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Maria Sotskova (RUS) - 169.50, raising from 8th(!) in SP to silver
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Olympic Champion of Sochi in the team Julia Lipnitskaya officially announced the end of her sports career, although by and large she ended in the first post-Olympic season. Our other Olympic champion, Adelina Sotnikova, acts according to the method approved by her current trainer Evgeni Plushenko: she is on the national team, receiving an appropriate scholarship, but she does not intend to take part in the competitions. This season - due to injury. Only none of those who are more or less familiar with the realities of modern figure skating, there is no doubt: 21-year-old Adeline will not be able to compete on equal terms with the young generation of Russian single women.

Champion from the 6th "B"

For the sake of victory in Sochi, our Olympic champions put a lot on the sacrificial altar. They actually did not have the life that their peers lived. At the Russian championship Sotnikova made her debut at the age of 12. By the way, together with Petersburger Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. Without young girls in December 2008, it would not be possible to collect a full-fledged composition for holding women's competitions. Even with the young growth there were only 14 participants.

"The champion of the 6th" B ", as Adeline introduced herself, had already mastered the whole complex of difficult jumps and felt completely uninhibited in her communication with journalists. Only then in her life there was only figure skating, and with friends from the 6th "B" in the senior classes there was no time to communicate. Even more put on the Olympic altar Lipnitskaya, who at 10 years all left in her native Yekaterinburg and moved to Moscow, which took her far from immediately.

In addition, the most difficult transitional year fell on the Olympic season. To contain growth and weight, Julia ate kefir with fiber. Surprisingly, many figure skating trainers who talked to each other consider this sacrifice justified. In this regard Sotnikova was lucky. The peak of its transitional period was for the pre-Olympic season. In Sochi she was already 17. No luck, by the way, Tuktamysheva, but her trainer Alexei Mishin did not interfere in the natural processes.

After Sochi, the 15-year-old Julia and the 17-year-old Adeline were hit by a "copper pipe" test. Is it any wonder that we never saw anything on the ice, even closely resembling their Olympic rentals! This was faced in due time by other young champions too. Triumphant Nagano American Tara Lipinski left immediately after his Olympic victory. Her compatriot Salt Lake City champion Sarah Hughes, as well as our Sochi favorite, suffered another year.

In Russia, they do not know how to "monetize" Olympic achievements

Только в Америке хорошо налажена индустрия снятия реальных дивидендов с олимпийского «золота». Липински сразу же стала эксплуатировать образ чудо-девочки. Ведь она и чемпионкой мира стала в 14 лет, после чего Международный союз конькобежцев установил новый возрастной ценз для участия во взрослых соревнованиях. Возможно, руководителям ISU стоит снова задуматься над его увеличением, чтобы женское катание окончательно не превратилось в девчачье. Ведь сегодня даже 19-летним очень сложно соперничать с 15-летними дебютантками взрослых соревнований, владеющими полным набором прыжковых элементов.

Lipinski after Nagano began an acting career, which has been successfully continued to this day. This year, noting the 35th anniversary, she married. And the "bridesmaid" was not concealing his orientation, Johnny Weir, with whom Tara commented on the competition in Sochi.

Hughes worked in the Olympic "Iceberg" for another American television company. Even 12 years later, Irina Slutskaya could not resist: "If I had beaten Michelle Kwan in Salt Lake City, it would not be so offensive. We both deserved Olympic gold, and Hughes jumped out of nowhere. "

The then US Senator Hillary Clinton announced the day when medals were played in women's single skating, the Day of Sarah Hughes. She received a personal scholarship to study at the prestigious Yale University and became a bachelor in the specialty of "American public and political activities." True, unlike Slutskaya, she did not go into politics.

Both Lipinski and Hughes had no shortage of advertising contracts. Russia has not yet learned to "monetize" the Olympic achievements. This was not possible even for such a professional as the head of the company "TeleSport" Petru Makarenko. Did not help and experience with the RAF. It was not possible to make the national sports brand of Lipnitskaya, although all the prerequisites for this were.

