Olympic champion Pyeongchana in women's single figure skating Alina Zagitova revealed the secrets of her personal life during her trip to Japan. After loud victories athletes this season, interest in the skater has increased and for quite a long time the question has remained closed as to whether Alina Zagitova has a boyfriend. In an interview with the Japanese TV channel, Zagitova spoke with all openness and frankness.
There is not. I didn't even think about it. Firstly, I am small. Secondly, you need to think about it after the sport. Now you can only communicate in a friendly way and nothing more.
Speaking about the further goals of her career, Alina Zagitova said that she just wants to perform well:
Cleanly and with pleasure to skate my programs and convey to the audience all the emotions that I feel on the ice, - quotes the words of Alina Zagitova.
This season was the first for Alina Zagitova in adult figure skating. She won gold medal at the European Championships in Moscow, silver in the team tournament and gold in the individual competitions of the Olympiad. But at the World Championship, Zagitova took fifth place.
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The main start of the season in figure skating - the world championship - took place in Helsinki at the end of March, but the competitive program did not exhaust itself there. Crowns her team championship the world is a fairly young species, dating back to 2009.
These competitions are held on odd-numbered years, in contrast to the traditional planetary championship. The exception was 2011, when it was decided to postpone the tournament to next year due to the fact that Japan, the constant mistress of the championship, was hit by a strong earthquake, which caused a tsunami. Current championship world - the fifth in history, and the best indicators are the Americans, who won three gold and one silver. Russian team boasts only the vice-championship in 2015.
The tournament is a competition of six national teams with best rating in the system of the International Skating Union (ISU). Currently such countries are Canada, Russia, USA, Japan, China and France. The program of the competition itself includes the types traditional for figure skaters - short and free programs, but in women's and men's single skating, the country is represented by two athletes each, and in pairs and sports dances - by one duet. The scoring system at the World Championship is simple: in singles, the winner gets 12 points, and the skater who took the last place is content with one point; in doubles disciplines, the difference lies in the fact that the duo, which showed the last, sixth result, brings their team seven points.
Who plays for the Russian national team
The Russian national team arrived in Tokyo with almost optimal composition. Sports dances are represented by the best duet in the country at the moment - Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov. V this season at the European Championships they became third, in the Grand Prix final - fourth, and at the planetary championship - fifth. Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov - winners of the Grand Prix finals, European championships and bronze medalists of the World Championship in the current season - compete in pairs.
In men's single skating, the honor of Russia is defended by an uncontested bunch - Mikhail Kolyada and Maxim Kovtun. The last one had an unpleasant episode before the start of the competition. Vice-champion of Europe - 2017 was late for the plane to Tokyo, leaving from the Russian national team for the team competition. This happened due to the fact that his taxi on the way to the airport got into an accident. Kovtun had to buy a ticket worth 50 thousand rubles at his own expense.
The main hope of the Russian national team is Evgenia Medvedev. The undisputed leader of world women's figure skating, who won all possible titles this year, arrived in the capital of Japan for another gold. Anna Pogorilaya was supposed to accompany her, but the Russian Figure Skating Federation decided to “give the athlete time and the opportunity to get away from psychological trauma (she took 13th place at the World Championship. - RT) and calmly prepare for the next season. " As a result, the choice was made in favor of Elena Radionova, who won the Universiade in Almaty this season.
Dance Sport
In the first of three days very short skates were planned for the tournament. The competition program was opened with a competition of sports dancers. Bobrova and Solovyov showed the third result with a total of 68.94 points. In comparison with other major starts of the season, they have demonstrated worst result: in the Grand Prix finals for a short dance, the couple received 74.04 points, at the continental championship - 76.18, and at the world championship - 73.54.
Nevertheless, Bobrova and Solovyov put 10 points in the piggy bank of the Russian national team, and the Americans broke into the leaders thanks to Madison Chock and Evan Bates (79.06). In Helsinki, they also beat the Russians in the first event of the program, gaining 76.25, but after a free dance they were behind Ekaterina and Dmitry. Canadians Caitlin Weaver and Andrew Poget wedged in between the Americans and the Russians, who were awarded 76.73 points by the judges.
Bobrova and Solovyov could easily have missed the top three, but it was not the vice-world champions Gabriela Papadakis and Guillaume Sizeron who played for France, but Marie-Jade Lorio and Romain Le Gac, who in Finland did not even qualify to participate in the free dance.
Women
The crown view for Russia, of course, passed under the sign of the superiority of Evgenia Medvedeva. Her rental from the judges did not cause any complaints, and as a reward, the referees were generous with high points, which allowed the Russian woman to break her own world record in the short program, set in the Grand Prix finals in Marseille (79.21). Now new world achievement is 80.85 points.
