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| ThirdTerm | Feb 20 2016, 09:46 PM Post #1 |
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![]() #Lillehammer2016 #iLoveYOG Maria Sotskova (RUS) - 169.50, raising from 8th(!) in SP to silver Edited by ThirdTerm, Feb 21 2016, 07:53 AM.
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| ThirdTerm | Dec 20 2017, 06:08 AM Post #231 |
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![]() Mirai Nagasu stands 5-feet-4 and has a slight, but fit build. But don’t challenge this figure skating star to a dim sum eating contest. “I can eat 18 dumplings,” she revealed Tuesday during a promotional tour for the upcoming U.S. figure skating championships in San Jose. ![]() Dumplings surfaced during a conversation when the skater learned the famous Taiwanese dim sum restaurant Din Tai Fung has a location in Valley Fair Mall. The news excited her so much, she had to be told twice that it was only a 10-minute drive from SAP Center where the skating championships will be held Jan. 3-7. ![]() Nagasu loves the restaurant’s specialty xiao long bao as most dim sum connoisseurs do. But 18 dumplings are a mouthful for a linebacker, much less a petite performer who hopes to leave San Jose next month with a berth to the Pyeongchang Games. ![]() Since training in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the past 2½ years, Nagasu misses the diverse mix of California cuisine. She grew up in her family’s Japanese restaurant in Arcadia on the way to becoming an Olympian. At 24, Nagasu is a strong contender to earn one of three Olympic berths in women’s singles after being bypassed four years ago in favor of Ashley Wagner. ![]() The slight propelled Nagasu to pursue another Olympics as she enters her 11th national championships on the senior level. Nagasu finished third at the 2014 U.S. championships behind Gracie Gold and San Jose’s Polina Edmunds. In previous years, the United States usually sent the top finishers at nationals, which served as the Olympic trials. |
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| ThirdTerm | Dec 21 2017, 05:25 AM Post #232 |
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At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Team USA women's figure skater Mirai Nagasu will be one to watch. Ten years ago, at 14, Mirai won the women's US national title and made her Olympic debut at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games, where she placed fourth. Mirai, now 24, is ready to be back on the world stage at this Winter's event. This time, she's hoping to be waving from the podium with her gold medal. These are seven reasons you'll want to watch her when she hits the rink. Skating Wasn't Her First Sport Mirai first got on the rink at 5 years old, but it wasn't intentional. She has said her parents used to take her golfing every day because that is the career they wanted for her. One rainy day, they took her ice skating instead, and that's when it all began. "After that I kept asking to be taken to the skating rink," she said on her official website. When She Isn't Competing, She's Studying With her rigorous training schedule, Mirai still finds time to attend college. She is a full-time student at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, studying international business. "I do it because I like having the balance of education and athleticism," she told NBC Olympics. "When I come home from training, my attention immediately has to focus on my school courses, which helps keep the stress level balanced." She attributes coffee to helping her get it all done. She's Resilient Mirai faced a setback in 2014 when she didn't make the Sochi Olympic team after competing in the 2010 Olympics. She has called that year the biggest heartbreak of her life, but that hasn't stopped her from trying again. She Has Three Dogs They are all rescues. Named Lexi, Liberty, and Lincoln, she says they are always there to lift her spirits. "Although they're not actually licensed, they are my emotional support animals. I say that because whether I've had a horrible day or a great day at the rink, they are always happy to see me, and their happiness is addictive," she told NBC Olympics. "Lincoln also sleeps in my arms at night, which I've read decreases stress and anxiety." Her Cheat Meal of Choice Is Delicious During ice skating season, Mirai keeps a strict diet that includes mostly fruits and vegetables, which help to fuel her energy. Post-competition season, she loves a good cheat meal. Her go-to is a cheeseburger, potato chips, and ice cream. Her Parents Run a Restaurant in California Mirai's parents are Japanese and own a sushi restaurant in Arcadia, CA, called Kiyosuzu. Mirai said in a recent Reddit "Ask Me Anything": "Be kind to my mom, her English isn't the best but that's how you know you're getting authentic sushi." Michelle Kwan Is Her Idol The ice skater says she didn't have a definitive moment when she knew she wanted to be an Olympic athlete, but after she saw Michelle Kwan skating at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, she was hooked. "Every time that I see Michelle Kwan, I'm awe struck because she is the epitome of a role model. She's always so nice to everyone, and the way she conducts herself is something I truly admire," she said in her Reddit AMA. You can watch Mirai in action when the Winter Olympics begin on Feb. 8. For more information, visit Team USA. |
