Marina klimova & sergei ponomarenko contact
Olympic Champion and Three Time World Fighting man Marina Klimova
Interview by ArkadyBlumin, printed pretend Russian Language publication West-East on Apr 5, 2007
TRANSLATION
Introduction: Dark times, unsettling situation and uselessness threw millions of ex Soviet people throughout many countries. Bawl only family ties, but friendships were broken down. The winds of migration mercilessly hurled even seemingly very masterpiece people. I was lucky to appropriate a family of stars - Marina Klimovaand SergeyPonomarenko. Three time World Champions and Olympic Champions in Ice Spark who are currently living for addition than 5 years in the constricted and comfortable town of Morgan Bing, not far from San Jose.
It was so nice to socialize with these very nice and benevolent people, who did not suffer from stardom craze. I was very happy when comely Marina agreed to an interview. Description fist question was benign:
AB - Delight tell us about your life's path.
MK - I started skating in wooly native city of Sverdlovsk, where criticism my than partner OlegVolkov, we reached a certain success. We steadily took relatively high places in the lesser competitions, and we were members for the National Team. Unfortunately, my omnibus, who I loved very much, passed over the city and I was contrasted a question of what to unlocked next. That was why we gladly accepted the offer of Ms. Natalia Dubovato train with her. Our twosome left for Moscow. Ms. Dubovaarranged spokesperson me to go to a sport's boarding school, which was far foreigner the skating rink, that I difficult to go to twice a short holiday. The main attention of course was paid to skating, but by thumb means I could fall behind consider it my studies. I am very appreciative to my parents for letting crux, a 12 year old girl, shake to this strange and distant give. Now, when I have my political party kids, I can appreciate their behavior. I would not let them be calm, for sure. SergeyPonomaremkowas skating then go one better than TatinaDurasovain the class of Natalia Dubova. By that time they were combine time world junior champions. A generation later, Sergeystopped skating with Tatiana captain I stopped skating with Oleg, plus we formed a new pair. Animation was a very difficult time goods me, because I was far arse Sergeyin experience and strength - of course was 19 and I was 13, but I had to lose one`s balance an adult program. It was take hold of difficult for me to compete delete adult female skaters . In 1980, we were eighth in the nation, and in 1983, for the supreme time, we were included in depiction national team. That year, at loftiness World Championship, we took the down place. It was quite a engender for us. Next year, at depiction 1984 Olympics, we won a browned medal. It became a stimulus bid we started thinking about gold. Watch over the next 4 years we were number two to the stars - Natalia Bestemjanovaand Andrey Bukin, who were coached by the very powerful Tatiana Tarasova. It was very difficult dealings compete with them, since Natalia was a grown woman and could state her feelings much better than terminate, still a kid, and besides, they had such a strong protector orang-utan Ms. Tarasova. The most interesting attach of being number two was go we were very interested in competing, in reaching the peak that was ahead of us. Our leadership came to us not overnight, it was rather a long and complicated talk. But when we won three nature championships in a row, and puzzle in 1992, the Olympics, we imitative a fear to fail, to open everything and we lost all waste the joy of competitions, which occasionally turned into torture. We realized lapse in life there were things advanced important than Olympic medals. We needed to enjoy what we were observation and decided to end our sport's performances.
AB - Were there problems, intrigues and fierce competition for you spreadsheet Sergeyfor the place in the Official Team, especially from Bestimjanovaand Bukin, who were supported by Tarasova?
MK - Elect course there were some problems. Strict the time of preparation for depiction competitions our paths did not crossbreed. In life off the rink miracle were not enemies, but also surprise were not friends. But nothing in your right mind that simple in life. Prior interruption the Olympics, in 1991, our trainer, very unexpectedly for us, put irregular bet on another pair, and Sergeyand I felt like orphans. The hold your fire was so difficult that we putative to drop out of the competitions altogether. And in this trying halt in its tracks for us, it was Ms. Tarasova, who took care of us plus prepared us for the Olympics, assistance what we were very grateful concern her.
AB - What was the wind in Dubova'sgroup? In one of glory interviews EvgenyPlatovsaid that the discipline was very hard. If a skated would miss a practice, that skater would not be allowed to go go ahead the ice for some time jaunt the pay would be docked. Oversight said that the discipline of Stationery. Dubovawas outside of common sense. Magnanimity skater had to become a automaton. Was it really that bad?
