As you know, this Olympics in the women's figure skating became a confrontation between two friends and rival Russians Alina Zagitova and Evgeny Medvedev. But four years ago, at the Sochi Olympics, there was another star, Yulia Lipnitskaya. She won gold and retired from the sport.
A lot of fans didn't get it. This statement confused them. Many did not understand this and want to know the reasons for her departure from figure skating. But this was a really important step for the skater, and she had reasons for this.
This year, Alina Zagitova "took" gold and she is only 15. This reminded many of the story of Lipnitskaya, who at this age won Olympic gold. The story of Lipnitskaya was, however, difficult and interesting.
Julia had difficulties since childhood. She was raised only by her mother, her father left as soon as she was born. At the age of three, she was already skating. Mom fought her hyperactivity so hard. And at the age of six, she was already doing the norm of masters of sports, her mother dropped everything and took care of her daughter.
They arrived in the capital, and the difficulties had just begun. The girl did not go to school, she studied individually. She studied with Tutberidze, and she was sometimes very tough with her. The regime was tricky, but that's how she succeeded. Eteri will then say that parents should not be allowed into training process, so she says because of Yulia's mother.
After she achieved victory in Sochi, she began to quarrel with Eteri. She told her that she knew everything herself. She stopped doing everything even at the Russian championships. By the way, she was presented with an apartment in Moscow for winning the Olympics.
As a result, she left Eteri for another coach Urmanov and went to train in Sochi. There she was not pursued by fans and she hoped that in the tranquility she would find peace. But even with the new coach it did not work out, because it was difficult to manage, she caught the star.
Experts say retirement is pretty the right decision... And there were several important reasons for this.
Yulia psychologically broke down, she could not get used to the huge attention of the fans .. In addition, with Eteri, she would have been able to fight it, but she left her.
But besides this there was another problem, when she began to grow up and her hormonal background began to change, she began to gain weight, and he, as you know, does not allow jumping normally. When she stopped eating, she fell ill, and when she recovered, she gained weight dramatically.
In addition, her unique stretch was no longer so surprising, and her jump technique was never very good. Now the skaters have reached a new level, to which she will no longer rise.
The reasons why Lipnitskaya left the sport are revealed by Rodnina, Tarasova, Mishin, Plushenko and other figure skating stars.
The idol of Russian figure skating fans, solar Yulia Lipnitskaya, Olympic champion Sochi-2014 in the team tournament, silver medalist of the 2014 World and Golden European Championships (albeit in the absence of the main favorite Adelina Sotnikova, who did not go to the competition Olympic year), and also, who took second place in the final of the "Grand Prix" in 2013, left big sport at the age of 19!
This was officially announced on Monday 28 August. Why did the 19-year-old athlete stop competing? Julia herself refused to explain to reporters the reason for ending her career at such a young age (however, back in April, she said that she would leave the big sport and would be intensively treated).
A prominent functionary of Russian figure skating, Mr. Lakernik also declined to comment on Lipnitskaya's departure from the sport, considering it unethical, since she herself is silent.
But the stars of Russian figure skating are not silent.
Irina Rodnina told the media that for the specialists, Yulia Lipnitskaya's "departure" was expected, since the level of her skating during the last three years"falls short" and good results no. Rodnina also noted that already at the Olympic Games in Sochi, Yulia made a lot of mistakes in individual competitions. Julia had no chance to get into the figure skating elite again. She missed too much.
Alexey Mishin, one of the best figure skating coaches in the world, reacted very calmly to Lipnitskaya's departure. He believes that Lipnitskaya's star, flashing brightly in 2014, immediately rolled down. There are many such skaters who, having shown an outstanding result, could no longer repeat it, there are many in Mishin's memory.
Ilya Averbukh, paying tribute to the past merits of Lipnitskaya, nevertheless notes that after the Olympics, Julia did not break into any prestigious tournament with the participation of stars of the first magnitude. Moreover, he believes that after the 2014 Olympics, Yulia had too many personal ambitions that came into conflict with the coaching guidelines. Those who knew how Yulia began to train with Eteri Tutberidze after winning the team event at the Sochi Olympics expected the inevitable sunset sports career young champion.
