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Maria Sotskova (RUS) - 169.50, raising from 8th(!) in SP to silver
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And then the double world champion Evgeny Medvedev will join the fight. On Friday, she flew to Korea, and on Saturday held two training sessions. The first, on the main ice of the competition, was more familiarizing, the second, in the spare arena - full-fledged. Neither the first nor the second training skater has made a mistake, including her "branded" cascades "3-3-3" - that is, ready to lead the chase. Judging by the abundance of laughter in conversations with coach Eteri Tutberidze, both are in a great mood.

After a short program, the women will hold a technical meeting of the team leaders, at which they will announce the applications for an arbitrary program of sports pairs that will be held on the same day. But coach Tarasova and Morozova Nina Moser has already announced that they will not participate in it. Replace them should already arrived in Korea, Natalia Zabiyako and Alexander Enbert , although exclude that the leaders of the national team in the last second decide to present their competitors a surprise, it is theoretically impossible.

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Whoever eventually came out of the Russians at random, talk about the odds will be possible only after the composition of rivals becomes known. But in any case, these rivals will be less than in the short program, since on the "equator" of the competitions there is a dropout of the five weakest teams. That is, none of the participants in an arbitrary program will score less than six team scores.
The team tournament of figure skaters will end on Monday with arbitrary programs in ice dances, as well as in men's and women's single skating. Applications for these segments of the competition team leaders will announce after the end of the second competitive day.
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The Russian national team after the first day of the competition shared third-fourth place with the Japanese, four points behind Canada. The best option was initially the opportunity to keep this distance after the second day, and the best - to reduce the gap. But for this in the first discipline Bobrovoy and Solovyov had to jump higher than their heads - to try to "catch" in competition with the current world champions the Canadians Tessa Virchu and Scott Moir, the Americans Maya and Alex Shibutani and the Italians Anna Cappellini / Luka Lanotte for at least the second place .

Medvedev, arriving in Korea on Friday, held three training sessions on the ice of the Olympic arena, including the morning training on Sunday, and did not allow them to make any mistakes. It remained only to transfer this spirit to competitions - and this Medvedeva was 100% successful. More precisely, even a little more than a hundred - if you consider that the Russian woman not only won, but also updated her own world record. Now it is 81.06 points.

"I was a bit nervous," Medvedev described the first appearance at the Olympic tournament , which she did not want to talk about all season. "But I tried to cope, and it seemed like I could do it." Now the two-time world champion is going to cheer for the rest of the team - including Alina Zagitova , who will replace her in an arbitrary program .

Medvedev's rivals did not shine this morning. Italian Carolina Costner and Japanese Satoko Miyahara have not undergone the cascade, Canadian Caitlin Osmond "nakosyachila" on two jumps out of three, and American Brady Tennell, although not mistaken, but did not receive serious ratings for the components.

n an arbitrary program of sports pairs of short-term triumphers Evgeny Tarasov / Vladimir Morozov in the Russian national team was replaced by Zabiyako / Enbert. They had to act last, and it was not an easy task. Before them, the Italians Valentine Markeyi / Ondrej Hotarek unexpectedly cleanly rolled back, Canadians Megan Duhamel / Erik Radford have coped with their task.

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Natalia Zabiyako and Alexander Enbert
Zabiyako and Enbert ultimately relied on reliability. Realizing that to circumvent Duhamel / Radford will not work even at the ideal rental, the coach of the pair Nina Moser simplified the program of the students, replacing the triple salchow with a double one. And the Russians coped - they took the third place , losing to Canadians and Italians.

Zabiyako / Enbert did not disappoint: the results of an arbitrary program of pairs in the team tournament OI. PHOTO >>>

Now the gap with the Canadian team has increased to six points, but the gap with the teams of the United States, Italy and Japan is quite comfortable 3, 4 and 7 points respectively. The fate of the team tournament medals will be decided on Monday after the arbitrary programs are performed by men, dancers and women. Russia in these disciplines will be represented by Mikhail Kolyada, Bobrova / Soloviev and Zagitov . Thanks to Medvedev's victory in the short program, the chances of gold still remain.
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The Russians became the second in the team tournament of figure skaters , losing to Canada the first place under the most optimistic forecasts, which collapsed with Mikhail Kolyada, in fact, on the first day of the tournament.

