Yesterday in Olympic Sochi some of the most popular sporting events- figure skating. Our team has already won, but now it will compete for medals in the individual.
The competition began with a pair tournament. Russia in Sochi is represented by Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov, Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, as well. Moreover, all couples are able to compete for Olympic awards. If gold, silver or even bronze are ours, then the athletes who won it will be on a par with the famous figure skaters of our country who have already received medals at the Olympics.
Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev
In anticipation of the second stage of the competition and well-deserved awards, we decided to remember best numbers Olympic champions of the past.
Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin,
Turin, 2006
The skaters showed the highest class in their skating.
The last Russian Olympic champions (in the individual standings, because there was no team then) Maxim Marinin and Tatyana Totmianina received their gold in Turin to the music from the famous film by Franco Zefirelli "Romeo and Juliet". The skaters showed the highest class in their skating, despite the fact that 2 years before that, Tatyana received a serious head injury during one of the performances. But this time everything worked out. However, the joy of victory for the fans then gave way to sadness - the couple made a statement that this was the end of their performances in amateur sports.
Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze,
Salt Lake City, 2002
Elena Berezhnaya's sports career was also not without injuries. But after a serious operation and recovery, she paired up with Anton Sikharulidze and with him ascended the podium of the Olympic Games. The athletes received gold that year. However, not everything turned out to be so simple. Canadian couple Jamie Sale and David Pelletier said that the jury included a man who sued the Russians. As a result, after loud scandal our couple shared the gold medals with the Canadian, and in figure skating the refereeing rules have changed.
Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev,
Nagano, 1998
Skating Oksana and Arthur at the Olympics was called passionate and dramatic.
Artur Dmitriev was already an Olympic champion when he paired up with Oksana Kazakova. Together with Natalia Mishkutenok, he took gold in Albertville and silver in Lillehamer. And now the next Olympics - albeit with a new partner - again brought him a medal of the highest rank. Skating Oksana and Arthur at the Olympics was called passionate and dramatic. Of all the pair-leaders in the competition, they were the only ones who skated their programs absolutely cleanly, which allowed them to win.
Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergey Grinkov,
Lillehamer, 1994
Without a few minutes, two-time Olympic champions Yekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov were the first among the main contenders for medals, which, of course, gave additional excitement. The skaters danced to Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata - tenderly and beautifully. In the end, they bypassed at that time reigning champions- Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev.
Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev,
Calgary, 1988
The skaters defended the second place to the Greek folk dance sirtaki - brightly and fervently.
The last Olympic Games for the USSR (at next competition athletes became not Soviet, but Russian) Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev finished as silver medalists. However, before that they had already received gold in 1984 in Sarajevo. The skaters defended the second place to the Greek folk dance sirtaki - brightly and fervently. By the way, today both athletes are engaged in coaching activities. In particular, the last successful wards of Oleg Vasiliev were Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov, who became prize-winners of many championships.
Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev,
Innsbruck, 1976
This year, Irina Rodnina, together with Vladislav Tretyak, is already a sports legend. And in Innsbruck, she skated already in the status of champion - the winner of the previous games in Sapporo. With her partner Alexander Zaitsev, she will win gold at the next Olympics in Lake Placid. Well, the dance to "Kalinka" is today a classic of figure skating and a performance that has become truly popular.
What you really need to be proud of for your country is the level of our athletes, and especially the strength of the women's figure skating team. For the first time in history, two Russian figure skaters have broken a world record at Olympic Games at intervals of 20 minutes. Evgenia Medvedeva and Alina Zagitova skated their short programs so brilliantly that there was almost no doubt: tomorrow they will rise to the podium for medals.
Earlier, until 2002, we did not have a single Olympic medalist, until Irina Slutskaya won silver in Turin. In Sochi, the situation has improved: 17-year-old Adelina Sotnikova became the champion.
