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Post by Admin on Jul 3, 2020 20:05:47 GMT
You know a figure skating program is something special when the skater can fall on the opening jump and still place first. That's exactly what Russian skater Alexandra Trusova did at Skate Canada in October 2019, missing the landing on her opening quad salchow but getting right back up and proceeding to nail every other jump and choreography sequence. Just 15 at the time, Trusova said in a postmeet interview that she typically has trouble with her first jump but tries to pull herself together for the rest of the program. She did that and more this time around. With a program set to music from the Game of Thrones soundtrack, Trusova embodied both Daenerys, cupping a dragon against her shoulder at the beginning of the routine, and the dragons themselves with her fierce and powerful skating. The full program included three more quads (the most difficult category of jump) and ended with a bang that left us on the edge of our seats, and with over a million views so far on YouTube, we think viewers agree. Watch the mesmerizing free skate for yourself above!
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Post by Admin on Jul 18, 2020 18:45:08 GMT
http://instagram.com/p/CCv5ngDITWM Russia’s two-time World Junior Figure Skating Champion Alexandra Trusova proved during the recent training sessions that she is capable of landing all quadruple jumps and a triple axel, her coach Evgeni Plushenko told TASS on Friday. Trusova, 16, is capable of executing all quadruple jumps except for the quadruple Axel, which has four and a half revolutions, but no figure skater was able to land it yet both in men and women’s competitions. Plushenko said that during the training camp in the country’s southern city of Kislovodsk, Trusova learnt how to execute a quadruple Rittberger jump, which has never been executed in women’s singles competitions at international tournaments. "Our training camp was successful, the training base was fantastic, it provided all conveniences; all my expectations were justified and this is why I wanted to go there," Plushenko, who is a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, said in an interview with TASS. "Alexandra has managed to execute again all of her quadruple jumps, she is all right with the triple axel as well as with the flip, Rittberger and the rest of the jumps," he said. "It is clear that we still need to practice of placing them [into the skating program]." In late May, Trusova scored another entry into the Guinness Book of World Records as the first-ever female figure skater to land a quad flip jump. The first quadruple flip jump in a figure skating competition by a female was achieved by Trusova on December 7, 2019 at the ISU (the International Skating Union) Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Torino, Italy. It was Trusova’s third entry into the Guinness Book of World Records as she previously was noted for performing the quad toe loop jump and a quad toe lutz. The 16-year-old teen prodigy is currently the only figure skater in the history of female competitions to land a quadruple jump in combination, namely a quad toe loop with a quad lutz jump. In addition to the two gold medals she earned at the World Junior Championships (2018 in Sofia and 2019 in Zagreb), Trusova is also a bronze medal winner of the 2019/2020 Grand Prix Figure Skating Final in Italy’s Torino and a bronze medalist from the 2020 European Figure Skating Championship, hosted in Graz, Austria in late January.
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Post by Admin on Aug 2, 2020 19:05:23 GMT
Russian quad-jumping sensation Alexandra Trusova has spoken out on her split with renowned coach Eteri Tutberidze, revealing that she preferred to train under a specialist who landed solid quads during his professional career. The 16-year-old said she needed changes after an unimpressive performance last season during which she constantly fell on her signature quadruple jumps. http://instagram.com/p/CDQaqbVp9QT “I think this is normal to be coached by different specialists,” Trusova was quoted as saying by Match TV. “For some reason I couldn't deliver clean skating. So we attempted to cooperate with Evgeni Viktorovich (Plushenko) who himself landed quads during his career and knows how to skate clean at every start,” she added. http://instagram.com/p/CDQZtaVp0rM European bronze medalist and the first female skater to land a quad, Trusova ended her four-year cooperation with Tutberidze after her splendid results nosedived on the international arena. In May, Trusova was included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first female skater to successfully land a quadruple flip jump at an international competition.
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Post by Admin on Aug 12, 2020 20:29:57 GMT
Russian figure skating’s rising star Alexandra Trusova will interpret the world-famous love story of Romeo and Juliet in the new free program created by her new coaching team under the guidance of Evgeni Plushenko. The two-time Olympic champion – who promised to improve Trusova’s choreography, which has been the skater’s weak point – shared a short video from a training session, revealing the newly staged Shakespeare-themed routine. http://instagram.com/p/CDtsJXKjwW7 “4Lutz-3Toe loop from the free program ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by Alexandra,” Plushenko wrote. “First part ‘Kissing You’ by Craig Armstrong, second part ‘[Come,] Gentle Night’ by Abel Korzeniowski, third part “Montagues and Capulets” by Richard Clayderman.” The first skater in history to land a quad at an international event, Trusova has been constantly criticized for her lack of artistry and noticeable focus on jumping elements.
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Post by Admin on Aug 13, 2020 19:28:36 GMT
http://instagram.com/p/CDbFO8ZoYfQ Russian choreographer and director of ice shows Ilya Averbukh commented on the departure of figure skater Alexandra Trusova from the group Eteri Tutberidze, reports “Sport-Express”. So, Averbukh believes that the transition to another place looks “strange”, and Trusova’s statement that the coach did not allow her to be realized in jumps for a long time is not a reason for leaving. http://instagram.com/p/CDqqpsNIuFK Trusova left the Tutberidze group in May, moving to the Evgeni Plushenko Academy. Later, on Match TV, she said that she always wanted to learn how to execute jumps in four turns, but the coach prevented this for a long time. In July, another titled athlete, the current European champion, Alena Kostornaya, moved from the Tutberidze group to Plushenko. Averbukh noted that the transitions of skaters in such numbers are a big problem. http://instagram.com/p/CDWnewqozP- Earlier it was reported that the Olympic champion in figure skating Elena Ilinykh began work at the Evgeni Plushenko Academy.
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