Radionova, who took second place with a personal best, did not disappoint either. Elena received 72.21 points for her short program, exceeding her achievement shown at the Grand Prix stage in Moscow in November last year by 0.28 points.
The girls earned 23 points - the maximum possible set, which allowed the Russian team to take the lead. The total was 33 points, while the closest pursuers from Japan had 26.
Men
Representatives of the Land of the Rising Sun hoped to make up for lost time in men's single skating, because the hosts of the tournament are represented by the reigning champion and vice-champion of the world - Yuzuru Hanyu and Soma Uno. If the latter successfully coped with the task and brought his team 12 points, then Hanyu performed unsuccessfully, becoming only seventh. As a result, the Japanese scored 18 points in total.
The Russians had a chance to remain the leaders at the end of the first competitive day, but Maxim Kovtun let his partners down and scored a modest 64.62 points. He took the penultimate place. Apparently, the taxi incident did not pass without a trace, although Kovtun is famous for the fact that he performs one of the two programs unevenly. This happened to him at the Russian championship, but at the major international starts of the season he got ready and showed good numbers. For comparison: at the European championship he scored 94.53 points for the short program, and at the world championship - 89.38.
He did not allow his rivals to break away in overall standings Mikhail Kolyada. The judges rated his rental at 95.37 points, which became not only a personal, but also a national record. The previous achievement belonged to Kovtun - 94.53. As a result, Kolyada became the fourth, letting ahead not only Hanyu, but also the American Nathan Chen and the Chinese Jing Boyan. Mikhail brought Russia 9 points, and the total amount was 44, like the Japanese. Americans breathe in the back of the leaders' duet with 43 points.
Three events will also take place on Friday - sports couples will enter the fight, and dancers and men will present free programs... The World Championship will end on Saturday with free skating for couples and girls.
In the capital of Japan, Tokyo, a whole scattering of star skaters will gather, because the world team figure skating championship 2017... This World Cup, the final season in this sport, will take place from April 20th to 23rd. It is worth noting that the tradition of holding the team World Championships of figure skaters about two decades ago originated in Japan. Next, we will talk about the 2017 World Cup calendar, as well as the composition of the participants in the Russian national team.
Figure Skating World Team Championship 2017: Schedule
Taking into account that the competitions are held in Japan, most of the rentals will take place in the first half of the day Moscow time. So, on April 20, the program of the world team championship figure skaters 2017 will open a short dance to dance couples. Its beginning is at 9.15 Moscow time. A little later, at 10.35, the women will skate the short program, and at 12.40 it starts short rental in men.
The competition will continue on April 21. On this day, sports couples will be the first to go out on the ice - their short program will start at 10.00. Further, at 11.25, dance pairs will take over the relay race from sports couples, which at 11.25 will start an arbitrary program. The day will be completed by men with free skating (it starts at 13.00).
Finally, on April 22, sports couples (beginning at 9.15) and women (10.15) will show free programs. Well, on April 23 at 8 am Moscow time, demonstration performances, which will complete the figure skating holiday in Tokyo.
We add that the TV channels Match TV and Eurosport will broadcast the 2017 World Cup in full.
The composition of the Russian national figure skating team for the team World Cup 2017
In conclusion - about the composition of the participants of the boring Russia on this team world championship... Good news for Russian figure skating fans: Evgenia Medvedeva is taking part in the world championship. Immediately, we note that the captain of the Russian national team will be Yekaterina Bobrova, who, together with Dmitry Solovyov, represents our country in ice dancing.
In men's single skating, Maxim Kovtun and Mikhail Kolyada will perform, and in female category- Evgenia Medvedeva and Elena Radionova. Finally, Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov entered the sports pair competition.
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The organizers of the World Dance Sport Championship - about the transfer of the venue, surprises and star guests
Before the world dance sport championship, which in this year will pass in Chelyabinsk, there are only a few days left. The dance festival itself will take place on the weekend, but guests from other countries and cities have already begun to come to the capital of the South Urals to take part in master classes that will be held on April 5 and 6 at the Yunost Sports Palace.
The capital of the South Urals will live under the sign of dancing for three days. So, on April 6 at the Yunost Sports Palace the Cup will be held Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region for Dance Sports. On April 7, at 8 am, the All-Russian competitions among juniors will start, and at 2:30 pm, the World Cup, the European program, will begin. The morning of April 8 will also start from all-Russian competitions juniors, and from 14 hours 30 minutes the World Sequoia Championship starts in the Latin American program.
