“There’s no other way to contend for a spot on the Olympic podium.” Alexei Yagudin on Petr Gumennik going for five quads in his free skate
Alexei Yagudin: "Only Five Quadruple Jumps Can Put Gumennik in Olympic Contention" original source: [...]
Alexei Yagudin: “If you’d asked me a year ago, I might have said Adeliia Petrosian was an indisputable global leader. But now, we see there are several other excellent skaters in the mix.”
Alexei Yagudin Reflects on Adeliia Petrosian's Prospects in International Competitions original source: [...]
“Objectively, a coach always pays more attention to one athlete than another.” Alexei Mishin discusses the dynamics between Yagudin and Plushenko
Alexei Mishin Reflects on the Competition Between Yagudin and Plushenko original source: RTVI photo CLIVE [...]
“As long as there’s no physical aggression or anything extreme, it’s normal. This kind of thing happens in every skating pair.” Averbukh, Yagudin, Scoptsova, Medvedeva on Shibutani’s leaked video
Russian Skaters Discuss the Shibutani Siblings’ Training Controversy original source: Sports View this [...]
Alexei Yagudin: “Figure skating has lost its individuality. Everyone is performing cookie-cutter routines because that’s what the rules say, and that’s what earns the maximum points.”
Alexei Yagudin reflects on the loss of individuality in figure skating original source: Sport24 View [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva about sex symbol of figure skating: “Guillaume Cizeron. We’re not focusing on details here. I’m talking about energy, skating, and how he presents himself.”
Medvedeva, Maria Butyrskaya, Anastasia Skoptsova, and Alexei Yagudin about sex symbols in figure skaing. source: [...]
“I couldn’t even imagine that they would punish us so severely. It’s just mockery towards us.” ISU has extended the suspension of Russian skaters, comments from Russian specialists
The International Skating Union (ISU) has extended the suspension of Russians and Belarusians. Comments from Russian [...]
The father of Alexandra Trusova demanded that Channel One remove Alexei Yagudin and Tatiana Tarasova from commenting on his daughter’s performances
The father of figure skater Alexandra Trusova demanded that Channel One prohibit Alexei Yagudin and Tatiana Tarasova [...]
“Yagudin doesn’t know how to skate. Let him sit and comment.” Evgeni Plushenko about a possible rivalry with Alexei Yagudin at the show program competitions
The old good drama Plushenko vs Yagudin unexpectedly with us again. photo Alexei Avdokhin / sports.ru Evgeni [...]
“It should be supported. Without our strongest girls, taking first place is simply immoral. You need to know that your opponent is stronger” Tarasova and others about the Tutberidze’s idea not to give rating and titles in the absence of Russian skaters
Tatiana Tarasova, Ilia Averbukh, Maxim Trankov, Alexei Yagudin, Irina Rodnina supported the idea of Eteri Tutberidze [...]
“This is a continuation of European lack of culture, lawlessness and cowardice. This gang of dumb-headed leaders is spoiling people’s lives.” Tarasova, Laishev, Zhulin and others about cancelation of Trusova’s master class in Sweden
Tatiana Tarasova, Irina Rodnina, Renat Laishev and Yana Rudkovskaya commented on the cancelation of Alexandra [...]
“Yuzuru is an outstanding figure skater, a legend that has become part of that golden galaxy of figure skating greats” Russian coaches and skaters about Hanyu retiring from competing professionally.
Russian coaches and skaters about Yuzuru Hanyu retiring from competing professionally. View this post on [...]
“Rukavitsin’s team is very good. What insults is Nugumanova talking about? He just said she needed to lose weight. And this is really true” coaches about Nugumanova’s recent interview
Russian coaches and sports functionaries about the scandal involving Elizaveta Nugumanova who accused Evgeni [...]
Alexei Yagudin: “Hanyu’s fans are impossible to understand and it’s useless to talk to them.”
Interview with Alexei Yagudin. About shows, romance between Alexandra Trusova and Mark Kondratyuk and fans of Yuzuru [...]
“Alexei Mishin said that there would be no such complex elements in his lifetime, and I’m glad that this is not so.” Alexei Yagudin on Ilia Malinin’s quad axel
Alexei Yagudin on Ilia Malinin performing a clean quad axel at training. photo kp.ru source: [...]
“And did Zhou won gold medals to say that? The Americans are simply insolent!” Tarasova about Vincent Zhou words that team US should get Olympic team
Russians commented on the words of the American figure skater Vincent Zhou that the US team should receive a team gold [...]
“Finally justice has prevailed! You can feed tons of this drug to competitors from other countries, but they will not jump quads.” Russian specialists on the decision of CAS to allow Kamila Valieva to compete at the Olympics
Russian coaches and specialists commented on the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to allow the [...]
Alexei Yagudin: “I don’t understand Hanyu. Only crazy go for such jump when you don’t have it.”
Alexei Yagudin, the 2002 Olympic champion in men's single skating, summed up the results of the individual event at [...]
Alexei Yagudin: “It’s ok to rejoice at the mistakes of your competitors.”
The 2002 Olympic champion in men's singles Alexei Yagudin reacted to the victory of the Russian team in the team event [...]
Alexei Yagudin: “The medals of the team event downgrade the significance of the individual medal.”
Interview with Alexei Yagudin about Olympic team event. photo by radiokp.ru source: sport-express.com dd. 2d [...]
“I feel incredibly offended that our team will perform without a flag again. I hope to tip the scales towards justice” Alexei Yagudin about raising a petition
Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin created a petition calling to return the opportunity for the Russian national team to [...]
“Nothing can stop our girls from winning and skating amazingly. In Norway, there are no skaters at all, not a single person – what proposals can they make?”
Russian officials and specialists commented on the proposal by the Norwegian Skating Association to raise the age [...]
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