The original interview
http://www.nvspb.ru/tops/strana-ne-tolko-vstala-s-kolen-no-i-podnyalas-na-cypochki-55946
Google Translation of the Interview
http://www.nvspb.ru/tops/strana-ne-tolko-vstala-s-kolen-no-i-podnyalas-na-cypochki-55946
Mishin discusses many things. As always, he is insightful and interesting.
Here us a representative quote of this year's version of the Zayak rule and the shortened preparation time for skaters:
http://www.nvspb.ru/tops/strana-ne-tolko-vstala-s-kolen-no-i-podnyalas-na-cypochki-55946
Google Translation of the Interview
http://www.nvspb.ru/tops/strana-ne-tolko-vstala-s-kolen-no-i-podnyalas-na-cypochki-55946
Mishin discusses many things. As always, he is insightful and interesting.
Here us a representative quote of this year's version of the Zayak rule and the shortened preparation time for skaters:
In the offseason, the ISU has once again changed the rules. In particular, limiting the number of repetitions of double jumps, halve the time of preparation of the athlete to enter the ice.
- This is not the kind of changes that lead to the progress of figure skating. I understand that the "rule of 30 seconds' interests due to TV, not the sporting aspect. So I can not welcome it. A minute before the start can give athletes a greater degree to show their skills. Restricting repeat double jump is also not in favor of the athlete. There is a risk disrupting the triple jump, do a double and get zero points. As a result, the outstanding figure skater might lose because of trifling errors. It happened, for example, in Sochi with Javier Fernandez Spaniard lost the medal, because he made the "extra" stage. I think that these things do not decorate our set of rules. And these moments more, unfortunately enough