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Maria Sotskova (RUS) - 169.50, raising from 8th(!) in SP to silver
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Other options for winning the Medvedeva Olympic title in four years look fantastic. Of course, at 22 the athlete will not become a veteran even in the current - whether female, or girl's skating. But seriously complicate jumping content is unlikely to be able without serious damage to health. After all, this was not done for two and a half years of domination from 2016 to November 2018.

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If you take cyclical sports, and the same skis with biathlon, many notice - what we have great juniors! And then sadly they say that when they move to the adult level they lose their invincibility. Often the reason is that the resource of athletes simply ran out. It is possible that Medvedev has similar problems. Fortunately for us all she managed to become a two-time world champion and gave us her magnificent programs. However, to return to the elite, she will now have to make triple efforts. And it's not just a lack of competitive practices and psychological problems that Evgenia will have to contend with in the coming weeks.

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Time now plays against Medvedev. She is no longer a child, many people will want to give her to give mutually exclusive advice and offer different ways to manage her career and popularity. It will be extremely hard to resist temptations. It's hard to continue to withstand the most severe control of your weight, and a set of extra hundreds of grams in the current training system is fraught with new injuries and a significant reduction in technical capabilities. And all this is only part of the possible problems.

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On the other hand, Eugenia definitely has at least a year to think about. She can ride and on the same baggage. Especially since the next season will come into force changes in the rules of refereeing, which experts unequivocally interpret in favor of Medvedev. Yes, and on the leading positions will be the same figure skaters, that in this season, the super-seniors will not yet be able to encroach on adult titles. For a year it is quite possible to decide, it is worth fighting for your dream and on, whether there are options for fighting Alina Zagitova or someone else, or you need to focus on life without a big sport. Moreover, life at this age is just beginning.

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At the World Youth Championship Alexandrov Trusova won, Alena Kostornaya took second place. Alexei Erokhov also won.

We are simply confused and do not know what to do with all this wealth.

By the way, now the government of Moscow has promised to build a new ice palace, it will be a joy for Muscovites, who will have another opportunity to enter this legendary kitchen of Eteri Tutberidze, where they will be able to train.
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- Many skaters, even after finishing their careers, continue to ride, keep in shape. Do you even imagine yourself outside the ice?

- With difficulty - and then in an immense future.

Evgeny Medvedev - on the presidential elections
- On March 18 you will take part for the first time in the voting for the president of the country. Do you have special feelings in this regard?

- For me this is a new experience . Because this has never happened in my life.

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- If you were not a public person and famous athlete, but a student, would you take it as seriously?

- Maybe yes. I am serious about every new experience in my life. Because I understand, he will come in handy later.

- In Russia, many athletes go to politics after the end of their career. You have clear principles of life, love of the homeland, respect for work, plus you already have the art of diplomacy ... Would not you like to engage in youth sports, for example, to help develop it?

- Now for me the most important thing is what I'm doing today. The only thing I can repeat is that my life is forever connected with figure skating. It will still change 150 times by the time I decide to hang the skates on the nail. And we all know this very well. Therefore, I do not really think I can now, but I do not have the right.



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As for the technical part, Zagitova outperforms Medvedev from the beginning of the season, if only because she puts all the jumps into the second part of the performance, getting more pluses for them.

All this naturally led to the victory of Alina in Pyeongchang, which surpassed the compatriot's result by a little more than a point. To restore the reputation of the undoubtedly the best skater of the world, Eugenia needs to make her program as difficult, and then to cope with it in official competitions.

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Given that the girl still has problems with her leg (she may soon be assigned surgery), Zagitova is still clearly number one in women's singles.

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And the vice-champion of the last year's world championship, Osmond, won the unsuccessful program - 223.23 points in sum. Canada, who became the third in Pyeongchang, brought her country the first gold of the world championships in women's singles since 1973. At the end of the single player tournament, Russian coach Oleg Vasiliev, who is in Milan, told TASS about the meeting with the Canadian coach Ravi Valia. He, after a short program, admitted that Osmond is unlikely to qualify for gold, but in the end, the looseness and lack of pressure have borne fruit.

The second and third places were taken by Japanese Wakaba Higuti (210,90) and Satoko Miyahara (210,08). Russians Maria Sotskova (196,61) and Stanislav Konstantinova (153.03) took the eighth and 19th places respectively. The results of Zagitova and Sotskova will allow the Russian national team and at the next World Championships to have the maximum quota (three female athletes) in women's single skating.

