Post by Admin on Jun 2, 2020 19:55:27 GMT
Russia’s 2018 Olympic champion in figure skating Alina Zagitova is set to join the training camp of national figure skaters in the Moscow Region's town of Novogorsk on June 2, a source close to the situation told TASS on Monday.
A group of figure skaters under the management of world’s famous coach Eteri Tutberidze is currently training at the Novogorsk camp. Alexander Kogan, the director general of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (RFSF), told TASS earlier in the day that Tutberidze returned to Russia from the United States and had to undergo the required two-week COVID-19 quarantine.
According to the source, Zagitova, who is a member of Tutberidze’s figure skating group, returned to Moscow last week from the Russian city of Kazan, and was bound to join this week the rest of athletes at the training camp outside Moscow.
"Last week, Alina [Zagitova] returned to Moscow," the source told TASS. "Tomorrow she is bound to set off for the training base in Novogorsk."
In early December 2019, the Russian figure skater announced her decision to take a break in her career for an indefinite period. Back then RFSF President Alexander Gorshkov commented on the news that a place in the Russian national team of figure skaters remained reserved for Zagitova.
During the 2019/2020 season Zagitova earned 2,620 points having won the gold of the 2019 ISU World Championship in Japan’s Saitama, the silver of the European Championship and the silver of the ISU Grand Prix to finish in the top spot of the ISU (International Skating Union) list of the world’s best female figure skaters of the 2019/2020 season packing the total number of 4,702 points.
Zagitova is currently ranked 8th (2,666 points) in the ISU list of the world’s best female figure skaters, which is topped by Japan’s Rika Kihira (4,171 points).
Russian Olympic figure skating champion Zagitova says no thoughts of ending career
In addition to the gold of the 2019 ISU World Championship, Zagitova was the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics gold medalist in singles and the silver medalist in the team event.
Zagitova was the first Russian female figure skater to win all awards in ladies singles competitions as she was also the winner of the 2018 European Championships in Moscow and the gold medalist of the 2017-2018 Grand Prix Final in Nagoya.
A group of figure skaters under the management of world’s famous coach Eteri Tutberidze is currently training at the Novogorsk camp. Alexander Kogan, the director general of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (RFSF), told TASS earlier in the day that Tutberidze returned to Russia from the United States and had to undergo the required two-week COVID-19 quarantine.
According to the source, Zagitova, who is a member of Tutberidze’s figure skating group, returned to Moscow last week from the Russian city of Kazan, and was bound to join this week the rest of athletes at the training camp outside Moscow.
"Last week, Alina [Zagitova] returned to Moscow," the source told TASS. "Tomorrow she is bound to set off for the training base in Novogorsk."
In early December 2019, the Russian figure skater announced her decision to take a break in her career for an indefinite period. Back then RFSF President Alexander Gorshkov commented on the news that a place in the Russian national team of figure skaters remained reserved for Zagitova.
During the 2019/2020 season Zagitova earned 2,620 points having won the gold of the 2019 ISU World Championship in Japan’s Saitama, the silver of the European Championship and the silver of the ISU Grand Prix to finish in the top spot of the ISU (International Skating Union) list of the world’s best female figure skaters of the 2019/2020 season packing the total number of 4,702 points.
Zagitova is currently ranked 8th (2,666 points) in the ISU list of the world’s best female figure skaters, which is topped by Japan’s Rika Kihira (4,171 points).
Russian Olympic figure skating champion Zagitova says no thoughts of ending career
In addition to the gold of the 2019 ISU World Championship, Zagitova was the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics gold medalist in singles and the silver medalist in the team event.
Zagitova was the first Russian female figure skater to win all awards in ladies singles competitions as she was also the winner of the 2018 European Championships in Moscow and the gold medalist of the 2017-2018 Grand Prix Final in Nagoya.