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- Jan 5, 2019
There is no magic pill.
Excerpt from a large interview with Tamara Moskvina
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-- In the world of figure skating, How do they react to the doping scandal , with Russia being involved in it? Didn’t they look askance at our skaters?
- I have been working in this sport for a long time, I communicate with many, I speak English fluently. And never a single foreign athlete or trainer allowed himself to hint: they say you Russians use doping.
What can I say? Everyone sees how our athletes work, and this removes the questions. Well, think about which pill will increase the synchronisation of rotation and artistry, help the execution of complex throws?
Will give inspiration to the number so that everyone thinks it's like a small performance. This is achieved only by tremendous effort.
The fact that we are faced with such misfortune is, among other things, a consequence of increased competition in world sports. Today, in order to win, many not only seek to show the result, but also look for the opponent’s weaknesses, monitor the development of pharmacology. And we missed a lot in this regard.
How did it happen that many Norwegian skiers are asthmatics, American gymnasts, tennis players have a bunch of illnesses and all of them are legally taking drugs for which we are being punished? Well, sick people cannot run on ski's, set records and win gold at the Olympic Games!
Attacks on Russia are excessive, it’s another matter that after a fight they don’t wave their fists. All that remains for us to do now is to work for the future: to attract science, to train lawyers, specialists who are well versed in these problems.
-- If in terms of doping, our figure skating is beyond suspicion, then serious passions boil inside. Why, in your opinion, did Zagitova’s statement about a pause in her career cause so much emotion?
- Of course, now our sport is at the peak of popularity, including and thanks to the media. The level of female single skating is especially high. Real stars are made out of these pretty girls, their every step is considered under a magnifying glass.
But this still does not explain the hype surrounding Zagitova’s decision to leave the sport for a while. Yes, Alina is an Olympic champion. So what? She has the right to do what she wants - to participate in tournaments or to suspend performances. It is necessary to respect her choice, and not run a negative, tell each other nasty things.
-- It's not even so much about Zagitova. Comments on the topic of her future ended in a conflict between Yevgeniy Plyushchenko and Tat'yana Tarasova with the skater's coach Eteri Tutberidze. Mutual accusations sounded, phrases were whipped at each other...
- It’s not very clear to me why such a tough exchange of views is public. Statements are published on social networks and are widely discussed. This immediately provides food for conversation, and overgrows with strange details. It seems to me that these disagreements could be discussed inside the rinks, and not put on public display.
-- A number of experts believe that the essence of the problem is as follows: Tutberidze simply turned her attention to younger athletes, and Alina felt superfluous.
- Only those who work in her group can know about the motivation of the coach and her student. We see only the external side of what is happening, and the real reasons may be different. I repeat, no need to invent anything. If the participants of this story deem it necessary, they themselves will tell everything.
-- Today our 15-year-old girls divided the pedestal in women's figure skating. It seems that they do not leave older athletes any chance.
- Young people have not only “fired” today. Remember the same 15-year-old American Tara Lipinski, who won the Games in 1998. But today the level of complexity of technical elements in figure skating is such that even at 25 years old it becomes more and more difficult to become a champion. At this age, you simply physically cannot perform high jumps with four turns. But for 14-16-year-olds, they are easier.
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From: https://aif.ru/sport/winter/trener_tamara_moskvina_nikto_na_russkih_figuristov_koso_ne_smotrit
Excerpt from a large interview with Tamara Moskvina
....
-- In the world of figure skating, How do they react to the doping scandal , with Russia being involved in it? Didn’t they look askance at our skaters?
- I have been working in this sport for a long time, I communicate with many, I speak English fluently. And never a single foreign athlete or trainer allowed himself to hint: they say you Russians use doping.
What can I say? Everyone sees how our athletes work, and this removes the questions. Well, think about which pill will increase the synchronisation of rotation and artistry, help the execution of complex throws?
Will give inspiration to the number so that everyone thinks it's like a small performance. This is achieved only by tremendous effort.
The fact that we are faced with such misfortune is, among other things, a consequence of increased competition in world sports. Today, in order to win, many not only seek to show the result, but also look for the opponent’s weaknesses, monitor the development of pharmacology. And we missed a lot in this regard.
How did it happen that many Norwegian skiers are asthmatics, American gymnasts, tennis players have a bunch of illnesses and all of them are legally taking drugs for which we are being punished? Well, sick people cannot run on ski's, set records and win gold at the Olympic Games!
Attacks on Russia are excessive, it’s another matter that after a fight they don’t wave their fists. All that remains for us to do now is to work for the future: to attract science, to train lawyers, specialists who are well versed in these problems.
-- If in terms of doping, our figure skating is beyond suspicion, then serious passions boil inside. Why, in your opinion, did Zagitova’s statement about a pause in her career cause so much emotion?
- Of course, now our sport is at the peak of popularity, including and thanks to the media. The level of female single skating is especially high. Real stars are made out of these pretty girls, their every step is considered under a magnifying glass.
But this still does not explain the hype surrounding Zagitova’s decision to leave the sport for a while. Yes, Alina is an Olympic champion. So what? She has the right to do what she wants - to participate in tournaments or to suspend performances. It is necessary to respect her choice, and not run a negative, tell each other nasty things.
-- It's not even so much about Zagitova. Comments on the topic of her future ended in a conflict between Yevgeniy Plyushchenko and Tat'yana Tarasova with the skater's coach Eteri Tutberidze. Mutual accusations sounded, phrases were whipped at each other...
- It’s not very clear to me why such a tough exchange of views is public. Statements are published on social networks and are widely discussed. This immediately provides food for conversation, and overgrows with strange details. It seems to me that these disagreements could be discussed inside the rinks, and not put on public display.
-- A number of experts believe that the essence of the problem is as follows: Tutberidze simply turned her attention to younger athletes, and Alina felt superfluous.
- Only those who work in her group can know about the motivation of the coach and her student. We see only the external side of what is happening, and the real reasons may be different. I repeat, no need to invent anything. If the participants of this story deem it necessary, they themselves will tell everything.
-- Today our 15-year-old girls divided the pedestal in women's figure skating. It seems that they do not leave older athletes any chance.
- Young people have not only “fired” today. Remember the same 15-year-old American Tara Lipinski, who won the Games in 1998. But today the level of complexity of technical elements in figure skating is such that even at 25 years old it becomes more and more difficult to become a champion. At this age, you simply physically cannot perform high jumps with four turns. But for 14-16-year-olds, they are easier.
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From: https://aif.ru/sport/winter/trener_tamara_moskvina_nikto_na_russkih_figuristov_koso_ne_smotrit
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Eteri was very calm cool and collected and very happy it's very unusual to see her smiling so much. 
