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The International Skating Union (ISU) at the June Congress can make changes to the rules of figure skating. It is not ruled out that they will expand the range of assessments of each element and reduce the time for random hire for men and sports couples. Also, the ISU intend to reduce the allowances for jumps in the second half of the programs that Russians Alina Zagitova and Yevgeny Medvedev are practicing. The well-known coach Alexander Zhulin called the plans of the functionaries "a foolish folly," and world champion Maria Butyrskaya is sure that in this way the union is trying to put pressure on Russian athletes.

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The domination of Alina Zagitova not throughout the entire Olympic season and her victory at the Games in Pyeongchang left many rivals unhappy. Some of them did not hesitate to openly blame the 15-year-old Russian woman for deliberately complicating the second half of the program. So, American Ashley Wagner after the victory Zagitova repeatedly stated that the domestic athlete "killed time" at the beginning of the rental , then to "just jump".

The fact is that according to the rules currently in force, the elements executed after the equator of the program are estimated much higher than before, when the physical strength of the athlete is greater. And Zagitova really saved her best jumps "for dessert", which is quite understandable.

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After her speech rumors spread that the rules of figure skating in the near future may change, in order to at least slightly weaken the position of women dominating women. Important innovations can be adopted at the June ISU Congress. This information was confirmed by the vice-president of the union Alexander Lakernik.

"One of the ideas in the group of Eteri Tutberidze, where the leading Russian figure skaters are training now, is the movement of jumps in the second half of the program . Congress can reduce the cost of such jumps. They will still cost a little more, but not as they are now, "Lakernik said in an interview with TASS.

However, it will not only be about this rule. For example, it is already known that in the new season the range of ratings for elements will expand from "minus three - plus three" to "minus five - plus five . " According to Lakernik, this innovation can induce skaters to perform jumps as cleanly as possible and not to take unjustified risks, deliberately complicating their program.

"They must understand that a bad performance will be punished more than before. Yes, it used to be worth going to a complex element, even getting a "minus three" drop from the base cost of the jump. Hence, often followed by the phrase: "I fell, but screwed up." Now, if you get a "minus five", the element will remain half-price. The question will arise more before the trainers - whether to go for the whole set of quadruple jumps or cut their number, so that something remains of the program, "said ISU Vice-President.

Changes can also affect quadruple jumps. Starting next season, if the new rules are accepted, the skaters can perform each type of quadruple jump only once per program, and not twice, as now. However, a number of countries can come out against this innovation.

"This decision will work against those who do not have quadruples. Therefore, many countries, especially European countries, where people perform only one quadruple, may not support this idea, "explained Luckernik.

Finally, the duration of the random program for men and sports couples will be reduced by 30 seconds. This will be done in order not to prolong the competition and increase their attractiveness for the audience.

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In Russia, the possible innovations are skeptical. So, Alexander Zhulin in an interview with RT called them "unsophisticated stupidity."

- How do you assess the idea of ​​giving less points for jumping in the second half of the program?

- It seems to me that the current rule is fairly fair, because in the second half of the program it's really hard to jump. In general, the system of rules that exists now can be seriously criticized, but this issue seemed correct. To some extent, this is really a fight with Russian skaters.

- Does it make sense to take some steps in response?

- No. The ISU will accept the rules that they want. They write them for themselves. Actually, why did they adopt the existing system? Because rivals could not physically jump, like Evgeni Plushenko and Alexei Yagudin. As a result, at the Olympic Games in Vancouver, we received the champion Evan Lysacek, who won at all without a quadruple jump and with an underdog triple axel. We can only "diagnose" asthma in young figure skaters in 11-12 years and legally feed them with special drugs, as they do in some countries.

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- The number of quadruple jumps in skaters can be limited. Do you think there is a logic in this decision or can it adversely affect the development of the sport?

- There is no logic. Stupidity is not a shame. Did not someone like watching Nathan Chen jump six quads? In all sports, the improvement of performance is at the forefront, and only in figure skating progress is artificially inhibited. Yes, they say that quadruples lead to injuries. Excuse me, but what about sports without injuries? Limiting complexity is simply stupid and absurd.

- From the new season for men and sports pairs the duration of the free program will be reduced by 30 seconds. How will this affect the skaters?

- And this is also a foolish folly. There will be nothing left for choreography. We are already in a tight time frame. For example, when I put the program, I come up with five or six interesting bundles that decorate it. But from them, God forbid, three can be done, because all the skaters simply do not have time to perform. It would be better if the ISU thought about how to make the second assessment more spectacular. At us in dances many trainers are compelled to work on frequency of elements, and that between them, already practically excites nobody. The creative component of the program, its integrity go to the tenth plan. It is unclear why such rules are necessary. Would consult better with the coaches. But God is their judge, we will adjust.

- The range of estimates for each element will expand from "minus three - plus three" to "minus five - plus five." Does this mean that the quality of skating and execution of the elements will increase?

- This will give even more opportunities for judges to manipulate the scores. We need to see how this rule will work. The main thing is that it does not turn out that the Americans are now getting "plus five", and the Russians are "plus two plus three".

