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Kamila Valieva completes first Russian title triumph

 

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Valieva said afterwards, "Today I felt huge support from the crowd. I am happy that I was able to gather myself even though I was shaking inside. I did my best. I also want to congratulate all the girls on qualifying for the European Championships."

 

Ominously, she added, "I am satisfied with today, but I hope to improve for the Europeans."

 

When asked about her plans for the New Year, she said, "I was hoping to go to Kazan to spend time with my family, but I'll probably stay in Moscow. I don’t want to take any flights or go anywhere, but I also dream of going to the VDNKh rink and enjoy skating there."

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Tuktamysheva said, "Today I felt much more confident going in, my body felt stronger. The main goal was to do first two triple Axels. I did them and it made me so happy that I nearly fell down from it. I think it's in my choreographic make-up to make people laugh."

 

She added that she will hang the portrait she received in her apartment.

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Afterwards, Shcherbakova reflected on how much the sport had changed since she won her first Russian title - as a junior - three years ago:

 

"Back when we competed in Saransk, quads were unbelievable to imagine. Now it's almost the norm." - world champion Anna Shcherbakova

 

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Kamila Valieva set for Olympic fairytale ending to spectacular season

 

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With the notable exception of 25-year-old Tuktamysheva, who remains as enthusiastic as ever under Alexei Mishin, all of the top Russian female skaters are teenage members of Team Tutberidze.

 

When asked why she has been able to keep going for so much longer than her younger opponents, the 2015 world champion said, "I think they quit because they get tired, mentally and physically. When you have constant self-restraint in some aspects of your life, it's very difficult."

 

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Coaching supremo Tutberidze, who remains something of divisive figure among figure skating fans, attracted anger by insisting that Kostornaia should have skated in St. Petersburg with her broken hand.

 

Speaking to Russia's Channel 1RT, she said that Medvedeva had competed at her first Russian nationals (as a junior in December 2011) with a plaster cast on her wrist and "skated perfectly well".

 

She said of Kostornaia, "Maybe having missed all her opportunities in sport, she will become super-famous and popular. I do not know. I am upset because I think this was a missed opportunity. I believe that it was possible to skate with such an injury."

 

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Sofia Samodelkina's honest interview:

Sofia Samodelkina: “Every night I’m praying that the Olympics are postponed to 2023. I think this will be my only chance.”

 

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You say that figure skating is your life. What should happen in this life so that you can tell yourself that you have not lived it in vain?

 

Sofia Samodelkina: I have a lot of figure skating dreams. Of course, I would like to win the Olympics, become an Olympic champion. But I have already fulfilled one dream by jumping all quadruples. It was a very big goal for me. As a child, I could not even imagine that I could jump at least some quadruple, but now I have them all.

 

Perhaps I cannot do each of them like 10 in a row, but nevertheless I have them. And there is video evidence of this. If suddenly someone once asks who among the girls could jump all the quads, they will tell him – Sofia Samodelkina. And they will show the video.

 

And of the current dreams and goals … I don’t know. It seems to me that everyone dreams about the Olympics. Actually, I’m praying that the Games are postponed to 2023.

 

Come on.

 

Sofia Samodelkina: Yes, I read prayers at night for this to happen! (laughs). I just think so: “Damn, the next Olympics is in 2026. I will be 17-18 years old. Well, what five quads can be at this age, well, seriously?!”

 

Do you think this is impossible?

 

Sofia Samodelkina: No, it is possible, of course. There is an example of Sasha Trusova – she collected five quads at the test skates. Anya Shcherbakova collected three. But everyone has their own source of motivation. Sasha, for example, has a goal – the Olympics, and she is moving towards it. And she understood that even if this Olympics was the only one, she would definitely get it.

 

And I don’t have the right year of birth. And because of this, one more cycle, another four years I need to go through this … In this case, I will have another goal – just to become famous so that they know me.

 

You know, this is very honest. I thought there would be this typical phrases “we shouldn’t think, but just work and then the work will bring the results”. But prayers for the postponement of the Olympics are just ridiculous.

 

Sofia Samodelkina: Come on, I think about it every day! (laughs). When the Grand Prix Final were postponed, I thought: “Well, please, let’s move the Olympics as well, and then my whole life will succeed!”

 

Of course, I have nothing against the girls who are now fighting for the Olympics. This is purely my desire. Although in 2023 other girls will be able to qualify for the Olympics by age.
 

Well, of course there’s a probability of postponement. But it’s very small.

 

Sofia Samodelkina: Yes … I look on Instagram – there are constantly pictures pop up “50 days before the Olympics” and all that. It seems that everything is already built, adjusted. I don’t really believe it’ll be postponed either. I think the maximum that will happen is that the skating rink will be closed tightly, and the skaters will skate in closed mode.


In general, let’s better count on 2026 right away.

 

Sofia Samodelkina: Yeah. But if it is still postponed to 2023 (laughs) ….. then it will be just destiny! I think this will be my only chance (to get to the Olympics). If I find out that the Olympics will be in 2023, I just won’t leave the rink (laughs). I will live here for 24 hours!

 

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Ksenia Tsibinova switches to pairs skating

 

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It was reported in the Russian media and later confirmed by Ksenia Tsibinova that the figure skater has switched from singles skating to pairs skating.

 

According to the 17-year-old, she has joined Nina Mozer’s team and will train with Filipp Tarasov and Dmitry Zobnin.

 

Recently, CSKA coach Sergei Davydov mentioned that Tsibinova told him if she cannot perform the most difficult elements and cannot compete for the top positions – then she does not see a point in continuing.

 

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