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Vasiliev believes that in the unsuccessful result of Zagitova (regarding her previous speeches) the decisive role was played by the first fall - the almost unbelieving athlete just did not expect such a thing from her and was at a loss.

"Her first mistake on lutz was purely technical, and then everything went downhill." I assume that Alina herself did not expect such a mistake from her, fell from the first jump, and it seemed to jam, it was visible on her face, I was sitting close, she did not understand what to do, "the expert said.

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Director General of the Federation of figure skating Russia Alexander Kogan after the tournament singles in a conversation with TASS did not look for hot spots to find the reasons for such a speech Zagitova. He believes that for this it is necessary to analyze the performances of the athlete during the whole season. However, he noted, "The most important thing in this situation is that our girls have saved us a quota of three numbers for the next World Cup."



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Olympic champion Phenchhana-2018 in figure skating Russian woman Alina Zagitova said that after her victory she was uncomfortable before compatriot Eugene Medvedeva, who became a silver medalist.

Zagitova told journalists after the speech at the World Championships, TASS reports .

"I understand when Nathan Chen was uncomfortable with Yudzuru Khanyu (Chen was ahead of the Olympic champion at the Grand Prix stage in Moscow - Prim.Red. ). Now there is something similar in front of Zhenya Medvedeva, I was uncomfortable looking at her but I understand that she is a very strong person and she will continue to go to her goal. "After the Games we did not really see her, she did not come to the rink yet," Zagitova said.

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Medvedev March 13 announced its decision to miss the World Cup in Milan, to properly heal the leg injury. This season she performed at two stages of the Grand Prix series, but due to a stress fracture her feet were forced to miss the final of the tournament and the Russian championship.

The first gold in Russia at the Games in Pyeongchang on February 23 was won by 15-year-old Russian Alina Zagitova, who defeated her compatriot Evgeni Medvedev. At the Games in Pyeongchang, 18-year-old Medvedev won two silver awards - in team and personal tournaments.

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As reported by "Country", the German biathlete won the second gold at the Games . The second was the representative of Slovakia.

Recall how the solemn opening ceremony of the 2018 Olympics was organized .
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Nathan Chen completed six quadruples and bettered his Olympic free skate score to win the world figure skating title on Saturday.

The 18-year-old American was the only competitor in the last group not to fall.

Chen, the first U.S. world men’s champion since Evan Lysacek in 2009, did a fist pump when he completed the program to score 219.46 in the free for an overall total of 321.40, nearly 50 points more than Uno. While a disastrous short program at the Olympics kept Chen from medaling, the 18-year-old skater won the short program in Italy, giving him an advantage that he fully leveraged.

Astonishingly, Chen was the only skater in the last group not to fall, with the chaotic programs by his rivals reflecting a long skating season which started back in September, and the pressure of turning around quickly for a major international championship.

Teammate Vincent Zhou fell three times in the final skate, tumbling to 14th place after a strong short program had put him within striking distance of the podium. But Max Aaron’s 11th -place finish means that the U.S. men’s team retains three spots for next year’s worlds in Japan.
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- How to perceive the level of the last World Cup? In the Olympic season, his status falls somewhat due to the lack of a number of strong athletes.

- Nevertheless, he remained high. Yes, a number of leaders were absent, but this does not mean that it is bad. Now the new Olympic four-year anniversary has begun. Those who wanted to take a worthy position in this race, had to come to Milan to feel their strength and establish themselves in the eyes of the judges. This will help to get to the Beijing-2022 leadership group. And now those who finish their careers or are recovering from injuries did not come. The post-Olympic world championship is not the last tournament of the old four years, but the first in the new cycle.

- That is, his awards should be valued as highly as in all other world forums?

- Absolutely, there should not be any difference.

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Without restraining tears: Zagitova fell three times in an arbitrary program and took the fifth place at the World Cup in Milan
Alina Zagitova could not become the first figure skater in history to win at four major figure skating tournaments ...
- The Bronze Medal of Kolyada became unexpected for you after he did not perform well at the Olympics?

- Kolyada still technically equipped very well. He has three quadruple jumps, excellent gliding, excellent technique. Another question is that he almost never can demonstrate what he does in training. His mentors need to think about how to make the athlete fully realize his potential. In Milan, Kolyada, too, did not show everything he was capable of, but this was enough for the third position, as his rivals made very gross mistakes. Nathan Chen, who was two heads taller than all, defeated him, followed by those who made fewer mistakes.

- A short program without a quadruple lutz helped to make Kolyada reserve a medal. Maybe he should ride easier, but without errors?