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| ThirdTerm | Dec 22 2017, 06:57 PM Post #233 |
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![]() Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova won the 2017 world junior title and then ascended to the senior ranks. She won the 2017 Grand Prix Final title in the absence of her training partner and two-time world champion Yevgenia Medvedeva. Music this season: Short program: Selections from "Black Swan" by Clint Mansell Free skate: Selections from "Don Quixote" by Leon Minkus Figure skating beginnings Zagitova was born May 18, 2002 and wasn’t named for the first year of her life. Her mother and father, who is an ice hockey coach, finally settled on “Alina,” after the Russian rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva. Kabaeva won two Olympic medals: bronze in 2000 and gold in 2004. Zagitova began skating when she was 5 years old and living in Izhevsk, Russia. Her mother never skated, but wanted her daughter to be athletic. She moved to Moscow in 2015 to train with famed coach Eteri Tutberidze. Tutberidze trains Medvedeva, the two-time world champion, as well as a host of strong junior ladies. Story Who is Yevgenia Medvedeva? Get to know Russian figure skater Yevgenia Medvedeva and her major accomplishments before she competes at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics Read More + Major competitions/ medals During her final year as a junior skater, Zagitova was nearly perfect. She competed at two Junior Grand Prix assignments in the fall, winning in France and earning a bronze in Slovenia. She won the Junior Grand Prix Final title in December. She won the Russian junior national title, and finished second behind Medvedeva on the senior level. Still not old enough to be sent to senior assignments, Zagitova continued her season at the 2017 European Youth Olympics which she won. She also won the world junior title to finish her season. Once eligible for the senior ranks, Zagitova continued to gain momentum. She started her season at Lombardia Trophy in Italy, which she won. She won both of her Grand Prix assignments – in France and China – and won the Grand Prix Final title, too. (Of note, Medvedeva was absent from the Final due to a broken bone in her foot.) Signature Zagitova is known for “back-loading” her programs: All of her jumps are in the second half of her program and therefore receive a 10 percent bonus on their Grades of Execution. She sometimes faces criticism for not having “well-balanced” programs; however, no rules prohibit her from maximizing her scores in such a way. She was the first skater to utilize this method for all her jumps. Another of Zagitova’s trademarks is coming from behind to win the event. Take her Grand Prix assignments, for example. At Cup of China, she was fourth after the short program but came back to win the overall event. Then, in France, she was fifth after the short program but bounced back to take the gold again. At the Grand Prix Final, she sat second after the short program but won the free skate and the overall title. Her mentality, she explained, is to “start from scratch and […] go out with a cool head.” Top quotes “I do all my jumps in the second half and for it not to look like I’m doing only jumps, I had to do them exactly on the music with the other elements to make the components visible.” – Zagitova explained her choice to back-load her programs “I think that Zhenya (Medvedeva) is her role model in life, in behavior, in her way to work. Alina absolutely tries to copy her way to work, the amount of work and she doesn’t stop. This helps. I can sometimes show Zhenya and say, ‘look, how Alina is working,’ and I tell Alina, ‘look, how Zhenya is working.'” – Coach Eteri Tutberidze on the rivalry between training partners Alina Zagitova and Yevgenia Medvedeva Olympic experience Zagitova’s first Olympics would be in PyeongChang. Outside the rink She lives in Moscow with her grandmother, and her parents and younger sister remained in Izhevsk. Her sister, Sabina, is also a skater. She keeps a pet chinchilla too, which her grandmother cares for while she is away at competitions. Zagitova also enjoys drawing and rhinestoning in her spare time. |
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| ThirdTerm | Dec 24 2017, 06:53 PM Post #234 |
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![]() "And then nerves" - the verdict of journalists after the end of the competition of sports pairs was almost unanimous. Men's free program set an unpleasant trend in the Russian championship: the stressful situation, multiplied by almost beyond the technical complexity, in the sum gave the spectacle to a very big fan. Male figure skating for the last few years in his most advanced and successful samples is a conversation more about the limit of human capabilities. But, as the well-known Russian trainer Oleg Vasilyev has precisely defined a situation, in representation of the majority this kind of sports - still about "presentation". The story was almost repeated in the strongest warm-up of sports couples: three of the four most notable duets of the Russian championship performed their arbitrary programs with noticeable mistakes. Avoided this only, Yevgeny Tarasov and Vladimir Morozov. ![]() It became alarming - would it really be the same for girls? Those same Russian girls, whose competitions were to be the main event of this championship. They are able to drag figure skating into the air grid of one of the main