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Today, new names of future Olympic champions are heard. Just what will happen to them a year after Pyeongchang? For the fate of Evgeni Medvedev, most likely, you can not be afraid. Unique talent is supported by a completely natural growing up. But for the same Alina Zagitova anxious. In terms of its technical level, it even surpasses Medvedev, but right now she has the same transitional age. For the first time with such a problem, trainer Eteri Tutberidze faced, working with Polina Shelepen. Today nobody remembers this skater, although, according to Eteri Georgievna, she was more talented than Lipnitskaya.
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It could be a very beautiful story. Anna Pogorilaya against Kathleen Osmond in the struggle for victory on the stage. The Russian and North American school of transferring classical ballets to ice, as seen from the examples of recent years, is very different. Two "Swan Lake" Tchaikovsky one after another at the decisive moment of the competition - on purpose you can not imagine. Write such a screenwriter, would be reproached for improbability. Even the costumes are similar, although the dress of Osmond seemed to be more successful and suitable for a particular girl. But this is the Olympic season in all its glory, when the majority turns to the classics tested for decades. So this coincidence happened.

Despite Osmond's tremendous advantage after a short program, with favorable hands, this duel could well have stayed behind Pogorila. The ballet theme for Anna is not new, but classical choreography is the backbone of Russian athletes. In the same "Firebird" Pogorilaya was much more convincing than, for example, American Gracie Gold , although that duel was in absentia. In a word, it's not the "Grand Prix" stage, but some film by Darren Aranofsky, part two. I wanted him to be with a happy ending. But it turned out how it happened.

WHERE IS THERE CINEMA ...
Anticipating Pogoriloy's speech, an English-speaking commentator, who also seemed to believe in her eventual victory, said: "It's gonna be breathtaking performance." It is clear that he meant "exciting" performance. And it turned out - "heartbreaking". Everything went more or less until the third hopping element, and then it turned into some kind of nightmare remake of the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki ... Already then the protocol will show that even in the first cascade the strict judges of the Canadian stage will fix Anna's nonsense on the sheepskin coat.

In Pogoriloy, there have also been vexing failures. But these two failures in free programs in Helsinki and Regina seem to stand apart. And least of all I would like it to turn into a symptom. Embraced in the subconscious of the figure skater herself, becoming an unconscious and poorly controlled fear. In the end, the same Osmond once came to the end of an arbitrary one with one successfully executed jump, or with two of all put. Even in dancing on the ice, seemingly flawless people are falling.

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MILLION QUESTIONS
Why with Pogorila happens what happens - a million dollar question. Does anyone have an answer to it? And even better - understanding what to do and how to fix it? It is desirable until December.

A year ago it seemed that Anna remains very little before really impressive skating. Before becoming an athlete, whose performances can not be forgotten. Appearance and charisma it has long been such that you can just ride on the ice - and many even in this situation probably will not regret that they came to see it. The required level of technical arsenal and power were with her. Sometimes it seemed as though there was not enough psychological stability and purity in the details, in nuances, some completeness of gestures, often as if too hasty.

Because of this Pogorilaya on the ice sometimes gave the impression of an athlete who has already blossomed, but still does not fully know how to use it consciously. But it comes with age or, if you need it faster, then it works out. In the figure skating there are enough specialists who can help in this.
But instead of moving to a new level of skiing and gaining psychological stability, a pit suddenly turned out. Did the question put her in there "Why am I losing, even if I'm doing all right?" As it was in the first half of last season. Who knows ... Could it be that Pogorilaya, instead of a tedious and long work on small things, believed that she was just not trying enough? And if you invest even more, even more, the desired will be possible? After Helsinki, the opinion was voiced that the reason for the Russian woman's failure was precisely this: that she could not keep her cold head in this storm of emotions. And as a result, after the first misfire control over the rental was completely lost.

We do not know if Anna was aware of the evaluations of Osmond directly in front of her. Canada twice seriously made a mistake and, it seemed, here it is - a loophole to the first place. Could this be the trap in which Anna came to Regina and lost her cold head again?

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The unpleasant scene in the corner of tears and kisses, when the figure skater and her trainer, forgetting about the microphones, started the analysis of the rental right in hot pursuit, completed the picture. Although what kind of analysis and strategy can be developed at such a time?

