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According to IA "Sportcom" announcement yesterday, Olympic figure skating champion Evgeny Plushenko will likely skip this season. The skater's coach Alexei Mishin talks about it.
According to Mishin, Plushenko's recent surgery led to some complications. Because of this, Olympic champion skipped the exhibitions in Hungary, and refused to take part in the Channel One program "Stars on Ice".
Later on, unconfirmed information emerged that the skater will indeed skip the season, but not because of the injury. Apparently, Plushenko came to the Russian Figure Skating Federation President Valentin Piseev 3 weeks ago, and said that he won't compete this season because he has already signed a TV contract for $750,000, and prefers to take part in the TV project rather than compete.
Ivan PREDTECHENSKY, IA "Sportcom"
"Komsomolka" learns the details about the popular show
This year, channel "Russia" will once again delight its viewers with the project "Dances on Ice". Last year's show brought unbelievable ratings - 75 percent of all adult TV viewers were eagerly following how actors and singers were being turned into skaters. In the new season, TV viewers will once again have a chance to enjoy this spectacle. The first broadcast is planned for August 26th.
Head coach of the project, famous skater Natalia BESTEMIANOVA has told us what the new and exciting things the "Dances on Ice" reincarnation will bring us.
"KP" FILES
Natalia BESTEMIANOVA, recognized master of sport of figure skating.
Born January 6.
Started skating at age 5.
Olympic champion (1988), Silver Olympic medalist of 1984, 4-time World champion, and 5-time European champion. Skated with Andrei Bukin.
Graduated from GITIS. Theater artist and producer. Works in the Theater of ice miniatures. Married to skater Igor Bobrin.
I won't tell you the girl's name. But she's delighted!
"Natalia, what stage is the show preparation in?"
"The main training period has started. Stars are working their buns off to be able to stay on their feet by the time of first broadcast."
"Which stars will take part?"
"I won't tell you that. We want to save the intrigue to the last. Let the viewers try go guess."
"Information already leaked that actor Anatoly Zhuravlev will take part in the project. It is also said that show organizers asked Chuplan Khamatova and Vera Glagoleva, but they couldn't do it because of scheduling conflicts."
"You might as well write that we asked Vladimit Putin, but he refused. I can, though, tell you which skaters will take part - Alexei Urmanov, Oksana Kazakova, Ruslan Goncharov, Artur Dmitriev, Oksana Gritchuk, and... I get goose bumps as I say this - Evgeni Plushenko! That's the main sensation of our show as I see it. The girls he's paired with is absolutely delighted."
"Who is that girl?"
"Don't even try, I won't crack."
Fear hinders the newcomers
"In that case, tell us how the teams are put together. Do the contestants themselves agree upon who will train and perform together?"
"No, competitors don't choose each other. Moreover, they don't know whom they'll be partnered with until the last. Show organizers assign the duos."
"How do the choose?"
"First of all, all teams must match physically. It won't look good if a petite girl would be paired with a very tall partner. We also consider our protagonists' temperaments, as well as how they look together. Luckily, we haven't yet been wrong. All the duos were bright and natural."
"Have you yourself conducted any practices with the participants? How would you rate each one's potential?"
"Well, all of our stars have unique personalities. They will undoubtedly succeed. Of course, some have the basic skills (for example, some skated as kids), while others have never taken the ice before. However, we already have to people with awesome talent! They could easily switch occupations. Big things await them if they choose figure skating."
"What's the most difficult thing for the stars in trainings?"
"Fear. Figure skating means steed. Those who have just put their skates on feel the obvious fear. The legs go in their own directions, while they have to go perform elements! The newcomers are therefore very tense - they try to both keep their balance, and handle their emotions. That's the most difficult thing."
We've had out first cuts and bruises
"Do you give them any special advice? Have you suggested a diet for anyone?"
"I only give advice regarding special exercises for muscle and flexibility. That's a must to do lifts in the future. As for diets... I don't consider it important to give nutrition advice. My charges will know themselves if they need to loose weight."
"As I recall, actress Svetlana Khodchenhkova was supposed to take part in the first 'Dances', but was dieting so much, she fainted from hunger at a practice sessions, got injured, and had to be written out of the project as a result. Have you already had injuries this season?"
"You have to have a head for everything. This includes dieting. New participants, thank got, have no serious injuries. Just the little things - cuts, bruises, and sprains. That's normal in figure skating."
"How will the new project differ from the last?"
"There will be many new things. I went to Great Britain, which is the homeland of our show, to learn from our British colleagues.
We will certainly use some things in our show, such as required elements in skating, something I saw the English do. The biggest difference, though, is in a greater number of teams. The first season had ten. Now we'll have 13."
"All athletes have superstitions. Are the stars using the skaters' ones?"
