From October 6 to 10, the Ice Palace in Yoshkar-Ola will host the second stage of the Cup of Russia figure skating with the participation of 200 athletes. Sochi Olympic champion Adelina Sotnikova will take part in the competition.
On October 6, the second stage of the Cup of Russia figure skating starts with Single & Pair Skating, Ice Dance in the category of sports masters. The Yoshkar-Ola stage will be attended by Olympic figure skating champion Adelina Sotnikova. Among the 200 athletes on the ice, there are Yaroslav Kuzmin and Anna Zolotareva.
As previously informed the Agency of sport information "All Sport", Adelina Sotnikova may miss the competition because of a foot injury. However, the channel "Area 12" reported that Adelina still come to Yoshkar-Ola and take part in the Russian Cup.
According to the coaching staff, it would not be anything serious, but the recent injury has gone to the trouble to add an ankle that go on for several weeks, thereby slowing down a crucial stage of the preparation. At this point, it is possible that the eighteen year old Moscow to take part in the third stage of the Russian Cup to be held in Sochi in late October. The debut in the Grand Prix, however, is set for mid-November (14-16) at the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow.
Taking a walk with a friend's wedding on October 4, Adeline caught floral bouquet thrown into a crowd of girls. As proof athlete has posted on his page on the social network video of this beautiful and perhaps fateful moment, leaving a very enthusiastic message: "I caught the bouquet! Well, I'm next!".
Adeline recommend fans not to rush her - after all she's only just turned 18 and fans are wondering if they will not fit the role of the groom's so beautiful and successful maiden. Someone even remembered that Adelina Sotnikova once said that she wanted to get married at age twenty. So, it is possible that the sign will come true, writes Starhit.
However, the public do not know yet if they have chosen Adeline . But we know that a solo skater-associated warm relationship with Maxim Kovtun, also a figure skater. Young people are often seen together, they are genuinely ill each other at competitions and regularly dine together in restaurants. Athletes themselves insist that nothing between them but friendship, no.
Nike (NKE) does not make marketing events in size small, and its female-focused media extravaganza in Manhattan on Wednesday morning was no exception. An Oregon-sized studio space was abuzz with black-clad staffers wearing colorful sneakers and holdings signs to corral journalists on a global scale: “Eastern Europe,” “Japan,” “Greater China.” When the lights dropped, a parade of ridiculously talented female athletes strode down the runway with little sashaying: basketball star Skylar Diggins, world record marathoner Paula Radcliffe, sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and boxer Marlen Esparza, to name a few. A space-age terrarium dropped from the ceiling with more finely toned women on display. There were 27 female athletes in all—a Fashion Week-style showcase with much more muscular models.
Wednesday's event featured 27 Nike-sponsored athletes including Olympic gold medalists Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards-Ross and Adelina Sotnikova; two-time tennis Grand Slam champion Li Na; and professional basketball star Skylar Diggins. Nike also revealed its collaboration with Brazilian designer Pedro Lourenço, a collection of training apparel and footwear that blends performance with a unique interpretation of style. "Today we're introducing the most comprehensive and innovative women's collection Nike has ever created," said Amy Montagne, Nike women vice president and general manager.
Nike pulled a publicity full-court press and called up its roster of all-star ladies from all over the world to make a statement: We will win womenswear. The company now collects about $5 billion a year from women, roughly $18 of every $100 of its revenue dollars. Nike expects to expand its sales to women by 40 percent within the next four years. “There’s more opportunity now than ever before,” Nike Chief Executive Officer Marc Parker told the crowd.
The winner of the Sochi Games Figure Skating Adelina Sotnikova, who took part in the campaign "Share your warmth", held in Moscow as part of the "Olympic change", shared her impressions of the new ideas, but also spoke about the process of its recovery.
All-Russian project "Olympic change" was launched in November 2013. Then appeared in the Moscow metro machine that gave anyone wishing to 30 sit-ups a free ticket to ride. At this time in Moscow and three other cities of Russia - Saint-Petersburg, Samara, Ufa, and - within the same project, the action "Share your warmth." It lies in the fact that these cities have set for automatic exchange of heat.
It is a two terminal. On one side is the screen through which you need to choose a city where the heat will leave, and the platform on the ground on which you want to run on the spot for 30 seconds and develop heat. On the other side of the terminal is an infrared design, which, on the contrary, you can bask in the warmth that came in the same way from out of town. Use the terminal can be anyone. The presentation of the project was attended by Olympic champions, the president of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov and officials of the city administration.
- You like the idea of the new project is the fact that unite people through sport in a fun and accessible way?
- I stood under this gun, take the heat from Ufa and realized that this is a very interesting project that gives people a positive, especially during the run, good energy, funny photos.
- Name of the project pushes the question of what to you have become Olympic change this year?
- During this year I have been a lot of changes in almost all spheres of life, and I hope that all the better. Of course, with the exception of trauma, after which I'm still recovering, the foot is still worried that it hurts, it hurts.
- All this time, while you are absent due to an injury, do you get attention and support from the fans?
- Yes, I feel great support of my fans, for which they are very grateful. In general, for any athlete, it is important to realize that he was waiting for and support the other.
- You were upset because of that you are forced to miss the European Championship?
- I should not be hurt, because I miss the competition due to an injury. Now I try to gradually recover, but not yet obtained. So I do not lose heart at the moment for me the main thing - health.
- For someone will be hurt at the European Championships in Sweden and whether you have predictions about the performance of Russian athletes?
- I support all of our skaters, someone will not allocate separately. While forecasts do hard girls will all depend on the quality of hire.