The ninth final place in Canada does not leave Pogoriloy any chance of getting into the Grand Prix final. But, perhaps, this is for the best. Obviously, now she and her team need to think not about the "Grand Prix". Before the qualifying championship of Russia in late December, there is little time left, but it is. So, not everything is lost even this season.

The Grand Prix. Skate Canada. Regina (Canada)
Men. 1. Uno (Japan) - 301.10. 2. Brown (USA) - 261.14. 3. SAMARIN - 250,06.
Women. Osmond (Canada) - 212.91. 2. SOTSKOVA - 192.52. 3. Wagner (USA) - 183.94 ... 9. POGORILA - 156.89.
Couples. 1. Duhamel / Redford (Canada) - 222.22. 2. Savchenko / Masso (Germany) - 215.66. 3. James / Sipre (France) - 214.37. 4. ZABIJAKO / ENBERT - 192.70.
Dancing. 1. Virtue / Moir (Canada) - 199.86. 2. Weaver / After (Canada) - 190.01. 3. Hubbel / Donahue (USA) - 189.43 ... 5. LOBOD / DROZD - 155.72.
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Figure skater Anna Pogorilaya was one of the main contenders for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang until she failed at the Grand Prix in Canada. Now her future is under big question. Why did the athlete fail, with what difficulties she had to face in the course of this season and whether she will complete a career, like Yulia Lipnitskaya, at age 19, in the newspaper Gazeta.ru.

19-year-old figure skater Anna Pogorilaya is on the brink of disaster: terrible falls and numerous mistakes at the Canadian Grand Prix stage in figure skating threaten her with a pass of the long-awaited 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang.

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To understand how important it is for Anna to win a place in the team, it is enough to remember that even in the summer she suffered from such severe back pain that she was forced to skip control checks in Sochi in September. Already in the middle of October, the figure skater decided that she was ready to start the season, and skated the short program at the Cup of Russia in Yoshkar-Ola, but immediately after that performance withdrew from the competition - the trauma was still pursuing her.

Recognizing that the Olympic season is on its way, Pogorilaya refused to take care of herself and went all-in, taking part in the status stage of the Skate Canada Grand Prix. Everything was on the map

- the opportunity to go to the Games-2018, the reputation of the figure skater and, of course, her health. However, Anna's desperate persistence turned into a catastrophe.

The provocative short program for the Spanish motives of "Esperanza" Maxim Rodriguez Pogorilaya rolled back excellently, taking an intermediate second place (69.05 points). However, in an arbitrary performance under the "Swan Lake", she trite did not have enough strength to pull out a complex technical part. Anna allowed six nedokrutov, did not comply with the declared flip, twice fell from jumping and once - when entering the rotation.

After the last fall, the figure skater lay on the ice for some time, face down, holding her back, either because of pain, or because of shame, but most likely for two reasons at once.

It was a failure - only 87.84 points for an arbitrary program and the final ninth place. From the demonstrations that were to be held the next day, Pogorilaya refused - a trauma. Upon her return to Moscow, she will receive a thorough medical examination.

"I guess it's a previous back injury. She has not changed her plans yet, "Alexander Kogan, director general of the Federation of figure skating of Russia (FKKKR), quotes TASS.

The fact that Pogorilaya has not changed her plans for the Olympic season is certainly worthy of respect. However, the chances of a trip to Pyeongchang are almost gone: with such a tough competition among Russian figure skaters, in addition to the brilliant Evgenia Medvedeva, they are always ready to show their class Alina Zagitova, Maria Sotskova, Elena Radionova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, so it's impossible to fail on important starts.

But Anna lived this Olympic season. Chances for the first time in my life to speak at the main start of the fourth century were quite large:

recently the athlete won bronze at the World Cup - 2016 in Boston, the same year became the third at the European Championships in Bratislava and the Grand Prix final in Marseille, and in 2017 took the silver continental championship.

Last season, Pogorilaya was actually a star of Medvedev's level: she was called into TV programs for a couple with the young genius of figure skating, they competed in the same competitions and often laid out joint photos, causing real enthusiasm among the fans.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was at the top of the figure skating world when she won the 2015 European and World titles. 
But after that triumphant season she lost her rhythm and since then has failed to make the Russian teams for either Championships, despite producing solid results at Grand Prix and Challenger Series events.