In total, Chelyabinsk these days is preparing to receive guests from 27 countries of the world, at least 1.5 thousand participants are expected. Dancers from 6 to 60 years old will enter the parquet.“It was very important for us that, despite the difficult political situation and attitude towards Russian athletes in the world, in Russia, in Chelyabinsk, so many athletes agreed to come. This means that they treat us very warmly, they trust us. And the very first application for participation in the World Championship was sent by the federation of the United States of America. Then there were applications from Australia, Korea, China, the Philippines, and the countries of Old Europe. And only closer to the end did the countries of the post-Soviet space tighten up. Also, during the preparation for the SCO and BRICS summits, it is important that many representatives of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region are coming to us. These are sports, cultural and creative ties, which we, I hope, will preserve and increase ", - said the ideological inspirer of the upcoming event, director children and youth school sport dancing"Veronica" Veronika Boltvina-Butuzova.
In addition, dancers from Mongolia will perform in the formation category in the capital of the South Urals. It would seem that this country is not associated with dancing. However, to the surprise of the organizers of the World Cup, it turned out that there is a very strong dance sports federation there.
“It will be very difficult for Russian athletes, too many strong competitors will come. But this will be our elite, and the audience, I am sure, will warmly support them, ”said Oleg Mukhametzyanov, Deputy Minister of Sports of the Chelyabinsk Region. - The geography of athletes - from Australia to Canada.
The best dancers in the world will be accommodated in the Vidgof Grand Hotel and the Almaz Hotel, the judges will live in Meliot. Some participants in the All-Russian competitions and the Governor's Cup book hotels themselves or live with representatives of the national diasporas of Chelyabinsk.
WADA doping officers are also expected in Chelyabinsk. To avoid trouble, it was decided to abandon the use of coolers in the locker rooms, instead of them, bottled water will be offered.
A whole city will be built for athletes
Initially, the event was planned to be held in ice arena"Traktor", which hosted most of the iconic sports tournaments in the South Urals. but successful performance hockey players of the Chelyabinsk "Tractor" has made its own adjustments. It turned out that the site will be busy these days.
“When we realized that the championship would have to be held at Yunost, we got together as an organizing committee and began to discuss how best to do it. At the same time, they found many advantages in comparison with the "Tractor". I was even surprised! But in "Youth" better conditions for athletes. We are in the small arena, which overlooks Sverdlovsky Prospekt, doing a whole sports city for the participants of the competition. This will be a separate room with its own infrastructure - changing rooms, an area where stylists work, a food court, specialized stores where you can buy everything for performances. Nearby, on the second floor, there is Big hall for warm-up, master classes, parquet has already been laid there. Logistically, everything is very convenient - the athletes go up and through the passage get to the large parquet, where the performances will take place. I like that we managed to place everything very compactly in Yunost, ”said Vice Governor Vadim Evdokimov.
According to him, despite the compactness of the site, there will be enough seats in the hall for everyone who bought tickets to Traktor. No one will be asked to exchange tickets. Depending on the price category, guests will be provided with seats in the "Youth". So, those who bought tickets for a high price will receive seats in the central sector, those who paid less will sit on the right or left.“To date, all tickets for the evening departments have been sold out. And this is understandable. There will be star guests: reigning champions world, very strong teams, there will be a show - dance, music, literary. Spectators are waiting for two and a half hours of a beautiful theatrical and musical holiday, "- said Vadim Evdokimov.
Oleg Mukhametzyanov added that what is happening will be more like not a competition, but a concert, a performance - with costumes, lighting design, musical accompaniment. And the spectators who do not stay for the ceremony of awarding athletes will lose a lot. After all, after it the program will continue.
By the way, the awards for the winners of the competition were made by craftsmen from Zlatoust. Today they were presented to journalists. It turned out that the cups were cast in the “John Chrysostom” workshop, they are very heavy, covered with 999 gold. The medals are also very beautiful, made in the Lik arts and crafts workshop.
Waiting for the hype
It's no secret that after every major event in Chelyabinsk, there is immediately a huge interest in this sport. And the dance championship, judging by the demand for tickets, is unlikely to be an exception.
“People should see where they send their child, what he will do and whether it is possible to achieve any success in the Chelyabinsk school of this or that sport. This was the case after the World Championships in judo and taekwondo, after the figure skating competitions. I'm already afraid to imagine what will happen to the dances, ”Oleg Mukhametzyanov admitted.
Veronika Boltvina-Butuzova also expects a stir in dance schools... According to her, today the Federation of Dance Sports of the Chelyabinsk Region has 35 schools where classical dances are taught. However, the direction is still experiencing hunger due to the outflow of young people into the so-called "street" dancing, which began with the advent of television projects. The organizers of the championship hope that the trend will be reversed. After all, there is a whole base for practicing dance sports in Chelyabinsk. And after the World Cup, there will be a new high-quality parquet that was bought for the event.