"We will still dominate"

Zhulin was supported by Maria Butyrskaya, the world's first women's champion in women's singles. She said that the domestic figure skaters are artificially "pulled down."

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- This is expected. When our girls have won everything, you can start waving your hands. The Russians are ahead of the whole planet, the same generation is growing. But, instead of getting pulled at them, they are trying to pull our people down. Of course, everyone understands perfectly well that it is practically impossible to fight with Russians in the foreseeable future. In the ISU plan to equalize all at least in the rules. Say, jump your fours, but only in the first half, because in the second it will not be counted. Unfortunately, this happens in many sports: when one dominates, they begin to look for ways to make it interesting for others to compete.

- Such a decision will weaken the positions of Russian figure skaters?

- I do not think so. Yes, there will not be such a big markup. But Russians still have more complicated elements. Therefore, we will still dominate, whatever they do. We do not have to worry about anything, let the others worry.

- How do you feel about the possible reduction in the number of quadruple jumps?

- ISU is unlikely to go for this, because the quad is the main element of the men's figure skating. But if this does happen, the spectacle of figure skating will completely fall.

- How will the potential reduction of the free program for 30 seconds affect the competition between men and sports couples?

- Now the tournaments are really too stretched, and we understand that this is tied to commerce, television. From the point of view of profitability, perhaps this is correct. But men and hotbeds will be easier.

- But the range of estimates will already increase to "minus five plus five".

- It seems to me that the current "minus three - plus three" is enough. I do not even know what will be done for a "plus five".

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This "Ice Age" is dedicated to children professionally engaged in sports. I am very pleased with how the project develops. According to the rating, interest in it is growing. We open the curtain, show the spectator the backstage figure skating - how tough selection is, how difficult it is to break through in the big sport, which is useful to see and parents of athletes. After all, they determine the fate of the child, leading him to the rink.

In our show there is no falsehood. If something is bad, then we are talking about it honestly, and vice versa - a good performance will always get a well-deserved estimate. Children are absolutely sincere in what they do.

Another distinguishing feature of the project "Ice Age. Children "- a child, getting to us, gets a unique opportunity to work with talented people, great athletes. They are given exclusive master classes, put interesting programs. As a result, children are provided with a professional leap. Motivation such as television is also a very good story. In my childhood, for example, I could only dream that a huge audience would see my performance.

I think that any country in the world that develops figure skating dreams of a project like ours.

The show popularizes figure skating, shows the guys what they need to strive for. If you do not go any further - this is not an excuse to end, you need to continue, go on. This is a certain stress for both parents and participants, it must be learned to overcome.

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We are promoting what we like figure skating for - artistry and entertainment. We are for the fact that athletes do not turn into "jumping cars."

I dream to come to Azerbaijan with my projects. It's not working yet, but I know that we are expected in Azerbaijan. I would like very much to perform with the show in Baku, to bring our figure skaters.
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Not all athletes remain in the memory of the people after the end of the Olympics. But figure skater Yevgeny Medvedev is an excellent (in all senses) exception. And besides sports achievements, she gladly tells "Lady Mail.Ru" about how she saves the skin from the cold, what mother's advice follows and for what she likes Alena Shishkov.
About beauty from the future and idols
Classics always remain classics, and fashion is fleeting. It seems to me that classical beauty is a standard outside of time. I, for example, like Alena Shishkova very much - she looks very feminine and gentle without any modern twists or excess make-up.

About my mother's advice
Mom always helps me to dress well, gives advice. If she says it's awful, then it's terrible, and the image needs to be reviewed. And, of course, my mother gives advice on how to take care of herself . From her I learned about the manicure, and now this is my favorite procedure! I love long nails and unusual covers.

About beauty products
As I am constantly on ice, the skin and hair become drier. I found the serum from Shiseido, which moisturizes well, the person does not experience any discomfort due to the temperature drop on the ice and after training. Recently I became Ambassador of Beauty Pantene and tried the series "Intensive Recovery" with a new formula. She came up to my hair, with it they are always smooth and nourished. And from the decorative cosmetics I have a lot of favorites from Jill Stuart.

The world of figure skating is still based on a more classical appearance and standards, as well as in ballet. Have you ever seen a ballerina with pink hair or dreadlocks performing classical games? There are certain canons, which athletes try to adhere to, and it seems to me that this is correct.
About everyday make-up
I will not leave the house without eyeliner and mascara. Makeup for me is very important, I can not imagine that I left the house unpainted, this is my daily ritual. From care I can not live without a moisturizing foundation for make-up and sunscreen.

About the body
I'm for naturalness and natural appearance, but this does not mean that you need to draw attention to your shortcomings or show what usually needs to be hidden.


About free time and reading
The athletes have little free time. When you are devoting all of your conscious life to sports , your interests are a bit different. I like to read a book or listen to music if a free minute is given out. Although, of course, me, like any girl who follows her appearance, it's interesting to find out about new cosmetics and fashion trends.

