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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva has officially announced her retirement in a new big interview.
https://youtu.be/WFnF2wE_g8M?t=7025
https://youtu.be/WFnF2wE_g8M?t=7025
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva retires
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I believe it would be beneficial for this this interview sooner or later to be available with English subtitles. Maybe Liza can do it herself or, at least, cooperate with some professional translator. Liza's career has no been a standart career in Russia rather extraordinary, honest and distinctly hers.
I guess, there is no question what the next path might be for her, she already is coaching, is a coach( ?) working together with A. Mishin. Is it so?
I guess, there is no question what the next path might be for her, she already is coaching, is a coach( ?) working together with A. Mishin. Is it so?
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Liza has had such an incredible career, and inspired so many. She'll forever be one of my top examples for a skater who missed out on the Olympics through sheer consistent bad timing and the depth of the field at home. I was lucky enough to see her skate live more than once, truly an experience. I hope she has a smooth transition into the next phase of her life and flourishes as a couch and in whatever future endeavors the future may hold.
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Best of luck to Liza! She will always be the Empress to this fan
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In this interview, she talks mostly about her past. Although I haven't been able to watch it entirety yet. There are some shots of her on the rink from 1:52.
As of now, she became a coach last season and helps Mishin with some skaters. In the summer, she came to Arutyunyan's camp to learn from his experience. This is quite interesting because I think before she used to say that she doesn't plan to be a coach.
Although I think it would be incorrect to say that she's a full-time coach. She is very active in shows and various events. She literally performs on every possible occasion.
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She’s a great example that women can land difficult jumps and still be very competitive well into their 20s. I almost cried with her when she won silver at 2021 Worlds! And I’m glad I got to see her live at least once at the 2018 GPF. She’s had a great career worthy of praise and admiration. I wish her well and the best of luck to her.
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Translation of her words in the end of the video.
I think figure skating is a small life for every athlete. Yes, there were problems, difficulties. But there were so many good things, so many happy moments. So now I can say with gratitude that I have had a bright career. I don't regret anything. I am announcing my retirement from the sport without any regret.
Why did it turn out to be so memorable and bright? Thanks to the people who surrounded me, who raised me, who were with me throughout my journey from the very beginning. Father, mother, sister, all relatives. Fans who started surrounding me from an early age. Without your support, without the support of my family, it would have been much more difficult to walk this path. Many thanks to Alexei Nikolaevich (Mishin) and my first coach Svetlana Mikhailovna (Veretennikova) who guided me as best she could, guided to medals. And Alexei Nikolaevich who not just coached me but also raised me.
I thought this moment would be difficult for me but in fact, standing here on the Gulf of Finland, I have made a decision for myself and I say it with ease.
Thank you. That's all. With love, your Tuktik.
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I saw her skate live once, and she was unforgettable. I wish her all the best in her future endevours.
Let’s remember her as she was when she won the silver at Stockholm Worlds. I was never happier for her than I was that day!
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I'm quite surprised by this statement to be honest. Liza has been retired for nearly 3 years. I wonder why she would release this statement precisely now and additionally, make it sound like she just made the decision and that this is anything new 
When I saw this thread, if anything, I thought she would annonce her unretirement like Keegan and so many others this season
When I saw this thread, if anything, I thought she would annonce her unretirement like Keegan and so many others this season
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As I understood, it is not only a short announcement of retirement, it is much more- it is a quite long documentary from her very first steps in skating to the day of announcement. I assume a documentary has lot of her opinions, knowledge and wisdom.I'm quite surprised by this statement to be honest. Liza has been retired for nearly 3 years. I wonder why she would release this statement precisely now and additionally, make it sound like she just made the decision and that this is anything new
When I saw this thread, if anything, I thought she would annonce her unretirement like Keegan and so many others this season
As regards to announcement, I guess, she felt deeply inside ready for it now and she looked there, in video, relieved and being on the wings for the next step.
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Wishing her every success in the future. I have always loved her skating.
In fact, Liza retired at the start of the 2023 season
I guess what felt odd it's that she made it sound that she just made the decision of retiring now, when this is indeed not the case:
Her real decision came 3 years ago ( I mean, the important thing was to "decide to retire" and not to "decide to announce the retirement"). It just feels bizarre to me, especially considering the big time gap. If she had said something like "3 years ago I decided to retire, and now, standing here, I can say I don't regret it", it would be less strange lets say. And that's also why she looks so ready for the "next step", because she has already been living in that "next step" for 3 years now
But in any case, good luck to her on her future projects. And it's a good thing that she keeps skating quite a lot, in shows and participating for example in the Russian exhibitions competition.
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I think that a number of skaters are not officially retired, yet don't compete?In fact, Liza retired at the start of the 2023 season
I guess what felt odd it's that she made it sound that she just made the decision of retiring now, when this is indeed not the case:
Her real decision came 3 years ago ( I mean, the important thing was to "decide to retire" and not to "decide to announce the retirement"). It just feels bizarre to me, especially considering the big time gap. If she had said something like "3 years ago I decided to retire, and now, standing here, I can say I don't regret it", it would be less strange lets say. And that's also why she looks so ready for the "next step", because she has already been living in that "next step" for 3 years now
But in any case, good luck to her on her future projects. And it's a good thing that she keeps skating quite a lot, in shows and participating for example in the Russian exhibitions competition.
I have Nathan Chen in mind because he hasn't competed since early 2022 (more than a year before Elizaveta Tuktamysheva's last competition) and he's just said that he was skipping the 2026 Olympic Games? There may be "older cold cases"?
Now, we can't know either, some do resume competition, most don't. Top level Figure Skating is so difficult, that even someone who at last healed from injuries, or graduated, and wishes to resume may in time come to the conclusion that it wouldn't bring any result, and quit after several years without competing?
There may also be Federation or sponsor concerns, some may not be able to practice in a competitive way if they announce a retirement, or may lose a contract with a sponsor who supports only amateur athletes.
I already miss her. She hasn't been competiting since 22/23 season. I guess she will concentrate on coaching now?
Liza has the record for being in the Russian National final 15 times. She won it once back in 2013. Qualifying for so many nationals is extra-ordinary. Typically women skaters average attending nationals 3 times in Russia.
It would have been 16 times, but she missed one Nationals. The toughest of them all, 2019, which still has the record for women's toughest final (Shcherbakova's first win). Liza was out with pneumonia.
Fantastic skater that managed to keep being relevant for so many years.
1. Tuktamysheva 15 nationals
2. Leonova 13 nationals
3. Butyrskaya 12 nationals
3. Sokolova 12 nationals
5. Slutskaya 11 nationals
Liza has the record for being in the Russian National final 15 times. She won it once back in 2013. Qualifying for so many nationals is extra-ordinary. Typically women skaters average attending nationals 3 times in Russia.
It would have been 16 times, but she missed one Nationals. The toughest of them all, 2019, which still has the record for women's toughest final (Shcherbakova's first win). Liza was out with pneumonia.
Fantastic skater that managed to keep being relevant for so many years.
1. Tuktamysheva 15 nationals
2. Leonova 13 nationals
3. Butyrskaya 12 nationals
3. Sokolova 12 nationals
5. Slutskaya 11 nationals
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