Tatiana Tarasova: “I don’t think that the story with the Israeli gymnast will repeat itself in figure skating, but if we make mistakes, they will take advantage of it.
Tatiana Tarasova spoke about judging in figure skating at the upcoming Beijing Olympics. photo [...]
Elena Buyanova: “Hanyu or Chen? My favorite is Chen. For now. But they are both absolutely brilliant athletes and can lose only themselves
Interview with Elena Buyanova. About preparing Adelina Sotnikova for Sochi Olympics, upcoming Olympics in Beijing, [...]
Nathan Chen: “Six quads? I’m not crazy, I’m 22 already.”
Nathan Chen shared his impressions of visiting Beijing and Russian ladies Valieva, Shcherbakova and Trusova. [...]
Jelizaveta Zukova and Martin Bidar: “We have never had competitions that would last for almost a month in total. But we will be inspired by this Olympic atmosphere.”
Interview with Czech pair Jelizaveta Zukova and Martin Bidar about upcoming Olympics and Olympic village. [...]
Tracy Wilson: “Evgenia Medvedeva is inspiring. She finished sports only because of COVID and we lost where she could have brought our sport to”
Tracy Wilson for Russian media about the Olympics, team event, Jason Brown and Evgenia Medvedeva. Evgenia Medvedeva [...]
Ekaterina Ryabova: “In large federations, judges give feedback to coaches. I have no such contact at any level. I would also like to hear a qualified opinion, but I’m not sure it’s right to ask the judges directly.”
Interview with Ekaterina Ryabova who will represent Azerbaijan at the Olympics. In an interview Ryabova spoke about [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “I’m honest with myself, I did everything, I squeezed the maximum out of myself, I tried even more, but I couldn’t squeeze out more.”
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Evgenia Medvedevа (@jmedvedevaj) source: Ozon.ru [...]
Ekaterina Kurakova: “Olympics are once in 4 years, in women’s skating you don’t know what will happen to you after such a period. So the next three days after qualifying for the Games, I got up in panic that everything was a dream and hadn’t earned my lucky ticket yet .”
Interview with Ekaterina Kurakova. About preparation for the Olympics, new program and her experience in learning [...]
Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov: “First thing people say when they see ice dance is: “Why don’t they jump?” And to be honest, this is a very offensive question”
Interview with Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov for Vogue Russia. About Olympic team event, costumes and plans [...]
Anjelika Krylova: “I try not to put too much pressure, but it’s impossible to be gentle with our skaters”
Interview with Anjelika Krylova about upcoming Olympics, her pair Vasilisa Kaganovskaia and Valeriy Angelopol and [...]
“Yuzuru Hanyu will not become an Olympic champion for the third time in a row, but Nathan Chen may also be left without a gold medal.” Alexei Urmanov about upcoming Olympics
Interview with Alexei Urmanov, Olympic Champion and coach about upcoming Olympics, raising the age minimum and [...]
“How many people, so many opinions. I won my first Grand Prix at the age of 15. This is my answer.” Evgenia Medvedeva about raising the age minimum
Evgenia Medvedeva about silver medal at the Olympics, Tutberidze's group and raising the age minimum. View [...]
“Moskvina hypnotizes her skaters.” Tamara Moskvina about upcoming Olympics and headlines in media
Interview with Tamara Moskvina. About preparation for the upcoming Olympics. photo [...]
Alexander Smirnov: “Daily PCR tests are a tool for manipulation. With their help, our team can be framed at the Olympics.”
Interview with two-time European Champion and two-time World bronze medalist in pair skating Alexander Smirnov. About [...]
“They sent a box to my father, my grandfather opened it – his arm was torn off.” American figure skater Misha Mitrofanov about his family departure from Russia and life in the USA
Interview with American pair skater Misha Mitrofanov. About leaving Russian, life in the USA. View this [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “I remember myself before the 2018 Olympics, when they made medal predictions, and this is not the most pleasant feeling when they decide for you which place you’ll take.
Evgenia Medvedeva shared her expectations from the performance of Russian figure skaters at the 2022 Olympic Games in [...]
Gabrielle Daleman: “Why do so many people think I’m such a bitch?”
Interview with Gabrielle Daleman for Russian media. About difficulties she faced during her career, motivation to [...]
Svetlana Sokolovskaya: “I’ve never been to the Olympics in my life, just like Mark. So why to worry about this ahead of time?”
Interview with Svetlana Sokolovskaya, coach of European Champion Mark Kondratiuk. View this post on [...]
Oleg Vasiliev: “The current system becomes obsolete. Judges have learned to manipulate the results within this system.”
Oleg Vasiliev about judging system, manipulations with the second mark, development of pair skating and possible [...]
“In India my skates are taken for weapons sometimes” Amazing story of Indian skater Tara Prasad who admires Tuktamysheva and wants to go on training camp with Tutberidze
Interview with Indian figure skater Tara Prasad who competed at the Four Continents Championships 2022. [...]
Anastasiia Gubanova: “I don’t know how much raising the age minimum will help figure skating, but it will definitely lengthen careers.”
Interview with Anastasiia Gubanova about her first European Championships where she took 7th place, representing [...]
Ekaterina Ryabova: “Ultra-c jumps are necessary if you want to fight for medals. I understand that I won’t be able to learn any. But I can skate clean and enjoy it, which I try to do.”
Interview with Azerbaijani figure skater Ekaterina Ryabova who took sixth place at the European Championships [...]
Alexander Zhulin: “With Papadakis/Cizeron missing the European Championships, it was insanely important to remove their direct competitors -Sinitsina/Katsalapov as far as possible.”
Interview with Alexander Zhulin. About his autobiography “Dancing on the ice of life. I know everything about [...]
Mai Mihara: “I was amazed by so many high quality quads performed by Russian ladies. I’d also like to be able to jump a quad.”
Japanese figure skater Mai Mihara, who won the short program at the Four Continents Championships (72.62 points), [...]