About the profession of TV presenter
I really like being the host, but still I feel a bit out of sorts, because I understand that my career is not over yet, and yet I'd rather be practicing ice on the ice all day than I did with the microphone in my hands. But this is also a certain experience, who knows, maybe he will someday come in handy. I hope I can balance.

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The medal of the junior Grand Prix stage, the fourth place in the national championship, the third at the Russian Championship, the selection for the World Junior Championship, the successful performance there, and the status of the first reserve athlete of the national team, which gave her a ticket to the World Cup . All this is about Stanislav Konstantinova. The figure skater, who put an end to her last junior season debut in the world championship in Milan already in the adult category. The sportswoman described how this season developed, what conclusions were drawn, and also speculated about the future and shared the nearest plans.

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- Stasya, tell me, how did this season develop for you?

- This season was very long and ambiguous. I participated in twelve tournaments, two of which were world championships. Has received a huge experience of victories and insulting defeats, crazy emotions, both positive and negative. I am very glad that during the whole season I managed to keep the peak of the form. I can conclude that we are moving with the team in the right direction. You just need to work more on psychology, stability and complex and inconvenient elements for me.

- What goals do you set for yourself in sport?

- Of course, I want victories. I want to please my family and friends, fans. But all this is impossible without daily hard labor. Rises do not happen without falls, positive emotions do not happen without tears. And if I speak from the heart, I just love to skate. Figure skating is my life. And I'm just happy when I get it!

- What was the main conclusion you made for yourself this season?

- The main conclusion: you need to work more. Forget about some simple life pleasures, never give up and do not give up. As they say, you can not break someone who never gives up.

For example, the Championship of Russia and the Championship of Russia among juniors. Both there and there I was mistaken in a short program, but I did not give up my hands and showed my, perhaps, the best rental to date, free, which were appreciated. And it helped me to be selected for the main starts of the season.

- What was the most difficult for you this season?

- Russian championship. After a short program where I made a serious, but such a stupid mistake it was difficult to get together and tune in to an arbitrary one. On the one hand, this was the most difficult moment in my career at the moment, but on the other - the brightest. After an arbitrary program there was great joy. This feeling can not be compared with anything when you know that you have done everything you could.

- You mentioned that you started this season twelve times. How do you recover from the competition? What is the best vacation for you?

- For me, the best rest, first of all, is a good night's sleep. If possible, go to the pool or sauna. But very often it happens that after the start I can not fall asleep. I disassemble my mistakes, repeatedly mentally roll the programs anew ...

- Not far off the new season. Tell us about the process of setting up new programs.

- As an arbitrary for the next season remains "Anna Karenina." I like this program and it suits me very much. I believe that I have not yet fully revealed the image of this heroine. Perhaps, we will make some changes and add new elements, maybe ultra-si.

A short program will be new. While I keep intriguing, I will not name the song. I will only say that this is a characteristic work, very emotional. And in general, just fire.

- Tell us a little about your team, which you work with every day. What can you say, for example, about your coach, Valentina Mikhailovna Chebotareva?

- Many people consider Valentina Mikhailovna to be too soft. But I assure you, this is not always the case. She is quite a tough, principled and confident expert. Valentina Mikhailovna is very demanding and fair. We understand each other well, since she has known me since childhood. The truth is sometimes she continues to treat me like a child.

In general, we have excellent relations with all members of our team. I also want to mention my choreographer, Olga Y. Klyushnichenko. I love her! Her artistic taste, her knowledge and flair for the formulation of programs. I like working with her. It always takes into account our wishes, for me it is very important.

Many thanks to my trainer on PFD Mikhail Semenenko and the slip coach Alexei Kozlov. Special thanks to our second coach, Tatiana Nikolaevna Kositsina. I believe in our team!

- This season the girls started to perform quadruple jumps on the starts. What do you think about this?

- This year progress on the part of the ultra-si elements has taken a sharp step forward. Now the complex jumps of the girls jump not only in training, but also in competitions. This makes everyone be in a constant tone. It makes me think about mastering such elements.

In the offseason I try and practice a triple axel. Working on this, I understand how difficult and risky it is, and what clever girls are the girls who perform such elements. I express my respect to them.

- This season, you have increased the number of fans. One of your big cheerleaders is Tatyana Anatolievna Tarasova. She always appreciates you very highly.

- Naturally, I really like the attention of fans. But I would not call Tatyana Anatolyevna a cheerleader. First of all, she is an honored coach and a specialist of the highest class. That she likes my rentals, I am very flattered. But Tatiana Anatolyevna is a principled and honest person. I understand that if I make a mistake, then nothing will prevent it from saying it publicly. In principle, the attitude of both fans and professionals to me depends on the quality of my rentals. I will try not to disappoint anyone.

- Supporters actively support you and in social networks. Do you read your official Vkontakte group?

- I'm very glad that the fans support me so much. They rejoice together with me victories, they help not to lose heart in the moments of failures. There is not much adequacy on the Internet. Very pleased that the island of this "adequacy" is my support group "Vkontakte". Thank you for that!

- You train with Misha Kolyada in one group, and by the way, you went to the World Cup together. We all know that he always supports you. Tell how.

