Alexei Mishin: “If you come with an athlete to a psychologist, it’s like a married couple going to a sexologist. It means there’s something wrong in their relationship.”
Translation of Alexei Mishin's comments about coach-athlete relations, competition in his group and working with [...]
“I can’t be in perfect physical condition due to health problems, and mentally, I am not in a good state.” Mikhail Kolyada about his decision to take a pause in his career
Interview with Mikhail Kolyada about his decision to take a pause in his competitive career. View this post [...]
Mikhail Kolyada: “I didn’t watch the Olympics. I didn’t follow the results. It was complete apathy. I read about Valieva in the news. I didn’t care.”
Mikhail Kolyada about not getting to the Olympic Games in Beijing due to positive test for coronavirus. [...]
Ilia Malinin: “If I try a quintuple jump, then I have a great desire to make a quintuple toe loop or salchow.”
Ilia Malinin commented on his performance in the Grand Prix Final in Turin (3rd place). View this post on [...]
Mikhail Kolyada: “Ok, you have three questions.”
Mikhail Kolyada commented on his performance in the free program at the Russian Grand Prix. photo [...]
Anna Pogorilaya: “Valieva showed with this program, poking everyone in the face: “That’s what you did to me.” She is a very strong athlete, and a strong person.”
Interview with 2016 Worlds bronze medalist Anna Pogorilaya. About test skates, Valieva, Trusova, Malinin, and the [...]
Mikhail Kolyada: “Is “Tango in a Madhouse” a reflection of the current situation? This is a provocative question.”
Interview with Mikhail Kolyada about start of the season, domestic competitions and Ilia Malinin's quad axel. photo [...]
“Ask interesting questions and I will answer.” Another epic interview with Mikhail Kolyada, in full compliance with FFKR ethics code
Interview with Mikhail Kolyada. Interview completely meets FFKR ethics code. photo by Channel 1 source: telegram [...]
“I’m of the St. Petersburg intelligentsia, a good person, but with problems. Сan problems be fixed? It’s an open question” Mikhail Kolyada about his new free program
Mikhail Kolyada answered journalists' questions after the free program at the test skates. photo Channel [...]
“As for the very idea of Valieva’s free program, I have rather mixed feelings about it.” Alena Kostornaia tries herself as a journalist and shares her impressions of the test skates
Alena Kostornaia tries herself as a journalist and now has her own column for TASS, where she shared her impressions [...]
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 [...]
“Aleksandra Stepanova wanted her dress to be very light, weightless. So that she seemed to dissolve in it.’ Interview with designer who created costumes for Stepanova/Bukin, Kondratiuk and Kvitelashvilli
Figure skater costume designer Evgenia Kosygina, in an interview with Match TV, told how she worked on costumes for [...]
Mikhail Kolyada: “Until the end of the Olympics, for 40 days I never had two negative covid tests.”
Interview with Mikhail Kolyada. About the past season, reasons that prevented him from performing at the main events, [...]
Mikhail Kolyada: “Are there any thoughts to keep the “White Raven” for exhibitions? I thought you might ask if there are any thoughts to keep it for a third season.”
Mikhail Kolyada admitted to journalists that he is determined to perform in the new Olympic cycle. View [...]
Mikhail Kolyada: “I feel that I haven’t reached my maximum. I don’t want to end my career. I really enjoy skating.”
Mikhail Kolyada isn't going to end his professional career and will continue to work with Alexei Mishin. photo by [...]
Mikhail Kolyada: “Despite missing the Olympics, I don’t intend to give up with skating, because I really like it.
Russian figure skater Mikhail Kolyada said that the forced skip of the Olympics in Beijing will not make him thinking [...]
Adelina Sotnikova: “I sincerely believe that athlete should skate not just 10 years of his life, but at least 20-25 and show the best possible results.”
Interview with Adelina Sotnikova the first Russian Olympic champion in women's skating and now a figure skating coach [...]
“What competitions is he preparing for? For his entire future life.” Alexei Mishin about Kolyada’s negative test
Mikhail Kolyada is tested negative for coronavirus and resumed training. photo VOSTOCK Photo / [...]
Alexander Zhulin: “I heard that even before the withdrawal of Kolyada, they wanted to put Kondratiuk in the team.”
Coach Alexander Zhulin told who, in his opinion, should perform in men's skating in the Olympic team event. photo [...]
“Yuzuru Hanyu will not become an Olympic champion for the third time in a row, but Nathan Chen may also be left without a gold medal.” Alexei Urmanov about upcoming Olympics
Interview with Alexei Urmanov, Olympic Champion and coach about upcoming Olympics, raising the age minimum and [...]
Alexei Urmanov: “Athlete musn’t find motivation. If athlete doesn’t have motivation, he should take a rope and hang himself on a chandelier. If you lose motivation, finish your career.”
Interview with Alexei Urmanov. The Olympic champion assess the prospects of our single skaters and explained why [...]
Alexander Smirnov: “Daily PCR tests are a tool for manipulation. With their help, our team can be framed at the Olympics.”
Interview with two-time European Champion and two-time World bronze medalist in pair skating Alexander Smirnov. About [...]
Tatiana Tarasova: “This is not a replacement, but a necessary measure. It’s good that we have someone to replace Kolyada with. Nobody has lost anything. This year Misha does not shine.”
Alexei Mishin, Tatiana Tarasova, Natalia Bestemianova and other specialists commented on the news that Mikhail Kolyada [...]
Evgeni Semenenko has replaced Mikhail Kolyada in the Russian Olympic team
Evgeni Semenenko has replaced Mikhail Kolyada in the Russian national team for the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. [...]