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Elena Radionova

Meoima said:
That's so true. She doesn't feel intimidated by the attention from the crowd.
I wonder has this girl ever felt so nervous, because even if she has, she doesn't show it much. Wonderful! I hope she will grow more under pressure in the future.
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Yes she usually does say that she feels the nerves, before she goes out there. But then just forgets about it when she is performing.
 
Batsuchan said:
I'm not sure if you all heard about this, but it seems like there was some behind-the-scenes drama earlier--some coach who was more famous than Goncharenko wanted to coach Radionova instead, and from what I can decipher of the comments below, people were speculating that it was Elena Buyanova (Adelina Sotnikova's coach)...
http://www.sports.ru/others/figure-skating/1025200287.html
The GoogleTranslate translation is a little confusing, and some of it might be pure speculation, but it kind of sounds like they were trying to lure Radionova away with a promise of more ice time/a less crowded rink...? :unsure:

Anyway, I'm hoping that now that Lena has won Nationals, the Russian Fed will support the Radionova/Goncharenko combination because they seem to be a good team! :cheer:
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Hmm, I read through that link AND comments: the situation seemed to be quite tensed there. I will find time later this weekend to translate or at least summarize what some people said. Hope CSKA treat her better now as she is a National Champion!
 
Lipea said:
Hmm, I read through that link AND comments: the situation seemed to be quite tensed there. I will find time later this weekend to translate or at least summarize what some people said. Hope CSKA treat her better now as she is a National Champion!
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Would be great if you could translate, thank you :)
 
Batsuchan said:
I'm not sure if you all heard about this, but it seems like there was some behind-the-scenes drama earlier--some coach who was more famous than Goncharenko wanted to coach Radionova instead, and from what I can decipher of the comments below, people were speculating that it was Elena Buyanova (Adelina Sotnikova's coach)...
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Yeah, there are rumors that Buyanova is planning to take Radionova. And the sad thing is I don't think she even needs to lure her away. Buyanova is the main coach in CSKA, I think she has the authority to just take Radionova away from Goncharenko. I hope that doesn't happen :no:
 
Noolan said:
Yeah, there are rumors that Buyanova is planning to take Radionova. And the sad thing is I don't think she even needs to lure her away. Buyanova is the main coach in CSKA, I think she has the authority to just take Radionova away from Goncharenko. I hope that doesn't happen :no:
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But Lena has been with Inna since she was three :cry:

Surely this can't happen.
 
Noolan said:
Yeah, there are rumors that Buyanova is planning to take Radionova. And the sad thing is I don't think she even needs to lure her away. Buyanova is the main coach in CSKA, I think she has the authority to just take Radionova away from Goncharenko. I hope that doesn't happen :no:
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nooo that's horrid :( I hope she doesn't take Lena either!
In that TransWorldSport video interview, Elena said that her coach was like her mum and "she's just great". She also seems to be able to get her in the right mindset for competition and she's done so well with Elena so far. This is NOT a good point to be changing coach :(
 
Lipea said:
Hmm, I read through that link AND comments: the situation seemed to be quite tensed there. I will find time later this weekend to translate or at least summarize what some people said. Hope CSKA treat her better now as she is a National Champion!
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Thanks in advance, Lipea! I really hope that CSKA will treat Lena better now! (And let her stay with Goncharenko.)

One of my favorite moments from the previous Nationals was when Lena finished her free skate (which she executed perfectly, as usual), and Inna Goncharenko hugged her and picked her up. SO SWEET!! And then in the kiss & cry, she pulled Lena close to her so she could put her arm around her. Awww!
http://youtu.be/Ec1h0kyq8qs?t=5m18s

I really hope they stay together as long as they want to be together!

CutieP said:
http://38.media.tumblr.com/10c97ebd1a756d610abcf5dc36a42b8b/tumblr_nhd8z4f1ON1rm6ftfo1_500.gif

"I'm bored..... Oh, look! I'm on screen!:dance: ...........Hello everyone!"

Love her.
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YESS!! I LOVE this little clip. :love: What a little star!
You can see the clip in color here (plus a few other backstage clips of Lena) at the end of this video. The hug with Liza is also sweet.
http://youtu.be/EnGz3pxmO-A?t=6m37s

Though my favorite Skate America 2014 commentary is the British Eurosport one! :biggrin: They say that Lena reminds them of "a miniature version of Maria Sharapova" ("a beautiful girl she is now...she'll be a beautiful woman")...and then they say that they can picture her arm-wrestling the boys! :laugh2:
http://youtu.be/KVQUdI-duPM?t=4m38s
 
Batsuchan said:
YESS!! I LOVE this little clip. :love: What a little star!
You can see the clip in color here (plus a few other backstage clips of Lena) at the end of this video. The hug with Liza is also sweet.
http://youtu.be/EnGz3pxmO-A?t=6m37s

Though my favorite Skate America 2014 commentary is the British Eurosport one! :biggrin: They say that Lena reminds them of "a miniature version of Maria Sharapova" ("a beautiful girl she is now...she'll be a beautiful woman")...and then they say that they can picture her arm-wrestling the boys! :laugh2:
http://youtu.be/KVQUdI-duPM?t=4m38s
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Thank you! And yeah, the Eurosport guys are the best!:biggrin:

Since it's only 2 days til her birthday (any excuse will do), i want to post a couple of my recent favorites:):

Very sweet pic: http://instagram.com/p/xTvPm_IM-X/

So happy Russian champion: http://instagram.com/p/xJsg-eIM38/

The angel is actually flying: http://instagram.com/p/xbtj2Pshh0/
 
Well, I stumbled upon this page today--it's got some adorable photos of little Lena that I haven't seen before. (It does have annoying pop-up ads though--just a warning.)
http://imgsrc.ru/glen2014/40918317.html?pwd=&