- Mishin's example taught me that you should always go your own way, do not look at others. You just need to love your job and work, and perseverance and work will all peretrut. The main thing is to stay true to yourself, be yourself

Misha always tells me something. He says some things that do not let him down, which inspire him to work on, to reach for him, to come to an even higher level.

- For whom, besides Misha, are you even sick? Who likes other kinds?

- I'm very much in favor of Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov. They have stylish programs, chic images, classroom pitch. This is my favorite pair. In addition, the guys from St. Petersburg.

Of men besides Misha I'm rooting for Shoma Uno. Among women, very like Ashley Wagner and Carolina Costner.

- How do you manage to keep in shape? How much do you have to limit yourself?

- I eat right. In addition to training, that is, "ice", choreography and PF, I run cross.

- You travel a lot in connection with the competitions. Which country of those where you already were most liked?

- I liked each country in my own way. I really liked Italy. Sunny, warm, tasty food, kind and sincere people. Still really want to go to Japan. All the skaters are very warm about this country and the people living in it.

- With what attitude do you approach your first adult season?

- Next season I'm not going to sit with my legs folded. Still, if I want to achieve something in big sports, then this is not the kind of approach that is needed. So this summer I plan to do a great job on myself. I'm already looking forward to the "adult" season.

- Thank you and good luck!
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On Friday evening (the ideal time to "nail" the information guide and drown it before the weekend to let the wave wipe off), the director of the Sports and Education Center "Sambo-70" Renat Layshev said that "Evgenia Medvedev is leaving Eteri Georgievna, this process is not yet complete ... the sportsman has such situations, when you need to change the situation, so there is no sensation here. "


There is no sensation. And the sensation would not have been, if it had happened before the Olympic Games, which Zhenya lost. It was a very, very serious psychological blow, when, after dominating for two years, you give the olympic season to a classmate. It's very difficult to leave such an attack. The process of growing up, trauma, competition, which, in fact, was not - it's all seriously presses and is an extremely difficult test. It's painful, traumatic, it burns down emotionally. From this they go away for years, and sometimes they do not go away at all.

And such an example already exists. The brightest flash, the most powerful psychological press, and the girl in a red coat are leaving from the most popular and authoritative woman who has become in the moment in the women's single figure skating. Julia Lipnitskaya did not leave Eteri Georgievna in the simplest and most tranquil manner and soon finished with figure skating, and she did not find the strength and ability to return to the championship level after experiencing a real drama, treatment and withdrawal from the media space.

Medvedeva, who at one point became the queen of ice, missed a jerk, inconspicuous for a wide audience, but it was well visible to specialists-the princess's jerk, which the queen had overthrown. Alina Zagitova stormed into the elite and dispersed rivals in the corners of the arena, having cleared it for herself. At the same time, for Zagitova, such a test proved impossible, and she could not finish the season with a victorious chord, failing the post-Olympic world championship.

No matter how friendly and sisterly Zhenya and Alina looked in front of the cameras, both have clearly defined leadership qualities, each of them is special, with a habit, and clearly sees that its territory is its territory. In the Tutberidze pipeline, where there are two more potential queens on the way, it's impossible to count only on your person. This attention should be a) divided and b) to win. Eteri Georgievna always looks at the calculation and on the return. It can give a second chance (not for everyone and not always), but for this it is necessary to be ready to sacrifice everything and "die" on the ice, clearly and unquestioningly carrying out all instructions. Sometimes, especially after so many years of teamwork, there is neither the strength nor the will to do this.


Is there life in the world of figure skating after Tutberidze? With whom? Who can control such a twinkle in his hands with such a foundation and so clear programming on the Eteri system?

And yet, I do not carp, but in Layshev's statement there is a very strange construction: "Who knows, maybe they (Medvedev and Tutberidze - ed.) Will reconcile," he added, emphasizing that "there is no conflict between them" . So if there is no conflict, then why put up with it? Or was it a warning volley?


The general director of the sports and education center "Sambo-70" Renat Layshev commented on the decision of figure skater Yevgenia Medvedeva to complete cooperation with coach Eteri Tutberidze.

"This is their relationship, complex, as in one family. They had a psychologically difficult period, they figured out the relationship. But Medvedev and Tutberidze remain in the same school, in the same club, "- said Liyshev RT.

He noted that in every respect there are downs and downs, especially in such a difficult and demanded sport as figure skating.

"It's not for me to draw any conclusions about their relationship. After the hardest season, Zhenya and Eteri Georgievna have reached a situation where they have to decide something, "the director added.

Earlier it was reported that Medvedeva's mother refused to comment on the parting of her daughter with Tutberidze.
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Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva, who clinched gold and silver medals, respectively, in the women's singles figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics, arrived in South Korea on Wednesday to perform at an ice show later this week.

Zagitova, 15, and Medvedeva, 18, landed at Incheon International Airport in Incheon to perform at an ice show named "LG ThinQ Ice Fantasia" that will be staged at Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul between Friday and Sunday.

