Ilia Averbukh: “The situation with Valieva should not affect the team, it’s her personal case. So, our team are the Olympic champions!”
Ilia Averbukh on CAS decision that Russian figure skaters retained the bronze in the Beijing-2022 team [...]
Ilia Averbukh: “I think watching this European Championships is a waste of time. Without Russian figure skaters is a Category B competition.”
Translation of Ilia Averbukh's comments about European Championships without Russian skaters. original source: [...]
“She deserves a monument for her many years of high-achievement sports career.” Coaches and former athletes about Elizaveta Tuktamysheva’s decision to take a pause in her career
Translation of the comments made by Russian coaches, former athletes about the news that Elizaveta Tuktamysheva [...]
“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 [...]
“Everything should be performed in the style of the 80s: ABBA, Boney M. — something like that with a slight touch of LGBT to make it more fun for everyone.” Zhulin and Averbukh about the theme for 2023/24 rhythm dance
Ilia Averbukh and Alexander Zhulin shared their opinions about the new theme for the rhythm dance in the 2023/24 [...]
Ilia Averbukh: “I didn’t watch Worlds. I boycotted it. The guys who won there are not to blame for anything, but the absence of Russians devalues their medals.”
Ilia Averbukh about 2023 World Championships. View this post on Instagram A post shared by [...]
“You are a champion, but incomplete champion. Yes, you won, but there were no Russians at the competitions. This humiliates and devalues the victory of our competitors.” Ilia Averbukh about suspension
Ilia Averbukh called the decision to suspend Russian skaters unsportsmanlike. View this post on Instagram [...]
“Did he leave? God bless him health. Wherever he is after working with Eteri Georgievna, he will not succeed.” Russian experts send Morisi Kvitelashvili traditional good wishes vibes
Tarasova, Averbukh and Laishev commented on the news that Morisi Kvitelashvili will train in Italy now. [...]
“I think it’s a bit too much. Competitions are not a show, there are rules at competitions” Ilia Averbukh about Valieva’s attempts to jump a quadruple toe loop after her free program
Ilia Averbukh about Kamila Valieva's attempts to perform a quadruple toe loop after her free program at the Russian [...]
“You can be offended, but it’s better to lose weight.” Zhulin and Averbukh about the story shared by Kaitlin Hawayek.
Ilia Averbukh and Alexander Zhulin commented on the words of Kaitlin Hawayek. photo altapress.ru source: [...]
Ilia Averbukh: “There was hope that we would see our guys at World Championships. The extension of sanctions is unfair, sad and insulting.”
Ilia Averbukh reacted to the statement of the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach about [...]
“Eteri is an outstanding coach. After Tutberidze, Sokolovskaya will not help her in any way.” Coaches, specialists, athletes about Trusova leaving Tutberidze’s group.
Coaches, specialists, athletes about Trusova leaving Tutberidze's grous. View this post on Instagram [...]
“The program makes Valieva relive hell all over again? It is inappropriate for fans to write this.” Tarasova and Averbukh about Valieva’s free program
Ilia Averbukh and Tatiana Tarasova about Kamila Valieva's free program dedicated to the Beijing Olympics. [...]
“They said they would mobilize only conscripts. Skaters are people who do not have any military experience, it makes them a cannon fodder.” Tarasova, Zhulin, Averbukh about the mobilization of Russian athletes to the army
Tatiana Tarasova, Alexander Zhulin and Ilia Averbukh commented on the information that figure skaters started to [...]
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 [...]
“It’s a shame that Malinin skates for the United States. His parents are Russian.” Russian experts about Ilia Malinin’s quad axel
Ilia Malinin the first in history to jump a clean quadruple axel, he did it at the U.S. International Classic. [...]
Ilia Averbukh: “When journalists call me for a comment, I’m always on the side of Eteri Tutberidze. Even without knowing the question.”
Interview with Ilia Averbukh. About ice show, coaching and Eteri Tutberidze. View this post on Instagram [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
“They may not come back at all. They can find something to their liking. I heard Cizeron sews something.” Zhulin and Averbukh about Papadakis / Cizeron to skip the next season
Alexander Zhulin and Ilia Averbukh spoke about the decision of the French duo Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume [...]
“It’s mean and petty. Do they want to say that Shcherbakova is not an Olympic champion, or what?” Russians about not inclusion of Scherbakova into ISU photo selection of Beijing 2022 champions
Anna Scherbakova, coaches and choreograpehrs commenten on the selection of photos of the International Skating Union [...]
“For me it would have been more beautiful if it had been Hanyu who jumped the quad axel first.” Ilia Averbukh on Ilia Malinin’s quad
Ilia Averbukh on Ilia Malinin performing a clean quad axel at training. source: sport24.ru Ilia Averbukh: I [...]
Ilia Averbukh: “Music for Elizaveta Tuktemysheva’s new free program is specially composed by a close friend of her. This is an experiment in some way.”
Choreographer Ilia Averbukh about working on a free program for Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. View this post on [...]
Ilia Averbukh: “If another pair appears now, like Papadakis / Cizeron, they won’t win. Pair who has a concise story without excessive emotions will take a lead now.”
Ilia Averbukh told why he likes to choreograph programs for single skaters and share his thoughts who will set trends [...]