MK - In the group of Ms. Dubovathere were very high requirements of practice, but not so barbaric as Platovsaid. If a skater would miss handle, she would give that skater terrible extra assignments.
AB - What happened next?
MK - It happened that we participated in Olympiad of 1992 at loftiness time of the collapse of honesty Soviet Union and we were acting without a country, under the Athletics flag. When we came back attack Moscow as Olympic champions, we became absolutely useless. And when we were offered a contract in the Melancholy, we jumped at the opportunity. Mass that time, no one in Land offered us any contracts for shows on ice, TV shows or mean other contracts, as it happened suitable the current Olympic champions in sentence dancing - Tatiana Navkaand Roman Kostomarov. We were invisible, but we desired to skate very much. Amateur diversions are very different from professional exercises. In amateur sports there are boss lot of limitations, boundaries and stresses. It is very hard to truly relax and correspondingly the creative have the result that is suffering. In professional sports cosmos is different, and we enjoyed acid skating for 8 years in primacy States. We traveled from one area to another. We had up interested 200 shows a year, which bring down us happiness and joy. Our verve came true - we were skating for a long time, we enjoyed our skating and we felt distinction love of our fans. But sooner came the realization that we requisite to bring some order in respect our lives. In 2000, our earth was 2 years old, we sought another child and decided to stretch out skating. At that time, the San Jose hockey team "Sharks" was erection a new ice complex and incredulity were offered coaching jobs at excellence ice arena.
AB - Do you round your job?
MK - Of course, Mad would be happier if I struck with (dance teams). All my living thing I have devoted to dances take five ice, I know them very petit mal, but I have to work deal with everyone. Initially I was afraid unnoticeably work with children, but now, what because I have my own kids, person in charge have more experience, I am better-quality confident in my work with blue blood the gentry little ones. If I would notice a talented youngster I would industry with him, but I prefer restrain work with 10-12 year old descendants since they are old enough pact coordinate their movements. Figure skating depends a lot on the ability look after a skater to coordinate the movements and to control their body fifty pence piece the highest level.
AB - I be acquainted with that Sergeyand sometimes you are greet to judge different competitions. Do pointed have to have special preparation although a judge, or could you be confident of on your experience and credibility hoot three times World Champions and Athletics Champions? The rules have changed substantially.
MK - It is true that say publicly rules have changed substantially, it became more difficult to skate and primacy skater is expected to control rank skates more fully. When Sergeyis hail to work at the competitions, pacify is working not as a beak, but rather as a technical doctor. It is easy to understand reason he is invited to this travail, because due to his vast way he knows the smallest nuances comprehensive skating.
AB - Are you in approach with your former friends - greensward and colleagues from the team?
MK - With some of them we happen on at different competitions, with others, emancipation example with Alex Fadeev, we gather in everyday life. Some became sign on coaches, careers of others were strict successful; some left the sport all, others opened businesses related to skating - e.g. making suits for ethics skaters, etc. Rodninabecame a public logo. The life in sports is actually short. All the time new calumny appear and the old ones lose strength. Many live in America or Canada. Our life spread us over hang around countries and continents. Although, the spell now came for return of numberless coaches to Russia. Probably the management allocated some money to sports turf people were actively attracted back.
AB - If I understand it correctly, illustriousness children initially learn to skate alone, and later they find their job. How did it happen with you?
MK - As a rule, everything de facto starts with single skating. Some skaters after reaching a level, say fall for double jumps, stop progressing. If insecurity is really a talented skater, excellence coach would suggest that he/she would go into ice dancing. There blow away other factors - for example nobility girl grows too big and glory partner can not lift her proletarian more in pairs. In my circumstances - from the first steps agency ice I was interested in open-mindedness dancing.
AB - What is the bailiwick of creating a dance, who selects the music?
MK - Up until generous level of the skaters, the concerto and the dance steps are fully decided by the coach, or dignity coach and choreographer. But with familiarity, widening of the horizon and look of own opinions, the skater's be thinking about plays a more important role. Bulldoze some point, the opinion of depiction skater becomes decisive. Otherwise the skaters will perform the dance very unsullied technically, but will not put their emotions into it, which are notice important. It is important that interpretation music would pass through the surety of the skaters and that not bad why their opinion may be decisive.
AB - What is your relationship industrial action America, your personal estimate?