This is the first time since the Feb. 9-25 PyeongChang Winter Olympics that the two Russian figure skaters will perform in front of South Korean fans.

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Zagitova beat two-time world champ Medvedeva by 1.31 points at PyeongChang 2018 to take the gold medal.

"When I arrived at the airport, it brought back the nostalgia of the Olympics," Zagitova said through the event organizer, Bravo & New.

Medvedeva said she wants to look around Seoul while staying in the South Korean capital.

"It felt different than the PyeongChang Olympics," she said. "I want to buy lots of Korean cosmetics." (Yonhap)


Grab a tissue box because Evgenia Medvedeva is about to make you cry! The figure skater, who took home the 2018 Olympic silver medal, put her theatrical and skating skills on display at the 2018 The Legends showcase in Japan.

Evgenia wowed the audience with her routine to Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful." The song itself will make just about anyone shed a tear, but watching Evgenia beautifully glide across the ice with the song in the background was a whole different experience. The combination of her amazing grace and that fun costume change make this routine a pleasure to watch. See it for yourself in the video above.
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On Monday, May 7, the Russian Federation of figure skating (FFKKR) should officially announce that two-time world champion and vice-champion of the Games in Pyeongchang Evgeny Medvedev has parted with his former mentor Eteri Tutberidze and will continue working with the famous Canadian specialist Brian Orser . The special correspondent of RIA Novosti Elena Vaitsekhovskaya argues in the editorial blog about why this transition was inevitable, and why none of the interested parties won it.

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Such decisions are not accepted in one night. They need to be coordinated, negotiated on the financial side of the relationship, solve a lot of domestic issues, especially when it comes to leaving to train overseas. Medvedev, however, had time to think. I guess this is the only thing that she did all the time that she could not ride, healing the leg injury that had become aggravated after the Games. Why did she leave too clearly, because she was betrayed. So at least those who had been rooting for Zhenya for many years, waited for her Olympic victory in Korea, and when Medvedev lost the main start of her life to Alina Zagitova , hurried to bring down the indignation at the coach who made the main Olympic bet on the more promising female athlete of the group.
But is it? I dare to doubt.

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It's not that the coach in the middle of the Olympic season suddenly changed priorities. First, not suddenly. Secondly, purely in a coaching manner, Tutberidze was right: in order to bring the pupil to Olympic gold, she worked for many years as damned, sacrificing absolutely everything. And what should I do when Medvedev suffered a trauma? To give up the dream because of the fact that her main athlete suddenly left the game for an indefinite period? It would not be at all in her nature, and once a beloved apprentice like no other had to understand this.

Rather, the Wife was simply not lucky: when the state of the injured leg reached critical, it was too late to seriously treat, and too soon to endure to the Games.

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Was this a miscalculation? In my opinion, yes. Stress fractures never occur suddenly, and, if Medvedev misses the pre-Olympic Grand Prix series, it is possible that a margin of safety would be enough to win the main start. Exactly the same miscalculation can be called the participation of a figure skater in the European Championships: if Zhenya did not lose to Alina Zagitova a month before the Games, she would at least have a chance to win over to her side in Pyeongchang those share points that eventually formed in favor of the opponent. And so the train left - all before the main start it became obvious that the women's skating was replaced by a favorite. It remained only to guess whether there was a public clash of two athletes on the eve of the main start by a completely conscious and very accurate calculation of the coach. But even if so, who is ready to condemn Tutberidze? The country wanted a gold Olympic medal - and got it. The fact that it was won by the "wrong" athlete is already particular.

Someone for certain will say: "I could not stand competition." But from this point of view, Medvedev did not need to leave the coach: she had only one rival inside the group, besides - not the most stable and not yet overcome puberty. Before reaching the adult level of the next wave of dangerous talent and four-league figure skaters, there is still at least one season, but rather even more: finding stability with such a high complexity of programs may not be a quick thing.

It turns out - too painful? Or is it not at all?

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When a high-class athlete suddenly leaves the coach, the reason is almost always hidden in one: it's no longer interesting. The athlete grew up, but the coach did not notice. The athlete seeks to grow further, and the coach is not able to offer anything new. The athlete has questions, and the coach does not find an answer to them. It is impossible to do a hell of a job day by day, not understanding why you are doing it, and not feeling confident that this work will bring the result. All this somehow took place in Medvedev's relationship with her trainer. Zhenya has grown up dramatically over the last year, she wanted absolutely different programs - it was obvious to everyone who saw how selflessly the figure skater skates her show numbers. Actually, and "Karenina" arose in the Olympic season almost by accident - from the show program,
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In addition, everything was greatly complicated by trauma. Expressed in a dry sports language, from the leader and uniquely strongest sportswoman of the group, which Medvedev was just a year ago, she turned into a sportswoman with quite a large number of problems: the need to strictly dose the workload, build work in a strictly individual order, do much more carefully than before the selection of programs, costumes and images and so on. In the pipeline construction of training work, where one of the main parameters is the ability of skaters to perform more than a hundred complex jumps for training without stopping, repeatedly calling on the so-called "diagonal Eteri", actually consisting entirely of hopping cascades, the chances of an adult athlete to save competitiveness, could only decrease. This Medvedev also could not understand. Her personal "diagonal" more and more departed from the coaching.