Injuries and inconsistency have haunted Tuktamysheva the past two seasons, but it has also been a mental game. She suffered from back pain at the end of last season, was off the ice for two weeks, and was not allowed to practice jumps for another two weeks.

“Everyone knows that figure skaters have back and knee problems and injuries. So far everything is OK and the most important thing is to keep it that way. Let’s hope it will last through this season and maybe beyond,” she said with a laugh, adding that her back is improving.

After analyzing what happened last season Tuktamysheva said she is moving forward. “It was not the most successful season in my career. I could have done better and had better results. At the end of the season we drew some conclusions because there were great performances and terrible performances. Some things were better, so there was progress.

“I drew most of the conclusions myself about what I need to work harder on and what I need to focus on and I had the summer to prepare.”
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The bronze medalist of the 2016 World Championships of Russian figure skater Anne Pogorila Anna Tsareva told the R-Sport agency that it has not yet been decided how and where her student will be treated in connection with the aggravated back injury.
Speaking at the Grand Prix series in the Canadian Regina in late October, Pogorilaya had the second result in a short program , but she was unable to cope with the random roll-she made several falls and took the final 9th ​​place . The figure skater was forced to refuse to participate in the demonstration speeches , citing a back injury.
The trainer admitted that there are no specific plans for possible treatment with the student yet, as there is no understanding of whether Pogorilaya will be able to continue performances in the Grand Prix series. "We have to wait a couple of days until Anya gets away from the flight and unsuccessful hire, and then we'll think about how and where to be treated." Perhaps, some decision on this matter should be taken by the figure skating federation, "the specialist said in a telephone conversation.
"This injury was not new, it arose several years ago, but did not prevent Anna from actively training and performing," explained Tsareva. "The problems started after Ana fell in training this summer." The fall was the most common, did not foreshadow any consequences, but Anya did not immediately manage to get up - she said that she can not get up. Since that time she can not train properly: hardly the load increases, it seems to "twist".
The coach added that before the start of the season her student was undergoing mandatory medical examination, which revealed no serious problems with her back. However, in trainings the figure skater had to constantly reduce the load.
"We worked mainly on a short program," Tsareva said, "as soon as work began on an arbitrary program, the spin immediately felt itself, and it turned out that the readiness was enough only for the first four jumps."
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On Friday in Beijing, the third stage of the series "Grand Prix" starts, in which the most promising Russian single Alina Zagitova starts performing at the highest level.
In from already the third stage of the Grand Prix in a row, one of the main intrigues of the tournament is provided by Russian singles, and it can be said about almost all the stages of the current series. In this our happiness as observers is our own "misfortune". There are many athletes, there are only three places in the national team. Chance that absolutely everything in this season will be satisfied and happy, you know, no. In Beijing, their performances in the "Grand Prix" begin Alina Zagitova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva . And this is in its own way a signboard of a dream.

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Both of them are going to have a special conversation about this season. The season has just begun, but Alina has already written so many things and said. It seems that not a single Russian debut in adult figure skating was so expected, even if compared with Tuktamysheva or Adelina Sotnikova , who went on the status of "hopes" from the age of ten.

Tuktamyshev is a completely different story now. Elizabeth, despite her 20 years, is not just one of the most experienced among the active Russian singles. In her life there have been so many ups, downs, fabulous returns and other turns that would have sufficed for a couple of sports biographies. There was as yet only one - participation in the Olympic Games. So with a goal for the season is all obvious. The World Champion-2015 collected a lot of compliments from the fans at the pre-season rentals in Sochi, but on the basis of the conducted tournaments of the category "B" again made me doubt: in Bergamo it was already the sixth, and in Espoo - only the third. But we know what it can be on the ice, when, as they say, "goes." How they both can show themselves in China - we'll see.
But this competition will not become an easy walk. In addition to Tuktamysheva and Zagitova, Elena Radionova is among the participants in the stage , as well as the Canadian medalist Gabriel Daleman and the Japanese Marin Honda , Wakaba Higuchi and May Mihara, the last World Cup medalist . Not for all the mentioned athletes, the start of the season turned out to be smooth, but all potentially able to roll back great. Given the almost inevitable mistakes, these seven girls can be placed in the final table in any order. So the fight for every point in the overall set of the series will go to life, not to death. Zagitov, given its potential superiority over all in the technical assessment, looks like a favorite stage, but for this it is desirable not to be mistaken.
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- From the stage to the stage, Russian men show good results. Were you surprised by Kolyada's performance, or did you know that he was capable of much, if he purely fulfilled all the elements in at least a short program?

