Alena Kostornaia: “The favorite question of journalists is ‘when are you having kids?’ It just infuriates me. What right do you even have to pry into such moments?”
Russian figure skater Alena Kostornaia strongly reacted to a subscriber's question about the possibility of having a [...]
Jia Shin: “It’s really an honor to win a silver medal in all three Junior Worlds.”
Translation of Jia Shin's comments about winning silver medal at the Junior Worlds. original source: mfocus.kr [...]
Yuzuru Hanyu: “Even 10, 20, 50, or 100 years from now, I want to continue creating something that people who see it at that time will think is good.”
Translation of Yuzuru Hanyu's comments made in a conversation with Hitoshi Itoi. source: hochi.news View [...]
Jia Shin: “I wasn’t as nervous as I thought I would be, performing last allowed me to focus more on myself.”
Translation of Jia Shin's comments about leading in the short program at the Junior Worlds. original source: [...]
“I don’t see Russian figure skaters returning to the international arena in the near future.” Valentin Piseev
Valentin Piseev, has expressed his thoughts about the return of Russian figure skaters to international [...]
“In 2018, it was my first senior Grand Prix event. And I messed up everything that could be messed up.” Stanislava Konstantinova about issues with a costume, taking a wrong passport and arriving at the wrong arena
Translation of Stanislava Konstantinova's story about her first senior Grand Prix. original source: Sport24 [...]
Sota Yamamoto: “I want to greet next season with a more mature version of myself”
Translation of Sota Yamamoto's comments after his final international competition of the season. original source: [...]
“I was angry with myself first, and the fact that I was not selected for the team event was probably the culmination of emotions.” Adelina Sotnikova admitted that anger helped her to win the Olympics
Translation of the interview with Adelina Sotnikova. original source: sport24.ru dd. 27th February by Konstantin [...]
Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitri Kozlovskii: “There are days when we get tired of the program. But we don’t have the right to pay attention to it. We have a job, an obligations to the partner, coach, and federation.”
Translation of Aleksandra Boikova's and Dmitri Kozlovskii's comments about the level of pair skating in the world, [...]
Aleksandr Galliamov: “Dear Mr. Thomas Bach! Please tell me, what does the idiomatic expression ‘An Olympic medal is forever’ mean.”
Aleksandr Galliamov appealed to the head of the IOC with a question about Olympic medals. original source: [...]
“Tutberidze has already entered the history of Russian and world figure skating. Before her, few could have imagined that girls could jump triple axels and quads.”
Translation of Valentin Piseev's words about Eteri Tutberidze dedicated to her 50th Birthday. original source: [...]
“We want to do our best while taking advantage of our geographical advantage.” Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto about upcoming Worlds in Montreal
Translation of Misato Komatsubara's and Tim Koleto's comments about their performance at the Four Continents [...]
“Again, under what conditions? Of course, I will not say anything, go against my country, against the president.” Artem Kovalev on the competing in a neutral status
Translation of Artem Kovalev's comments about motivation to continue skating and possible participation in the [...]
Aleksandr Galliamov: “After the news about Olympic team mdals, we had a conversation with our entire Olympic team. We all discussed how it happened and so on. Valieva was also there.”
Translation of Aleksandr Galliamov's comments about post Olympic season, CAS decision on Valieva's doping case and [...]
Eteri Tutberidze: “There are many fans, anti-fans. They love to criticize me. I have an expression: to all criticism…(the words were censored).”
Translation of Eteri Tutberidze's comments about criticism. original source: "Friday" TV channel View [...]
“The unknown is still slightly scary, and the first step after such a long break is scary, but very necessary.” Eva-Lotta Kiibus about returning to competitions after an injury
Translation of Eva-Lotta Kiibus comments about returning to competitions after an injury. original source: [...]
Niina Petrokina: “I’m grateful that I was able to return so quickly. However my leg has not fully recovered yet, I still cannot perform jumps from my left leg.”
Translation of Niina Petrokina about returning to competitions after an injury. original sources: sport.err.ee dd. [...]
Ilia Averbukh: “Adelina Sotnikova has forever opened the page of Olympic victories for us. After that, our girls do not give away Olympic gold to anyone.”
Translation of Ilia Averbukh's comments about Adelina Sotnikova's victory at the Sochi Olympics. original source: [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “Raising the age minimum gives adult girls a chance to live. They don’t need to chase after quadruples, they need to skate beautifully and cleanly.”
Translation of Alena Kostornaia's comments about age minimum in women's single skating. original source: Lyasan [...]
“It might be hard for everyone to imagine, but in a way, I felt a sense of accomplishment like ‘I won the Olympics’ (laughs). I practiced like crazy and was able to achieve it.” Yuzuru Hanyu on his solo tour
Yuzuru Hanyu concluded his first solo tour performance, "Yuzuru Hanyu ICE STORY 2nd 'RE_PRAY' TOUR," and gave some [...]
“It was difficult to overcome my fear and get back on a competition ice. Not everything turned out perfectly, but I’m satisfied with the results.” Niina Petrokina about returning to competitions after an injury
Estonian single skater Niina Petrokina is returning to the competitions after an injury. original source: [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “When I broke my arm before the Nationals in the Olympic season, they told me in the Tutberidze’s group that I should have asked for permission to put on the cast.”
Translation of Alena Kostornaia's comments about leaving Tutberidze's group fir the second time. original source: [...]
“Why is an American journalist worse than a Russian one? I know a lot of journalists from all over the world and I’m happy to talk with them.” Tamara Moskvina about her interview to The Skating Lesson
Translation of Tamara Moskvina's comments about communicating with foreign journalists. original source: [...]
Daisuke Takahashi: “It’s been 30 years since I started skating. Even after 30 years, being able to challenge myself with new things, I truly feel fortunate.”
Translation of Daisuke Takahashi's comments about 30 years of skating. original source: Instagram View [...]