At the same time, the skater categorically rejected the possibility of completing a career - for too many years the whole meaning of her life was reduced to skating. Skate and win. Try now to stand in the place of Zhenya and find at least one argument in favor of staying with the former coach.

Could the scenario of the Olympic season develop differently if Medvedev left Tutberidze before? I do not think so. First, the trauma has already accumulated, they would still have to be treated, and this would take time. Secondly, constant work at the limit of opportunities has its own peculiarity: as soon as the athlete stops due to injury or reduces the load for some other reason, all the worked out stability and stress resistance immediately begin to crumble. Approximately how it happened with Zagitova, who drastically reduced the training load after the Games because of a series of congratulatory honors and immediately lost the world championship.

Thirdly, a new mentor is always an adaptation. Sometimes a long and not a fact that successful. All this, incidentally, may well fall upon the two-time world champion and now, when she starts work in a fairly large team of Brian Orser. In a foreign country, among strangers, surrounded by someone else's language and way of life. The only plus of the decision so far is that unless Orser absolutely does not need to force Medvedev's return to the previous level at any cost. He can work with adult athletes, take them to the peak of the form to the main start - too, the time to the next Games is more than enough, especially since no other medal to Medvedev by and large does not interest. In fairness, however, it should be noted that it would have been much easier for the coach and his new ward if Zhenya had left Russia for Canada, changed and sports citizenship. At least, in order not to ruffle your nerves enough senseless and taking up a lot of energy rivalry within the country with the next generation of miracle girls.

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The paradox, but Medvedev's departure from the strongest group of the country is unprofitable for any of the remaining athletes, including Zagitov. Over the years, Zhenya was the locomotive that pulls all the way, resignedly carrying loads and disciplinary demands. It was a model, an example for imitation, an idol, the core of a group - call it anything, but the fact is that it is simply impossible to automatically replace it. And especially not for this role Alina, who never differed neither fanatical adherence to discipline, nor competitive stability. If you call things by their proper names, in Phenchkhan Zagitova is just fantastically lucky. How exactly she will be able to dispose of the fruits of this luck - the question is still open.

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Another "aggravating" factor in this case is that Alina has already won her main medal. She is an Olympic champion. It is no longer chasing a new target with a whip, which means that the coach, who does not have any alternatives to the leader in the next two years, will have to reckon with the student, not having an authoritarian dialogue with her, but rather a partner dialogue. Can you imagine Tutberidze in this capacity? Me not.
To begin with, this contradicts the very concept of the group, where everything is arranged according to the principle "the strongest survives". The situation that has arisen between Medvedev and Zagitova this season is just another reminder: even if you are a two-time world champion, you can not get stuck with you, if you stumble, nobody will. This, in fact, was clear before - on the example of the "golden girl of Sochi" Julia Lipnitskaya .

Although the coach now can only sympathize. Medvedev for Eteri - not just a talented sportswoman, which was once Lipnitskaya, and now remains Zagitova. In the case of these two skaters, the mentor was chosen according to the same criterion - as the only specialist in the country capable of achieving the maximum result in the shortest possible time. Both Julia and Alina came to Moscow to Tutberidze in order to win a very specific competition - their "own" Olympics.
Medvedev also began to ride at Tutberidze, when she was still no one - a coach, earning a ride on the sessions of mass skating. Together with her, Eteri came to a completely new level, much higher than the one she managed to achieve with other athletes, and it was Zhenya who was tacitly ordered to prove to the world: her coach is able to work successfully not only with small, adorable girls, but also with adults developed personalities.


It turned out that this is not quite true. Otherwise, probably, there would be no withdrawal, and with it - a tangible blow to the coaching reputation.

However, this shock can not be compared to what FFKKR is currently experiencing. To release the most charismatic and most stable skater of the world on "free bread" is impossible: what if she really wants to play for Canada? You can not keep it either: in Russia at the moment there is simply no specialist ready to devote the lion's share of time to bringing Medvedev to a higher level than the one that was achieved a year ago - before the trauma. It remains to make a good face in case of a bad game - to announce the decision of the two-time world champion to go to Orser as a jointly accepted one, to fully finance its training abroad (calling this work an internship, upgrading or something like that), and in return receive guarantees, that Zhenya will leave without a scandal, formally will be attributed to the former school,

The only question is whether the example will become contagious?

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It seems that this is the case when silence speaks for itself. Evgeny Medvedev does not get in touch with either journalists or his own trainer. Here are the messages that Eteri Tutberidze sent to her back in mid-April-in response, not a word. On the eve of the departure of the figure skater she learned from the news.

"Of course, the rumors were already pumped up, I already wrote to Zhenya by that time - no answers to SMS, no answers to my calls. Therefore, after watching the news of the First Channel, I realized that Zhenya left us, "Eteri Tutberidze said.