"I do not think we should always be cautious." In this case it worked, but it's all individually. I think that Kolyada should have done so at the Olympics in the team tournament. It was necessary not to aim at the maximum, but to do only what you can guarantee. Maybe then our team's position would be different. And in personal competitions in most cases you need to fight to the fullest. You are responsible only for yourself, not for the team. Now Kolyada and his coaches decided to act differently, and since it worked, they were honored and praised.

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- How do you rate Dmitriy Aliev's speech? He took seventh place, and if there was no zero for the sheepskin in the short program, then it would be exactly up to the fourth ...

"You know, if my grandmother had a mustache, she would be a grandfather." In the subjunctive mood, it is better not to talk about it.

Aliyev is the debut adult season, he was lucky to perform at the Olympics, to feel it. It will now be easier for him to prepare for the next start in Beijing. He already knows what it is, what a nervous situation there is.

For Aliyev this year was a breakthrough of the pen, and somewhere he performed very well, somewhere not bad. In total, it turns out that this season for the figure skater turned out good.

- Three quotas for men at the next World Cup - is it a success?

- I do not understand why we pay so much attention to these quotas. It is necessary to assess not their number, but those who are able to fight for medals. For example, earlier in our pair skating there were three couples who fought for medals, and a full representation was very necessary. And if we are talking about disciplines in which we arbitrarily struggle for places from the third to the twentieth, then why do we need these three quotas? Well, yes, it's good that they are.

I do not know what will be the alignment of forces in the next season, what will happen to our boys and rivals. Perhaps the situation will change. Three quotas except that they will make their rally less nervous. Although I believe that the fewer trips, the more serious the fight will be and the higher the result. In general, I would not rate three quotas for men at the next World Cup as something superpositive. This is not an easy question.

- How do you rate the performance of the girls? They were left without medals, Zagitova fell a lot, the other sportswomen were unsuccessful ...

- I do not consider Zagitova's defeat critical. She had a difficult season, the first at the adult level, and she immediately got into the "meat grinder", that is, she began to fight for the medals of the largest tournaments. Not everyone can sustain this, even people with colossal experience. Caroline Costner has been riding at the highest level for so many years, but she could not stand her nerves either.

What can we say about the 15-year-old girl, who has almost no experience. It's not a disaster, it just did not work out. But Zagitova won the Olympics - the main tournament of her life. This is more important than all the successes and failures in other competitions. Soon no one will remember that she lost the World Cup. And she will always have a gold medal.

- Is it possible to say that now Zagitova will have motivation for the next season, that this defeat can bring certain benefits?

- If the athlete remains in the cage, then yes, it motivates. But our girls have a difficult situation. They won their victories when they were not yet fully formed, the so-called puberty did not pass. Zagitova also need to go through this. After the Olympics, she grew up at once by two or three centimeters. Her figure will change, you have to fight with weight. All this falls on the colossal work in training.

We see an example of Evgeniya Medvedeva, who was leading the world for two years, and in the Olympic season, the growing period began. She had to artificially restrain herself, limit her eating habits, and eventually resulted in injury in the first half of the season. Guessing about girls is difficult. I would like Zagitova to continue to skate the same way, she is very gifted, talented and efficient. But whether it will be able to overcome the issues related to natural factors, we will soon find out.

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- Was it worth Zagitova at the height of glory to go to this World Cup?

- It's better to ask the leadership of the Federation of figure skating Russia or its trainers.

- Is it possible to say that Yevgeny Tarasov's couple - Vladimir Morozov achieved the maximum, becoming the second after Alena Savchenko and Bruno Masso, who now seem invincible?

- The Germans really performed at this tournament and at the Olympics at the maximum level, which is not available to competitors. So Tarasova and Morozov achieved a good result, winning silver medals. They are young athletes who made a step forward compared to last year, when they took bronze. As I understand, this couple is thinking about the next Olympics.

It is the past defeats that should serve as a lesson for their future career. Now Tarasova and Morozov are picking up luggage, which will help in an uncompromising struggle for the gold of Beijing. For all the parameters in Pyeongchang, it was still too early for them to think about it, either because of their age or because of their experience. They are great, they are progressing, but it was not their Olympics.

- After a short program, it seemed that Natalia Zabiyako and Alexander Enbert could compete for bronze medals, but they all became the fourth after Vanessa James and Morgan Sipre, who had both a fall and a landing on their hands. What were the French stronger than Russians?

- James and Sipre already have a sporting experience, they trained in Moscow and in the USA from leading experts. They have accumulated a lot of knowledge and understand how to make a statement for the public and get bonuses for applause. This also affects the judges. The French were on the head or two higher than Zabiyako and Enbert.