Looking at this photo, it suddenly occurs to me that perhaps this year's Russian Nationals was one of the first times Lena was the tallest girl on the podium...? (Other than 2014 Junior Worlds, that is..) :laugh:
http://imgsrc.ru/glen2014/40918578.html#bp

From Lena's own Instagram page (which she *still* hasn't updated), these are some of my faves! ;)

Winking at the camera, as usual
http://instagram.com/p/mMQLbsQYY9/

Baby Lena!!! :love:
http://instagram.com/p/lu5TNpwYdx/
 
Noolan said:
Yeah, there are rumors that Buyanova is planning to take Radionova. And the sad thing is I don't think she at even needs to lure her away. Buyanova is the main coach in CSKA, I think she has the authority to just take Radionova away from Goncharenko. I hope that doesn't happen :no:
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This situation does not seem right!! Even hearing about it as a speculation makes my blood boil. I hope this isnt allowed to happen and it makes me wonder if Adelina is maybe done skating and her coach is posturing for a replacement.

I hope this is a rumor and its proven untrue.
 
Batsuchan said:
Thanks in advance, Lipea! I really hope that CSKA will treat Lena better now! (And let her stay with Goncharenko.)
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Here I did it (original link: http://www.sports.ru/others/figure-skating/1025200287.html):

Coach of Elena Radionova, Inna Goncharenko, talked about her work with the athlete.
"Technically Lena was ready to win the strongest competitors a while ago. However, certainly, there was not quite enough of the experience. In particular maturity, mastery... But the experience comes with the amount of competitions. Everything should be done step by step, it is impossible to burst in seniors and easily, calmly reach to the very top. Now we have to prove something again: to judges, to audience, to ourselves.
Lena is growing, shaping - it can be seen with the naked eye. I won't hide: there are sometimes difficult moments. But we don't change anything, don't redo [remake] anything. We are just continuing training. Generally, there is no need for redoing; there is a need for doing.
- In this period are you trying to keep the difficulty or to increase it? Do you plan to learn, for example, a triple axel?
- No, we are not yet planning to learn a triple axel. But we have more difficult cascades and combinations, the question is if we put them in the programs. I don't know yet. Which combinations - is not a secret, but I don't want to tell.
- There were rumors, that one more famous coach expressed the interest to work with Radionova?
- It would be strange if others would not be insterested to work with Lena. Maybe, personally for me, even dissappointing. If there is the interest - that means, I work well. Those, who lure away, do not do it in order to correct or impove anything. Everyone wants to take, and go with it further. To correct something is too difficult, stressful and unpredictable.
I will tell you this: luring aways happens not for the coach, but for better conditions, better finances. There are simply different opportunities in different regions and different schools [sport clubs]. But I cannot judge why it is that way, and how it should be. I [simply] work. And about luring away... In figure skating it always had place and it always will have place. But one who lures away, is the one who cannot work" - said Goncharenko to "All Sport".

Well, there is nothing surprising in the interview (at least it looks like Goncharenko is trying to find rather positive sides in the situation, but maybe she is just being political). However, something I read in the comments made me mad. The people who commented seem to be closely associated with CSKA. What I clearly understood, there is extremely unfair financial and ice conditions for the students of Goncharenko and Buianova. Buianova, being on the highest coach position of CSKA, gets plenty of specialists, lots of ice, money to pay things like calling a doctor from Germany for Adelina, etc. While Goncharenko's students, no matter how much of success they get, have to share ice in the ridiculous conditions, and it got so far that Maslennikova (Elena's choreographer) was not even given a hall to practice with her choreography... Lena and her family pay themselves for all the stuff (for ex. massage) that's in Buianova's group is covered. And that the coaches with such influence as Buianova do it that way specially, so they could lure away successful students by less influential coaches. Of course, Lena would benefit from having a separate ice, more specialists working with her, etc., which would match her level, but to have that she would need to be in Buianova's group. But for now it looks like Lena's parents are smart enough, to support her out of their own pocket rather then switch the coach.
For example, one comment:
dellatante1 about what is happenning at Goncharenko's coachings:
"They have a mess there. [I skipped Slutskaya example part] ...The group does not even have a sliding coach [not sure what is a proper term in English], Lena has to work her steps with 8-year old kids, at the same time while Maslennikova is teaching sliding basics to the kids...
For such a level [Lena's level] one skater needs to have at least 1.5 hour of ice, to work on full speed, instead of thinking about how not to trample someone in the "paddling pool"...
However, Nikol [Gosviani] has a separate ice now...
Mishin also has a mess with ice in his group. - so he is laughing, that now he coaches Liza right at the competitions, like in tennis methods."
 
Thank you Lipea

I guess sliding means strokes. The part about the combinations is interesting and I really hope the media (and coaches) don't start pushing these girls to do triple axels if they're not ready to try it. :frown:
 
Thank you so much Lipea!:) They better give more space for Inna and Elena to work, or I'll be mad:mad:

Roman09 said:
ch.p. ch.ps http://cs624620.vk.me/v624620213/137e7/50tEpOmjUKY.jpg
Barbie doll? Elena! http://cs624620.vk.me/v624620388/12a80/BCXtrXkESyg.jpg
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I hadn't seen the above picture. Elena looks so beautiful with Julia in the stands! So often you can see her around Julia these days. Whenever they have a chance. It's like ever since that "girls night out" at Bordeaux in november they've been very close. Makes me wish Julia had been better at Nationals, so that Elena could share the Stockholm (and probably Shanghai) experience with her:ohwell:
 
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