Nina Mikhailovna Moser said the best about Mikhail Kolyad: "He went to the maximum, and in the" team "the risk is unnecessary, because at 10 am it is impossible to roll perfectly at all. boy". Misha risked it where it was not worth doing, and all the others could not fix the situation. In addition, and in an arbitrary lutz was with a landing on the fifth point, two legs on the landing, a hand on the ice. The lag from Canada only grew. Michael himself keeps a vow of silence, he does not communicate with anyone. His opinion can not be known.

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The main hope was for Evgeni Medvedev and Alina Zagitova. Girls with their task coped amazingly - Medvedev with a world record, Alina - two points from the record. In the dances, we expected, ours were behind Canada, in pairs there was a substitute.
Now we are not in the field of figure skating ahead of the whole planet. We have fantastically strong positions in women's singles, good and confident in couples and dances and a failure in men's. After Evgeni Plushenko's departure, we, unfortunately, are not competitive at the world level, we are not serious rivals for the same Khanyu or Fernandez. Alas. It is difficult to say exactly what is the reason, here, rather, the question to the trainers and federation.

Silver is worth its weight in gold: the Russian figure skaters are the second in team competitions at the OI. PHOTO >>

So far, Medvedev and Zagitov , winning with records or almost records, are losing. Although for many people silver is a dream, for Russian figure skaters - I do not think so.

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Yes, they did not repeat Sochi's success in the team, but the second place in the circumstances is also worthy of joy and pride. Plus, you can make a prediction that we will play 1-2 places for women and fight for medals in dances and in pairs. Excellent prospects.
It is important in this situation to have steel nerves. The psychological aspect is important. Here are the words of Zagitova after the rental: "Now they are not very attuned to us, but despite the fact that we are very closely watched, we are fulfilling the requirements of the IOC."

Guys are forced to think not only about sports, but also about the orders of the IOC. Fight on two fronts. And you have to win everywhere.
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Yesterday's heroine Yevgenia Medvedev gave an interview to Tatler magazine, which touched on the theme of friendship, victories and cakes.

On February 11, the first day of the Olympics in Pyeongchang, 18-year-old Russian figure skater Yevgeny Medvedev broke the world record. An important clarification - a battered record also belonged to her. Commenting on her brilliant speech to journalists, Eugene said that the main idea with which she goes on the ice is to remain calm.

This girl, despite her young age, understands very well what she wants and how to achieve it. Therefore, the rules of her life - clear and surprisingly accurately formulated. A couple of months before the Olympics, Yevgenia Medvedev gave a short interview to the magazine Tatler, which allows us to make sure of this.

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We publish excerpts from the material.

About love of sweet:

I'm indifferent to cakes and cakes. Not because you can not - I just do not like all these oil creams and sugary glaze. But that does not mean that I'm so right. There is in fact still milk chocolate - I eat it almost every day, though a little bit.

About why she does not have a best friend:

At the competitions we have a serious psychological load, and for restoration personally I need complete rest. Therefore, probably, I'm not looking for a close relationship. Rest for me - silence and loneliness, but not communication.

On the attitude towards clubs and parties:

I tried, but I did not understand the meaning. First, I am an absolute disbeliever. Secondly, the situation does not like: a lot of people, everything is very loud, I get tired of this. I prefer to listen to music in headphones.

About what can make you nervous:

A couple of years ago I would probably say that I'm afraid to give interviews live. Sweaty palms, running eyes, tongue-tied - everything was. Now fear is overcome - let not sports, but nevertheless a victory.


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Medal Mathematics leaves the chance for Zabiako / Enbert



Eliminate the fact that any other pair will interfere in the struggle for gold, it is impossible, but it looks unlikely. Two-time World Champions Duhamel / Radford and winners of the last Grand Prix Final Germans Alain Savchenko / Bruno Masso fall behind Sui / Khan almost by six points, from Tarasova / Morozov - by about five, and this means that reaching out to gold or silver and those , and others can only if the intermediate leaders falter.