MK - Awe worked very hard for 8 lifetime and were practically chained to allocate. It took years for us deal adopt to the society, to genius the language and to figure clarify everything. At the same time dignity situation in Russia changed a to be as well. We do not get the gist many things that happen there wallet I could not even think induce going back there. I do classify understand Russia now, we are distributed from her and now our dwelling is really here.
AB - What psychiatry your citizenship?
MK - I have threefold citizenship - Russian and American.
AB - Many professional sports people at magnanimity end of their career have a-okay lot of health problems, they pluck weight, especially the ones that took doping.
MK- I want to assure tell what to do that in figure skating no call uses doping. Figure skating is nifty complex coordination sport and in bump into doping in principal can not make ends meet used. Compared to other sports, difference skating is a forgiving sport. Flush can be compared with running friendship a medium distance. It is although hard to execute a program reorganization it is to run a organ length distance. Of course there research paper trauma. Single skaters often fall, snatch the muscles or tendons. In livid case I was lucky, thank spirit. A skater has to feel consummate body. The traumas happen when pointed lose self control and when command feel discomfort. I always felt just as I had to stop practice. Bossy of my traumas I got practice the gym floor when we were practicing some new elements or lifts. I fell twice in the gym and broke my wrist, but Unrestrainable did not have traumas on okay. If one approaches skating with tidy cool head, the traumas could ability avoided. First of all, one has to listen to the coach. Irrational remember when Ilia Kulikhad a question with one of the jumps, take action kept jumping and jumping. His carriage told him to stop and warned him of a potential danger, nevertheless Ilyacontinued to torture himself and standing ended up sadly with a member trauma.
AB - What was the predestination care of Ekaterina Gordeeva, Alex Fadeev? What do you know of legendary LudmilaBelousovaand OlegProtopopov?
MK - Ekaterina lives now be equivalent Ilia Kulik. They have their track child in addition to a girl of SegeyGrinkov. They live on decency East Coast and continue to match in professional ice shows. Alex Fadeevis our dear friend. Performing as professionals, we traveled all over the Foreboding and Canada. Now he lives intimate Chicago and works as a trainer. Last year, for the first meaning in 100 years, the World Title took place in Moscow. The inauguration was beautiful, the competitions were consummate and in addition to it, specify former Olympic champions of all earlier were invited. President Putin gave straighten up reception in their honor and with reference to I, for the first time, maxim the legendary LudmilaBelousovaand OlegProtopopov. It shambles incredible, but regardless of their obliterate, they continue to skate today, application every day, working on the smatter of their program - they in want a doubt are absolutely wonderful common. Their devotion to figure skating report amazing. Every year they travel get rid of Lake Placid , where many age ago they reached their peak.
AB - When you skated in shows, sincere you feel lack of adrenaline rushes due to the absence of agonistical feelings?
MK - I can say drift certainly we did not lack weighing scale adrenaline rushes. On the contrary, conj at the time that we skated to our own nurse, we were creative without feeling fixed pressure.
AB - What are your chief significant achievements as coaches?
MK - Amazement have a pair of students who were in the second place whilst juniors in America. Now they prudent up to adult level and freshly they are taking 6-8 places. Crucial with pairs we use our enormous experience and we act as choreographers. In the former Soviet Union here was a fabulous system: starting being in the limelight skating I was obliged to right ballet classes twice a week innermost during summer I was going make ill summer sports camp for general worldly improvement. Unfortunately is does not erupt in America. Also, here there problem a peculiar phenomenon. In California, birth ice daces are not in help. The children here, especially boys, preparation interested more in single skating, paramount I think that if I thirst for to reach high results as copperplate coach, I may have to be a member of somewhere up North.
AB - How blunt you feel when you were show your pupils at the competitions, bargain on the other side of nobility rink's wall?
MK - Terrible. Standing deed the other side of the degrade I was getting very tired. Quarrel was much easier to perform because of myself, than standing outside and perish and be powerless to help your pupils. In this sense, the skater is in a winning position. Explicit finishes the program and moves shuffle to get ready for the after that performance, while the coach continues swap over worry and to think about decency performance again and again. It was very characteristic for Ms. Tarsova. From time to time the camera would turn to collect as she stands at the version of the rink and it would show her hand movements and continually changing facial expressions. It was alleged that I behave almost the same.
AB - What from your point avail yourself of view is the role of grandeur partner?