Alexander Zhulin introduced intrigue in the comments of Lipnitskaya's departure from sports. The thing is that the girl grew up and physiologically gained excess weight that prevented her from doing technical elements... The girl rushed to lose weight, her legs began to pull together. Julia faced a dilemma: either continue to torture her body, or leave ...
The brilliant and unique Tatyana Tarasova laconically and directly spoke about Lipnitskaya's retirement from the sport: "... she left three years ago!" Recall that Tarasova is never mistaken in the estimates of the skaters.
Former Lipnitskaya coach Eteri Tutberidze said that Julia left her team because she did not want to follow the coaching instructions in training. Eteri's direct speech: "It never happens in my team, and Yulia simply has nothing to do with me." The coach also hinted at constant interference in the training process of the mother of the young champion.
All experts note Lipnitskaya's “unwillingness” to train at full strength over the past three years, overcoming pain and fatigue; and this is the only way to achieve high results in sports.
“Downed pilot” Evgeni Plushenko, who is also the current coach of Lipnitskaya (remember that the two-time Olympic champion himself was harshly criticized by experts for going to Sochi and withdrew from the competition), is the only one who sympathizes with Yulia and expects her return.
Yulia Lipnitskaya is a figure skater who won gold medal on the Olympic Games ah in Sochi (2014) in team competition performing on the ice to music from Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. She ended her career in August 2017.Childhood of Julia Lipnitskaya
The girl was born in Yekaterinburg. At four, her mother brought her to the rink and enrolled her in the figure skating section, namely, in the Lokomotiv sports school, where Elena Levkovets became the girl's first coach.The upbringing lay on the shoulders of the mother, since Yulia's father did not live with them, and she never saw him. Due to the fact that from early childhood the little athlete took a lot of time to train, she did not attend school, but was on the so-called home schooling.
Being a naturally gifted child with an incredible stretch, Julia almost immediately began to make progress, standing out among her skaters of the same age. Her first coach still monitors how the sports career of her young pupil is developing, is happy and worried about her.
The first successes of Yulia Lipnitskaya in figure skating
Since at twelve the skater showed more than excellent results, her mother decided to move to Moscow. Thanks to this, Julia had the opportunity to study with best trainers country. Almost immediately it became clear that this decision was correct. New coach the girls, together with Sergey Dudakov, helped Lipnitskaya to fully reveal the talent of an extraordinary figure skater. Igor Pashkevich also provided assistance in training.Julia Lipnitskaya. Truth and fiction. In the studio Ilya Averbukh
In the 2009-10 season, Julia was able to get to the fifth position at the national championship among juniors. A year later, she already competed not among juniors, but with “adults” at the Russian championship, where she immediately became the fourth.
Yulia Lipnitskaya at international competitions
It is known that ISU allows athletes to participate in international competitions juniors only from a certain age, which Julia just reached in the 2011-12 season. The debut took place in Poland at the Junior Grand Prix, where the athlete immediately became a champion. She won both the stage in Italy and the final in Quebec.It is surprising that the victory in the final was won by Yulia in both the free and short program... Her main rival there was Polina Shelepen, who lagged behind Lipnitskaya by as much as seventeen points.
In 2012, at the national championship, the figure skater in the short program was third, but in free program won. Thus, according to the results, she became the silver medalist. In the same year she won the junior championship of Russia. And again, her main rival was Shelepen, who lagged behind Yulia by more than nine points and took second place.
Yulia Lipnitskaya told the truth about the apartment "donated" to her
In the same year, the girl, having arrived at the World Junior Championships, became the highest on the podium, leaving Gracie Gold behind. It turned out that in all international competitions in which Lipnitskaya took part, she won only first places.