channels of the country and force them to come to the Russian championship or, for example, to Lausanne several Japanese journalistic brigades. Will they not beat these fucking nerves? Calmed only by the fact that for Zagitova, Sotskova and others, domestic national selection began, of course, not last Friday, but much earlier. They live in the situation of this stress all the last years. And the youngest in the conditions of this inhuman competition grew up without knowing another life. They, competition and constant selection, for them are also familiar, like traffic jams and the constant shifting of tiles - for Moscow residents. Or like a planned summer shutdown of water. In some Italy or Spain this does not happen. Well, so we are not there. ![]() Sotskova, the most adult of the winners of this championship in Russia, commented about this quite casually: "I have to prove from time to time that everyone is a stable athlete, that I can be relied on. And this, as you know, is not easy." ![]() Describe the winning rental Zagitova, as well as all the girls from the first final five, there is not much point. They, on conscience, it is better to see with my own eyes. Especially, of course, zagitovskogo "Don Quixote". Minor blots, of course, happened in girls. Their nerves may be iron, but they do exist. After all, who besides them and the coaches really knows what is going on under these shines, laces and packs? Zagitova did not twist the Salhovs. Sotskova twice did not ideally leave the jump. The Tsursky made one "butterfly". But in general it was still a spectacle of the highest level. To put women's free program under the curtain of the championship was, of course, a wise decision by the organizers. After all, the public is remembered, as you know, the last. ![]() Already after the end of the competition, life with the lips of a Japanese journalist reminded that domestic competition is not the only test that awaits these girls in the near future. After apologizing for his question, the polite colleague asked what their attitude was towards the performance at the Olympic Games in a neutral status, the absence of a hymn and a flag. He raised a question for them, the discussion of which had divided the country in two. And the degree of these discussions is unlikely to subside until the end of February. Zagitova, as befits a champion, took on a difficult duty to answer herself: "In my heart of hearts, I know which country I will ride, and everyone knows what country I'll ride for." Of course, it's offensive, but unfortunately it happened. " ![]() There is much to add, but is it necessary? Let their form be at least orange with a unicorn. How can this prevent them from being ill and proud of them? ST. PETERSBURG. Russian championship. Couples. Final position. 1. Tarasova / Morozov - 223.34 points. 2. Stolbova / Klimov - 215.55. 3. Zabiyako / Enbert - 207.51. 4. Astakhova / Rogonov - 198.41. 5. Boykova / Kozlovsky - 195.80. Women. Final position. 1. Zagitov - 233.59. 2. Sotskova - 221.76. 3. Kostornaya - 216.57. 4. Konstantinova - 211.28. 5. The Tsurskaya - 207.61. |
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| ThirdTerm | Dec 26 2017, 06:43 PM Post #235 |
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World records and the unexpected trauma of Yevgenia Medvedeva, the sad end of the career of 19-year-old Yulia Lipnitskaya, the transition from figure skaters to Yevgeny Plushenko's coaches, the rise of Mikhail Kolyada and the appearance of supernovae of Russian stars in the person of Alina Zagitova and Alexander Samarin - "Gazeta.Ru" tells about main events 2017 in figure skating.![]() Figure skating is one of those sports for which Russians can be proud without reservations and doubts, without any "yes, but ...". Beauty, artistry and the will to win intertwined in this discipline and excellently fell into the Russian character, bringing us many successes, after all to sincerely strive for the first place, we often need something more than just persistent physical work: creativity, magic, personal attitude ... All this was more than demonstrated by Russian skaters in the outgoing year 2017. However, before moving on to the tragedies and triumphs of the past season, I would like to deal with the upcoming - Olympic, as well as urgent matters - doping. At the Games-2018 in Pyeongchang will go the maximum possible number of Russians in women's single skating and sports pairs - three. Also on two representatives of Russia will participate in men's skating and competition of dancing couples. These quotas were won at the end of the World Championships in Helsinki - 2017. In women's skating at the Olympics, Russian women have serious chances to occupy the entire pedestal: in the presence of Evgeniya Medvedeva, Alina Zagitova and another, undoubtedly, a strong figure skater who will join them (she may become, for example, Maria Sotskova), three medals - an ambitious but quite feasible task. In the sports pairs of Yevgeny Tarasov / Vladimir Morozov are simply obliged to fight for gold, and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov, who did not show themselves so brightly in the last season, should qualify for one more medal, at least at the expense of their experience. In men's skating, Mikhail Kolyada, who rolled out this year, and the unexpectedly shot 18-year-old talent Alexander Samarin, may well "make a noise". In the dances things are more complicated when there are such powerful competitors