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Yulia Lipnitskaya

Yamita said:
This girl is amazing! After CoC and GPF, I worried about her PR and was afraid that she might isolate herself. Hahaha, I was totally wrong! She is much much more mature than I thought.:love:
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No, she's not isolating herself. On the contrar,y now she prefers to talk with the other girls and foreign skaters instead of being alone and listening to music. Another very interesting point is that she's trying to finish with all her studies(for a year instead of 2) and is giving exams. So there's alot going on in her life. Also I forgot to add , Yulia has a great sense of humor.:laugh:
 
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I like that even though I love this program to her it's only 70% at its best. And she was mad because she only skated it at 40%.

Always a pleasure to see snipes and rittenbergers in my translations:laugh:
 
waterskiiiepic123 said:
No, she's not isolating herself. On the contrar,y now she prefers to talk with the other girls and foreign skaters instead of being alone and listening to music. Another very interesting point is that she's trying to finish with all her studies(for a year instead of 2) and is giving exams. So there's alot going on in her life. Also I forgot to add , Yulia has a great sense of humor.:laugh:
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It's good to know. There's more to life than just skating and competing. I hope she enjoys her life more. She's a teenager after all.
 
Thank God, some positive words from her :cheer2:

I hope she'll relax and enjoy the ride. I'm expecting her on podium at Nationals.
 
Hi all.
This is my second post here (first one got gulaged by a moderator bot because it contained a link), so I decided to do a translation of the interview above. Enjoy!

Q: Julia, in the interviews before the Grand Prix Final you talked in detail about how hard it was to get into a difficult season, how hard it was to start all over again, that it is impossible to skate all the time without any errors, and that you gave yourself a room for mistakes. Why then were you so upset after the unsuccessful free skate?

A: Because, unlike before, I was not 40% ready, I was ready for 70% at least. I was sure that I would skate the first half of the program well, but ... the strange fall from the salchow. In the second half I was mentally ready for something to go wrong, but it was just too ridiculously wrong. I got confused on the flip. I was just thinking all the time, from which edge should I take off. Because of this, on the first flip the leg just flew away incomprehensibly. In the second, while I was thinking it through I just realized I am already down and sitting, and I need to get up and skate. And on the salchow I did the double on purpose to avoid further deduction.

Q: How do you yourself explain it? Physically not ready?

A: Just not ready at all.

Q: Mentally, emotionally and physically?

A: Probably. It's like I forgot how to compete at all.

Q: Maybe you should skip a year and rest?

A: No. I better go through all the crashing now. I thought that after such a skate the whole Federation would say: "Yuille, what is this disgrace? You came to compete for Russia, and all that. " But they all say: "Look at Liza, look at the others. Their bad seasons were even worse. " That's how they supported me. It helped.

Q: You can talk to Lisa about it. She also had a difficult time, and she could give you some advice.

A: I do not understand at all how she approaches the competitions being so absolutely chill about it. She just goes out and does everything.

Q: She grew up.

A: That's it.

Q: Let's digress from the sport and talk about other things.

A: I passed the trial exam in Russian language. I was told that all was well, because it was an essay. I wanted to do an essay about love so much, I'd get a "six" about it. But I got Lermontov. I just laid out what I knew about him. 250 words is okay. In January, I will have an algebra exam, and other exams.

Q: So after the Russian Nationals you have to prepare for the exams?

A: I've been preparing for a long time already. Since last season. Last year, I took exams for 9th grade, and now I want to try to pass exams for two years and graduate.

Q: Want to finish school early, so that it does not interfere with your favorite sport.

A: To rest from it. You see, we are now renovating in the apartment, and we live very far away from the rink. Have to leave very early and to return late at night. I spend all the day at the rink. Thank God that I have a room allocated for me there. There at least I can rest, to get some sleep. But once we are done with the renovation, I'll get up a little later and it will be easier.

Q: Earlier you worried that you can not bring a cat to a rented place. Now in your house you can do all you want.

A: Yes I can. I live there with both a dog and a cat. The cat is a recent gift. They said that it was Persian, but it grew up to be Himalayan. And they said it was a boy, but she turned out to be a girl.

Q: As how is the little girl named?

A: I wanted to call it Jack (little devil), because it was afraid of the dog and would all the time get up on it. It also had black ears, the tail also black, it was a bit like a devil. And since it turned out to be not a boy but a girl, then I called her Tepa. The dog is named Peach.