- I really look forward to Misha. I like his skating. I hope, Kolyada will only later become a husband and become a serious rival for Javier Fernandez and Yuzuru Khan. We used to see these people upstairs, but I hope that our single men will now regularly fight for prizes. And Kolyada's victory did not become a revelation for me. He is progressing: for example, this year he studied quadruple lutz. Let it does not always work, but Mikhail's willingness to take risks is a good thing. A man fights for his place under the sun.

- In this case, the Chinese Jin Boyan and the Spaniard Javier Fernandez themselves committed a large number of mistakes and thus cleared the way to victory for Kolyada.

"Thank God he was so lucky." But he himself skated perfectly. If the rivals were also skating, the layout would be different, but it is important that Kolyada withstood this pressure and coped with the task. He fell less than all others and won.

- What is your impression on you Fernandez? He complained of a pain in his stomach, but went out on the ice.

- I really like him as a "catcher". The Spaniard sometimes pulls out the most difficult jumps. An ordinary skater would not even fight for them, but he does not give up. But this time Javier was not lucky. Maybe he really got poisoned. Anything can happen. It is important to understand that Fernandez always moves forward. I am sure, at the European Championships and the Olympic Games we will see from his side a decent ride.

- Alexander Zhulin believes that in the team tournament at the Olympics everything will be decided by the duel of Kolyada and Patrick Chan. Do you agree that the Russian now is unconditionally ahead of the Canadian?

- I can not agree with Alexander. If Chiang jumps all his five quads, Kolyada will have a hard time. But in case of mistakes on the part of Patrick, Misha may have a chance. Of course, I'm rooting for him. For Russia.

"Zagitov can not be compared with Lipnitskaya"

- Does Alina Zagitova confirm the status of the second in the world after Evgeniya Medvedeva? She fell on the cascade in a short program, but after that she did it.

- And who does not have failures? We are all people, not robots. The girl has just reached the highest level of world figure skating. Of course, the names of rivals can dominate her, because before she met opponents of this level. But I hope that Alina is waiting for a good bright future.

- Was not that too much responsibility on Zagitova's shoulders at that age? Many even call her the second Julia Lipnitskaya.

- Still, it's hard to compare them, because Lipnitskaya had to do more difficult. She immediately got to the Olympic Games. Zagitova has time to gradually roll in. Still, it's difficult to go out on the ice in 15 years with such rivals. Sharks of figure skating can eat you with one glance. But Alina is fighting. She feels the pose well, very choreographed, plastic. A jumping Zagitov simply brilliant.

- Elena Radionova managed to return to her former level, but still she could perform better. Place in the national team it is ensured, or will battle with Maria Sotskova?

- For today in women's single skating Russia has a very strong bench. I am happy for this, because in the Soviet times it was in this form that we always lagged behind. And now - ahead of the whole planet. Whoever goes, the Russians will definitely be in prizes. As for Radionova, she is beautiful and skates well. Sotskova is also a good girl. They are all wonderful. The main thing is not to break jumps. Girls generally do not have any complaints. More questions are caused by dancing and singing in men.

- Some foreign athletes have shown themselves. Who, in your opinion, looks the most powerful? Carolina Costner, Gabriel Dayman, Wakaba Higuchi, Caitlin Osmond ?

- I really like Japanese women. They ride at good speed, at high speed. In jumping, they are in no way inferior to American women and Canadians. Another question is that the Russians have chosen a very literate policy - they make all their jumps in the second half of the program and this earns additional points.

