Anna Shcherbakova
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old video (2018), for some reason I haven't seen it before:
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I know this vid although another version. I remember someone posted a comment under it "congrats Anna, your student is improving" or something like that
(because there is an older vid of the same dance where also Aliona and Sasha dance it beside Anya and Zhelezo and where people suggested Anna should be the dance teacher)
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Little late I know but Dimash Kudaibergen, the singer of her gala's song ave maria, arguably one of the best singers in the world, and his reaction to her performance.
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translation:
The happiest moment for me is the moment immediately after the final pose of the free skating. These are seconds of absolute happiness, when I have the feeling that at the right moment I have reached my maximum. Probably, these are the unique emotions for which I skate. And only then, after the announcement of the results, I felt some kind of devastation.
The hardest part was probably the waiting. We arrived here about two weeks before the individual competition. This is a lot, because here the training regimen was largely different from the training process that we are used to. In addition, each training session lasted only 30-40 minutes. In such conditions it is very difficult to keep shape. As a result, when I already competed on the ice, I felt that my physical readiness had weakened a little.
With such a training regimen, this is a completely natural result, but still, any athlete wants to come fully armed to the main start of the four years. That's why it wasn't an easy wait. It was also difficult emotionally. We are used to coming to competitions and being charged by their atmosphere. In particular, it charges me very much and I give out my maximum. And here I felt that already in training in the first days I can waste all this energy. All this could eventually turn into a monotonous routine. So this expectation of the competition was really challenging.
I skate for this feeling. I compete not for to get some specific medal, but for the sake of these unique emotions, when I perform on the ice, when even before the performance I feel that everyone is looking at me, that all attention is focused on me, and I can at that moment to show all that I am capable of, all the best. And when this happens, it seems to me that such a feeling is simply impossible to compare with anything. This feeling of absolute happiness when I complete the program. At the same time, I am a little exhausted, but I understand that this is the best thing that I could show and that it was at the very moment when it needed to be done. I guess I reach my maximum precisely in order to get these emotions.
I decided on a set of elements that I will perform, based on my current capabilities. I knew that I could do this set confidently and cleanly. Compared to previous competitions, this is a more difficult set. I am happy that at the Olympics I was able to demonstrate my two best skates of the entire season and score the highest points, doing all this without mistakes. Probably, this is exactly what I was striving for - at the Olympics, at the most important competition, to show unmistakable, best performances. It is very important for me.
I can actually do more when I'm skating than when I'm training. But I need inner confidence that I can do it. That is, in training, I am always very attentive to my feelings when performing jumps. The most important thing is not the number of attempts, but work with my head - that's when I can go to the rental the most confident in myself.
So far, I feel a lot of strength in myself and I can’t even imagine how I could live without training, without figure skating, without competitions. Of course, I also have difficult moments. I try to prepare myself for the fact that if I ride for a long time, both ups and downs are inevitable. It is impossible to always skate perfectly, not all starts can be successful. As an athlete, as a person and a maximalist, I always want to be on top. Maybe that's why I perform so well in competitions so often that I can't forgive myself for some mistakes. If I make a mistake during the competition, then I reproach myself for a very long time. I constantly remember these mistakes and cannot forget them. And now I'm trying to fight with myself, trying to convince myself that all people make mistakes. And if I want [to continue my career], then I have to deal with it somehow, not to blame myself, not to eat myself from the inside so much. So I still have a lot to learn.
With each start I get something new, I begin to look at things in a new way, to treat everything more calmly. And it seems to me that just in time for the start of the Olympics, I was completely ready. I went to this competition gradually and quite consciously, this is my third adult season.
When I got to the phone, it was already bursting with some calls and messages. I tried my best to answer everyone. First of all, as soon as I got to the phone, I called my parents, the whole family. My sisters were in touch, they were very worried. I'm sure they spent a lot more nerves on this than I did myself. Therefore, I contacted them first of all, and only then tried to answer everyone. I received a lot of nice congratulations from people I admire. It was very nice.
I go out on the ice the way I am. And I'm probably a very creative person. I really love the theatrical component of figure skating, I love my programs and my images in these programs. I try to put my soul into the whole program, into every movement and convey the image. But at the same time, I take jumps very seriously, I am focused on them. And so I go out and try to combine it all, to show all of myself. And I'm just very pleased when I get support from people in return. It is very nice!
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Thank you so much for the translation @Alex Fedorov 
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