Irina Slutskaya: “To this day, I still believe I was the best at 2002 Olympics. My daughter, when she first watched that performance, asked in amazement, ‘Mom, how could that American girl have won? She made such serious mistakes.”
Irina Slutskaya about start of her career, health problems and 2002 Olympics. original source: tv-gubernia.ru dd. [...]
“But because he is an American, I don’t think it’s worthy of our discussion now. It’s not right. I love my country and I believe that our skaters are still the best.” Irina Slutskaya about Ilia Malinin’s quad axel
Tranlsation of Irina Slutskaya's comment about Ilia Malinin's quad axel. original source: Championat [...]
Irina Slutskaya: “The athlete who is educated and can express his thoughts can work on TV. You can work on the technique of speech, but you can’t buy brains.”
Interview with Irina Slutskaya. About ISU congress and age minimum, suspension of Russian skaters, Trusova's silver at [...]
“The situation is extremely dire. There’s only one alternative left – the Armenian Nationals. But compared to the Worlds this is ridiculous.” Russian coaches about sanctions and cancelation of Rostelecom Cup
Russian coaches about ISU sanctions and cancelation of Grand Prix stage in Russia. photo by REUTERS Ilia [...]
Irina Slutskaya: “Fair or not, such is the technique now. While the judges pretend that everyone doesn’t see prerotations and this is not a mistake, why not?”
Interview with Irina Slutskaya. About the performance of the Russian team at the Beijing Olympics, the judging scandal [...]