Q: When you come home, do they run out to greet you?

A: The cat always does, and Peach ... He's in the "army" - on training. We are doing it so that we could take him with us. When he remains alone , he gnaws at all the diapers, and at all the carpets, he barks - he needs to be trained.

Q: It is clear that one cannot live on figure skating alone, it is necessary to switch. What works best for you - pool, spa, cinema, horse riding ...

A: What horse riding? It's not even that my horses are far away. I could ride others. But not now.

Q: How many horses do you have in Yekaterinburg?

A: I don't know. They live in the village, and things are busy there. I know that my three are there: Swallow, her daughter Victory and Victory's daughter - Nora. I named Victory like that because she was born on May 9th.

Q: How often do you come to Yekaterinburg?

A: Once a year.

Q: You also like to draw. What do you draw these days?

A: It's a "madhouse" now. I used to really invest into it: I would sit down and create whole paintings, and now I do comics.

Q: A Manga? Japanese comics?

A: No. Just funny stories about the characters I made up - cute penguins. And all sorts of stories about them. They turn out interesting. I have them scattered all over the house. I guess I need to gather them and to keep them all in one place.

Q: And the music, what place it has now in your life?

A: I used to be "ill" about music. I just had to listen to music all the time. I was often reprimanded about it, because I needed to talk, and I was with the earphones all the time. Now I'm fed up with it.

Q: Bacause you want some peace and quiet?

A: I just want to talk to people now. I used to dislike it. I would plug the earphones in, and would only want to be left alone. But now I want to communicate with people.

Q: Do you talk to other girl skaters?

A: Especially in competitions, because at home we rarely see each other. Suddenly there is just so much to talk about. I talk to foreigners too. To everybody almost.

Q: Lately, you've become more open.

A: Well, yeah. I really just got mad about the salchow yesterday. I was certain that I would miss at least one element, but otherwise skate more or less cleanly. But then... Well I botched two flips, but then I also fell from a salchow. Now I sit and think that I should have done a third flip, since I also had two doubles. But then I rearranged everything in the program already. I had there a salchow, a ritberger, a salchow, flip, flip, flip, double axel, flip ... I changed everything for the sake of the cascade.

Q: Any thoughts on the Russian Nationals?

A: There are 15 people struggling to get into top 6 on the Nationals. I think we need to expand it. I'm optimistic.
 
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geiger said:
Hi all.
This is my second post here (first one got gulaged by a moderator bot because it contained a link), so I decided to do a translation of the interview above. Enjoy!

Q: Julia, in the interviews before the Grand Prix Final you talked in detail about how hard it was to get into a difficult season, how hard it was to start all over again, that it is impossible to skate all the time without any errors, and that you gave yourself a room for mistakes. Why then were you so upset after the unsuccessful free skate?

A: Because, unlike before, I was not 40% ready, I was ready for 70% at least. I was sure that I would skate the first half of the program well, but ... the strange fall from the salchow. In the second half I was mentally ready for something to go wrong, but it was just too ridiculously wrong. I got confused on the flip. I was just thinking all the time, from which edge should I take off. Because of this, on the first flip the leg just flew away incomprehensibly. In the second, while I was thinking it through I just realized I am already down and sitting, and I need to get up and skate. And on the salchow I did the double on purpose to avoid further deduction.

Q: How do you yourself explain it? Physically not ready?

A: Just not ready at all.

Q: Mentally, emotionally and physically?

A: Probably. It's like I forgot how to compete at all.

Q: Maybe you should skip a year and rest?

A: No. I better go through all the crashing now. I thought that after such a skate the whole Federation would say: "Yuille, what is this disgrace? You came to compete for Russia, and all that. " But they all say: "Look at Liza, look at the others. Their bad seasons were even worse. " That's how they supported me. It helped.

Q: You can talk to Lisa about it. She also had a difficult time, and she could give you some advice.

A: I do not understand at all how she approaches the competitions being so absolutely chill about it. She just goes out and does everything.

Q: She grew up.

A: That's it.

Q: Let's digress from the sport and talk about other things.

A: I passed the trial exam in Russian language. I was told that all was well, because it was an essay. I wanted to do an essay about love so much, I'd get a "six" about it. But I got Lermontov. I just laid out what I knew about him. 250 words is okay. In January, I will have an algebra exam, and other exams.