"Bobrovoy and Solovyov have a hard time counting on medals"

- The Chinese pair Sui Wenjing and Han Tsun scored the most serious points this season. Do they really get around?

- Invincible there. The main thing is to prepare for the fight. I think our coaches will draw conclusions on the results of the stage in China and will do something. But, of course, the Chinese are handsome.

- Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov became the third, slightly giving way to the Americans. Do they have a chance to compete for medals at the Olympic Games?

- They will not be able to bypass them. For this, a miracle must happen, for example, everyone should lie down, as in the case of Kolyada. Even the bronze will be difficult to win. With the way our people skate today, I do not see any options.

- The fourth became Tiffany Zagorski and Jonathan Gureiro, albeit not with the highest scores. It is clear that in Russia almost two pairs are determined who will go to the Olympic Games. And who would you prefer in the dispute for the third ticket to the European Championship?

"Why do we speak of this as a fact?" In Russia, nothing has been determined so far. The championship of the country has not taken place yet. The struggle will be strained. We in figure skating do not like to discuss such moments in advance and make some plans. This is a bad omen.
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Russian figure skater Elena Radionova said that at the Grand Prix in China she looks more confident than at her first stage of the series in the season in Moscow.



Radionova showed on Friday at the stage in Beijing a short program, receiving for her 70.48 points. The athlete takes the intermediate third place. At the Moscow Grand Prix stage, the athlete was the fifth in a short program with a score of 68.75 points, and eventually took the fourth place at the Grand Prix in Moscow.

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"I was lucky that after the Grand Prix in Moscow I did not have to go anywhere, and we quickly resumed training, because there was not much time until the next Grand Prix, I believe that here I skated more confidently and better that I showed and evaluation, "Radionova said at a news conference.
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Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova has not suffered a single defeat in her debut season among adults. The 15-year-old sportswoman has an impressive technical advantage over all her competitors and at the Olympics in Pyeongchang will be able to compete for gold with the two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva.

The quota of the Russian national team in women's single skating is three places, but the last two years all used to believe that the figure skaters will compete for two tickets to the Olympics, automatically giving one to Evgeniya Medvedeva. This is quite true, since Eugene has not lost a single start since November 2015. However, since the beginning of the Olympic season, the established order has staggered, and it can already be safely said that Russian girls will compete for only one place in the team.

This is due to the rapid take-off of 15-year-old Alina Zagitova - another ward Eteri Tutberidze, under whose leadership is the two-time world champion Medvedev.


Having received on May 18 this year on her 15th birthday the right to compete in adult competitions, Zagitova did not sit out in juniors and immediately rushed to win the hearts of fans in the most prestigious international competitions. And she succeeds. Alina started in two adult competitions and won two victories. In September, a young Russian woman won the Lombardy Trophy, and in the beginning of November she won the third stage of the Grand Prix of figure skating.

While Zagitova and Medvedev have never crossed in the confrontation, and for the first time this will happen only at the final of the Grand Prix in Japanese Nagoya, which will be held from December 7 to 10.

The duel of two strongest Russians is expected by fans and experts with great impatience. And the most interesting is that in this season the audience will see the opposition of the Russians at least three times - after the finals of the Grand Prix the sportswoman will clash in January at the European Championships in Moscow and in February at the main start of the fourth anniversary.

When Zagitova defeated everyone in junior competitions, she was already predicted a great future, but hardly anyone could have guessed that already in her debut season she would begin to step on the heels of the strongest skaters of the planet.

In danger is even Medvedev.

This is not an unsubstantiated statement, but the result of watching the sportsmen's rentals and the dynamics of judging their performances.

It's no secret that figure skating largely relies on the reputation of an athlete who is conquered in competitions.

The more stable the figure skater looks, the more favored are the judges.

This happened with Medvedev, who only in the last year began to receive the highest scores for components among all participants. Components, or simply speaking - the overall impression of the rental - include five components: possession of the skate, connecting elements, artistry, composition and interpretation of music. Just in this part of the overall assessment, Medvedev is far ahead of all his competitors. And if you add to this the purely executed technical elements, then Eugene becomes inaccessible to the rivals.

As for Zagitova, then for the components she gets on average seven less points than Eugenia.

