Elena Ilinykh: Sochi Ice Dance Bronze

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Elena Ilinykh: Sochi Ice Dance Bronze Apr 22, 2019 18:04:28 GMT

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Olympic champion Elena Ilinykh reported that the final decision on the completion of a career has not yet been made.

- I love figure skating so much that it is too early to say that I am parting with it. The question of the completion of a career has not yet been officially discussed with anyone, said Ilinykh.

Previously, the figure skater said that she was not preparing for the next season.

The 24-year-old Ilinykh won the gold together with Nikita Katsalapov in the team tournament at the Olympic Games 2014. In Sochi, the Russian duo also became the third in the competition for ice dance.

After the Olympics, the duet fell apart, the Ilinykh first performed with Ruslan Zhiganshin, then with Anton Shibnev. Last season, the figure skater did not take part in competitions.

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Elena Ilinykh: Sochi Ice Dance Bronze Apr 23, 2019 22:01:22 GMT

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The President of the Russian Federation of Figure Skating Alexander Gorshkov commented on the decision of the Olympic champion Sochi 2014 Elena Ilinykh to complete her sports career.

“Elena has not yet filed documents about the end of her career and has not yet announced her decision. In recent years, it was not included in the national team, so nothing to add", - News.ru quotes Gorshkov.

Recall that earlier Ilins in an interview with radio Megapolis announced the retirement of a figure skater. Elena is now concentrating on coaching activities and, together with Yulia Lipnitskaya, is developing her own figure skating academy.

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Elena Ilinykh: Sochi Ice Dance Bronze Apr 24, 2019 20:48:07 GMT

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Russian 2014 Olympic figure skating team event champion Elena Ilinykh has addressed rumors she is quitting the sport, saying that she has “everything to restart her professional career.”

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The prominent ice-dancer, who won the Olympic bronze in Sochi together with her former partner Nikita Katsalapov, stressed that she has no intention of quitting figure skating, despite being out of international competition for two years and rumors that she was formally calling it a day.

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“I can say that I’m madly in love with figure skating, it’s impossible for me to quit this sport. I will stay in figure skating even when I’m 50,” the skater said.

“I cannot officially announce that I’m retiring, neither I can confirm that I will continue skating. There are some problems and obstacles that need to be settled before I can resume my career,” she added.