as the Frenchmen Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Catherine, the Canadians Tessa Virtu / Scott Moir and the Americans Maya and Alex Shibutani. However, the most experienced Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov, in any case, must impose a serious struggle for the pedestal, and runners-up at the Russian Championship Alexander Stepanova and Ivan Bukin at least please the audience with a clean and beautiful performance. Figure skating is, perhaps, the only sport from which Russians are waiting for Olympic medals without fail, and at least one of them should be gold. Doping cases: Sotnikova nearly lost her medal The doping scandal passed by Russian figure skaters - nobody was deprived of past medals, not ousted from future Olympics, and hence all the strongest will be able to travel to Pyeongchang. In an unpleasant situation only Adeline Sotnikova, the first Russian women's champion in women's singles, who won her gold in Sochi-2014, fell into the trouble. In December 2016, there was information that the athlete was on the "Duchess list", athletes from which allegedly received a special cocktail with prohibited substances, as the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) informer Grigory Rodchenkov assured. News smi2.ru However, soon the same informant asked to stop the proceedings against Sotnikova, and in November 2017 WADA announced that she had no claims to the girl. However, Adeline and so misses this season because of the recovery from injury, speaking in simple ice shows and spending time in her own pleasure, so that the Olympic team its situation still would not have affected. Otherwise, the acting figure skaters are completely "clean" and healthy, and will go to Pyeongchang for medals. True - under the neutral flag and in the status of "Olympians from Russia", and not the national team. Their possible awards will officially go only to personal credit, not to the treasury of the country's achievements. Such conditions were set by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), when on December 5 at the meeting of its executive committee refused to restore the rights of the Russian Olympic Committee (OCD) due to the doping scandal. Since OCD is suspended, he can not send athletes to the Games, and the permission for participation will need to be received individually, by sending applications to the IOC. However, as hard, but fairly noted skater Stolbova in the commentary "R-Sport": "We will go under the white flag, but we will defend our homeland. We are not orphans. We have a huge great country. All. This issue and the topic are closed. " Medvedev paid for the peak with health As you know, staying on top is much more difficult than climbing it. 18-year-old genius Eugene Medvedev with honor passed this test in 2017. Entering this year the champion of Europe and the world, as well as the winner of the Grand Prix final, the ward Eteri Tutberidze managed to defend two titles out of three. In January, the figure skater won the European Championships in Ostrava with a world record in an arbitrary program, earning 150.79 points. In March, the athlete, as if on schedule, updated the record in this form of the program (154.40 points) and was the strongest at the World Championships in Helsinki, at the same time setting a new world achievement for the sum of points - 233.41. For such phenomenal results, Medvedev received a personal congratulatory telegram from the country's President Vladimir Putin, and then inspiredly stated: "I hope that the work we do with coaches every day really benefits our country. Sometimes it's very sad to hear news about what you yourself know ... " And Evgenia is absolutely right: during this difficult period her confident, beautiful victories with record ratings and a huge gap from competitors seem to be a breath of fresh air in the suffocating atmosphere of endless doping trials. In April 2017, the Russian woman continued her succession of records, successfully performing for the Russian national team at the team world championship. And let the national team of the country took only second place after the hostess of the tournament of Japan, Medvedev did everything for the victory of the country. The athlete once again beat her own world record in the short program (80.85 points) and on the score (241.31). Needless to say, that the girl took the confident first place in both stages of the Grand Prix, in which she participated, and made it to the finals? However, on this note, Medvedev's solo composition abruptly ended - fortunately, only for a while. The unreal complexity of programs with a lot of jumps led to the fact that the figure skater had a crack in the bones of the right foot. The girl was plastered, and she was forced to miss both the Grand Prix final and the Russian championship. However, to Пхенчхану-2018 the sportswoman should completely be restored. For the set of the optimal form, it will still have the January European Championship. ![]() While Medvedeva is recovering from the trauma, another student Tutberidze, 15-year-old Alina Zagitova, showed herself in all her glory. Having won in March 2017 at the junior world championships, the girl suffered this success in her debut season among adults, winning a two-stage Grand Prix, and then, in the absence of injured Medvedev, - and in the finals. After this triumph Zagitova briskly wished Eugenia a speedy recovery, and soon took the first place of the Russian championship - already as "the right having." This unexpected appearance of a "supernova" star must have further frightened foreign competitors and encouraged Russians, because it became clear that with Medvedev's trauma, life does not end. Yulia Lipnitskaya observed all these successes from the side, and after many attempts to recover from numerous injuries and anorexia in September 2017, she announced her retirement at the age of 19. Fans of figure skating perceived her departure as a personal tragedy, because for many, this girl, who had not performed at a high level for a long time, remained a bright memory of the 2014 Olympics. Let that "girl in a red coat" and not win medals in solo skating, making her contribution only to the team triumph, she had so many hopes and so much patriotic pride that the train of Sochi glory still stretches for her. However, Lipnitskaya herself seems to be completely satisfied with her decision. At the moment she is mastering the commentary business and has already taken part in covering the stages and finals of the Grand Prix at the sports channel. ![]() |
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| ThirdTerm | Dec 26 2017, 09:10 PM Post #236 |
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The Olympic season at the main contender for gold in the Games-2018 in the single figure skating of Evgeny Medvedeva is very intense. The sportswoman boldly changed her free program at the beginning of the season, expectedly won at the Grand Prix, but at the same time made the fans nervous, admitting a fall in two tournaments. As it turned out, the athlete was injured, but traditionally surpassed all rivals, than she confirmed her status as an unconditional leader. "Lenta.ru" in the framework of the project "Headliners of the Year" tells about the victories of the Russian athlete, her Olympic prospects and the status of the most reliable figure skater of the world.![]() "It's better not to relax at all" Prior to the Grand Prix stages of the current season, the fans doubted that Evgeni Medvedev could in principle worry or make mistakes at the startings, so her performances were so impeccable and easy. It seemed that Eugenia had no difficulties, and her hire always ended in triumph. Now, when a sportswoman comes to the press conference with gypsum and says that she had traumas and terrible, after which she literally had to start all over again, everyone understands what stands behind such stable results. "In my opinion, it's better not to relax at all. You can so relax after the victory that it will be impossible to get together afterwards. You have to overcome yourself all the time. Each medal is a new assembly point. This is the end of one stage of work and the beginning of the next, "the sportswoman admitted in a recent interview. Perhaps, thanks to such principles and efficiency Eugene has not lost a single tournament since November 2015. The last defeat of the athlete (and the defeat in her case is considered any place below the first) happened at the Cup of Rostelecom two years ago, where Evgenia lost to compatriot Elena Radionova. Since then, the champion not only defeated all rivals and set world records in both types of program (and by the sum of scores respectively), but also beat her own results twice. ![]() Medvedev became the leader of the national figure skating is not immediately. In the debut junior season-2013/14 Eugene was only third in the Grand Prix final and at the World Championships. At that time the main stars of the Russian national team were Elena Radionova and Serafima Sakhanovich. But the following year, Eugene won all competitions at the junior level and won a bronze medal at the Russian championship in 2014. The rise of the star Medvedev in the sky of adult figure skating turned out to be impetuous. Her international debut took place in 2015 at the Grand Prix series Skate America, where, against the backdrop of the mistakes of eminent American Gracie Gold, Medvedev's flawless hire in both programs and firm jumps with a raised hand in the last 30 seconds of hire secured her first place and a five-point lead. According to the results of the performances at the Grand Prix stages, Eugene was selected for the final, where she improved the points for all programs and became the champion for the first time. Record behind the record After that there was a string of bright victories in the championships of Russia, Europe and the world. And at the world championship Eugene has established the first in her career world record in an arbitrary program - 150.10 points. Then no one knew that this fragile girl would beat her own achievement twice more in the coming year, but already at that moment Medvedev got into the history of figure skating as the first single woman who became the triumphant of the adult world championship the next year after the victory among juniors. The pre-Olympic season was held under the banner of Medvedev's victories - she reigned at all tournaments. For a year Eugene defended all the titles, becoming a two-time winner of the finals of the Grand Prix, as well as a two-time champion of Russia, Europe and the world. When the athlete updated her record in an arbitrary program at the European Championships, it seemed that there was nowhere else to raise the bar, but Eugene decided otherwise. And again surprised everyone. At the world championship, she demonstrated jumping with two raised hands, which later became her business card, and surpassed her