Another interview!
http://www.fsrussia.ru/intervyu/1706-mikhail-kolyada-moya-malenkaya-mechta-sbylas.html
A month ago, I was struggling to gather his interviews and articles but now, I feel like there's new one every couple days...! I hope all these attentions have positive effects on him.
Thanks! Only those three are the languages I can actually practice... I've also done some very-basic-not-practical-at-all Spanish, German, Korean and Chinese though
Wow, thats amazing. And thanks for the link. I am too beginning to worry about too much distraction from the media. I translated most of it sorry for mistakes not much time:
'-How come you are so calm/composed ?
-I hasn’t been always like that. To be honest if it was not for my coach Valentina Mikhailovna I would have quitted long time ago. She is very patient, never raises her voice at the practice. If to tell about everything she’s been through in all the years we are working together, I would definitely kick myself out. [if he was his coach]
-Difficulties of the teenage years?
- Oh yes. There were simply awful moments. I could in anger hit the barrier with my hand, the ice with my foot , to slam the door, to say something nasty… But I think many went through the same. Then I grew up and calmed down a lot.
- Do you live with your parents?
-No, I live in a student campus, I am in my fourth year at the Lesgaft’s Institute. My parents live in Kolpino [St Petersburg’s suburb]. I stay there at weekends. There are four children in the family, I am the eldest.
-As the eldest you probably used to look after the younger ones, do housework, change nappies?
-Not only to change nappies I can clean, wash clothes, cook – no problem. I can cook anything except baking cakes. I can drive but have no own car yet.
- Your younger sister did figure skating too
- Only for a time. Then parents had a problem with bringing her to practices and she had to give it up. My parents always loved sport. My Mum used to ski, my Dad – carting and wrestling. But not at the professional level. The same with me they wanted me do skating just for my health, nobody thought about any high results.
- Which competition is the most memorable and which you would wish to erase from the memory?
-No, none to erase. All competitions are different, all give some experience. The most memorable is the recent GP in Moscow. I even don’t know how to describe it, the feeling is simply overwhelming. The most incredible was that despite the missed season I felt calm & composed. Especially in the long program. There were some nerves before the short but not in the long. I skated first. I did a warm-up and went on to the ice. After when everyone started praising me I treated it calmly, yes I was glad especially that I managed to put myself in a right state of mind. The good result?- It is great when it’s there but in the end of the day, it is my job which I must do well.
-Do well – what it means – to skate with no mistakes, take on a role?
- Just to skate executing an element after an element – it is not everything. For me my programs it is a bit of acting. You can say that I feel like an actor on the stage. A technical part & a second mark (PCS) are sport and art together. And when it all comes together it is great.
- At the Nationals you skated well and were selected for the Euro team. What does it mean to you?
-After the competition in Yekaterinburg I felt such joy and excitement because I won a silver medal at the National for the first time which allowed me to be on the Euro team. I wanted to go to Euro for a long time and now my little dream has come true.
-How are going to prepare yourself for Bratislava?
- To be honest I still haven’t quite realised that I am on the team. After the Nationals everybody wrote, congratulated but I had a feeling that it all was happening with someone else. I will be preparing in my usual way. In the long I am planning to try two quads. In practice I can do it. There are some changes to the layout of the long to accommodate the jumps but the short will remain the same.
Up to now you have watched Euros only on the television and now you will be a participant. How are going to approach this?
-I will try to put aside all emotions and treat it as a routine start'
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