The new season has already impressed the world community: Zhenya and Alina are in the piggy bank in the team tournament, and now they are also breaking records, not paying attention to either the complicated refereeing system, in which not a single mistake can be made.
While our athletes in Pyeongchang are preparing for last day competitions, we recall 10 of the most memorable figure skating performances at the Olympic Games of yesteryear. A lot has changed over the years: the scoring system, the level of jumps and the value of tricks, but figure skating still impresses viewers.
1. Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin, 2006 Olympics in Turin
Maxim Marinin and Tatiana Totmianina received their gold in Turin to the music from the famous film by Franco Zeffirelli "Romeo and Juliet". The skaters showed the highest class, even despite the fact that shortly before the performance, Tatyana received a serious head injury. At the moment, this rental is considered a reference number in pair figure skating.
2. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, 2010 Vancouver Olympics
This Canadian couple won the first of several gold medals in their homeland in 2010. In this enchanting dance, they not only perform the most difficult technical elements at high speed, but also strikingly convey the mood of the melody with movements. It is worth noting that at their third Olympics in Pyeongchang, they showed such passionate numbers in short and free programs that fans began to joke about how they wanted to smoke after. The result is another set of gold medals.
3.Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City
During the warm-up before the free program, the rivals of this pair from Canada tried to ram and knock the opponents down. Allegedly by accident. Anton was able to push his partner away and take a hit on himself, only injuring his hand, but this was already a wake-up call.
The judges gave the victory to Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze, but the Canadians demanded to reconsider the results of the tournament. The four-day scandal ended with a re-awarding ceremony, where two couples, ours and the Canadian, received gold at once.
4. Oksana Grischuk and Evgeny Platov, 1998 Olympics in Nagano
This couple became the owner of an impressive record, hitting the pages of the Guinness Book of Records. Only they managed to win the Olympics twice in the entire history of ice dancing.
The preparation was incredibly difficult. The couple constantly quarreled, Oksana dreamed of gold, and considered other options unacceptable, Zhenya panicked so much that he was almost ready to shoot himself. Nevertheless, they received the second well-deserved gold for their number "Memorial".
5.Alexey Yagudin, 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City
Another performance to be really proud of. Never before have men in single skating did not get all sixes for artistry. The brilliantly performed short program "Winter" is still considered the benchmark in terms of choreography and the creation of an artistic image on ice.
Alexey became the first Olympic champion to complete two quadruple jumps in the program.
6. Nancy Kerrigan, 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer
In Lillehammer, Nancy won the gold medal after a serious knee injury caused by her main rival. The film about this confrontation has already received many excellent reviews, because it perfectly demonstrates the intensity of passion and excitement that accompanies the skaters.
7.Yuna Kim, 2010 Vancouver Olympics
The South Korean figure skater won the women's tournament in Vancouver, breaking her own record by 16 points, which Yevgenia Medvedeva held for 8 years. In Sochi, Yuna received silver, which her fans absolutely disagreed with, creating hundreds of petitions to review the points. The IOC did not find any violations, but the "goddess Yuna" in the eyes of compatriots is considered the winner of the 2014 Olympics. By the way, in Pyeongchang it was she who lit the fire during grand opening competitions.
8. Adelina Sotnikova, 2014 Olympics in Sochi
According to the media, the brilliant performance of this skater made it possible to forget about all the failures in other disciplines. The light and airy performance made the hall freeze, and the complexity of the elements performed helped her to bypass the skater Yuna Kim and get the coveted gold.
9.Margarita Drobyazko and Povilas Vanagas, 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City
Unfortunately, this performance did not bring the pair a single medal, which subsequently erupted into a serious scandal. Margarita and Povilas appealed to Olympic Committee but the protest was rejected. Drobyazko and Vanagas said that after this story they had no choice but to immediately leave the big sport.