However, her technical assessment has already outscored Medvedeva's points this season twice.

Before the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang there are three months left, and this is a sufficient time to earn a proper reputation. Counting on the fact that Zagitova catch up in the components of her senior compatriot is unlikely, but to reduce the gap is possible, but due to higher points for the technique, Alina will be able to impose Medvedev equal fight.

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And another important factor that can be decisive is psychology. Here the advantage will be on Zagitova's side. Two-time world champion will come to Pyeongchang in the status of the main favorite of women's single skating, from her, all without exception will only wait for victory, and any place other than the first will be considered a failure.

Under such pressure Medvedev has been playing for several years, but the Olympics is a special tournament, and Evgenia will go to him for the first time in his career.

As for Zagitova, she is free from high expectations, as she conducts the debut season among adults, and in case of failure, the reputation of the young figure skater, if affected, is not strong. The lack of such a burden of responsibility on their shoulders can liberate the young talent and allow it to show rental is not worse, or even better than Medvedev's.

Perhaps the only thing that can spoil Zagitova's stay in Pyeongchang is the Japanese fans who will no doubt fly to neighboring Korea in huge numbers. There is a very high probability that the Japanese public, who is generally supportive and well versed in figure skating, will openly be ill with Alina this time, and there are prerequisites for this.

After the completion of the Grand Prix stage in Beijing, a major Japanese edition of The Japan Times published an article accusing the judge of having stolen victory from Wakaba Higuti.

Recall that in China because of the fall Zagitov lost Higuti in the short program a little less than a point, but played at random, and the sum of two rolled Russian woman ahead of the Japanese at a paltry 1.36 points. It is true and in the second competition day Zagitova did not escape the mistake - on a triple lute, the skater admittedly was underdog, and Higuchi rolled her program cleanly. This was the reason for discontent.

"The judges stole the victory from Higuti. Enough already this delirium. Higuchi fantastically performed in an arbitrary program.

She cleanly performed seven triple jumps and performed with such emotions that her heart froze. She looked great in her dark blue dress and very cleanly performed the elements. Her reward for this is second place. Russian Zagitova, of course, talented and gifted athlete, but her skating is not as polished as that of Higuti. In addition, all her jumps were specially transferred to the second part of the program, which is to receive bonuses.

Zagitova even fell in the short program.

It's just wrong. She divides her program into artistic and athletic parts, "the publication writes.

Moreover, the journalists remembered the victory of Adeline Sotnikova in Sochi, where she outstripped the main favorite of the competition to the Korean woman Yu Na Kim, which gave rise to great dissatisfaction in Korea:

"Four years have passed since the moment when Sotnikova beat Yu Na Kim. After this fiasco in Sochi-2014 nothing has changed. The winner gets the second place, and the silver medalist becomes the winner. "

The situation for Zagitova is further complicated by the fact that Medvedev has long been recognized by the Japanese public, who supports Yevgeny almost as her compatriot, and in the confrontation of Russian women, most fans will be on the side of the two-time world champion.

How much it will prevent Aline, is unknown, but already at the beginning of this season she demonstrated a fantastically strong nervous system. And this may be its main trump card in Korea.

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Elena Radionova became the bronze medalist of the Chinese Grand Prix stage. After the competition the sportswoman gave an interview to the correspondent Tatiana Flade.

- Lena, congratulations on the end of the competition. Can you analyze the beginning of this season?

- If you compare the beginning of the season - then and now, then the form is gradually gaining. With each step, I move forward, progress. Maybe not as fast as we would like, but still progress is visible.

- Yes, I saw you in Bratislava, Moscow and now here, there really is progress, you have greatly added. How did you do this work in a short time?

- We had a very fruitful work, we revised a little training process and during this time we were able to move forward.

- This season you have a new coach, a new team. How much did it give you a push forward?

- The team with us works great. Thank you all very much. We work on the ice over the steps, and in the hall, over the choreography. There was a lot at the training camp. Thanks to the team for helping me so.

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- Can you tell me more about the programs at this Grand Prix?