Q: So after the Russian Nationals you have to prepare for the exams?

A: I've been preparing for a long time already. Since last season. Last year, I took exams for 9th grade, and now I want to try to pass exams for two years and graduate.

Q: Want to finish school early, so that it does not interfere with your favorite sport.

A: To rest from it. You see, we are now renovating in the apartment, and we live very far away from the rink. Have to leave very early and to return late at night. I spend all the day at the rink. Thank God that I have a room allocated for me there. There at least I can rest, to get some sleep. But once we are done with the renovation, I'll get up a little later and it will be easier.

Q: Earlier you worried that you can not bring a cat to a rented place. Now in your house you can do all you want.

A: Yes I can. I live there with both a dog and a cat. The cat is a recent gift. They said that it was Persian, but it grew up to be Himalayan. And they said it was a boy, but she turned out to be a girl.

Q: As how is the little girl named?

A: I wanted to call it Jack (little devil), because it was afraid of the dog and would all the time get up on it. It also had black ears, the tail also black, it was a bit like a devil. And since it turned out to be not a boy but a girl, then I called her Tepa. The dog is named Peach.

Q: When you come home, do they run out to greet you?

A: The cat always does, and Peach ... He's in the "army" - on training. We are doing it so that we could take him with us. When he remains alone , he gnaws at all the diapers, and at all the carpets, he barks - he needs to be trained.

Q: It is clear that one cannot live on figure skating alone, it is necessary to switch. What works best for you - pool, spa, cinema, horse riding ...

A: What horse riding? It's not even that my horses are far away. I could ride others. But not now.

Q: How many horses do you have in Yekaterinburg?

A: I don't know. They live in the village, and things are busy there. I know that my three are there: Swallow, her daughter Victory and Victory's daughter - Nora. I named Victory like that because she was born on May 9th.

Q: How often do you come to Yekaterinburg?

A: Once a year.

Q: You also like to draw. What do you draw these days?

A: It's a "madhouse" now. I used to really invest into it: I would sit down and create whole paintings, and now I do comics.

Q: A Manga? Japanese comics?

A: No. Just funny stories about the characters I made up - cute penguins. And all sorts of stories about them. They turn out interesting. I have them scattered all over the house. I guess I need to gather them and to keep them all in one place.

Q: And the music, what place it has now in your life?

A: I used to be "ill" about music. I just had to listen to music all the time. I was often reprimanded about it, because I needed to talk, and I was with the earphones all the time. Now I'm fed up with it.

Q: Bacause you want some peace and quiet?

A: I just want to talk to people now. I used to dislike it. I would plug the earphones in, and would only want to be left alone. But now I want to communicate with people.

Q: Do you talk to other girl skaters?

A: Especially in competitions, because at home we rarely see each other. Suddenly there is just so much to talk about. I talk to foreigners too. To everybody almost.

Q: Lately, you've become more open.

A: Well, yeah. I really just got mad about the salchow yesterday. I was certain that I would miss at least one element, but otherwise skate more or less cleanly. But then... Well I botched two flips, but then I also fell from a salchow. Now I sit and think that I should have done a third flip, since I also had two doubles. But then I rearranged everything in the program already. I had there a salchow, a ritberger, a salchow, flip, flip, flip, double axel, flip ... I changed everything for the sake of the cascade.

Q: Any thoughts on the Russian Nationals?

A: There are 15 people struggling to get into top 6 on the Nationals. I think we need to expand it. I'm optimistic.
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:clap: BRAVO. And Welcome :)
 
geiger said:
Hi all.
This is my second post here (first one got gulaged by a moderator bot because it contained a link), so I decided to do a translation of the interview above. Enjoy!
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Welcome, geiger. The translation is great. I appreciate it.:)
 
Thanks everybody :) I don't promise to deliver every time, and not on very large pieces, but I'll do my best to contribute.
 