A gun named "Alena" - Vaitsekhovskaya about Savchenko >>>

Mathematically, it's more likely that not only Canadians and Germans will compete for bronze, but also one of the five following pairs at a distance of two with a small score. Among them, and Russians Zabiyako / Enbert, with a clean rental of a short program broke a personal record. In an arbitrary program, Zabiyako and Enbert, who, like Tarasova and Morozov, two days earlier won the silver of the Olympics in the team tournament, will be more difficult. The second triple jump, Salhov, they are not as stable as the first, sheepskin coat. With the rest, this pair is all right.

Han Tsun and Sui Wenjing
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Han Tsun and Sui Wenjing
The third Russian duet, performing in pair skating at the Olympics, is Christina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov. The students of the double Olympic champion Arthur Dmitriev are in the tenth place, despite the fact that they have nothing to reproach themselves for - the skaters performed the short program purely and for the best result in the career. But at this Olympiad, as the coach of the two leading sports pairs of Russia Nina Moser said, the short program showed the almost highest level of pair skating in her memory. And arrange the athletes according to the rankings to the judges somehow necessary.

"The fact that according to the results of the short program all three of our duets are in the top ten is a confirmation of the class of Russian sports couples," the Honored Coach of Russia Tamara Moskvina told RIA Novosti, adding that she has no doubts that Tarasova and Morozov based on the results arbitrary program can bypass the Chinese.

Competitions in an arbitrary program of sports pairs will start at 10:30 local time (4:30 MSK). Astakhova and Rogon will be the last in the second group of participants, Zabiyako and Enbert - the second in the third group, Tarasova and Morozov will complete the random rolls.

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The Ice Den in Scottsdale recently announced that two-time U.S. champion and Olympian Gracie Gold has joined its professional figure skating coaching staff.

Gold joins the largest coaching staff in the state of Arizona, which includes over 50 talented coaches including fellow Olympians Steven Cousins and Naomi Lang.

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Gold first began skating at the age of 8 years and will teach advanced skaters of all ages at both the Ice Den Scottsdale and the Ice Den Chandler.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Gold placed fourth in the single ladies event and also earned a bronze medal for her contributions to the team event.

“We are honored that Gracie chose the Ice Dens to launch her coaching career. We have no doubt that her ideas and expertise will have an immediate and positive impact on our programs," said Julie Patterson, vice president of skating and programming. "She is a role model for many of our skaters and we are thrilled that she will play a role in their development."
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eam tournament, where the Russian team won a silver medal, for one thing you can definitely be grateful: it was a unique case when Medvedev and Zagitov participated in the same competition, were the first, but did not compete with each other. It was possible to enjoy their performances and not to think that winning one automatically will mean the defeat of the other. Girls behaved absolutely unthinkable for principal rivals: Medvedev absolutely sincerely embraced Zagitov after the brilliantly executed last arbitrary program, reassuringly shuffled her on the head after announcing the grades and even corrected her collar on a sports sweatshirt. It remains only to guess how Eteri Tutberidze and her team manage to maintain this atmosphere and find special words for each of their wards.

But now two superstars will compete against each other on, perhaps, their first and only Olympics - because no one knows what will happen in four years.

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Evgenia Medvedeva. AFP photo

Today. Gangneung. Evgenia Medvedeva.
MEDVEDEV HOLDS A BLOW. RUSSIAN STAR ANSWERED CANADIANS FOR A PROVOCATIVE QUESTION
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What can be decisive in this incredible confrontation? The most trite at the Olympics is nerves and experience. Medvedev has two junior seasons with international starts and three adults behind her, Zagitova has one for each one and there. And this difference is noticeable in everything: Eugene at big tournaments feels like a fish in the water, smiling and joking. "We did not allow him to lose heart," said the figure skater about the support of the team of Mikhail Kolyada and laughed.

But at the same time, Medvedev is very thoughtful and responsive to serious and tricky questions. She is already a recognized sports star. Zagitova all this is given much more difficult and it is clear that sometimes she is shy and lost. It remains only to hope that the story with the disrupted training because of the doping test did not affect it in any way. Judging by the shots from yesterday's session - everything is in order. "The mood is militant," as Tutberidze likes to say.

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In the team tournament, Medvedev, speaking in a short program, managed to update the world record - 81.06 points. This is almost 0.8 points more than Zagitova after a brilliant rental at the European Championships. And this is not the limit - the skater has a reserve in the half-point area to increase this amount due to the quality of the elements.

