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“Did you want to?”
- The theater existed in the 90s, received invitations abroad. So, it has become a tidbit - we will offer you huge rubles, and you bring us dollars. It’s good that we did not clutch at this golden fishing rod. After a few years, it turned out that one was imprisoned, the other is wanted.
- You became an involuntary target of an anti-Soviet protest rally - in 1982, members of the Polish Solidarity rallied at the European Championships in Lyon before your performance on the ice. Remember how it was?
- Of course. Above us was always a flag that suggested the principle of "sport outside politics." We came to tournaments with an open mind and never divided athletes into Americans and representatives of the socialist bloc, conditionally. But in the end, politics touched me. I was the first to perform in the strongest warm-up of any program, and now it sounds: “Igor Bobrin, the Soviet Union, is speaking!” And 10-15 people are falling out over the side, looking like homeless people or construction workers who have not completed this rink, maybe. In dirty boots, with posters. My coach Yura Ovchinnikov runs to the judges: “What is happening?” And they answer him - this is an authorized demonstration. It is strange that they did not warn me about this. Probably the time of the action was thought out. They stomped, after that the filling machine drove out, and I, sitting 15 minutes in skates, was invited again. Yes,
- It was not related to the completion of a career?
- Direct - no. After arriving in the USSR, they only asked me not to talk about this action. And then they called me to the sports committee and announced that I was expelled from the team for the deterioration of athletic performance. With this lump in my throat, I left figure skating. They wanted to nominate younger ones to the Olympics. The old man can be written off.
- Was it a single share? Speaking for the Soviet Union, did you feel pressure abroad?
- Never. Not underestimating the love of Russian viewers - I always felt the love of foreigners. My programs probably made them look at figure skating as a fusion of sports and art. I can only remember how at the Olympic Games in Lake Placid, we, together with Andrei Bukin and Natasha (Natalya Bestemyanova. - Approx. “SE”) for the USSR – USA hockey match fell into the American sector. Jump in, scream "goal!" and you see - around the local sea, about 500 people around.
- The Americans are sick quite theatrically, no? Popcorn, Pepsi.
- Then everything was serious. When we got up and rejoiced, their American identity woke up. The pain was not theatrical, but quite our own, active. Not that they wanted to kill us, but we barely took our feet. It’s a pity, we didn’t shout for ours - we lost 3: 4.
Maybe Medvedeva was taken away by persistent journalists
- You called Orser an excellent coach, but in Russia there are critics of his talent. Argument - what happened to Medvedeva, why doesn’t she reach the Grand Prix finals? Do you have an explanation?
- I really love and respect Zhenya, my opinion will be biased. When Zhenya was younger, she performed on tour of our theater in Seoul, she needed to try out new programs on the audience. I remember her as an insanely stable girl. Spotlights, extras, special effects - she was not confused by anything, she did all threefolds. Until the last moment, she was an iron lady. But...
We cannot demand more from the girls with something that they are capable of. No need to attribute this to the formation of the female body. Women are ultimately weak. Behind this reinforced concrete, Zhenya appeared - beautiful, charming, radiant, smart. All these positive qualities are harmful to figure skating. It is necessary to work responsibly and closed day and night. Maybe the stubborn correspondents took her strength, and she wanted to honestly answer everything. I don't want to blame her alone. But I don’t know if Orser can work with her. Zhenya is very talented and demanding. Not everyone will pull it. I would not be able - I would simply not have enough energy.
“You have dug deep.” Many explain everything with the rules and the fact that it is easier for a 15-year-old to make complex elements. Alina Zagitova has a similar situation last season.
- The easiest way to slide to these stamps. But always to myself and to the artists I did not come up with simple excuses, but dug deeper. The athlete must have a soul, and it can be poured only on this cold ice. Everything is at stake. So it is necessary to treat the Wife sparingly, to love her. In the end, gossip about her performances in another country had disappeared and turned out to be stupid.
- Alina and Zhenya, who were in leading positions at the Olympics, will be able to return up to the next?
- I will answer you allegorically. A few months after the Olympics in Pyeongchang, I was in Korea, I was wearing a T-shirt in the colors of the Russian flag, the very forbidden one. On the street, a Korean approached me. Says: “Oh, you are from Russia! I cheer for the skaters. See what photograph I have. ” And shows Zagitova and Medvedev together. Says: "This is Zagitova!" I ask: “And the second who?” He replied that he did not know. This is to the question of who can, who cannot. You will stop once - tomorrow everyone will forget you, such is the mentality. In sports, things are changing rapidly.
- But will the Russian woman become the Olympic champion in 2022?
- I think yes. And surely all three will be contenders for gold. The main thing is that they should be able to play it without negative consequences.