- In the short program, I looked much more confident. There were pure confident leaps. I raised the level of the track, the 4th level was the rotation. Above them worked very much. After each start, we have with the trainers an analysis of where and what to add. And after every competition we try to get rid of some mistakes and go ahead. There was not really much time between the startups in Russia and China, but we were able to analyze everything and make progress.

- In Bratislava and Moscow, you had completely unexpected falls when entering the rythmber. Was there a fear of this jump here in this tournament?

- I'm not that I was afraid, I just controlled myself more. In training, I do this jump with my eyes closed, and in general I have no problems with it. And how many programs rolled, there was no such problem. Why did she appear at competitions? Maybe the skates were stupid. I just made them start before they started. We made two rythmbergs in an arbitrary program, so you can not talk about the fear of this jump. Calmly executed it.

- It was a strange fall, because you always had a very good rythberger.

-- I do not know why. With the rythberger I fell, probably once in my childhood and three times this season. Once at a warm-up in Bratislava and twice at the start. How did this happen? Anomaly some.

- Zhenya Plushenko had the same story with a rythberger at the World Championships in Dortmund. He explained this by other reasons, rather, something with ice or boots, and this does not mean that the athlete is not ready.

-- Of course. It is possible to make a dash and just as well fly off, get into an ice or go to the trail.

"But it's good that everything is over."

-- Yes. This time I went to the ritberger, all very controlling, every moment before him. But it's good that everything turned out.

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- You can be called a fighter?

-- Yes.

"I've been watching you for years, I see how you can fight."

- I was born with such a character. Thanks to parents. Difficulties at all happen, but such level of other sportsmen also does not remain. We are all of a character, we are all fighting. And in sport there are the strongest, the most-most. Whoever doubts who is weaker, they are eliminated earlier. Of course, there are different options - injuries, for some other reason. But there are people with a persistent character.

- Alina Zagitova said at a press conference that you were calmly preparing to go out on the ice. Was it really so?

- This time I was calm. And Elena Germanovna (Buyanova - note. ) Saw this. I was sure of myself ... Yes, I was sure. And in my eyes I could see this calmness. I'm glad that in China I managed to get rid of unnecessary thoughts and doubts. I went out and clearly did what I had to do.

- And in Moscow at the Grand Prix stage were doubts?

- Naturally, in Moscow all our guys are worried. I do not want to compare the competitions in Moscow and Beijing. Here I went out on the ice more cold-blooded or something. I knew what I needed to do.

- Many athletes say that it's easier to perform abroad than at home.

- I do not know, I like it at home, and here.

- Are you a very emotional figure skater, how much can this interfere?

-- I do not know. I'm used to living like this. I can not keep any emotions in myself. Let's just say, if I have a good mood, everyone sees this. If it's bad, then I try to be more reserved. I may be upset, but it will be about 20 minutes, and I start to smile. I do not have such, as some people have, that if the mood is bad, then it will be a long time. I can quickly switch. Maybe this is my emotionality.

- Did you like it in Beijing?

"I did not have time to see it." You understand, competitions. But I was told that there is a park nearby, there is a zoo.

"And in the panda zoo." Have you seen the live pandas?

- Not once.

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"Maybe you can do it." If you go back to competitions, you will be very upset if you do not get into the Grand Prix final? How much is this start important for training?

- Everyone speaks differently, to whom, how. Of course, I want to get to the final. But how important this start is - very individual.

- - Last season you did not qualify for the World Cup. What were the thoughts?

- It was a pity, of course, that I did not get it, but I got ready, adjusted myself. I had a good physical form at the end of the season and therefore went to the team world championship. I was given a chance to show myself, and I performed well in Japan.

- You have an interesting demonstration number.

- Yes, I heard this music for a long time, I wanted to make a program for it earlier, but my hands did not reach. And then we went to the training camp, and there I put this music to see how Elena Germanovna would react. She immediately smiled, said how cool. She liked it. Elena Helenovna and I are generally similar in some respects. And I said that I want to put an exponential number under this music. So they decided. I really like the translation of this song, where the singer says that she is strong, that she will not give up. I can not say what it is about me, though to some extent about me. In this song I like words. You can say that they raise my morale.

"I told you you were a fighter." Thanks Lena.

Tatyana FLADE

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