"Skaters never let strangers touch their blade covers. We take those off only with our own hands right before a performance. No one can touch them until the performance ends. I've seen our stars watching their blade covers carefully as well."
According to Mishin, Plushenko's recent surgery led to some complications. Because of this, Olympic champion skipped the exhibitions in Hungary, and refused to take part in the Channel One program "Stars on Ice".
Later on, unconfirmed information emerged that the skater will indeed skip the season, but not because of the injury. Apparently, Plushenko came to the Russian Figure Skating Federation President Valentin Piseev 3 weeks ago, and said that he won't compete this season because he has already signed a TV contract for $750,000, and prefers to take part in the TV project rather than compete.
Ivan PREDTECHENSKY, IA "Sportcom"
"Komsomolka" learns the details about the popular show
This year, channel "Russia" will once again delight its viewers with the project "Dances on Ice". Last year's show brought unbelievable ratings - 75 percent of all adult TV viewers were eagerly following how actors and singers were being turned into skaters. In the new season, TV viewers will once again have a chance to enjoy this spectacle. The first broadcast is planned for August 26th.
Head coach of the project, famous skater Natalia BESTEMIANOVA has told us what the new and exciting things the "Dances on Ice" reincarnation will bring us.
"KP" FILES
Natalia BESTEMIANOVA, recognized master of sport of figure skating.
Born January 6.
Started skating at age 5.
Olympic champion (1988), Silver Olympic medalist of 1984, 4-time World champion, and 5-time European champion. Skated with Andrei Bukin.
Graduated from GITIS. Theater artist and producer. Works in the Theater of ice miniatures. Married to skater Igor Bobrin.
I won't tell you the girl's name. But she's delighted!
"Natalia, what stage is the show preparation in?"
"The main training period has started. Stars are working their buns off to be able to stay on their feet by the time of first broadcast."
"Which stars will take part?"
"I won't tell you that. We want to save the intrigue to the last. Let the viewers try go guess."
"Information already leaked that actor Anatoly Zhuravlev will take part in the project. It is also said that show organizers asked Chuplan Khamatova and Vera Glagoleva, but they couldn't do it because of scheduling conflicts."
"You might as well write that we asked Vladimit Putin, but he refused. I can, though, tell you which skaters will take part - Alexei Urmanov, Oksana Kazakova, Ruslan Goncharov, Artur Dmitriev, Oksana Gritchuk, and... I get goose bumps as I say this - Evgeni Plushenko! That's the main sensation of our show as I see it. The girls he's paired with is absolutely delighted."
"Who is that girl?"
"Don't even try, I won't crack."
Fear hinders the newcomers
"In that case, tell us how the teams are put together. Do the contestants themselves agree upon who will train and perform together?"
"No, competitors don't choose each other. Moreover, they don't know whom they'll be partnered with until the last. Show organizers assign the duos."
"How do the choose?"
"First of all, all teams must match physically. It won't look good if a petite girl would be paired with a very tall partner. We also consider our protagonists' temperaments, as well as how they look together. Luckily, we haven't yet been wrong. All the duos were bright and natural."
"Have you yourself conducted any practices with the participants? How would you rate each one's potential?"
"Well, all of our stars have unique personalities. They will undoubtedly succeed. Of course, some have the basic skills (for example, some skated as kids), while others have never taken the ice before. However, we already have to people with awesome talent! They could easily switch occupations. Big things await them if they choose figure skating."
"What's the most difficult thing for the stars in trainings?"
"Fear. Figure skating means steed. Those who have just put their skates on feel the obvious fear. The legs go in their own directions, while they have to go perform elements! The newcomers are therefore very tense - they try to both keep their balance, and handle their emotions. That's the most difficult thing."
We've had out first cuts and bruises
"Do you give them any special advice? Have you suggested a diet for anyone?"
"I only give advice regarding special exercises for muscle and flexibility. That's a must to do lifts in the future. As for diets... I don't consider it important to give nutrition advice. My charges will know themselves if they need to loose weight."
"As I recall, actress Svetlana Khodchenhkova was supposed to take part in the first 'Dances', but was dieting so much, she fainted from hunger at a practice sessions, got injured, and had to be written out of the project as a result. Have you already had injuries this season?"
"You have to have a head for everything. This includes dieting. New participants, thank got, have no serious injuries. Just the little things - cuts, bruises, and sprains. That's normal in figure skating."
"How will the new project differ from the last?"
"There will be many new things. I went to Great Britain, which is the homeland of our show, to learn from our British colleagues.
We will certainly use some things in our show, such as required elements in skating, something I saw the English do. The biggest difference, though, is in a greater number of teams. The first season had ten. Now we'll have 13."
"All athletes have superstitions. Are the stars using the skaters' ones?"
"Skaters never let strangers touch their blade covers. We take those off only with our own hands right before a performance. No one can touch them until the performance ends. I've seen our stars watching their blade covers carefully as well."