own record by 3.5 points, gaining an unprecedented amount of 154.40 points - and at the same time earning the team three trips to the Olympics in Pyeongchang. Then no one suspected that in future Yevgenia herself would have to defend the rights of Russian athletes to the places at the Games-2018. ![]() Eugene completed the season, surprising fans again. It happened at the World Championship 2017 in Tokyo, where most of the athletes came not to compete, but to ride for fun. But not Medvedev. Eugene worked for the full and again broke all records. First, in the short program -80.85 points, then at an arbitrary -160.46 points and eventually set the highest bar for the sum of points - 241.31! The third season in the adult tournament, Eugene began in the status of an unconditional leader and expectedly won in all the tournaments despite the falls. The Russian woman is so superior to all rivals that she wins them even with serious mistakes. And, as it became known later, on the last stages of the Grand Prix of Medvedev came with a trauma, and in his beloved Japan performed on strong painkillers. After the rental, Evgenia thanked the local audience for their support and did not complain, saying only that she has only a small problem with the ankle, which has nothing to do with her mistakes. This "small problem" was a crack in the bone of the right foot, for the treatment of which the figure skater was plastered. But, going to the press conference in the sock instead of the shoes, Medvedev confidently replied that the restoration is in full swing, and she is making every effort to perform already in the Grand Prix final and not to miss the tournament because of a vexing trauma. RELATED MATERIALS 11:00 - 8 April Evgeniya Medvedeva Bearish merit How has the pre-Olympic season developed for Russian figure skaters? On the first day of December it became known that, according to medical evidence, Evgeny still will not go out on the ice in the Grand Prix final, as, incidentally, the current Olympic champion Japanese Yudzuru Khan, also injured. How is his recovery is unknown, but Medvedev does not have time to rest. As the athlete's choreographer Alexei Zheleznyakov said at the beginning of the season in an interview with Sport Express: "Wife does not care what happened to her, she goes and gnaws the ice like a special commando in a female guise." Very accurate comparison. "I do not know if there will be more Games in my career" December 5, Medvedev spoke at the meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne on behalf of all Russian athletes. She joined the delegation along with the president of the Russian Olympic Committee (OCD) Alexander Zhukov and the head of the Independent Public Anti-Doping Commission (PLA) Vitaly Smirnov. "I always believed that the opportunity to compete at the Olympics should be fought on the ice. Unfortunately, now I understand that I can lose this chance because of circumstances that do not depend on me in any way, "the sportswoman said at the meeting. ![]() According to Smirnov, the words of the eighteen-year-old Medvedev had an impact on the commission and its decision. The authority of the two-time world champion, the leader of the last three seasons, preparing to perform at the first Olympics in his career, according to the head of the anti-doping commission, played an important role in determining the fate of the national representatives of team sports. "For me, both personal and team tournaments are equally important at the Olympics. If I perform without a national flag, I will not be able to compete in the team. At the same time, my other rivals will have this opportunity. The Olympic Charter states that all athletes should have equal opportunities. And in this case, there can be no talk of equality, "Medvedev said in her speech. At a press conference after the announcement of the verdict of the IOC, Yevgeniya admitted that she had done everything that was in her power. As a result, Olympic athletes from Russia (and this is how our athletes will be called at the upcoming Games) were given the opportunity to speak in team sports. Of course, we are talking only about "clean" athletes who will undergo a rigorous selection and will be allowed to participate in competitions under a neutral flag. Medvedev herself has not yet announced whether she will participate in the Olympics without the Russian flag and anthem. It is clear that she, of course, wants to go to South Korea. Hardly anyone will turn the tongue to condemn the two-time world champion and world record holder who wants to get to the main tournament in a career four years (and sometimes the whole career). But, perhaps, Medvedev decides that she will not win without the symbols of her country. The whole world, with bated breath, is waiting for the decision of the Russian figure skater. So far, the fact remains that in the present conditions, Medvedev is a real symbol of "pure" Russian athletes who are not involved in scandals and frauds, but honestly earning medals with incredible diligence. I want to believe that she will have time to recover from the injury and yet will perform at the Games in the way she knows - without looking back at her rivals and not giving reason to doubt her skills. |
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| ThirdTerm | Dec 26 2017, 09:11 PM Post #237 |
