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Elizabet Tursynbaeva

Rough translation:

Ahh, thanks a lot! Its great to see many people were interested and they came to watch. Must feel good for Elizabet and other skaters to see them, since most of them (probably) dont have enough experience performing infront of audience :agree: and i cant wait for new EX number :yahoo:
 
we have new interview with Elizabet, (and watched it without understanding a word as usual :biggrin:) this time with her parents at their home, this one seems very warm and fun one, including Elizabet making fruit salad, playing violin, her mom singing etc.
her mom seems very outgoing and fun person, at 1st i thought her dad is serious but then he started talking a lot too, then Elizabet talked plenty while preparing the Salad (i am guessing about cooking and also Yuna Kim, wonder what she said about her!!)

and seems like Elizabet was given the honor to light the xmas tree, not sure where it is though :p

it makes to so happy to see her being acknowledged and giving interviews and all :yahoo:
 
That Christmas Tree ceremony seemed very strange!!! I totally wish I could have been there. ;)
 
yeah :laugh: she was cute waving to the audience with the wand? in her hand though, like a future queen :biggrin:
 
interview with Elizabet and her mom, any kind soul willing to translate? :luv17: :biggrin:

I understood parts of it. My Russian isn't perfect so didn't catch everything, but I can try to summarise with a very loose translation. :)

At the start they talk about when she first started skating, she says her mother got her into it and bought her skates. Her brother started skating first, I think she says they started skating when they were around 4-5 years old (to me it sounded like she said she's been skating for 5 years, but that can't be right, haha). Her mother then talks a bit about how she always liked to watch figure skating, forgot about it a bit when her kids were born, then they were walking past the rink one day and she went and checked it out and decided to put her son in skating. She says Elizabet needed to improve her physical form, so she also started skating.

Then the interviewer asks if she remembers her first victory in skating, Elizabet says she doesn't really remember, she was so young, but she remembers feeling very happy with her first performance and her first medal. The interviewer then says that some athletes say "Every time is like the first time" (in regard to skating performances, obviously) and asks if she agrees. Liza says that even though she's done many competitions, she still gets a bit nervous, and overall she agrees this phrase is correct, every time is like the first.

They talk about what a figure skater is feeling during a competition, didn't catch all of it but Elizabet says during the program they kind of do everything automatically, and just keep going forward. I think she says she doesn't believe in superstitions/rituals before competitions, she doesn't have a talisman. She only believes in herself.

The interviewer says people have been calling her the "Princess of Ice" and asks if it's easy to bear this title (?). Elizabet says she tries not to think about it, that it's nice but she hopes that Kazakhstan will have more figure skaters, and that there will be "many princesses" (awww). She is then asked if she thinks it's harder to rise to the podium or to retain a title, and says it's harder to retain it, then changes her mind, says something about how scores are higher if you skate well consistently and that it's harder to rise to a high level.

They ask if she has an idol/someone she skates like, she says she wants to have her own style but really admires Yuna Kim, that Yuna skates so easily and she really likes her. They discuss training hours - when she's preparing for a competition, two training sessions a day (?? kind of missed her answer). She says she skates less in summer and does more physical training.

Then her mother talks for a little bit and none of what I understood made sense to me :laugh: but I think in part of it she says she believes it's important for every child to have a go at doing everything - sport, drawing, etc and should spend time outside. Something about love, something about when she was 14 years old, something about Samara where she grew up but it kind of went right over my head.

Elizabet then talks about balancing skating with school, it's hard because she has a lot of competitions. She hasn't decided what to do as a career after/apart from skating, but something to do with sport. Also talks about playing the violin, she finished musical school and also played a bit of piano. She still tries to retain this. Her mother says this is in her genetics. The interviewer says something about the Olympics and asks which program she is preparing for the Olympics, explains that it's not a new program for every competition, she gets a new program every year/two years.

Liza says she likes to cook & experiment. She cooks for her family, her brother rates her dishes.

It's getting late and I need to go to bed, there were a few things I left out (and probably some mistakes in the translation! As I said, my Russian is dodgy) but hopefully that kind of gives the gist of it. :)
 
I understood parts of it. My Russian isn't perfect so didn't catch everything, but I can try to summarise with a very loose translation.

Thanks so much iskate! :love: tbh i was starting to lose hope then you came for rescue :laugh:
I didnt know her nickname was "Princess of Ice", do they call her that at Kazakhstan? And its funny how her bro rates her dishes :laugh:
 
Thanks for the translation! I will be rooting for her at the Yoiuth Olympics & I hope she can medal! :yes:
 
I definitely want to see her doing well. She's Team Orser! About time, they count the girls in that wonderful group of skaters alongside Yuzu, Javi and Nam.:party:
 
few hours until ladies SP, so excited! :yahoo: also i want to wish her very happy birthday! hopefully she will skate great and give herself biggest present she ever got :cheer: and i hope with her new age will bring her joy, happiness and success!
 
Yes! May she has the best skate ever today! Happy birthday, Elizabet :hb:
 
Elizabet is in 2nd place after the short, unfortunately no good quality video yet but she did great!! she got all level 4 on her elements and highest GOE for her stsq :luv17: i think she has very high chance of medal if she skates clean without fall or ur :yahoo:
 
Great job, Elizabet! I didn't get to see her skate and there's no video, but she landed everything and, aside from a UR on her 3F, was clean. I haven't seen her new SP (only the exhibition version) so I hope somebody will upload it!
 
Great job, Elizabet! I didn't get to see her skate and there's no video, but she landed everything and, aside from a UR on her 3F, was clean. I haven't seen her new SP (only the exhibition version) so I hope somebody will upload it!

i still love EX version more cause there was more content and nuances but i love it as SP too :luv17:

here it is : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3eFnrgwR7s
quality is pretty bad but crowd seems to be enjoying it :dance:
 
I guess we'll have to wait until Worlds to see a recording of her new SP that wasn't filmed with a potato. :/
 
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