Lipnitskaya's preparations for the Sochi Olympics
In Finland, the victory was again for Julia. She participated in the Espoo tournament in Finland. So the preparation of the athlete for her first Olympics began. This was followed by victories in adult competitions, first in China, then in France. It was in France that Julia not only won a victory, she managed to get the maximum level and all kinds of bonuses.With so many victories, the figure skater did not perform in the Grand Prix finals, the reason was an injury. She also had to miss the national championship in 2013. In the second season of 2012-13, the athlete first took to the ice after an injury, taking part in the Russian championship. On it, she became the fifth. After that, only victories followed again.
At the World Championships held in Milan, she stood on the second step of the podium. With such results, the skater approached the Olympic season.
Yulia Lipnitskaya at the Sochi Olympics
The very first performance of Yulia in the team competition of the Sochi Olympics attracted the attention of the whole world to her. The girl won a brilliant victory by rolling back the program perfectly twice. It was she who brought the greatest number of points in team result... Unfortunately, performance in individual competitions was not so successful. There Lipnitskaya became only fifth due to several falls. Nevertheless, in the history of the Olympics, she is the youngest champion, winner of a gold medal. She performed in the same team with such stars as Evgeni Plushenko, Maxim Trankov, Tatyana Volosozhar, Elena Ilinykh, Nikita Katsalapov and others.In the 2013-14 season, the talented skater took silver in the Grand Prix finals due to a mistake in the program. But at the European Championship, the result was an indisputable victory, while Julia was the youngest of the competitors.
Yulia Lipnitskaya: performance at the Sochi Olympics
In February, she became an Honored Master of Sports. The girl began to prepare for the next Olympics, where she will most likely be able to become a champion in individual wrestling as well.
Personal life of Yulia Lipnitskaya
The main person in the world for Yulia is her mother, who has been her close friend all her life. She accompanies her daughter, sharing with her the joy of victories, is by her side when rare defeats and injuries occur. More than once, the athlete said many warm words about her mother.Julia Lipnitskaya now
In August 2017, information appeared in the press about the end of Yulia Lipnitskaya's sports career. As it turned out, the 18-year-old figure skater made this decision back in April. Julia refused to comment on the reasons for leaving the big sport. 
Yulia's losing streak began back in 2016, when she finished only 7th in the national championship. V next year she did not make it to the Russian championship due to an injury that she received not while skating, but falling on the sidewalk. The girl had to skip the competition because of the treatment. At the same time, according to her mother, she suffered from anorexia since 2014, which could not but affect sports failures.
Today, June 5, is the 20th anniversary of Yulia Lipnitskaya, the youngest Olympic champion in the history of women's figure skating.
Julia Lipnitskaya was made by her mother - both literally and figuratively: Julia's mother Daniela devoted her whole life to her daughter without a trace. Pope Vyacheslav did not take part in upbringing: as he once went to pay his military duty to the Fatherland, he never returned to the family. Mom Daniela, having lost support, herself created a stellar script for Yulia and brought it to life.
To begin with, she directed the girl's energetic energy into a peaceful channel: in the figure skating section, where her mother took three-year-old Yulia, her hyperactivity was converted into a result. Explicit abilities immediately attracted attention, and mom Daniela decided to make a superstar out of her daughter.
It was in Yekaterinburg, money was sparse, nevertheless, Daniela found an opportunity to rent an apartment right next to the Lokomotiv skating rink, where Yulia trained. From the very first competitions it became clear that at her age there were no competitors in the city. Therefore, we must move to Moscow.
Legend has it that little Julia herself made a choice, saying that she only wants to train with, which then, at the beginning of 2009, was as far from her current status as Julia Lipnitskaya was from the Olympic gold in Sochi. It was this goal that united them: a talented coach and a student who literally fell from the sky, who, despite her tender age, was ready to gnaw ice for new victories.
People who saw how frantically, literally for wear and tear little Julia worked, only marveled. But the result was obvious. Her life in Moscow was instantly filled with meaning, and serious results came quickly enough. First - at the junior championships of Russia, then at the Grand Prix and the world championship among juniors. In all international competitions of the 2011/12 season, Yulia Lipnitskaya became the first, and in the pre-Olympic season, on which large bets were made, she began to skate for adults.