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![]() Champion of Russia in figure skating Alina Zagitova told about her life and relationships with Eteri Tutberidze. - My three stages of excitement: first the palms sweat, then my feet freeze. And in the end it starts to shake a little. "Does your heart go on its heels?" - Probably not. Before such did not reach. - Your programs are sometimes called unbalanced - all jumps in the second half. Like, it's not fair or ugly. What can you say to this? - There are such programs in which the skaters really seem to endure two minutes and then jump. But at me all is balanced - all elements under music, there are points, there are accents. And jumping to the beat of music. - The more wins, the more attention - constant interviews, you are shown on television. How does this feel? - I love. But I try to restrain myself and not to bully my nose. - Do you feel the attitude of other people changing towards you? - Honestly, I do not feel it. I do not have many friends with whom I communicate. Only in figure skating there are people whom I constantly see. But this is a sport, we are more of a rival. - You once said that you are afraid of your coach Eteri Tutberidze. Now you win the tournament after the tournament. Still afraid? - It was a long time ago when I just came to her. Now our relationship has changed. And she began to feel me better, and I her. Every day we talk a lot, not just about sports. She gives me life advice. "Is she really strict?" "It's demanding on the ice." And in life a normal, calm person. ![]() - What are the main tips? - Yes, they are different. And talk about life after sports, and about what we face every day - makeup, hair, clothes. - Did you immediately find your style in makeup? - When I came to Eteri Georgievna's group, I watched Zhenya Medvedeva, Julia Lipnitskaya, Serafima Sakhanovich take care of themselves, and also began to paint. Of course, I looked for my style, picked up shadows, tinted eyelashes, arrows began to draw. - Bold experiments did? - Purple, black lips trying to do. But I did not go out into the street like this. "Will they recognize you there?" - There was only one case when they found out. I was on the subway, I feel - the girl is looking at me. I think, what is it? And then she sits down and asks: Are you Alina Zagitova? I answer yes. She was so happy! She started hugging me, telling me how she was rooting for me. Well, in the ice palace there are little children who do not know etiquette yet, how they will start shouting: oh, Alina Zagitova is coming ! - A girl is the one in the subway in the end what? - I took the autograph. - Red color is the color of the leader. When they started the season in a red dress for an arbitrary program, they thought they would be ahead? "I do not remember what I was thinking, and I did not even know what kind of dress they were preparing for me." But I immediately liked it very much. It looks noble. - I would like to become a fashion designer in the future? - No. Rather, I want to open a restaurant. "What kitchen?" - Japanese. - Are you on a diet or can you pamper yourself? - Something sweet, like a chocolate, I can. - Do you spend a lot of time in social networks? - In "Instagram" rarely when I post something. Only something connected with very bright emotions. That's when in Japan many toys were presented, it was very nice. I just post about it. - Do you read articles in the press about yourself? - No, I am moving away from this. - Is there an athlete with whom you want to meet most of all? - Alina Kabaeva! "Because you were named after her?" - No. She is an outstanding sportswoman and has done a lot for the country. - You do not seem to remember how she performed ... - I reviewed everything, watched movies about her and about her coach. I know a lot about her. But other gymnasts I really like. Like the rhythmic gymnastics itself. - If offered to choose artistic gymnastics or figure skating ... - I would choose figure skating, of course! - Expectations at the beginning of the season coincided with what is happening to you now? - Yes, while these are not very important competitions. All the main thing lies ahead. And the next season will be, I also want to perform well in them. Source: rsport.ria.ru |
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| ThirdTerm | Dec 28 2017, 07:31 PM Post #238 |
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![]() MOSCOW, Dec 28 - R-Sport, Anatoly Samokhvalov. Bronze medalist of the World Cup 2015, two-time prize-winner of European championships, Russian figure skater Elena Radionova has already begun preparations for the next season, sports coach Elena Buyanova told R-Sport agency . "With Lena, we are already preparing for the next season globally," Buyanova said over the phone. "There will not be any unplanned holidays, we are working at the rink, and tournaments this season are also on our agenda." https://twitter.com/radionova_news/status/944603206340022272 At the last Russian Championship in St. Petersburg, Radionova took 10th place and lost the opportunity to qualify for the January European Championship in Moscow and the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. Radionova in late April, moved to the group Buyanova from coach Inna Goncharenko. |
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| ThirdTerm | Dec 29 2017, 09:11 PM Post #239 |
