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Post by Admin on Jun 13, 2021 20:39:48 GMT
Munich (dpa) - Olympic pair skating champion Aljona Savchenko surprisingly wants to continue her sporting career in the USA after the declared end of her career . This was announced by the 37-year-old native of Ukraine to the German Ice Skating Union, it said in a statement. You have applied for the start clearance through the American Ice Skating Association. The DEU presidium complied with this request. "I am very happy about this next phase of my career and I am grateful to the associations that they made this step possible," said Savchenko, who won the gold medal with Bruno Massot at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang with her "Freestyle of the Century" . "With conviction, passion and commitment, I believe that it is possible to set and achieve goals in every phase of our life and career," said Savchenko. "I'm looking forward to an exciting future in the USA." In Germany there is currently no partner for the six-time world champion, whose heart is still burning for competitions, the message said. So she left her long-term training location in Oberstdorf and will continue her sporting path in the USA. http://instagram.com/p/CQAk59FBd0F "The change came as a surprise to us after Aljona Savchenko officially announced the end of her career together with Bruno Massot a few weeks ago," explained DEU sports director Claudia Pfeifer. "We don't want to put any obstacles in the way of Aljona Savchenko after everything she has achieved for German figure skating and we wish her all the best for the new chapter." The exceptional pair skater, who trained in Chemnitz, won a total of 23 international medals for the DEU with her partners Robin Szolkowy and Massot, making her the most successful German figure skater. "Should Aljona Savchenko decide at some point to come back to Germany, our doors are always open to her," emphasized Pfeifer.
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Post by Admin on Jun 14, 2021 6:09:28 GMT
"Sportclub Story"-writer Inka Blumensaat met Aljona Savchenko at home in Oberstdorf and in Zürich behind the scenes at an ice show, she also spoke at length with Savchenkos partner Bruno Massot, coach Alexander König, previous partner Robin Szolkowy and Daniel Weiss, figure skating expert for ARD (German TV network). About a woman who "never, never, never gives up", like Massot told. http://instagram.com/p/CDJCz3CqnNS The 2018 Olympic champion in pairs skating has revealed she won’t compete for a spot at Beijing 2022. She recently gave insight on her five Games appearances in an episode of the original series, ‘Time Machine’. Recently, Savchenko revealed that she and Massot – who have not competed since winning the world title in 2018 – would indeed, not be competing next season. “This was an extremely difficult decision and I’m still fighting myself,” Savchenko, now 37, wrote in an Instagram post. “Every day is a new challenge, there are also new opportunities and new chances.” While – especially with Savchenko – you never know what might happen next, the Ukrainian-turned-German has had one of the most standout careers in all of skating, capturing seven world titles to go along with the three aforementioned Olympic medals, spanning some 17 seasons at the senior level. Earlier this year, Savchenko featured on the original series, Time Machine, to talk about her Olympic journey, joined by fellow Olympic champ and now NBC commentator Tara Lipinski, as well as figure skating expert Jackie Wong. “I’ll never forget this moment,” Lipinski told Savchenko in the episode of her 2018 triumph, 20 years after the American had won at Nagano 1998. “It was one of the best of the Games. I couldn’t believe it happened... it was everything you had worked for that unfolded in a magical way.
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Post by Admin on Jun 14, 2021 21:18:09 GMT
Aljona Savchenko, one of the most successful personalities in the history of artistic couples in figure skating, denies herself and throws herself back into the fray again. The news is in fact the most sensational: the reigning Olympic Champion is about to start an adventure in North America with a new partner, the American TJ Nyman. The indiscretion emerged on the morning of Friday 11 June from the columns of the German newspaper Der Spiegel and was confirmed by the person concerned after having obtained permission from the German federation to represent the States. "I am really looking forward to starting this next phase of my career and I am grateful to the associations that made this transition possible," Savchenko said in a brief statement released on the official DEU website - with conviction, passion and commitment, I believe it is possible to set and achieve goals at every stage of our life and career“. The champion after the triumphal Olympic season, that of 2017-2018, had repeatedly expressed the desire to return to competitions, finding however the opposite opinion of the partner Bruno Massot, with whom she closed the collaboration in an official form and, above all, not intercepting no new suitable companion in Germany, a factor that prompted her to publish a long message on Instagram full of regret last April 30, foreshadowing a retirement from the scene. In the meantime, as is now evident, the Kiev native continued her research overseas, a place where, according to rumors of the past few months, she would have to move shortly anyway. Due to technical and bureaucratic problems, above all dictated by the passage of nationality, the newly formed couple will not be able to compete for the Beijing 2022 Olympics but will try to clear the pass for the World Championships, scheduled in Montpellier in March. The reception of fans of the discipline is clearly divided, some happy to still be able to see a sensational athlete on the ice, others regret instead of seeing the name of the Champion associated with that of TJ Nyman, an extremely conversational figure recently accused by a skater, Emma Tang, sexual harassment and violence.
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Post by Admin on Jun 15, 2021 3:18:13 GMT
Aljona Savchenko and TJ Nyman: Retrograde (Choreography by Benoit Richaud)
Lyrics to 'Retrograde' by James Blunt: You're on your own In a world you've grown Few more years to go, Don't let the hurdle fall So be the girl you loved, Be the girl you loved
I'll wait So show me why you're strong Ignore everybody else, We're alone now I'll wait So show me why you're strong Ignore everybody else, We're alone now
Suddenly, I'm hit Is this darkness of the dawn? And your friends are gone And your friends won't come So show me where you fit So show me where you fit
I'll wait So show me why you're strong Ignore everybody else, We're alone now (We're alone now) (We're alone now) I'll wait (We're alone now) (We're alone now) (We're alone now) I'll wait (We're alone now) (We're alone now) (We're alone now) (We're alone now) (We're alone now)
Suddenly, I'm hit Is this darkness of the dawn? And your friends are gone And your friends won't come So show me where you fit So show me where you fit
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Post by Admin on Jun 15, 2021 18:27:00 GMT
Aljona Savchenko and TJ Nyman Train Side-by-side Jumps (Toe Loop and Salchow)
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