“I started to restore my jumps, but fell again. I broke my left arm, but I continue to train.” Alena Kostornaia told that she prematurely ended this season
Alena Kostornaia told that she prematurely ended this season. She also spoke about the timing of the recovery from a [...]
Evgeni Plushenko: “Judges were incredibly generous to Valieva. She made a serious mistake, but got fabulous scores. Honestly, I’m surprised.”
Two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko summed up the results of women's short program at the Olympics. [...]
Eteri Tutberidze: “It’s such a pity that this whole situation came to light here, at the Olympics, as I understand it, in order to get more resonance, but we can handle it.”
Eteri Tutberidze spoke about the situation of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who in December got a positive [...]
Rafael Arutyunyan: “We didn’t want just to win, we wanted to dominate. And I’m very glad that this is exactly what happened in Beijing.”
Interview with Rafael Arutyunyan. About Olympics, Nathan Chen, Yuzuru Hanyu and his future coaching plans. photo [...]
Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov: “We missed Papadakis – Cizeron, it’s a pleasure to watch them.”
Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov about rhythm dance at the Beijing Olympics, scores in the team event, back [...]
Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin: “We understood that most likely they wouldn’t take us for the team event and decided to prepare at home. We are very pleased that everyone was waiting for us so much.”
Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin about their performance in the rhythm dance at the Olympics. And also told why they [...]
Gleb Smolkin: “No more questions about Kamila Valieva. Diana won’t speak. She can talk, but not to you and not to these questions.”
Gleb Smolkin, who competes in ice dance with Diana Davis, about their performance in rhythm dance at the Beijing [...]
Marina Zueva: “As for fairness… You know, figure skating is a very slippery sport. In every respect.”
The main difference between an Olympic victory and any other is that it takes four years, and sometimes longer, to [...]
“Eteri Georgievna teaches us to do all the work properly. Only perfection she considers an acceptable quality – nothing else” interview with Anna Shcherbakova and Kamila Valieva
Anna Shcherbakova and Kamila Valieva in an interview for Vogue Russia. photo Alexei Dunyaev vogue.ru source: [...]
Alexei Yagudin: “I don’t understand Hanyu. Only crazy go for such jump when you don’t have it.”
Alexei Yagudin, the 2002 Olympic champion in men's single skating, summed up the results of the individual event at [...]
Deniss Vasiljevs: “It’s not enough for me just to show elements. I need this emotional content, expression, integrity, beauty, a sense of music, to show what I feel.”
Interview with Deniss Vasiljevs about Olympics, difference between Soviet and European mentality and things which are [...]
“We were told that a result of the world top 8 is needed. But it’s very difficult!” Nikolaj Majorov about Swedish Olympic Committee did not want to let him go to the Olympics.
Swedish figure skater Nikolaj Majorov, in an interview with SE, spoke about how the Olympic Committee did not want to [...]
Valentin Nikolaev: “I root for Rafael Arutyunyan. But I’m not overly excited with Chen’s skating. I don’t always like the music, I don’t like when athlete skates in whatever rags.”
Alexandra Trusova, after two years of skating with mistkes, can perform perfectly at the Beijing Olympics. Coach [...]
Ari Zakarian, well-known producer: “Today, only Ilia Malinin is able to raise the marketing of figure skating in the United States.”
Well-known in the figure skating producer and agent Ari Zakarian, in an interview with Match TV, told why the Olympic [...]
“You shouldn’t be ashamed of what makes you special. Be proud of it!” Timothy LeDuc about Zhulin’s comments
Interview with Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc for Russian media. View this post on Instagram [...]
Evgeni Platov: “If I had my way, I would just give Hanyu and Chen two gold medals, I respect both of them so much.”
Interview with two-time Olympic Champion Evgeni Platov. About Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron, Victoria [...]
Alexei Tikhonov: “In ice dance if someone doesn’t give a way to someone, this’s done on purpose. They have such a history that everyone must show their importance.”
World champion in pair skating Alexei Tikhonov summed up the results of the first day of the team event for the [...]
Adelina Sotnikova: “I sincerely believe that athlete should skate not just 10 years of his life, but at least 20-25 and show the best possible results.”
Interview with Adelina Sotnikova the first Russian Olympic champion in women's skating and now a figure skating coach [...]
Alexei Yagudin: “The medals of the team event downgrade the significance of the individual medal.”
Interview with Alexei Yagudin about Olympic team event. photo by radiokp.ru source: sport-express.com dd. 2d [...]
“We have a good team, Russians have amazing skaters.” Karen Chen about Olympic team event
Interview with Karen Chen for Russian media. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Karen [...]
“After three seasons break I had problems with shape. I needed to lose weight. Running in a film is a favorite thing, almost everyday.” former Russian pair skater Jelizaveta Zukova
Interview with former Russian skating Jelizaveta Zukova who now represents Czech Republic in pair skating and her [...]
Mariah Bell: “Quads are great and to be at a high level you definitely need them. But this is not all figure skating.”
Interview with Mariah Bell for Russian media. View this post on Instagram A post shared by [...]
Nikita Katsalapov: “I can react slightly impulsively, but I always apologize. I must have apologized a thousand times.”
Interview with Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov for Ok magazine. photo ok-magazine source: [...]
Artur Dmitriev: “Quadruple axel will not help Hanyu to win the Olympics, because it’s half- turn under rotated and could be count as a triple axel with mistakes.”
Interview with two-time Olympic champion Artur Dmitriev. About prospects of Russian pairs at the Olympics, men's and [...]