“This is a brilliant idea. Let all envious people be envious that they can’t break us!” Russian coaches and skaters about Valieva’s free program
Russian coaches, functionaries and former skaters about Kamila Valieva's free program dedicated to her Olympic [...]
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva: “As long as everything is fine with my body, as long as I feel the desire and strength to continue skating, jumping, improving, I want to show it.”
Interview with Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. About new season, new programs and motivation to continue her career. [...]
“When I came on the ice today, it was as if I had been plunged to the Olympics again, tears welled up, but I needed to skate” Kamila Valieva about her new free program
Kamila Valieva about her new free program with references to her Olympic experience. photo kp.ru source: [...]
Tamara Moskvina: “Everyone now love the hype, scandals, showdowns. No, I won’t fall for it.”
Interview with Tamara Moskvina. About preparation for the season and motivation of her skaters. photo [...]
Kamila Valieva: “My new free program is dedicated to the Olympic Games in Beijing. I would like to share this, because this story needs to be lived to fully accept it.”
Kamila Valieva about quads, new programs and negative comments on Internet. View this post on Instagram [...]
Alexandra Trusova: “I continue my career, but I live for today, I don’t have a specific goal of definitely winning something.”
Alexandra Trusova about the quad axel, willingness to take risks in programs and motivation to continue skating [...]
Alexei Mishin: “Sometimes I hear: ‘Everything is fine, we will win all the same!’ and so on. I can’t place myself in this group of people with rose-colored glasses.”
Interview with Alexei Mishin. About preparation for the season, test skates in St.Petersburg. new programs of his [...]
Dmitri Aliev admitted that it was difficult for him to keep motivation after being suspended from international competitions
European champion Dmitri Aliev admitted that it was difficult for him to keep motivation after being suspended from [...]
Dmitri Soloviev: “For me, sport means the Olympic Games, the World and European Championships, not big prize money at Nationals. So it won’t be already interesting for me at the Russian Nationals.”
Olympic champion in a team, ice dancer Dmitri Soloviev about motivation and prize money at the championship and stages [...]
“If there was an inhuman attitude in the group of Tutberidze, I think the athletes would leave. Everything is fine there”. Interview with Maiia Khromyh’s father
Interview with the father of Maiia Khromyh. About Eteri Tutberidze, her methods and Olympics. View this [...]
“If an athlete trained at military department at university, if he can be useful, then why not.” Tatiana Navka about the possible mobilization of athletes into the army
Tatiana Navka spoke about the possible mobilization of athletes into the army. View this post on Instagram [...]
“We used to smear ourselves with a burning gel for weight loss, wrap in a film, put on several warm pants and run in a stuffy hall.” former pair skater Amina Atakhanova extreme methods of losing weight and eating disorders
Former pair skater Amina Atakhanova about the difficulties of transitional age, extreme methods of losing weight and [...]
“Where did the Americans get this information from? Who could tell them? Another gossip! They just want to win without competition.” Tarasova, Laishev, Zhulin and others on info about Valieva’s positive B sample
Tarasova, Laishev, Zhulin and Zheleznyakov commented on the information that Valieva's B sample is positive. [...]
“When we met with Defense Minister Shoigu, I couldn’t breathe from this insane energy. I asked Mark ‘Do you understand now where we skate? And what is the CSKA club?” Svetlana Sokolovskaya, Kondratiuk’s coach
Interview with Svetlana Sokolovskaya, coach of Mark Kondratiuk. View this post on Instagram A [...]
Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov: “To be honest, after the Olympics, we needed to rest longer. After the Games, we didn’t want to do anything at all, too much power has been given.”
Interview with Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov. About motivation, new programs, and preparation for the [...]
“Why in the current situation do the members of the Russian national team, whom the country continues to finance, need to stay in the United States at all costs?” Elena Vaytsekhovskaya about Davis / Smolkin not coming to the test skates
Russian sports journalist Elena Vaytsekhovskaya commented on the information that Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin will [...]
“This question is not for me, but for our great patriot – coach-mother Eteri Tutberidze” Irina Rodnina on the information about the transfer of Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin to the US team.
Irina Rodnina commented on the information about the transfer of Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin to the US team. [...]
“This is bullshit! They cannot be American skaters, they are our skaters. There can be no requests about their transfer.” Russian experts about Davis / Smolkin becoming a members of US skating clubs
Russian experts about information that Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin will switch to US national team. View [...]
Stanislava Konstantinova: “I didn’t have a period for three years (from 18 to 21) because of constant diets and stress. But coaches didn’t care. For them, at that time, my extra kilogram and a half were critical.”
Stanislava Konstantinova spoke about the problems with weight control during her competitive career. View [...]
“In Georgia, we are incredibly proud of Eteri Tutberidze, and if I have the opportunity, I will try to help her and no one knows yet how.” President of the Georgian Figure Skating Federation Mariam Giorgobiani
President of the Georgian Figure Skating Federation Mariam Giorgobiani spoke about the development of the sport in the [...]
“I used to take up to forty laxative pills at a time, which led to the damage of many organs.” ice dancer Anastasia Skoptsova about eating disorders in figure skating
Russian figure skater Anastasia Skoptsova, who performed in ice dance with Kirill Aleshin, told about eating disorders [...]
Ilia Averbukh: “Each of our girls has her own army of fans. And when you start naming them, the fans notice who you named first and you immediately become an enemy to everyone else.”
Choreographer Ilia Averbukh shared his opinion about the fans of Russian figure skaters. View this post on [...]
“Of course, we should take advantage of this opportunity. No state symbols? Everyone will know us anyway.” Tarasova about the possibility for Russian athletes to return to international competitions in a neutral status.
Tatiana Tarasova about the possibility for the Russians to return to international competitions in a neutral [...]
Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii: “Horoscopes said try something new, today you will succeed. So we tried quad throw”
Interview with Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii. About ultra-c elements in pair skating, new programs, and [...]