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Post by Admin on May 14, 2020 23:30:44 GMT
- Then it was something like this: okay, we measured the temperature. Well, that's okay. I somehow did not particularly pay attention to this. There were disinfectors everywhere. We were told: wash your hands, observe safety precautions. Well, we washed, wiped. And then they went happy. And so, it seems to me that at that time I was not particularly fixated on this. Nevertheless, the World Cup is a crucial start, and all thoughts were about him. - In Tallinn, you met Lew for the second time this season. In the fall, you said that you are curious to understand your feelings from fighting it - either excitement or interest. How did it end up? - In general, Alice is a very worthy, strong opponent. There is probably nothing to add here. And a very good person. - Did you manage to somehow communicate with her at the competitions? “But I don’t really speak English, so it’s difficult for me.” Well, that is, if they say something to me, I understand. But I can’t answer. And when do we talk there ... Even when we saw each other - this is a warm-up, something else. Because of the language barrier, I didn’t ask her anything, so most likely not, we didn’t talk. “Well, you have to fix it somehow, right?” - Of course. Now I am just studying with an English tutor. “And how are you doing?” - Well, so far so good (laughs) . - After a short program in Tallinn, you said that you are sad to part with the short program “Girl on the Ball”. There were no thoughts to run it in the third round? - No. It seems to me that rolling the third year in one program is already a little too much. I would not leave her for the third year. Maybe it’s only indicative, but I think not at competitions. - The most successful roles sometimes interfere with famous actors, they become hostages of images. There is no fear that everyone will expect from you all the same "Girls on the ball"? - I don’t even know ... Maybe even if they wait for “Girl on the Ball”, you still need to be more diverse. I trust our trainers and I am sure that the new programs will be good. “Better yet, this one?” - Yes. But the most important thing is what the athlete himself does. And I will try to develop programs even more diligently so that all other productions do not look like "Girl on the Ball." - You used to say that at the end of the season you thought to go to the granddaughter of Pablo Picasso Diana. It turns out that everything fell through due to the pandemic?
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Post by Admin on May 16, 2020 0:27:36 GMT
“We haven't thought about that yet.” The season ended in March; it was still too early. - By staging in what style would you yourself like to surprise the viewer? - It's hard to say here. But of course, I would like to try myself in a variety of roles.
- Recently, many experts are trying to find in you, let’s say, traces of the influence of older skaters. They are trying, it must be said, to no avail. Let's help them a bit: tell me, whose skating is close to you today? - When the Olympics were in 2014, I liked Julia Lipnitskaya. I tried to follow her. After the Olympics-2018 - to Alina Zagitova. Then, when I was already in the group of Eteri Georgievna, I looked at Alina, how she works. And it delighted me. In general, it is easier to focus on those whom you see in front of you.
- By the way, about Alina. In a fan environment you are often compared to her. How do you feel about this? - I especially did not even see this, to be honest. For myself, I am Camila herself. And that’s all. And the fact that they compare me is difficult here.
- Kostornaya recently said that Alina at your rink already as a mentor. Is this really so? And how, in your opinion, is this manifested? - For me it looks like this: when she rolled programs and if suddenly something didn’t work for her, she did and did, redid it until it worked out. For me, she is a mentor in the need to achieve goals. She puts them to herself and goes to them.
- In your opinion, have you already formed your own, unlike any other style? - It is very difficult to evaluate oneself. It seems to me that much more is visible from the outside - to the fans, the audience.
- You remarkably manage to transfer images through gorgeous rotations, stretch marks, plastics. Is this all a consequence of practicing rhythmic gymnastics and ballet? - Most likely, the point here is that each of the coaches from whom I skated taught me something, helped, said, let’s say, some secrets. Probably all that I have now is a complex. There are bits of everything here: gymnastics, ballet, and what the trainers advised.
- Probably, you can already call the rotation a checkmark on your business card. I watched the video of your early rentals - it turns out that you have been doing it in about the same style for quite some time. What do you think if this element is called your name? - I will be very pleased (laughs) .
- You are very fond of the public, the journalists are almost unanimous towards you too, many of them openly call you a skater without weak points, and someone even calls Tutberidze’s secret weapon. How do you look at these conversations? Does it distract or help?
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Post by Admin on May 17, 2020 5:24:24 GMT
- And I don’t listen to all these conversations too much. Even if some article catches my eye, I immediately close it. I don’t know, for some reason I can’t read about myself (laughs). - What do you yourself see your strengths and weaknesses? - This is what every athlete has. But I don’t want to talk about them. - Regarding the "secret weapon." You are considered one of the main contenders for the Olympic Games medals - 2022, and even though they are still far away, you show by your results that these judgments are not unfounded. How do you feel about such a label, is it psychologically pushing? And do you feel a special approach to yourself from the side of trainers? - I think no. I just try to do everything in my power. Our whole team works for the result, and the rest is not up to us. I once watched an interview with Irina Viner-Usmanova, and I really liked one phrase there: “If they said yes, they won’t say no below. I think these words are suitable for all conversations about the future. - What do you think is the secret of Eteri Georgievna? What is the distinguishing feature of her coaching approach, why is it possible to achieve such results? - We roll a lot of programs. If you have a good ride the first time, you are great, you can go to work on jumps or something else. Well, and if not really, you roll the whole thing until it works out. The main goal is to ensure that the program is good the first time. I think this plays a huge role. When you ride them all the time in training, competition is a little easier. You leave, and the thought pops up in your head: "Well, I rolled them? Now we need to do the same." - What about discipline? We all know that Eteri Georgievna appreciates a rigorous approach. And can she, for example, praise in training? - Yes of course. This does not always happen, but if you really do a good program, it can say: "Well done. Go ahead and work." And so Eteri Georgievna is very demanding. - Probably, the presence at the rink of other strong girls also spurs?