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![]() The first time Mirai Nagasu landed the triple axel in competition, a feat 10 years in the making, she didn’t even crack a smile. “’OK, Mirai, not the time,’” Nagasu told herself at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic in September. “’Regroup.’ That music doesn’t stop, or else I would do a mini dance if I could.” Now Nagasu’s hopes and dreams revolve around the 3½-revolution jump, which she believes “will give me a little bit of a power boost” onto her second Olympic team. That would be the time to celebrate. None of the other favorites at the 2018 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, California – the final event to determine the U.S. Olympic team – have such a potentially high-scoring jump or a move that’s attracted so much attention. “You should make a big deal out of it,” Nagasu said, “because I’m one of three (women) to land it in the U.S. and I’m really proud of that fact. I think it’s something that I can really use to my advantage and I hope to be rewarded for it.” If the 24-year-old Californian makes Team USA, that would be a 180-degree turn from her bitter disappointment four years ago. Although Nagasu placed third at the 2014 U.S. championships and was fourth at the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010, she was passed over for the Sochi team. A selection committee chose U.S. champion Gracie Gold, runner-up Polina Edmunds (who had never competed in an international senior event) and fourth-place finisher Ashley Wagner based on results from a year’s worth of competitions. “Of course, it was heartbreaking,” Nagasu said. “But that is just how life rolls. Sometimes I get speeding tickets that I’m like, ‘I don’t think I deserve this,’ but you just have to show up in court and pay the ticket, and skating is the same way. You might not always agree with the decisions you’re thrown, but it’s how you react to them and how you become stronger from them and how you learn as a person.” Nagasu, who for the record has only been stopped for speeding twice and talked her way out of one ticket, said she views this Olympic season as “a job interview.” “This time I’m making myself a resume that they can’t say ‘no’ to,” she said. |
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| ThirdTerm | Dec 29 2017, 10:11 PM Post #240 |
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![]() russian_skaters Hope you had or are having a good day😊☀️ #julialipnitskaya #serafimasakhanovich #figureskatingrussia - Yevgenia Medvedeva is very popular in Japan. And you? - Jack, of course, is more popular. She stood there anymore, and she loves everything Japanese. But in general we have this love appeared simultaneously with Eugene. When we went to the final "Grand Prix" in Japan in 2013. Even, perhaps, I have before. I had an uncle, my father's brother, he was very fond of anime - and probably four years brought me discs. I put and watched - and there krovischa massacre! - After that, the story immediately clear where pessimism on life. - I really really love Japanese cartoons. Even when riding Alina Yurievna Pisarenko, he taught her to watch them together. At the training camp in Novogorske watched a lot of anime. And then with Eteri Georgievna (Tutberidze) when I rode her, too, looked at Novogorske. And when I visited Japan, I really liked it there. As in another world hit. - Japanese fans have portrayed the heroine of the anime? - Represents. More recently, right after a ride in Sochi, the Japanese drew me in little blue dress with a small dog Hachiko. Such a sweet picture. And I had often painted. Although Eugene, of course, more. But I'm not jealous. Of course, every athlete wants to please people, like judges. But to please the judges have to constantly clean skate program. If you are a sportsman start, referees love you not conquer. Viewers can be from one program to please even the Platen. Judges - only pure skiing from start to start. ![]() - In the image of the heroine of the anime program does not want to fulfill? Medvedev also seen on the ice in the image of Sailor Moon. - If I do something like that, everyone will say - Marrying a ride, you still have it licked, dizlayk you! So I will stick to their line. But watch cartoons, of course, will not stop. I will quietly continue to love this area. And I will show that love not only him. For example, I love poetry and literature. I know a lot of poems by heart. Even too much. Sometimes it does not fit in my head. My former coach Alina Y. Pisarenko, made me before each start telling some poem or sing a song. I remember the first time you sang in a trembling voice, she said: "So, as well normally sing!" And I sang fine. ![]() russian_skatersWhere did Monday come from?🤔😫😂 #evgeniamedvedeva #alinazagitova #figureskatingrussia #teamtutberidze - What are your favorite poem? - There are so many ... Edward Asadov madly in love. They take the soul that I often cry when I read it. - Kristina and Alexey Astakhov Rogonov installed the program "Onegin," which went for a poem. - I've seen. I really liked it! - Everyone liked, but they changed it. - Probably because it is not clear to foreign audiences. What happens on the ice. But I, as a lover of poetry, crazy like this program. They do it to Peter came to put, come to us and skated on the same ice. Very beautiful. - Would you like to perform something like that? - I dream of a demonstration room for poetry Asadov. Find beautiful music to her by the announcer read poems, and I rolled under them beautifully. It will be necessary to offer coaches, maybe we'll do something interesting ... |
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