Zagitova had so far only one net rental of the short program for the season - just in Moscow. If there are no mistakes, the difference is likely to be minimal: Alina's two-part superiority in technique is covered by Medvedev's estimates for the components.

But the main battle will be in an arbitrary program. Already in Pyeongchang Zagitova less than two points got to the best result of Medvedev. Moreover, it still has a reserve in the form of higher ratings for the quality of execution of elements. What will Medvedev do in this situation? Will it go out on the ice, counting only on the fact that for several years it has brought victory to it or will it try to complicate the program? In a short program in the team tournament, it made one jump more difficult, and there is also an opportunity for it in an arbitrary way.

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What will happen behind the backs of our superstars? Italian Caroline Costner is still loyal to the judges, but she had a lot of mistakes in the free program. World vice-champion of 2015, Japanese Satoko Miaharu after recovery from injury began to judge more severely and reduce the score due to lack of jumps in jumping. The Canadian Caitlin Osmond suddenly ceased to work even her main weapon - a short program. Although many fans have already had time to think with regret that they are with Gabriel Daleman in any case left in Pyeongchang in the status of Olympic champions in the team, and one of the Russian stars - only with two silver medals.

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However, we have to start and another of our figure skater - Maria Sotskova . Which will be both easier and more difficult at the same time. It's easier, because they forgot about it because of the excitement of the team tournament. And Elena Buyanova , who has gone through something similar with Adeline Sotnikova four years ago, knows how to get the most from this situation. It is more difficult - because with equal rents with foreign rivals, judicial sympathies may not be on her side. However, Osmond, Miyahara and Kostner Sotskova bypassed the Grand Prix final, and, therefore, the ideal hire leaves her a bronze chance. Sotskova's recently announced plans for the tournament - "II want to feel the atmosphere of the Olympic Games and not to make any war for medals "- should not be misleading, because the flame of struggle in this figure skater does not die out for a second.

All about figure skating at the Olympics - here //
Online translation of the short program of the women's tournament (beginning - 3.55 in Moscow)

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What does this mean, Elena finished her sports career?

According to the host and artist of the show, Honored Master of Sports, world champion in pair skating Alexei Tikhonov , only suspended.

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- As you know, Lena did not get into the Olympic team, and therefore she had a pause in the competitive schedule, - Tikhonov told Tverisport.ru in a conversation. - Therefore, she accepted the offer of Ilya Averbukh to participate in our show "Together and Forever".


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And her truly female skating Lena adorned the show, and we very much hope that she will stay with us for a certain time. But Radionov's sporting career will certainly continue and, I'm sure, will please us and all the numerous fans with his victories.
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KANNIN, Feb. 21 (RIA Novosti), Anatoly Samokhvalov is on the scene. The Russian Junior Champion, the winner of the Junior Grand Prix Finale, the 13-year-old Alexandra Trusova , who trains with Eteri Tutberidze , for the first time in the history of the Russian women's figure skating she performed a four-turn jump at official competitions.

Trusova performed the jump in the Final of the Cup of Russia, which takes place February 19-23 in Veliky Novgorod. She took the second place in the tournament in the category of candidates for the master of sports, having scored 208.92 points on the results of both programs. The skater won the program directly (143,14). In the protocol of the competition, presented on the website of the Russian Federation of Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR), she was the first to score a quadruple Salchov in a clean performance, which previously no Russian athlete could. Element of Trusovoy left on "+2".

Trusova also made an attempt to perform a quadruple sheepskin coat in the same program, but she went to the total "-3".

At the moment Trusova is the only figure skater in the world performing a quadruple jump in the competition.

In this article:
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- Alexei, the story of how Eteri Tutberidze drove Alina Zagitova out of the group because of lack of dedication in training was remembered by many. What Zagitova appeared in your first classes?

- Alina did not stand out with any unrealistic data. It was clear that the girl was chiseled, beautiful, but she had no hopes for her. By itself, it is shy, perhaps, it just hindered. As a teacher, I can say that there are children who fly in like a blizzard or a wind and immediately you can see that they are special. Zagitova behaved modestly and collected gradually, and then, as a substitute for the girl, as if something clicked in her. She began to take more seriously and consciously to the lessons. From that moment progress began and her talents began to unfold, she remained modest in life, but in sport she became more arrogant.

