Vladimir Litvintsev: “As for athletes I look up to, first of all, Patrick Chan. And the second is Nathan Chen. At the moment he is the best for me!”
Interview with Vladimir Litvintsev. About upcoming Olympics and his idols in figure skating. View this post [...]
Alexander Zhulin about non-binary figure skater Timothy LeDuc: “He doesn’t know whether he’s a woman or a man. Either a pig, or a fly, or God knows who.”
Two-time Olympic medalist in ice dance Alexander Zhulin commented on the situation with his statement about the [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “The main secret is that Tutberidze does everything in her power to be the best.”
Evgenia Medvedeva for the French newspaper L’Equipe. About her career, training with Tutberidze and Orser, Kamila [...]
Maxim Trankov: “Tarasova and Morozov – the last classic pair in figure skating”
Interview with Maxim Trankov about the results of Tarasova/Morozov at the European Championships, working with [...]
“More experienced pair should perform in the team event.” Igor Shpilband about Davis/Smolkin, Olympics and Papadakis / Cizeron
Interview with Igor Shpilband. About Davis/Smolkin, Olympics and Papadakis/Cizeron. View this post on [...]
Kamila Valieva’s first coach: “Women felt sorry for little girl tormented by the coach, but I forbade them to show pity, because it wasn’t helpful.”
Kamila Valieva's first coach Igor Liutikov about their work. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
Svetlana Sokolovskaya about Mark Kondratiuk: “He’s lazy, but he has a special laziness. He knows when to stop. This helps him a lot. Being a lazy person is generally a big advantage.”
Interview with Svetlana Sokolovskaya, coach of Mark Kondratiuk, 2022 European Champion. View this post on [...]
Tamara Moskvina: “I don’t work to compete. I want my athletes to attract more attention from the audience and not endlessly chase medals.”
Tamara Moskvina about her work with Mishina/Galliamov and Boikova/Kozlovskii and some results of the European [...]
“For a good landing I lack shape, I need to lose weight” Artur Dmitriev on quad axel attempt at the US Nationals
Former Russian figure skater Artur Dmitriev shared his impressions about his debut at the US Nationals. And also a [...]
Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin: “Now there’s such a tendency to skate what suits you, find your style and move in this direction. But sports career isn’t such a long period of time, we wanted to try something new.
Interview with Russian Champions in ice dance Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin. About preparation for the Nationals [...]
Mark Kondratiuk: “You don’t always need and should to work on maximum. Sometimes you need to take a break in order to gain strength and work further.”
Interview with Russian National Champion in men's single skating Mark Kondratiuk. About winning Nationals, his [...]
Ekaterina Kurakova: “I really wanted to make it to the Olympics this year. You never know what will happen to your body and whether you will skate at all in four years.”
Interview with Ekaterina Kurakova. About the Olympics, leaving Orser, training with Lorenzo Magri in Italy, Medvedeva [...]
Vladimir Samoilov: Tutberidze said “Either you are training, or if your back hurts, sit at home and do not come again.”
Interview with former Russian skater Vladimir Samoilov who now represents Poland. About trainings with Tutberidze's [...]
Adeliia Petrosian: “If they told me that regardless age, I was going to the Olympics, I probably wouldn’t felt anything. In our group we no longer have a difference for which competitions we are preparing.”
Interview with Adeliia Petrosian who jumped two quad loops in the free program and placed 4th at the latest Russian [...]
Sofia Samodelkina: “Every night I’m praying that the Olympics are postponed to 2023. I think this will be my only chance.”
Big and very open interview with 14 years old skater Sofia Samodelkina coached by Sergei Davydov. About quads, [...]
“The most hypocritical national championships I’ve ever seen. There is a Tutberidze cult of personality in figure skating.” frank interview with choreographer Elena Matveeva
Interview with Elena Matveeva, choreographer who worked with Moiseeva / Minenkov, Klimova / Ponomarenko, Anissina / [...]
Marina Zueva: “Decision not to send Muramoto-Takahashi to the Olympic Games is unfair and doesn’t correspond to the new reality”
Marina Zueva, coach of Daisuke Takahashi and Kana Muramoto, told how the absence of foreign coaches and athletes at [...]
Eteri Tutberidze: “On the eve of Worlds 2019 I had to call the staff of “Sambo-70″ and asked to pack Zagitova’s bags and just bring her to the airport by car.”
Part of the interview with Eteri Tutberidze. About Evgenia Medvedeva and Alina Zagitova. photo [...]
“Everything is played on the field of one group” Natalia Bestemianova about unfair judging at the Russian Nationals
Olympic champion in ice dance Natalia Bestemianova on the air of "Match TV" expressed doubts about the objectivity of [...]
Evgeni Plushenko: “Everyone understands everything, everyone sees. The whole world cannot understand where such points for Shcherbakova come from.”
Evgeni Plushenko about the competition between Anna Shcherbakova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva for a place in the team [...]
Eteri Tutberidze: “I don’t control their diet. I weigh them. Not even me personally, I just ask to send me the numbers.”
Eteri Tutberidze about the importance of the diet and skaters' parents. photo GLOBAL LOOK PRESS / kp.ru source: [...]
“I believe that with such an injury it was possible to skate.” Eteri Tutberidze about Alena Kostornaia
Part of a big interview with Eteri Tutberidze. This one is about Alena Kostornaia. Eteri Tutberidze believes that [...]
Anastasiia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov: “If it goes in the choreography direction, pair skating and ice dance won’t differ much over time. Pair skating shouldn’t become ice dance.”
Interview with Anastasiia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov. About changes in the programs, readiness to complicate [...]
Eteri Tutberidze: “It’s like in a war, give it all and take it all”
Big interview with Eteri Tutberidze. source: Channel One, text version sport24.ru dd. 22d December 2021 photo by [...]