- The theater existed in the 90s, received invitations abroad. So, it has become a tidbit - we will offer you huge rubles, and you bring us dollars. It’s good that we did not clutch at this golden fishing rod. After a few years, it turned out that one was imprisoned, the other is wanted.
- You became an involuntary target of an anti-Soviet protest rally - in 1982, members of the Polish Solidarity rallied at the European Championships in Lyon before your performance on the ice. Remember how it was?
- Of course. Above us was always a flag that suggested the principle of "sport outside politics." We came to tournaments with an open mind and never divided athletes into Americans and representatives of the socialist bloc, conditionally. But in the end, politics touched me. I was the first to perform in the strongest warm-up of any program, and now it sounds: “Igor Bobrin, the Soviet Union, is speaking!” And 10-15 people are falling out over the side, looking like homeless people or construction workers who have not completed this rink, maybe. In dirty boots, with posters. My coach Yura Ovchinnikov runs to the judges: “What is happening?” And they answer him - this is an authorized demonstration. It is strange that they did not warn me about this. Probably the time of the action was thought out. They stomped, after that the filling machine drove out, and I, sitting 15 minutes in skates, was invited again. Yes,
http://instagram.com/p/B60GP3oqXAH
- It was not related to the completion of a career?
- Direct - no. After arriving in the USSR, they only asked me not to talk about this action. And then they called me to the sports committee and announced that I was expelled from the team for the deterioration of athletic performance. With this lump in my throat, I left figure skating. They wanted to nominate younger ones to the Olympics. The old man can be written off.
- Was it a single share? Speaking for the Soviet Union, did you feel pressure abroad?
- Never. Not underestimating the love of Russian viewers - I always felt the love of foreigners. My programs probably made them look at figure skating as a fusion of sports and art. I can only remember how at the Olympic Games in Lake Placid, we, together with Andrei Bukin and Natasha (Natalya Bestemyanova. - Approx. “SE”) for the USSR – USA hockey match fell into the American sector. Jump in, scream "goal!" and you see - around the local sea, about 500 people around.
- The Americans are sick quite theatrically, no? Popcorn, Pepsi.
- Then everything was serious. When we got up and rejoiced, their American identity woke up. The pain was not theatrical, but quite our own, active. Not that they wanted to kill us, but we barely took our feet. It’s a pity, we didn’t shout for ours - we lost 3: 4.
http://instagram.com/p/B3EUPFaB7A0
Maybe Medvedeva was taken away by persistent journalists
- You called Orser an excellent coach, but in Russia there are critics of his talent. Argument - what happened to Medvedeva, why doesn’t she reach the Grand Prix finals? Do you have an explanation?
- I really love and respect Zhenya, my opinion will be biased. When Zhenya was younger, she performed on tour of our theater in Seoul, she needed to try out new programs on the audience. I remember her as an insanely stable girl. Spotlights, extras, special effects - she was not confused by anything, she did all threefolds. Until the last moment, she was an iron lady. But...
We cannot demand more from the girls with something that they are capable of. No need to attribute this to the formation of the female body. Women are ultimately weak. Behind this reinforced concrete, Zhenya appeared - beautiful, charming, radiant, smart. All these positive qualities are harmful to figure skating. It is necessary to work responsibly and closed day and night. Maybe the stubborn correspondents took her strength, and she wanted to honestly answer everything. I don't want to blame her alone. But I don’t know if Orser can work with her. Zhenya is very talented and demanding. Not everyone will pull it. I would not be able - I would simply not have enough energy.
“You have dug deep.” Many explain everything with the rules and the fact that it is easier for a 15-year-old to make complex elements. Alina Zagitova has a similar situation last season.
- The easiest way to slide to these stamps. But always to myself and to the artists I did not come up with simple excuses, but dug deeper. The athlete must have a soul, and it can be poured only on this cold ice. Everything is at stake. So it is necessary to treat the Wife sparingly, to love her. In the end, gossip about her performances in another country had disappeared and turned out to be stupid.
- Alina and Zhenya, who were in leading positions at the Olympics, will be able to return up to the next?
- I will answer you allegorically. A few months after the Olympics in Pyeongchang, I was in Korea, I was wearing a T-shirt in the colors of the Russian flag, the very forbidden one. On the street, a Korean approached me. Says: “Oh, you are from Russia! I cheer for the skaters. See what photograph I have. ” And shows Zagitova and Medvedev together. Says: "This is Zagitova!" I ask: “And the second who?” He replied that he did not know. This is to the question of who can, who cannot. You will stop once - tomorrow everyone will forget you, such is the mentality. In sports, things are changing rapidly.
- But will the Russian woman become the Olympic champion in 2022?
- I think yes. And surely all three will be contenders for gold. The main thing is that they should be able to play it without negative consequences.