Adnrei Mozalev: “I’m only 18. It’s probably not right to think that there is still a lot of time ahead. But I still hope that these are not the last Games for me.”

Posted on 2022-03-21 • No comments yet

Interview with Adnrei Mozalev who Represented Russian at the Olympic Games and took 19th place there. About [...]

Dmitri Mikhailov: “I don’t judge Trusova’s strong reaction. She used to say “I’ll do five quads and I’ll be the first.” Imagine what a disappointment comes when it turns out that this is not so.”

Posted on 2022-03-20 • 1 comment
Dmitri Mikhailov

Interview with Dmitri Mikhailov, one of the leading coaches of the Plushenko's Academy. Mikhailov told what was the [...]

Veronika Zhilina “In Plushenko’s group If something hurts we reduce the load. In “Khrustalny”, if something hurts, you still have to jump.”

Posted on 2022-03-19 • 1 comment

Interview with Veronika Zhilina. Coached by Evgeni Plushenko 13-year-old figure skater Veronika Zhilina told about [...]

Mikhail Kolyada: “In Pyeongchang there was a feeling that the fate of mankind depends on me. And I could not cope with such a burden of responsibility. Now I think differently.”

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Interview with Mikhail Kolyada. About missing the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for coronavirus, how he [...]

Alexander Zhulin: “We have been doing sports all our lives and in fact we can’t do anything else, and they deprive us of the right to compete.”

Posted on 2022-03-18 • 5 comments

Alexander Zhulin about the decision of the ISU to ban the Russian team from international competitions. The sanctions [...]

Anna Shcherbakova: “I feel at my best when a good skate of the free program ends at competitions. This is the greatest joy, pride and relief at the same time.”

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Interview with Anna Shcherbakova for Elle. About dreams, fears, overcoming and secrets of her confidence. [...]

Valentin Piseev: “Everyone is against us now: raising the age minimum, ban from competitions. But no matter how much they pressure us, we won’t give up our positions on the world stage.”

Posted on 2022-03-17 • 3 comments

Honorary President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation Valentin Piseev spoke about the prospects for Russian [...]

Mark Kondratiuk: “Short program in the team event – it was incredibly scary. I understood that the kind of medal it would be, in fact, depended on me.”

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Mark Kondratiuk about Olympic team event, Olympics, new programs and plans for the future. View this post [...]

“Tutberidze helped me understand what I worth.” Anastasia Tarakanova about ending her career due to injury

Posted on 2022-03-16 • 1 comment

Interview with Anastasia Tarakanova. About training with different coaches, her career injuries and decision to end [...]

Deniss Vasiljevs: “In interviews, skaters often say they’ll fight, and I think: “Why does everyone always want to fight, why do you think of competitions as a war?” I see myself as an artist, not a gladiator.”

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Interview with Deniss Vasiljevs. Bronze medalist of the European Championships 2022 on his vision of figure skating, [...]

Mikhail Kolyada: “I feel that I haven’t reached my maximum. I don’t want to end my career. I really enjoy skating.”

Posted on 2022-03-15 • No comments yet
Mikhail Kolyada

Mikhail Kolyada isn't going to end his professional career and will continue to work with Alexei Mishin. photo by [...]

Alexandra Trusova: “Probably, I can’t perform after the Olympics yet. It’s very difficult for me to move away and start performing again. So I want to wait a little.”

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Alexandra Trusova about not participation in the Channel One Cup, training new jumps and plans for the future. [...]

“ISU thinks we’ll stop skating, right? They don’t know us, as we used to beat them, so we will continue beating them.” Tarasova about decision not to nominate Russian athletes and coaches for ISU awards

Posted on 2022-03-14 • 10 comments
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Russian coaches and specialists commented on the decision not to nominate Russian athletes and coaches for ISU [...]