have been doing sports all our lives and in fact we can’t do anything else, and they deprive us of the right to compete.”
Alexander Zhulin about the decision of the ISU to ban the Russian team from international competitions. The sanctions [...]
Anna Shcherbakova: “I feel at my best when a good skate of the free program ends at competitions. This is the greatest joy, pride and relief at the same time.”
Interview with Anna Shcherbakova for Elle. About dreams, fears, overcoming and secrets of her confidence. [...]
Valentin Piseev: “Everyone is against us now: raising the age minimum, ban from competitions. But no matter how much they pressure us, we won’t give up our positions on the world stage.”
Honorary President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation Valentin Piseev spoke about the prospects for Russian [...]
Mark Kondratiuk: “Short program in the team event – it was incredibly scary. I understood that the kind of medal it would be, in fact, depended on me.”
Mark Kondratiuk about Olympic team event, Olympics, new programs and plans for the future. View this post [...]
“Tutberidze helped me understand what I worth.” Anastasia Tarakanova about ending her career due to injury
Interview with Anastasia Tarakanova. About training with different coaches, her career injuries and decision to end [...]
Deniss Vasiljevs: “In interviews, skaters often say they’ll fight, and I think: “Why does everyone always want to fight, why do you think of competitions as a war?” I see myself as an artist, not a gladiator.”
Interview with Deniss Vasiljevs. Bronze medalist of the European Championships 2022 on his vision of figure skating, [...]
Alexandra Trusova: “Probably, I can’t perform after the Olympics yet. It’s very difficult for me to move away and start performing again. So I want to wait a little.”
Alexandra Trusova about not participation in the Channel One Cup, training new jumps and plans for the future. [...]
“ISU thinks we’ll stop skating, right? They don’t know us, as we used to beat them, so we will continue beating them.” Tarasova about decision not to nominate Russian athletes and coaches for ISU awards
Russian coaches and specialists commented on the decision not to nominate Russian athletes and coaches for ISU [...]
Anna Shcherbakova: “I don’t support when children have a goal to win the Olympics. Goals must be realistic. But often it comes from adults and children don’t understand what needs to be done to achieve it.”
Interview with Anna Shcherbakova. Anna told that “steel girl” is a compliment, about the right to feel emptiness [...]
“I came from training and saw Kamila running around the stadium. Red like a tomato! The 8-year-old run 12 km, which for her age seemed unrealistic.” Interview with Valieva’s first coach Igor Lyutikov
Interview with Igor Lyutikov, the first coach of Kamila Valieva. In an interview with Match TV, Lyutikov spoke about [...]