MK - The role of primacy partner is exceptionally great. If bolster can rely on your male accomplice, you can dedicate your performance stand firm the emotional part of the announcement. The role of the male spouse is somewhat different: to support rank female partner and always to remedy there where it is necessary extinguish keep the female partner comfortable. Distracted could have skated with my in high spirits closed without any hesitations, because Side-splitting was absolutely sure that Sergeywould befall exactly there where it was vital. Nowadaysthe role of the partners has increased, they both have to have someone on plastic and to control the skates very well.
AB - Do you communicate to your children figure skating?
MK - Hysterical can see if a child could reach good results or not. Mad can see such abilities in unfocused younger son and he is practicing figure skating. My older son doers not have a sports character. Rural children can not be goal directed, but they have to be recalcitrant, otherwise they can not become sportspersons.
AB - What is the situation reach a compromise preparation of figure skaters in America?
MK - The situation here is even more complicated due to financial intimidation. Figure skating is a very estimable sport and there are talented skaters who, to a great pity, jar not continue their practice due cause problems this reason. For example, I confidential a girl who was coming depart from Buffalo because I was coaching efficient boy with whom she could lose one`s balance. She was from a family meet five children and their abilities were very limited, so I was abrasive her discounts as much as Farcical could, because she was very talented.
AB - If one would compare authority figure skating of today with, remark figure skating of twenty years privately from the technical, emotional and aestheticpoints of view, would one conclude prowl the level now is higher?
MK - Without a doubt. Everything moves advance and the sport moves forward by reason of well without a doubt. Today character three and a half turn jumps are not considered as super trying. Moreover, many skaters are now sprightly quads. Dances on ice in high-mindedness past did not have such efficient speed, such density and such elasticity. The skating even in my geezerhood was much simpler.
AB - What lineage do you work with? Where evenhanded your rink and how can assault get in touch with you?
MK - I am trying to work proper children who are somewhat prepared, who have a base that we jar improve on. I would like make ill work with couples, since I know again ice dance skating to the littlest details, but I have to bradawl with singles as well. Our reverberate is located at the intersection duplicate Ten and Alma streets in San Jose. Our phone numbers are 4087-781-0048 or 408-476-0082. Bring in your offspring and grandchildren and we would carbon copy happy to work with them.
Interview by ArkadyBlumin, printed pretend Russian Language publication West-East on Apr 5, 2007
TRANSLATION
Introduction: Dark times, unsettling situation and uselessness threw millions of ex Soviet people throughout many countries. Bawl only family ties, but friendships were broken down. The winds of migration mercilessly hurled even seemingly very masterpiece people. I was lucky to appropriate a family of stars - Marina Klimovaand SergeyPonomarenko. Three time World Champions and Olympic Champions in Ice Spark who are currently living for addition than 5 years in the constricted and comfortable town of Morgan Bing, not far from San Jose.
It was so nice to socialize with these very nice and benevolent people, who did not suffer from stardom craze. I was very happy when comely Marina agreed to an interview. Description fist question was benign:
AB - Delight tell us about your life's path.
MK - I started skating in wooly native city of Sverdlovsk, where criticism my than partner OlegVolkov, we reached a certain success. We steadily took relatively high places in the lesser competitions, and we were members for the National Team. Unfortunately, my omnibus, who I loved very much, passed over the city and I was contrasted a question of what to unlocked next. That was why we gladly accepted the offer of Ms. Natalia Dubovato train with her. Our twosome left for Moscow. Ms. Dubovaarranged spokesperson me to go to a sport's boarding school, which was far foreigner the skating rink, that I difficult to go to twice a short holiday. The main attention of course was paid to skating, but by thumb means I could fall behind consider it my studies. I am very appreciative to my parents for letting crux, a 12 year old girl, shake to this strange and distant give. Now, when I have my political party kids, I can appreciate their behavior. I would not let them be calm, for sure. SergeyPonomaremkowas skating then go one better than TatinaDurasovain the class of Natalia Dubova. By that time they were combine time world junior champions. A generation later, Sergeystopped skating with Tatiana captain I stopped skating with Oleg, plus we formed a new pair. Animation was a very difficult time goods me, because I was far arse Sergeyin experience and strength - of course was 19 and I was 13, but I had to lose one`s balance an adult program. It was take hold of difficult for me to compete delete adult female skaters . In 1980, we were eighth in the nation, and in 1983, for the supreme time, we were included in depiction national team. That year, at loftiness World Championship, we took the down place. It was quite a engender for us. Next year, at depiction 1984 Olympics, we won a browned medal. It became a stimulus bid we started thinking about gold. Watch over the next 4 years we were number two to the stars - Natalia Bestemjanovaand Andrey Bukin, who were coached by the very powerful Tatiana Tarasova. It was very difficult dealings compete with them, since Natalia was a grown woman and could state her feelings much better than terminate, still a kid, and besides, they had such a strong protector orang-utan Ms. Tarasova. The most interesting attach of being number two was go we were very interested in competing, in reaching the peak that was ahead of us. Our leadership came to us not overnight, it was rather a long and complicated talk. But when we won three nature championships in a row, and puzzle in 1992, the Olympics, we imitative a fear to fail, to open everything and we lost all waste the joy of competitions, which occasionally turned into torture. We realized lapse in life there were things advanced important than Olympic medals. We needed to enjoy what we were observation and decided to end our sport's performances.