She still does not understand and does not accept the result of the Olympics in Korea: Evgeniya Medvedev, second place. She lost to the student of her own coach - 15-year-old Alina Zagitova. But all these months she denied the possibility of leaving: after all, most of the life of Medvedev trained at Tutberidze!

"We have studied each other very well for these 11 years," said Evgenia Medvedeva. And to the question of the journalist, will the coach and figure skater go further together, Zhenya answered: "Yes, without any doubt".

"It should be just a belief in the coach, the belief is daily in the result, not some conditions. Parting with Zhenya, if she puts forward some conditions or does not respond to SMS, calls, it is probably inevitable. This athlete shows reluctance, "- said Eteri Tutberidze.

But the sports sensation will not even be the fact of leaving, but of transition. Unofficially, but the name of the Canadian coach Brian Orser already sounds. The fact that he brought to the same Olympics two men's men's skating: the gold Yudzuru Khan and bronze Javier Fernandez. Orser and Tutberidze are now the most productive coaches in the world. Top, the peak of the confrontation between the two schools: Russian and Canadian.

"I am sure that now there is not a single person in the world of figure skating who could say whether this will help her or not. This is not known to Zhenya, no one knows about this. But Zhenya is a plowman, Zhenya is a hard worker, Zhenya is a very talented person. I think she understands the new challenge and maybe he is her motivation for continuing her sports career, "Ilya Averbukh said.

"In order for Zhenya to make such a decision, as she accepted, we need grounds. She does not resemble the wrong person who is easily freed from the people who made up her world, "said Tatyana Tarasova.

Evgeniya Medvedeva needs to change, experts say. Otherwise, it simply "eat" the growing figure skaters: in the Tutberidze group there are juniors, performing jumps in four turns! Before our Alexandra Trusova, no one else in the world performed them at the official tournament among women. And Evgeni Medvedev is now ready to take risks, complicate his arsenal if he can withstand, if he can after a serious leg injury.

"I was already on a quadruple jump, myself, without insurance. There were normal attempts, of course, there were not any elegant trips. But in principle, I did not go into it so much that I just went straight to it - and left, "says Evgeniya Medvedeva.

This is also understood by the Canadian coach Brian Orser. He already noted Trusova's performance - two quadruple jump, but called her result "short-term".

"A challenge for me is more from Orser, because another interview that Trusova was a short-term phenomenon, no matter what the phenomenon, she made history. She skated, she went and jumped, made two quadruples clean. Well, recognize, admit, say: "Well done, girl!". Therefore, I have a feeling that Orser made a challenge to me, "says Eteri Tutberidze.

The first official statements should be made tomorrow. Does Medvedev go to Orser? Where will she continue to train? Now everyone is waiting for the return of the athlete from Japan to Russia.

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An official announcement about Evgeniya Medvedeva's departure came earlier from Renat Layshev, the director of Sambo'70 Center for Sports and Education where Tutberidze coaches female figure skaters

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TASS, May 6. Eteri Tutberidze, who has coached until most recently the Russian Olympic silver medalist in ladies' singles, Evgeniya Medvedeva, said on Sunday she had learned about Medvedeva's decision to opt out of her group and to take up training with a different coach from mass media reports.

"Rumors had been circulating, of course, and I had been writing Zhenya by that time but I hadn't received any answers to my texts and she wasn't answering my phone calls," Tutberidze told Channel One Russia. "That's why I realized Zhenya had left us when I heard it on Channel One news."


"I think trust in the coach and in the everyday results is involved here in some way," she said. "If Zhenya puts forward conditions, if she doesn't answer messages and phone calls, this can only mean she is showing unwillingness as an athlete and saying good-bye to her seems to be inevitable."

An official announcement about Medvedeva's departure came earlier from Renat Layshev, the director of Sambo'70 Center for Sports and Education where Tutberidze coaches female figure skaters.

Match TV channel said Brian Orser of Canada who is working with the two-times Olympic champion in men's singles Yuzuru Hanyu and two-times world champion Javier Hernandez, as well as with ladies' solo skaters Elizabeth Tursynbaeva of Kazakhstan and Sonia Lafuente of Spain, is one of the possible professionals to start coaching Medvedeva.

"In a certrain way, that's a challenge from Orser to me," Tutberidze said. "I think so because it was back in his interview he said [Alexandra] Trusova [Tutberidze's pupil, the winner of the Junior Grand Prix TASS] was a short-term phenomenon."

"Whatever the phenomenon, Trusova made history she did the skating and she made two squads," the coach said. "Didn't she deserve recognition and praise because she did it? That's why I have an impression now Orser is mounting a challenge".

Evgeniya Medvedeva is a double silver medalist at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang where she won the team competition and the solo tournament. She is also a two-time world-champion, a two-time Europe champion and a two-time winner of Grand Prix stages.

Canadian coach Brian Orser commented on the transition of the Russian woman Evgeniya Medvedeva to her group.

Medvedeva wrote to Orser about her intention to change the coach on April 2. April 22, the coach met with the athlete and her mother in Seoul.

Less than a month before, on March 5, Medvedev denied rumors of leaving Tutberidze .