The Russian pair is technically literate, supports, twists and ejects, only with salch wool there are problems. But in general, James and Sipre had more reasons to be ahead. They were not so invincible this season, and it was not Zabiyako and Enbert that they lost, and the French won, because they skated more for the audience, they have a spectacular program.

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- About the fact that Russian couples do not have the most successful programs, there was a lot of talk ...

- Our couples need to think about what they had staged in the Olympic season. They did not guess with the hire. They were not noticed at the Games at all, it was not exactly the product that I would like to see at the sports festival.

- In dances on ice, Russian duets have the seventh and eighth places. How can you assess this in view of the fact that Catherine Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov did not perform, and Alexander Stepanova and Ivan Bukin returned after missing the Olympics?

- I try to talk about this discipline carefully. This is a somewhat different sport. If you remember, earlier dances in general were separated from single and pair skating. This time I watched short and arbitrary dances. Our duets need to do a great job to get closer to the level of today's leaders. Specifically, a good result now or a bad one, then I will choose the second option. Previously, after all, our dancers were trendsetters, won in tournaments, and now we are discussing the seventh and eighth place.

- What needs to be done to correct the situation?

- This is a difficult question, everyone thinks over it: both experts and the leadership of the Federation of figure skating on Russia. But there is not much progress in this direction. The presence of Bobrova and Solovyov would hardly have greatly altered the alignment of forces. Maybe they would be one or two positions higher, but it's still not a struggle for the pedestal. We need to take some global steps.

Our couples look good, with good programs and costumes, but there is no competitiveness. It's hard for me to judge the dances on the ice, I did not go deep into them, but I see the result. He brings sadness. I want the dances to move forward, like men, girls, couples do. I do not know what to do for this, I honestly do not know. But it's necessary to do something.

- Both Russian duos are young enough, their time should not be lost ...

- Yes, young, but I repeat: what they need to do, I do not know for sure. You can not just improve something, because rivals do the same. If everyone moves at the same speed, then we will remain on the old positions. We do not need the usual steps forward, but giant ones, only this way we can cross the gap that separates us from the podium.
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The representative of the Society for the Conservation of the Akita Inu breed, Mr. Itie Ishikawa, sent a letter to Russian figure skater Aline Zagitova with words of support in connection with her performance at the World Championships in Milan:

Dear friends,

We in Japan also worried about Alina. But she, despite the failure, showed her fighting character at the World Championships in Milan, a particularly bold attempt to perform the second cascade of lutz - rytberger.

We are sure that the bitter experience will further strengthen her spirit and reveal her potential.

We love her.

Figure skating is such a sport, when, having gained their personal experience, each skater will show his vitality and overcoming.

We are sure that Alina will have a long career in big sports, and Milan will be just one episode, thanks to which she will become even stronger.

On behalf of the Akita Inu conservation society

Iti Ishikawa

The Akito-Inu conservation society will give Alina Zagitova a puppy of this breed. The solemn presentation will take place in Moscow in late May.
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13-year-old athlete recently the first in the world performed two jumps in four turns. It is known that she is coached by Eteri Tutberidze, who is also the mentor of Evgeniya Medvedeva and Alina Zagitova. Not so long ago, Alexandra Trusova told that athletes with her get along fine and even give advice.
Recently in Bulgaria the World Figure Skating Championships among juniors took place. The real sensation at the competition was made by 13-year-old Russian figure skater Alexander Trusov , who performed two quadruple jumps for her performance. Previously, this was not possible for anyone. The network immediately began to discuss the girl's talent and the fact that she comes on the heels of Evgeniya Medvedev and Anna Zagitova , who at the recent Olympic Games in South Korea broke records and won medals.

As you know, Alexandra was born in Ryazan. From an early age, she mastered a roller-skating ride, and then stood up and on the figure skates. When her father was offered a job in Moscow, she began attending a sports school. A year and a half later the young skater was invited to her team by coach Eteri Tutberidze, who also revealed the talents of Medvedeva and Zagitova. Trusova does not hide that she really wanted to get into the group where these athletes train. "The older girls took me well. None of them is conceited. I can come up and ask them any question, "- said the young figure skater.

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She also shared her memories that last year she lived in the same room with Eugene, when they had the fees. "She has a very strong character. She will do everything to achieve her, "- said Trusova. She has also set herself the goal of becoming an Olympic champion. Alexandra is waiting for the day when she can compete with adults and show them a class, reports EG.ru.

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