10. Yuzuru Hanyu, Sochi 2014 Olympics
The Japanese talent regularly appears in the news as a figure skater who has once again broken a record. His coach approached the preparation with all seriousness and taught the ward to ride in any conditions, up to extreme: sparring, darkness, complex jump combinations. The more press around, the better! Stress should become a familiar part of the environment. Judging by how dazzlingly Yuzuru skates, all this is not in vain.
The Moscow stage of the Figure Skating Grand Prix was opened by the men's competition. It certainly became the main event. A year ago, double Olympic champion could not win the gold of the competition, only three points behind American Nathan Chen. And this time his main rivals were Canadian Keegan Messing and the host of the tournament Mikhail Kolyada.
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The second place was taken by young athletes from the USA Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko. They also performed in Finland, where they became only fifth, but in Moscow they are able to win the Grand Prix medals for the first time in their careers. Despite the mistake of the Russians, they were seriously inferior to them in software components and in the end received only 69.01 points.
A serious struggle promises to unfold for the third line. After the short program, four dance duets apply for it at once, among them - Sofya Evdokimova and Yegor Bazin. The debutants of the Grand Prix did not lose face and showed best result in the season (64.05), and only 2.35 points separate them from the podium. At the moment, the main contenders for the bronze are the Spaniards Sarah Hurtado and Kirill Khalyavin, who also could not avoid shortcomings in the performance of twizzles.
Unlike their compatriots, the Russian duet Anabel Morozova - Andrei Bagin cannot yet record their first performance at the Grand Prix stage. Athletes who are only with this season perform together, have shown some progress, but are not yet ready to compete in high level... For their compulsory dance, they received only 51.69 points and so far they are in the last, ninth place.
I love figure skating very much. A beautiful sport, and every time I look forward to a competition to get aesthetic pleasure. This time, I was especially disappointed by the commentators. It's just IMPOSSIBLE TO LISTEN !!! The athlete's number involves a combination of visual and musical impression on the viewer, and therefore it is such popular view sports for ordinary spectators. I understand that comments are generally needed at competitions and sometimes it is interesting to know briefly about a participant, but WHY SHOULD I CHAT DURING THE PERFORMANCE? This is very annoying and the impression of the room is lost! And it is not at all clear why you need to comment. demonstration performances? Everyone has already received their medals, and it's like a concert. Why talk about everyone again, and the main thing is the same: how talented, how difficult it was, how he performed, where he fell, where and how he jumped! Yes, even two voices, and then the third joined! They interrupt each other, argue, they even remembered about the Chinese! WHY IS IT NECESSARY? After all, this is not football and hockey, where everyone comments. If you so want to discuss, turn off your microphones and chat, the audience is NOT INTERESTED in your thoughts! I just wanted to turn off the sound and watch, I still can't hear the music. Will performances at the Olympic Games also spoil?
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It's high time in all artistic forms sports to disable commentators during the performance of athletes. Due to the continuous chattering of the commentators of the performance, it is impossible to watch the numbers of the athletes. In my opinion, this is a mockery of the viewer. It is not customary in the theater to comment on the performance of ballerinas. Why are commentators here tediously rattling about their own things, about girls?
Previously, commentators were silent during the performances of athletes, but now the audience is forced to listen to the stream of consciousness of "respected people" They are respected, but for some reason they spit on us - they are forced to listen to their stream of consciousness. If only they talked about the case, otherwise about the athlete's slippers, about the blue sweaters of the attendants, about the fact that the couple was bright, and then suddenly became faded (this is the 2nd place ?!), about the structure of their eyes and many, many sports gossip, which are interesting only to the athletes themselves, and even then not to everyone. The impression was that Tatyana Anatolyevna had no one to talk to at home, so she got it, and the others indulge her. If they are afraid to tell her to keep quiet, let them give comments here to read. And it seems that Tarasova is completely uninterested in what kind of music - like Presley, what Gagarina, what "Led Zeppeling", what "Kalinka" ... For some reason, only the French were awarded a minute of silence. This was the very case when you wanted people to dry out their tongues or turn off their microphones until the very end of the broadcast. It's just not clear - Tarasova, Averbukh - these are athletes, so they themselves would like their (or their pupils) performances to be watched by someone's buzz?