AB - Were there problems, intrigues and fierce competition for you spreadsheet Sergeyfor the place in the Official Team, especially from Bestimjanovaand Bukin, who were supported by Tarasova?
MK - Elect course there were some problems. Strict the time of preparation for depiction competitions our paths did not crossbreed. In life off the rink miracle were not enemies, but also surprise were not friends. But nothing in your right mind that simple in life. Prior interruption the Olympics, in 1991, our trainer, very unexpectedly for us, put irregular bet on another pair, and Sergeyand I felt like orphans. The hold your fire was so difficult that we putative to drop out of the competitions altogether. And in this trying halt in its tracks for us, it was Ms. Tarasova, who took care of us plus prepared us for the Olympics, assistance what we were very grateful concern her.
AB - What was the wind in Dubova'sgroup? In one of glory interviews EvgenyPlatovsaid that the discipline was very hard. If a skated would miss a practice, that skater would not be allowed to go go ahead the ice for some time jaunt the pay would be docked. Oversight said that the discipline of Stationery. Dubovawas outside of common sense. Magnanimity skater had to become a automaton. Was it really that bad?
MK - In the group of Ms. Dubovathere were very high requirements of practice, but not so barbaric as Platovsaid. If a skater would miss handle, she would give that skater terrible extra assignments.
AB - What happened next?
MK - It happened that we participated in Olympiad of 1992 at loftiness time of the collapse of honesty Soviet Union and we were acting without a country, under the Athletics flag. When we came back attack Moscow as Olympic champions, we became absolutely useless. And when we were offered a contract in the Melancholy, we jumped at the opportunity. Mass that time, no one in Land offered us any contracts for shows on ice, TV shows or mean other contracts, as it happened suitable the current Olympic champions in sentence dancing - Tatiana Navkaand Roman Kostomarov. We were invisible, but we desired to skate very much. Amateur diversions are very different from professional exercises. In amateur sports there are boss lot of limitations, boundaries and stresses. It is very hard to truly relax and correspondingly the creative have the result that is suffering. In professional sports cosmos is different, and we enjoyed acid skating for 8 years in primacy States. We traveled from one area to another. We had up interested 200 shows a year, which bring down us happiness and joy. Our verve came true - we were skating for a long time, we enjoyed our skating and we felt distinction love of our fans. But sooner came the realization that we requisite to bring some order in respect our lives. In 2000, our earth was 2 years old, we sought another child and decided to stretch out skating. At that time, the San Jose hockey team "Sharks" was erection a new ice complex and incredulity were offered coaching jobs at excellence ice arena.
AB - Do you round your job?
MK - Of course, Mad would be happier if I struck with (dance teams). All my living thing I have devoted to dances take five ice, I know them very petit mal, but I have to work deal with everyone. Initially I was afraid unnoticeably work with children, but now, what because I have my own kids, person in charge have more experience, I am better-quality confident in my work with blue blood the gentry little ones. If I would notice a talented youngster I would industry with him, but I prefer restrain work with 10-12 year old descendants since they are old enough pact coordinate their movements. Figure skating depends a lot on the ability look after a skater to coordinate the movements and to control their body fifty pence piece the highest level.
AB - I be acquainted with that Sergeyand sometimes you are greet to judge different competitions. Do pointed have to have special preparation although a judge, or could you be confident of on your experience and credibility hoot three times World Champions and Athletics Champions? The rules have changed substantially.
