Elena Radionova: 2015 Russian National Champion

- I can not say that I have a very strong character changed. I'm still the same Radionova Lena as it was. We also together with the coach choose the music, Inna Germanovna offers me my options, I have it on your own. One opinion is good, but two is always better. Maybe I had not so carefully searched music now, but we are discussing all together. However, while a relatively new program definition do not have, but we are in search of.

- - And what would you like? - While I will not say what I want. But the idea is. And the director is new. - Because women skating moves forward on the path of difficulty, or you will change something, add? - Of course, I want to learn something new. In any case, I will strive towards this. However, at the moment I'm still getting used to his body. I can not say that I went to him one hundred per cent was used to, but if I can learn something new, it will be very good.



Will the complexity will be high components. Agree? -- I do not know. Carolina Kostner skates well and his horse gets high components. - Nevertheless, it is going to collect to Mishin, to probably, pull and technology. -- Yes. Well done! - You can not reply to this question, but talk about the change of coach - this is nonsense? - I just wanted to say about it. There was a strange situation when I suddenly began to ask, even on the phone call: "The truth is that going?" One woman wrote: "Do not, why such mistakes are made." Imagine this came up!

The funny thing is that even Germanovna believed in this. And I think that mentally was ready for what I'm gone. I had to reassure her, to explain that everything is fine, that is not going anywhere. Probably, people are accustomed to, that if an athlete any setbacks, he starts to look for problems on the side. But I think that the shortcomings of the season and there's my fault. Somewhere unfinished, something not done. Therefore, in relation to the coach, I do not think you need now to change something. I am fine. You just have to take into account all the mistakes and move on.

You think so: what a difficult situation it is necessary to look first of all the reasons in themselves and blaming them on someone else. And you say: all the same Lena. This reasoning adult. - Of course, there are situations where the coach and the athlete reached its peak and understand that something needs to change, to move on. In my situation, this is not. I know that this coach can go ahead.



- In your group, there was a change. Came Sergei Voronov, recently Maxim Kovtun. It's good for you? - I feel better when I ride next to the athletes of the same level. A few months we trained with Sergei Voronov, skate on the same ice, do not interfere with each other. The same work. Everyone was watching him. But psychologically I felt better because now I have no one around, only children, and athletes team level.

In training, Not only Inna Germanovna helps me but also Alexander Uspensky is engaged with me. There are choreographers: Anna Bilibin and Losifovna Lyudmila Vlasova. I love it when she was there at the event. Lyudmila Losifovna is very confident, calm and experienced. She found me approach. And when it is close to the coach stands at the rim, all her energy, calmness and confidence are transmitted to me.



- You started the training, and what about the exams at school?. We are involved with the teachers of Russian, biology and mathematics. Busy lessons, tutors. But I do not forget the roller. I train. Major efforts are thrown, of course, to study. After very little time remains. It is necessary to pass the exams in three subjects and then go to college physical education. I went just outside the 10 and 11th grades. But I do not just want to get good grades.

- After a rest? - No, then the collection, it is necessary to set the program to start working. Rest I went for a week in Thailand right after the World Team Championship. The first time I was in Phuket. I really liked it. Beautiful and so relaxing. Lying on the beach, sunbathing, swimming ... Weeks, of course, a little, but what to do: Motherland calls. But not much relaxed.