Figure skating is truly considered the most beautiful and mesmerizing sport. In figure skating competitions, always full stadiums, there are always a lot of flowers and gifts, and there are tens of millions of TV viewers near the screens with broadcasts of the championships of Russia, Europe, the world. This year, our skaters have shown incredible skill in various competitions and reaped an excellent harvest of medals. For its readers, the editorial board "WHO? WHAT? WHERE?" made a selection of the brightest performances this year.
World record of Evgenia Medvedeva at the 2017 World Cup
Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva has set as many as two world records this year. At the World Championships in Tokyo in short and free programs, the athlete scored a total of 241.31 points (80.85 / 160.46). Medvedeva's success allowed the Russian team to win a silver medal in the team competition, losing to the Japanese. Our figure skater set the previous record at the championship in Helsinki. For free skating, she scored 154.40 points, and in total for two programs - 233.41, breaking two world records at once last year. One of which is also hers.
Alina Zagitova became the first in the final of the Grand Prix 2017
15-year-old Russian woman Alina Zagitova set another personal record and became the first in the final of the Grand Prix in figure skating among girls, which was held in the Japanese city of Nagoya. And if after the performance in the short program the skater was second, then in the free program Zagitova had no equal. The most complicated cascades brought the Russian woman to the first place. Having won this competition, the girl became the fourth athlete in history, who managed to score more than 220 points based on the results of two rentals (223.30). It should be noted that gold medal- this is the first significant trophy in adult career figure skaters.
Maria Sotskova won silver in the 2017 Grand Prix final
Another excellent performance in the Grand Prix finals in Japan belongs to the Russian woman Maria Sotskova. Following Zagitova's example, she transferred most of the difficult jumps to the second part of the free program and, possibly, due to this, she became a silver medalist. After the short program, she was fourth. In total, for two rentals, the skater scored 216.28 points and thereby broke three personal records.
Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov became gold medalists at the 2017 European Championship
Sports couple Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov for the first time in their careers won gold at the European Championship, which was held in the Czech city of Ostrava. Unlike the aforementioned skaters, this pair won in part thanks to their short program performance, where they were first by a wide margin. V free program Tarasova and Morozov took second place, despite their high marks (146.76) and an impeccable performance. In total, our skaters scored the highest number of points - 227.58.
Maxim Kovtun received a silver medal at the 2017 European Championship
Another medal from the European Championship was brought to the Russian piggy bank by Maxim Kovtun. men's skating he finished second with a score of 266.80 points. In the short program, Kovtun received 94.53 points for a perfectly performed performance, thus breaking his personal record. In the free program, he scored 172.27. The skater perfectly performed all the elements of the fourth level and delighted his fans with a wonderful performance.
Mikhail Kolyada took first place in the Czech Republic 2018
The Russian figure skater Mikhail Kolyada has become the gold medalist of the Russian Championship for the second year. However, unlike past success, the skater was satisfied with the place, but dissatisfied with his performance. In the short program, Kolyada was the second, losing about two points to Alexander Samarin (101.62). In the free program, he was 20 points ahead of his competitor, impressed the judges not only with his virtuoso performance of four-turn jumps, but also with the components of the program. For two rentals, the skater received 281.16 points.
Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Soloviev became the first in the Czech Republic 2018
2014 Olympic medalists, owners record number titles of champions of Russia in ice dancing, figure skaters Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Soloviev won their next victory. Thus, they became seven-time winners of the national tournament. According to the results of the rental, the couple received 193.08 points from the judges. And if short program they skated without emotion, then in the free program they brought the audience so much that the applause did not subside for more than ten minutes.
Now the dance duo will take part in the European Championships, which will be held in Moscow in January, and will be part of the Olympic team at the Games in South Korean Pyeongchang.