Rafael Arutyunyan: “Samodelkina certainly has many advantages. But there’s a problem: she hasn’t been raised to have a long career in sports. A complete reboot is necessary. Is she ready for this?”

Posted on 2024-11-14 • No comments yet

Rafael Arutyunyan on further collaboration with Sofia Samodelkina original source: Sports photo Sputnik / [...]

Sofia Samodelkina: “Since I would like to restore my ultra-c elements I decided on going to Rafael Arutyunyan. I think if this internship works out, we will go like on mini-training camps.”

Posted on 2024-11-13 • No comments yet

Sofia Samodelkina about trainings with Rafael Arutyunyan. original source: SauBall Youtube Channel View [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: “There is only one scenario in which I would refuse an athlete: if someone wants to come six months before the Olympics, seriously expecting that I would work a miracle and make them a champion.”

Posted on 2024-09-10 • 2 comments

Rafael Arutyunyan about working with Sofia Samodelkina. original source: RT dd. 8th September 2024 by Elena [...]

“I can say this: everybody is welcome here. Unless it’s a pre-Olympic season, and you’re a not skater at the level of Sasha Trusova. Because then there’s too little time and too much responsibility.” Arutyunyan on working with Samodelkina.

Posted on 2024-09-08 • No comments yet

Rafael Arutyunyan about working with Sofia Samodelkina. original source: Telegram Channel "Vsem Lutz" by Maya [...]

Tatiana Malinina: “We don’t go to California to work with Arutyunyan very often because Ilia attends school. But Ilia enjoys working with Rafael a lot.”

Posted on 2023-10-22 • No comments yet

Translation of Tatiana Malinia’s comments about Ilia's cooperation with Rafael Arutyunyan made in the interview for [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: “I saw that Malinin had the quadruple axel in him from the very beginning. I believe in the quintuple toe loop too, he can do it.”

Posted on 2023-08-01 • No comments yet

Translation of a big interview with Rafael Arutyunyan. About Ilia Malinin, Nathan Chen, Mao Asada and difficulties in [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: “Malinin is a product of Russian-Soviet school of figure skating, not American system, there’s no system in the USA.”

Posted on 2022-09-27 • 5 comments

Rafael Arutyunyan on the air of the program on Match TV called the American Ilia Malinin, who got into the Guinness [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: “Physiologically 17 or 18 years old is a small difference, but legally it’s huge. Again, the ISU functionaries left a loophole that allows to commit illegal acts against children when adults will go unpunished.”

Posted on 2022-06-16 • No comments yet

Interview with Rafael Arutyunyan about the results if the ISU Congress. photo bookmaker-ratings.com.ua source: [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: “It’s high time to include the quintuple jump in the register of elements. So that everyone knows its value. What if suddenly someone really jumps it in competitions?”

Posted on 2022-04-25 • No comments yet

Interview with Rafael Arutyunyan. About quintuple jumps, Trusova's intention to try them and Malinin's [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: “There is nothing good in the suspension of any country. If there are no contenders for medals at the main competitions of the season, this is a loss.”

Posted on 2022-04-18 • No comments yet

Interview with Rafael Arutyunyan. About the results of the Junior World Championships and competitions in the absence [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: “Today, a 15-year-old figure skater legally performing in senior competitions doesn’t bear any responsibility even in case of violation of existing rules. There’s no logic.”

Posted on 2022-02-22 • No comments yet

Interview with Rafael Arutyunyan about Nathan Chen, future work and the scandal surrounding Kamila Valieva. photo [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: “We didn’t want just to win, we wanted to dominate. And I’m very glad that this is exactly what happened in Beijing.”

Posted on 2022-02-13 • No comments yet

Interview with Rafael Arutyunyan. About Olympics, Nathan Chen, Yuzuru Hanyu and his future coaching plans. photo [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: “Not inclusion of Ilia Malinin into the Olympic national team shows flagrantly unprofessional approach”

Posted on 2022-01-10 • 22 comments

Rafael Arutyunyan criticized the decision not to include Ilia Malinin into the US national team for the Beijing [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: “Trusova’s injured foot prove once again that my pathetic attempts to draw attention to the need of careful treatment of young athletes didn’t lead to anything”

Posted on 2021-11-13 • No comments yet

Rafael Arutyunyan about the reasons for his athlete's defeat at the start of the Grand Prix series, about his plans [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: “Tutberidze still needs time to become Mishin or Moskvina”

Posted on 2021-05-05 • 3 comments

Big interview with Rafael Arutyunyan. About Nathan Chen, Alexandra Trusova's father request for cooperation and [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: ” I think that Russia will be the first to introduce the system of contracts with skaters.”

Posted on 2021-04-19 • 2 comments

Interview with Rafael Arutyunyan. About Nathan Chen, prospects of Mikhail Kolyada and possible cooperation with Evgeni [...]

Instagram review: best photos of the week [09.04-16.04.2021]

Posted on 2021-04-16 • 1 comment

“On the Ice” Nathan Chen Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue Evgeni Plushenko and Rafael [...]

Evgeni Plushenko and Rafael Arutyunyan about potential cooperation: “It can open up great prospects”

Posted on 2021-04-15 • 3 comments

Evgeni Plushenko and Rafael Arutyunyan told about potential cooperation. photo plushenkoofficial Evgeni [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: “For a very long time I have not calculated points. We have no need for this.”

Posted on 2021-03-29 • 2 comments

Interview with Rafael Arutyunyan. About Nathan Chan's performance at the World Championships and his coaching [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: “Such ambitious athletes as Nathan Chen, Evgeni Plushenko in the old days, Sasha Trusova will always try to do something that the whole world considers impossible.”

Posted on 2021-01-19 • 1 comment

Interview with Rafael Arutyunyan. About Nathan Chan's performance at the USA Nationals, plans for the further [...]

Rafael Harutyunyan: It’s not my plan for Nathan to compete with someone on equals at the Olympics

Posted on 2020-10-29 • 4 comments

Elena Vaitsekhovskaya's interview with Rafael Harutyunyan. The specialist commented on Skate America organization, the [...]

Skaters who moved to the senior level early achieved high results

Posted on 2020-08-17 • 1 comment

Rafael Arutyunyan, Tatiana Tarasov, Inna Goncharenko and Valentin Nikolaev shared their opinion about quick transition [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: I don’t really like drinking coffee from disposable cups. Similarly, I don’t like one-time champions

Posted on 2020-01-14 • No comments yet

Interview with Rafael Arutyunyan about the secrets of Nathan Chen’s success, the prospects of young Russian [...]

Rafael Arutyunyan: That’s sad that girl knocks beautiful Zagitova out from the national team

Posted on 2020-01-08 • 3 comments

Interview with Rafael Arutyunyan for Russian media at the Grand Prix Finals 2020. Mainly about age eligibility. by [...]