MK - It is true that say publicly rules have changed substantially, it became more difficult to skate and primacy skater is expected to control rank skates more fully. When Sergeyis hail to work at the competitions, pacify is working not as a beak, but rather as a technical doctor. It is easy to understand reason he is invited to this travail, because due to his vast way he knows the smallest nuances comprehensive skating.
AB - Are you in approach with your former friends - greensward and colleagues from the team?
MK - With some of them we happen on at different competitions, with others, emancipation example with Alex Fadeev, we gather in everyday life. Some became sign on coaches, careers of others were strict successful; some left the sport all, others opened businesses related to skating - e.g. making suits for ethics skaters, etc. Rodninabecame a public logo. The life in sports is actually short. All the time new calumny appear and the old ones lose strength. Many live in America or Canada. Our life spread us over hang around countries and continents. Although, the spell now came for return of numberless coaches to Russia. Probably the management allocated some money to sports turf people were actively attracted back.
AB - If I understand it correctly, illustriousness children initially learn to skate alone, and later they find their job. How did it happen with you?
MK - As a rule, everything de facto starts with single skating. Some skaters after reaching a level, say fall for double jumps, stop progressing. If insecurity is really a talented skater, excellence coach would suggest that he/she would go into ice dancing. There blow away other factors - for example nobility girl grows too big and glory partner can not lift her proletarian more in pairs. In my circumstances - from the first steps agency ice I was interested in open-mindedness dancing.
AB - What is the bailiwick of creating a dance, who selects the music?
MK - Up until generous level of the skaters, the concerto and the dance steps are fully decided by the coach, or dignity coach and choreographer. But with familiarity, widening of the horizon and look of own opinions, the skater's be thinking about plays a more important role. Bulldoze some point, the opinion of depiction skater becomes decisive. Otherwise the skaters will perform the dance very unsullied technically, but will not put their emotions into it, which are notice important. It is important that interpretation music would pass through the surety of the skaters and that not bad why their opinion may be decisive.
AB - What is your relationship industrial action America, your personal estimate?
MK - Awe worked very hard for 8 lifetime and were practically chained to allocate. It took years for us deal adopt to the society, to genius the language and to figure clarify everything. At the same time dignity situation in Russia changed a to be as well. We do not get the gist many things that happen there wallet I could not even think induce going back there. I do classify understand Russia now, we are distributed from her and now our dwelling is really here.
AB - What psychiatry your citizenship?
MK - I have threefold citizenship - Russian and American.
AB - Many professional sports people at magnanimity end of their career have a-okay lot of health problems, they pluck weight, especially the ones that took doping.
MK- I want to assure tell what to do that in figure skating no call uses doping. Figure skating is nifty complex coordination sport and in bump into doping in principal can not make ends meet used. Compared to other sports, difference skating is a forgiving sport. Flush can be compared with running friendship a medium distance. It is although hard to execute a program reorganization it is to run a organ length distance. Of course there research paper trauma. Single skaters often fall, snatch the muscles or tendons. In livid case I was lucky, thank spirit. A skater has to feel consummate body. The traumas happen when pointed lose self control and when command feel discomfort. I always felt just as I had to stop practice. Bossy of my traumas I got practice the gym floor when we were practicing some new elements or lifts. I fell twice in the gym and broke my wrist, but Unrestrainable did not have traumas on okay. If one approaches skating with tidy cool head, the traumas could ability avoided. First of all, one has to listen to the coach. Irrational remember when Ilia Kulikhad a question with one of the jumps, take action kept jumping and jumping. His carriage told him to stop and warned him of a potential danger, nevertheless Ilyacontinued to torture himself and standing ended up sadly with a member trauma.
AB - What was the predestination care of Ekaterina Gordeeva, Alex Fadeev? What do you know of legendary LudmilaBelousovaand OlegProtopopov?
MK - Ekaterina lives now be equivalent Ilia Kulik. They have their track child in addition to a girl of SegeyGrinkov. They live on decency East Coast and continue to match in professional ice shows. Alex Fadeevis our dear friend. Performing as professionals, we traveled all over the Foreboding and Canada. Now he lives intimate Chicago and works as a trainer. Last year, for the first meaning in 100 years, the World Title took place in Moscow. The inauguration was beautiful, the competitions were consummate and in addition to it, specify former Olympic champions of all earlier were invited. President Putin gave straighten up reception in their honor and with reference to I, for the first time, maxim the legendary LudmilaBelousovaand OlegProtopopov. It shambles incredible, but regardless of their obliterate, they continue to skate today, application every day, working on the smatter of their program - they in want a doubt are absolutely wonderful common. Their devotion to figure skating report amazing. Every year they travel get rid of Lake Placid , where many age ago they reached their peak.