"When she wrote to me, I was in complete shock. I even phoned my assistant and told him: "You will not believe!"

Medvedeva told me that she wants to change. But she did not say why. I immediately very respected her, as soon as she said: "I do not want to say anything bad about my current coaches."

The main thing that she needs right now is her own voice in figure skating. We have already discussed music for the programs and directions in which we want to go. She did not have that luxury before. And it was like this: "That's the music you'll ride. But the order of your rotation, and then - your posture. "

Medvedeva told me that she wants to win the Olympics. I said, "Always keep it in your head, but that does not mean that we have to win all the championships on the way to this." This is an important message for everyone who wants to know Medvedev's goals. I want everyone to know this. This is where our efforts will be directed.

I said that first of all she needs such programs that will allow her to stay healthy. Medvedev wants to rediscover herself. Despite the fact that she already has many titles, I feel that this is only the tip of the iceberg. We still have much to achieve with it.

As for her wrong execution of the triple lute, I will do everything in my power to fix this. I'm already thinking about this. I think that it will not be easy with Medvedev, but she is open to everything. It is ready for change.

It will not be easy. Tutberidze's group knows her much better than I do. So we will have to communicate very much. But it's great that Medvedev flew half the world to come to me, "Orser said.

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In figure skating, this day brought news, which attracts a special interest in the sports season long before its inception. Evgeni Medvedev confirmed rumors that appeared after the Olympics. She changes mentor, leaves Etere Tutberidze, with whom she became a two-time world champion and won two silver medals of Pyeongchang.

The coach learned the news from the news. Medvedev moves to train in Canada, while continuing to play for the Russian team. What does it mean? The rivalry of our skaters, which seemed to have reached a peak at the Games in South Korea, is reaching a whole new level. Rival will not just Eugene Medvedev and Alina Zagitova, and different coaching schools. But the intensity of emotions can not be discounted.

She just returned home, straight from the plane, with a small backpack and a capacious pink suitcase in a hurry to the Olympic Committee to make the first official statement.
"As hard as I could not make this decision, yes, it's true. And my mentor is now Brian Orser, "says Evgeniya Medvedeva.

Change is not just a coach - fate. One of the strongest mentors in the world, Brian Orser, Evgeniya Medvedeva will have to move to Canada, to get used to a completely different, non-Russian system of training.

"I want to improve, I want to try new methods of training. Probably, from today, my new life begins, and I will do everything possible to become better, "the sportsman said.

"It's a risk," experts say. "Moves forward", - the fans believe. After the annoyance of Medvedev for the silver of the Olympics in Pyeongchang, there was a separation from Eteri Tutberidze, the coach with whom they worked for 11 years. About the departure of the figure skater she learned from the news of the First Channel.

"Of course I would like to see the first time I saw her not at the Grand Prix, but still she had the conscience to come and give flowers, I do not know, say: thank you. This is the first. And the second, unfortunately, in general, this will be a situation for me is not new, I met with my athletes who left, well, that's why I prepared myself morally, probably, for this, "Eteri Tutberidze says.

The phenomenal success of another ward Tutberidze, the Olympic champion of the Games in Korea Alina Zagitova, he and Medvedev became closely at one training rink. Since the confrontation between Evgeni Plushenko and Alexei Yagudin, the world has not seen such a heat of ice passions.

"Let's take my rivals Lesha Yagudin: we trained together with Alexei Nikolayevich Mishin. I stayed to train, worked for 21 years and never changed the coach. Alexei chose a different path. And, you see, he brought this way to him, as they say, medals, gold medals, good results, "says Evgeni Plushenko.

Yagudin changed coach, went to Tatiana Tarasova, and at the Olympics in Salt Lake City, he won. Plushenko remained second. His Olympic gold was waiting in Turin, then in Sochi.

Three in the boat, says today honored coach Alexei Mishin, it's not from sports - from literature. But the current gap between Medvedev and Tutberidze is taking place against the background of revolutionary changes in the system of assessments.

"These changes can seriously affect the whole situation around Zhenya. Because the value of multiplane jumps will be lowered, and the purity and thoroughness of performance - instead of +3, you can get +5 ", - said Alexei Mishin.

But Zagitova beat Medvedev at the Olympics because of the complicated program. Now the 15-year-old skater is silent, about leaving the rival from the group - not a word.

"I can not comment on this, because it's not my situation," said Alina Zagitova.

As Evgeni Medvedev himself does not want to talk about this. First in an interview with our television channel, then everyone else. Emotionally difficult for everyone now. But most importantly - Evgeni Medvedev will continue to speak for Russia. It is unclear where the statements about the change of citizenship she denied.

"This is absolute nonsense, it seems to me that all normal, sane people understand, I will be forced to live in Canada, I will have to change my place of residence for an indefinite period. But I do not intend to change any citizenship, "Yevgenia Medvedeva said.

Bets are made. Figure skater Medvedev leaves for the new coach, coach Tutberidze remains with young, but very promising students. Who will win, and who will lose from this decision, it becomes clear in the autumn, when the sports season will begin. Ice will put everything in its place.
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