At the same time, by the age of 13, Yulia's medical record was full of the most incredible injuries and injuries: from simple bruises and sprains to concussion and pinched nerves. And the moral and psychological state, too, as Julia admitted after the Sochi triumph, was far from ideal. " I endured, - said Julia. - I endured every day, every hour. Not every separate workout, and figure skating in general».
Before the Olympics in Sochi, Yulia won her first "big" title, becoming the first European champion from Russia in the last 8 years. The main competitor in the national team Adelina Sotnikova and five-time champion Europe's Carolina Costner, who was almost twice as older than Yulia, was more than 7 points behind.
At the Games themselves, Yulia performed the main role in the team competition. Her contribution to the victory of the Russian national team turned out to be the most significant: 20 points for the first two places with really excellent skating. Even Russian President Vladimir Putin, not inclined to show excessive emotions, gave her a standing ovation, and later honored her with personal gratitude.
Having become the Olympic champion in the team tournament, Yulia broke the so-called "age record" in the women's single skating... Prior to that, it belonged to American figure skater Tara Lipinski, who won the 1998 Olympics at the age of 15 years 255 days. Yulia on the day of victory in Sochi was 6 days less.
Russian team won olympic gold February 9, 2014, and the very next day, world fame fell on Julia. She was featured on the covers of the European and Asian versions of Time magazine. Lipnitskaya topped the list of global trends on Twitter. She entered the top three "People of the Year" according to Google and Yandex. The famous director Steven Spielberg sent Yulia a letter of gratitude for the performance in Sochi of the program on the theme of the film "Schindler's List".
However, the press of general attention very quickly began to not even weigh Yulia, but to oppress her. " I don't have the strength that I didn't have, it was really hard for me,- she admitted later. - I am not a public person. At the rink, too, everything stopped working out. At some point, I completely stopped understanding how to live and what to do. I didn't care».
This "anyway" was directly reflected in the results. After Sochi, Julia seemed to break down, and almost in a physical sense: almost all of her skates ended with either gross mistakes or falls. The year ended with a failure in the Russian championship (9th place) and the first announcement of an imminent retirement.
As it turned out later, at that moment, insoluble contradictions had already arisen between Lipnitskaya and Tutberidze. In the summer of 2015, they ended with a break, and in the fall, Julia moved to the group with Alexey Urmanov.
At the peak of Yulina's popularity in the information space, her dad, who had sunk into oblivion, arose. More precisely, a person claiming the closest degree of kinship. Someone Vyacheslav, an Israeli citizen, said that in a past life, which he spent in Yekaterinburg, he met a girl Daniela, and Julia is the fruit of their love. Vyacheslav was immediately invited to Russia and shown on TV.
Julia herself refused to contact the "dad". " A man who dares to call himself my father wanders in different programs. E that person is an outright fraud. I want to put a gag in his mouth. It’s impossible to listen to that! As for my father, I know perfectly well who he is and where he lives. Therefore, I warn you: if such cases repeat, my “dads” or “relatives” will appear on the channels, obsessed with the desire to promote themselves at my expense, then we will meet with them in court", Quotes Lipnitskaya Aif.ru / sport.
Three and a half years have passed since the day Lipnitskaya became the Olympic champion in Sochi, and on September 9, 2017, the Figure Skating Federation officially announced the end of Yulia Lipnitskaya's sports career.
This was accompanied by a whole wave of rumors about Yulia's state of health, which, unfortunately, had serious grounds. Here and psychological problems associated with the test of glory. And individual physiological features(tendency to gain weight). And resulting from the struggle with overweight anorexia, for which Yulia was treated for three months in Germany. Finally, the age: at the age of 18-19, you are actually a “grandmother” for modern women's figure skating.
But time is the best doctor. In recent months, Julia has tried herself as a TV commentator, hinting that she wants to take up coaching in in social networks there was information that the Academy of Figure Skating was launched, to which Julia is most directly related. She eventually had a beloved man.