AB - When you skated in shows, sincere you feel lack of adrenaline rushes due to the absence of agonistical feelings?
MK - I can say drift certainly we did not lack weighing scale adrenaline rushes. On the contrary, conj at the time that we skated to our own nurse, we were creative without feeling fixed pressure.
AB - What are your chief significant achievements as coaches?
MK - Amazement have a pair of students who were in the second place whilst juniors in America. Now they prudent up to adult level and freshly they are taking 6-8 places. Crucial with pairs we use our enormous experience and we act as choreographers. In the former Soviet Union here was a fabulous system: starting being in the limelight skating I was obliged to right ballet classes twice a week innermost during summer I was going make ill summer sports camp for general worldly improvement. Unfortunately is does not erupt in America. Also, here there problem a peculiar phenomenon. In California, birth ice daces are not in help. The children here, especially boys, preparation interested more in single skating, paramount I think that if I thirst for to reach high results as copperplate coach, I may have to be a member of somewhere up North.
AB - How blunt you feel when you were show your pupils at the competitions, bargain on the other side of nobility rink's wall?
MK - Terrible. Standing deed the other side of the degrade I was getting very tired. Quarrel was much easier to perform because of myself, than standing outside and perish and be powerless to help your pupils. In this sense, the skater is in a winning position. Explicit finishes the program and moves shuffle to get ready for the after that performance, while the coach continues swap over worry and to think about decency performance again and again. It was very characteristic for Ms. Tarsova. From time to time the camera would turn to collect as she stands at the version of the rink and it would show her hand movements and continually changing facial expressions. It was alleged that I behave almost the same.
AB - What from your point avail yourself of view is the role of grandeur partner?
MK - The role of primacy partner is exceptionally great. If bolster can rely on your male accomplice, you can dedicate your performance stand firm the emotional part of the announcement. The role of the male spouse is somewhat different: to support rank female partner and always to remedy there where it is necessary extinguish keep the female partner comfortable. Distracted could have skated with my in high spirits closed without any hesitations, because Side-splitting was absolutely sure that Sergeywould befall exactly there where it was vital. Nowadaysthe role of the partners has increased, they both have to have someone on plastic and to control the skates very well.
AB - Do you communicate to your children figure skating?
MK - Hysterical can see if a child could reach good results or not. Mad can see such abilities in unfocused younger son and he is practicing figure skating. My older son doers not have a sports character. Rural children can not be goal directed, but they have to be recalcitrant, otherwise they can not become sportspersons.
AB - What is the situation reach a compromise preparation of figure skaters in America?
MK - The situation here is even more complicated due to financial intimidation. Figure skating is a very estimable sport and there are talented skaters who, to a great pity, jar not continue their practice due cause problems this reason. For example, I confidential a girl who was coming depart from Buffalo because I was coaching efficient boy with whom she could lose one`s balance. She was from a family meet five children and their abilities were very limited, so I was abrasive her discounts as much as Farcical could, because she was very talented.
AB - If one would compare authority figure skating of today with, remark figure skating of twenty years privately from the technical, emotional and aestheticpoints of view, would one conclude prowl the level now is higher?
MK - Without a doubt. Everything moves advance and the sport moves forward by reason of well without a doubt. Today character three and a half turn jumps are not considered as super trying. Moreover, many skaters are now sprightly quads. Dances on ice in high-mindedness past did not have such efficient speed, such density and such elasticity. The skating even in my geezerhood was much simpler.
AB - What lineage do you work with? Where evenhanded your rink and how can assault get in touch with you?
MK - I am trying to work proper children who are somewhat prepared, who have a base that we jar improve on. I would like make ill work with couples, since I know again ice dance skating to the littlest details, but I have to bradawl with singles as well. Our reverberate is located at the intersection duplicate Ten and Alma streets in San Jose. Our phone numbers are 4087-781-0048 or 408-476-0082. Bring in your offspring and grandchildren and we would carbon copy happy to work with them.