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Post by Admin on May 18, 2020 21:08:11 GMT
- Of course. You see, for example, Sasha Trusova, Anya Shcherbakova, quadruples jumping. Alena Kostornaya is jumping. Everyone is jumping. Well, you’re no worse - you go and start to jump everything.
- At the same time, despite the high competition, in your group there are no conflicts, nothing like that. How do you keep your competition healthy? - Firstly, in training, you work for yourself. And not that, that's why she jumped two more jumps, but I didn’t? How so? The thing is that if you jumped two jumps less, you had to ... Probably a little faster jumping (laughs) . Or go quickly to the elements. This is for work on ice. And in the locker room we just talk. Everyone is friends with everyone, everyone laughs, communicates. We are always discussing something.
- The next season. Probably there will be no such excitement as this, plus all the titles have already been collected and even Sasha Trusova’s junior records have been broken. It turns out that this will be more time for the future, including the Olympics? - It seems to me that the next season will also be quite important. Everyone expects the same result from the athlete as he had before. You can't make it worse. It is necessary to protect what has already been won by you.
- What would you like to tighten, to learn during this time? Perhaps in the jump section you add something? - This is probably the quad salchow. I wanted to quarantine him. Next - probably a triple axel. And after that we’ll look. - Next season you will be able to debut at the adult championship of Russia. Already thinking about this? Would you like to perform there? You used to say that it seems that you don’t really want to ...
- Not that I don’t really want to ... I just rather do not think about the next start. About what will happen in six months, it’s somehow easier for me not to think about it. I’d better do it a week before it, so as not to burn out. But the desire to try oneself in competition with adults, probably, still exists, as any athlete does. - You recently had a birthday, you turned 14 years old. Do you think this is a lot or a little for a skater?
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Post by Admin on Aug 8, 2020 20:24:01 GMT
It seems that with each new season, Russia debuts a young shooting star that dominates the junior ladies discipline. That was the case with Adelina Sotnikova, Julia Lipnitskaia, Elena Radionova, Evgenia Medvedeva, Alina Zagitova, and Alexandra Trusova over the past decade.
Last season marked the arrival of Kamila Valieva, 13, the fourth consecutive student of Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov, and Daniil Gleikhengauz to rule the junior world.
Though Valieva only made her international debut in August 2019, she was not a complete unknown to those who avidly follow the sport at the lower levels. Figure skating fans that had watched her compete at the novice level often posted videos of her performances online.
The popularity of her final short program at the novice level — “Girl on the Ball,” inspired by Pablo Picasso’s painting of the same name — was a factor in Valieva’s coaching team deciding to keep it for the 2019-2020 season. In an interview at the Russian test skates last fall, Tutberidze said it was her favorite program of the year. Valieva said she personally loved the program from the beginning because the choreography and the music were “very unusual. There are all these accents.”
It was also noticed and appreciated by Diana Widmaier Picasso, the granddaughter of the famous Spanish artist, who was so impressed by Valieva’s performance that she invited the Russian prodigy to visit her in Paris.
The original costume Valieva wore did not work for Tutberidze, so she asked for another one to be designed, similar to that of the girl in the painting. What the designer produced was a close match. The plain grey top (with sparkles added), grey leggings and black shorts brought the painting to life.
Picasso’s painting hangs in Moscow’s Pushkin Museum. The first time Valieva went to view the work, it was at an exhibition in St. Petersburg and she had to wait for it to be returned.
The painting depicts two acrobats in sharp contrast to each other – the fragility and impetuosity of the girl in obvious opposition to the square muscular power of the man sitting on a cube. Art historians interpret the contrast between the subject and the rather dull background as a reflection of the artist’s life — colorful and cheerful on the outside, but also one with hardships.
This was also a reflection of Valieva’s life last season, with success and struggle intertwined. Following victories at her two Junior Grand Prix events in France and Chelyabinsk in the fall, she suffered a foot injury and was off the ice for many weeks. It was not known at the time if she would be able to compete at the Junior Grand
Prix Final in December, for which she had qualified first.
Fortunately, Valieva recovered and though she said the hardest part of the season was “probably the preparation for that competition,” she scored a runaway victory in Italy. “The short program was the hardest because it was my first time to compete after a month. When I went back to training, the coaches said, ‘let’s recover, and if everything goes well and you get the jumps back quickly, then we’ll go to the Final.’
“I didn’t manage to get back the quad toe. I went for it in the few days before the Final but it was not consistent, so we decided to change the content of the long program,” Valieva explained, adding the quad toe was replaced with a double Axel.
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