Julia Lipnitskaya emerges as new ice darling

Olympic figure skating champion Yulia Lipnitskaya changed her coach. From the famous coach Eteri Tutberidze athlete went to the famous former skater Alexei Urmanova. Perhaps this cooperation will give both of them a new impetus to his career. Olympic champion in the team tournament, European champion and world championship medalist Julia Lipnitskaya sent to the Russian figure skating federation statement to allow her to transition from coach Eteri Tutberidze to Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov, under whose direction she wanted to pursue further training.



"I want to express my gratitude to Eteri Georgievne for the joint work which has led to good results. But time does not stand still, we must move on. I wish you continued success with Eteri Georgievna, she taught me so much", said the skater.



Let us try to speculate what prompted the athlete to take this step and how it unexpected. Last season appeared in a career Lipnitskaya very unfortunate. Inexpressive performances in the Grand Prix series, only 9th place in the championship of Russia and, as a consequence, in the absence of the national team at the European and world championships. Plus, the failure on the ice yet difficult period of growing up, to overcome which is not possible without a loss of almost anyone. Forget about one of my favorite skaters of the planet, of course, did not have time, but to talk about Julia became smaller.



But now the coaching attention has shifted to younger and do not rule out stronger athletes. Evgeny Medvedev, junior world champion and winner of the Junior Grand Prix Final, the start of the current season is not just bright - comet burst in adult competitions and currently seems the most self-confident Russian figure skater. Not by chance after a victory at Skate America Eugene Tutberidze then did not go to China with no Voronov nor France with Lipnitskaya - both times accompanied the athletes Sergei Dudakov.



"I love to work with a talented figure skater Julia Lipnitskaya. We will begin training in the coming days. In fact, it is too early to talk about what I set goals and tasks to an athlete. After all, I have not worked with her, and just going to start our joint activities. I will be very interesting to work with this talented girl and try to do everything possible so that our tandem led to the athlete as good or very good results," Urmanov said in an interview with Gazeta.ru immediately after the news of his cooperation with Lipnitskaya went to the press.

"We try to go to the championship of Russia in Ekaterinburg in a good competitive state," - said Tass new coach a champion of the Games 2014 Alexei Urmanov. Olympic champion team tournament in Sochi skater Yulia Lipnitskaya has made significant changes in their programs. This Tass new coach athletes Alexei Urmanov, under whose leadership Lipnitskaya is now training in Sochi.



The first training of athletes was held on November 23. "Yulia has a good working mood - in the last 10 days of our work, she has adapted, plunged into the work, fully integrated into our team. I am very pleased to speak about it, - said Urmanov. - She catches on the fly, trying to the maximum. So we are working, and working a lot - made quite substantial changes in the program. Of course, given the fact that the time until the championship of Russia is very small - has less than three weeks. But time, as we know, is never enough. We tried to go for the championship Russia in Yekaterinburg in a good competitive state. " The Russian Championships will be held December 23-27 in Yekaterinburg. 



Urmanov stressed that he tries to protect her from new ward of attentions. "Of course, by Julia always had special attention, including from the moment she came to train us in Sochi - said the Olympic champion in the Games-94 in Lillehammer. - A lot of calls from journalists and broadcasters who wish to come to the training. But for now we will not invite you, because time too little - Julia forced a preparation for the national championship, we can not afford wasted on such things. And the comment that something is too early - the process of adaptation, to know each other, a mutual understanding of the figure skating still is. That is why I, as a lightning rod, trying to take on dealing with the press. "



Does not cause you have Lipnitskaya nostalgia of the Sochi Olympics, which became for her triumph,
Asked TASS. Urmanov said: "We touched on the topic once and fairly quiet. In front of the new challenges, so in this topic we will not go back - not before." 17-year-old Lipnitskaya - Sochi Olympic champion in the team competition, but after the Olympics it did not work out great achievements. In the final Grand Prix of last season, it became the fifth in the championship of Russia - 9th.



This season Lipnitskaya was second in the tournament "Finland Trophy" in October, 6th on the stage of the Grand Prix in the United States and the 2nd by the result of the short program stage in Bordeaux, France, canceled because of a series of attacks in Paris. As a result, the situation in the final Grand Prix figure skater does not try. In November this year, the figure skater has decided to change the coach and now works in Sochi Alexei Urmanov.



With 4 years of her coach in his native Yekaterinburg were Elena and Marina Levkovets Wojciechowska. Since 1994, the figure skater trained under the guidance of well-known specialist Eteri Tutberidze with which and began preparations for the current season 2015-2016. Programs skater this year put the famous coach Marina Zueva, short on the music of Elvis Presley, free - a song by William Joseph "Leningrad".