Skaters are given top physical training and financial support. They also need to be prepared psychologically for the inevitable shock (Yulia's word) of the consequences of success and failure. She repeatedly tells us she doesn't know why she can't perform, and doesn't know what to do. She talks about frequent thoughts of quitting but feels trapped. She tells us she has no privacy, of the endless stress because everything is scrutinized. She asks, Can you imagine what it's like to be me? She isn't prepared on schedule, but let's remember what she told us: she delayed training because she wasn't ready psychologically. One minute she is smiling, the next minute she is crying, in front of millions. Most of her fans look right past her as they impose all manner of persona that correspond to their ideal athlete or human being. She asks, Can you imagine what I felt? At minimum someone, preferably a sports psychologist should be permanently available to listen to her, help her understand why, guide her through ordeals with sympathetic detachment, and if necessary intervene on her behalf. This would go a long way toward avoiding and solving problems, including performance success.
 
sjid said:
Skaters are given top physical training and financial support. They also need to be prepared psychologically for the inevitable shock (Yulia's word) of the consequences of success and failure. She repeatedly tells us she doesn't know why she can't perform, and doesn't know what to do. She talks about frequent thoughts of quitting but feels trapped. She tells us she has no privacy, of the endless stress because everything is scrutinized. She asks, Can you imagine what it's like to be me? She isn't prepared on schedule, but let's remember what she told us: she delayed training because she wasn't ready psychologically. One minute she is smiling, the next minute she is crying, in front of millions. Most of her fans look right past her as they impose all manner of persona that correspond to their ideal athlete or human being. She asks, Can you imagine what I felt? At minimum someone, preferably a sports psychologist should be permanently available to listen to her, help her understand why, guide her through ordeals with sympathetic detachment, and if necessary intervene on her behalf. This would go a long way toward avoiding and solving problems, including performance success.
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Voronov has said that he's been working with psychologist, SO THEY use this tool in their team but he's a grown up man and Yulia is only 16 years old girl it might be tricky at this time of her career. ON one hand it may work but on the other it may worsen things. I have a great believe in Eteri I'm sure if they stay together they'll find the solution at the end.
 
waterskiiiepic123 said:
Voronov has said that he's been working with psychologist, SO THEY use this tool in their team but he's a grown up man and Yulia is only 16 years old girl it might be tricky at this time of her career. ON one hand it may work but on the other it may worsen things. I have a great believe in Eteri I'm sure if they stay together they'll find the solution at the end.
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This has been going on for several months while Eteri has been with her. She says she has no regular contact with other skaters, and says that Eteri doesn't have time to give her the attention she needs. It's a lonely life. I am not talking about crisis intervention for specific problems, but a deepening relationship with a wise "friend" with whom she can regularly talk about herself over a period of years. It wouldn't cost much more to provide this emotional support-outlet to all the skaters, and judging from the little I've read this could provide major benefits. Finding the solution in the end is an approach and will likely turn out okay, but I'd like to see attempts to avoid the experience and it's longer term repercussions. Her suffering is genuine and serious and avoidable.
 
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She says she has no regular contact with other skaters
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You're taking that one statement completely out of context... all she said was that she likes to talk to the other skaters at the events because she's not able to do it back in Russia. She likely has plenty of contact with other skaters.
 
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sorenkay said:
You're taking that one statement completely out of context... all she said was that she likes to talk to the other skaters at the events because she's not able to do it back in Russia. She has plenty of contact with other skaters.
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This is good, but it doesn't provide a best-friend, intimate relationship that most teens enjoy. Also, the events are not too frequent. If she does have close contact every day with her peers, then that is a big plus.
 
waterskiiiepic123 said:
Voronov has said that he's been working with psychologist, SO THEY use this tool in their team but he's a grown up man and Yulia is only 16 years old girl it might be tricky at this time of her career. ON one hand it may work but on the other it may worsen things. I have a great believe in Eteri I'm sure if they stay together they'll find the solution at the end.
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I'm far from being a professional, but I think that the sooner one starts getting ready psychologically, the better. Teens go through so much emotions in that phase of life and some of them need outside help to sort their feelings, and I'm talking about typical teenagers. The pressure Yulia feels to perform well is huge, and I fear how the fact that she hasn't had a clean LP so far in the season triggers fear every time she sees herself skating to it.

Back in the soccer world cup, after Germany won and the thing with Brazil happened (:cry:) numerous articles came up showing how psychologically prepared the German team was, as well as the feelings of the best athletes backstage (Messi, i.e, throws up because of his nerves). The German team was taught how to perform under pressure, and this goes beyond the "must score". If you watched the games I'm sure you noticed they were booed by Brazilian fans. Well, they were ready for it too.

In my humble opinion every elite athlete should be able to have someone professional to talk to. They may not need one all the time, but it must be reassuring to know that any time they need, there will be someone to hear and give advice.
 
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