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Alina Zagitova: “I would not have achieved such success if it were not for my family”
Olympic champion in figure skating Alina Zagitova told bunshun.jp in an interview about her motivation to continue her career:
“I won the gold medal at the Olympics in Pyeongchang, and they give me more attention, but my life has not changed much. I am the same as before the Olympics. However, in the time elapsed from Pyeongchang to the World Cup this year, I gained a lot of experience. It was hard, but now I think it was the time I needed to win this year.
I liked to stand on the podium and receive medals from childhood. For this reason, I can survive the hard training days, when I stand on the podium with a good performance, I feel that I want to achieve even better results. This is the biggest motivation for me. There are many cases where you cannot solve a problem easily, or when you cannot do it well, even if you know the right solution.
Since childhood, my parents have always said that there is a saying that “you can’t easily catch a fish from a pond”. This I always kept in mind. Of course, I would not have achieved such success if it were not for my family. If you want to do something, believe that you can do it, then your dreams will come true.
I draw pictures, lead instagram and play with my beloved dog Masaru, but now I don’t have a good rest. I can't even imagine a life without figure skating, I live a life full of figure skating. It is important to build up this path, and I want to show programs without mistakes, like in the 17/18 season, it's good to skate and make the audience happy. "
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