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- While Alina was remembered by two images: ballerinas in competitive programs and cat's indicative numbers. Where did you look at the direction in which the figure skater can also turn out to be bright?

- We try to select images by texture and state of mind. In her case, you can not allocate something, because at the expense of data and talent, she grasps everything. But the closest thing to her is a kind of "feline soft modern", because by nature she is such a cat.

- For a long time, Zagitova persistently did not succeed in purely fulfilling the short program. She herself, talking about the causes of failures, spoke about the difficult moment for her, when the white swan begins to turn into black ... Such things are really so difficult to give?

- I can not really say anything about the technical side of the question. But I can explain by emotional component. I'm currently working with a promising junior couple Dasha Pavlyuchenko and Denis Khodykin, and asked Dasha the question: "Why do not you finish the image?" She explained: "As soon as I completely enter the image, I lose concentration on the elements and start" pouring in. "Alena probably had this problem, too, lacking experience, turning into a black aggressive swan knocked her out of the rut, and this was reflected in the elements, then she got used to it, stood on the podiums of serious international competitions, the woman's confidence came and the internal state changed, from that moment the immersion in the image stopped interfering with the technique, which is exactly what Medvedev learned. She goes making a beautiful complex bunch and all this in an image, like in a play. But when she comes to the jump, she even looks at her. And then back switches to the play.

- Alina had a pretty bad time with injuries ...

- And what do you think, what was the state of the girl who moved from another city and got into such a top team, but here she is so embarrassed? Yes, she was then drooping with an extinct look. But still she decided to return to the group Eteri. I think this was her life lesson, after which she said to herself: "I will tear you all!"

- The famous coach Tatyana Tarasova, after a short program, expressed her opinion that Zagitova grew up next to Medvedeva . Another young pupil Tutberidze Sasha Trusova recently said directly that she wants to have the same strong character as that of Zhenya. Was Alina really aspiring to the level of Medvedev as an ideal?

- When Alina was just starting, of course, Zhenya was a model for her. In general, Medvedev is the locomotive and locomotive of our group, which pulled everyone to a higher level. Now Alina climbed a step higher, and they equaled the level. And at the very beginning she looked at what and how Zhenya does in training.

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- When Zhenya did not play because of the injury, the fans went crazy, afraid that the case might end with the omission of the Olympics . And what was happening in the team at the moment?

- Athletes have so many injuries, that usually everything goes on drums. Well, it so happened, what can you do? We work further and support from all sides. If the athlete is not engaged on the ice, then it works in the hall over other points. We try to relate to this and not to force it, so that the skater would feel: nothing terrible, everything will heal!

- When a child lives in a strange city without parents and trains for wear and tear from day to day, it is always stressful. Do you support such athletes?

- We had about the same situation, like Alina, was Serafima Sakhanovich. My mother worked and the girl did not actually see her. Of course, when girls are 13-15 years old, they just break away from Mom's wing, and here everyday plowing requires the support of relatives ... I think that they cry in the evenings because of its shortage. But this tempers the character. The hardest first months, they are very supportive. But this can not focus on, if the athlete is sorry, it will become a habit, and a professional from it will not work.

- Is it customary to celebrate great victories in the team?

- No, we do not have this in hand, and Eteri Georgievna does not like hangouts and noisy places. At the end of the season, they made shish kebabs at the ice rink, when everyone was on vacation before the gatherings. The best holiday for coaches and sportsmen is rest. The guys almost spend the night on the ice, it's easier to stay with the family of money and relax from each other. Next, after all, on the new - work and routine.

- What can you say about the outcome of today's competition?

- I did not have this dual state in my life. On the one hand, I'm happy for Alina, on the other - I'm sorry for Zhenya, which I've been leading as a choreographer for 10 years already. Very much I love Medvedev, and I am treated like my own daughter. I understand how many years she went to this Olympics, how many injuries she overcame. If I had the opportunity, I would have hung everyone on medals, because they both performed well, and were able to pass all the tests on their way for these months. A low bow and thanks to all our team!
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