There were a few parts that my acquaintance couldn't translate. If there is anyone who can fill in the blanks, that would be greatly appreciated.
SVT reposted a 2007 fluff piece they did on Sasha:
http://svtplay.se/v/1412628/svt_sport_moter_alexander_majorov I'm sure this is old news for fans who have been following Swedish figure skating for many years, but I've never seen it before.
Sasha first says a few words that I can't hear because of bad sound.
Reporter: "This is a normal Tuesday for Alexander Majorov, 16 years old. (The sign shown on the video reads: school, lunch, ice training, school, ballet, dinner, karate, ice training.) His main goal is to do a triple Axel, three and a half turns, one of figure skating's most difficult jumps. Alexander, who lives in Luleå, has been at school all morning. It is now 12:30 and he has just over an hour's ice training. His father, the coach Alexander Majorov Sr., was part of the Russian national team in the seventies and who became a successful coach of, among others, Alexei Yagudin - one of figure skating's super stars who won Olympic gold in Salt Lake City five years ago."
The video then continues with Majorov Sr. holding a piece of paper showing the choreography as it looks on the ice surface.
Majorov Sr. (in Russian): "Inwards and outwards, outwards. And then inwards and then the same again with the other leg."
Reporter: "This particular training session is about practicing steps for his competition program."
Sasha: "I recognize all the
(slurred, can't make out a couple of words here). Traces get carved in the ice and one remembers what they look like and he draws these traces on paper."
Reporter: "So he draws a sort of layout for you?"
Sasha: "Yes, a layout. And write which foot."
Reporter: "Later in the afternoon, he returns to school before it's time for an hour's ballet training between half past four and half past five. His mother Irina is a ballet trainer and choreographer."
Irina: "It is very good for anyone but especially for figure skating. We do a lot of stuff. Stretching, bounce, jumps, coordination, expression, how to express yourself with emotions, arms, looks."
(I may have missed a word or two here, it is hard to hear what she says.)
Reporter: "After the ballet, half of the day's training is done. After dinner, between seven and eight, is is time for karate which is intended to give more coordination and bounce but also strength and endurance which may make it easier to succeed as a figure skater."
A triple Axel can hurt a lot (referring to the fall shown in the video).
Sasha: "I have sustained the same injury three times because of the triple Axel."
Reporter. "So what do you think about this jump?"
Sasha: It's fun but it's painful. (smiling)
Reporter: "Alexander is now preparing for this evening's training session from 9.30 to 10.30 pm which will contain jump training. He can master all triple jumps except one. Last year he won the silver at the junior Olympics for skaters up to nineteen years of age. He was then only fifteen and he now has a chance to be selected for Worlds in Gothenburg next year but for that, he has to be able to do the triple Axel."
Sasha: "The difficult thing about the triple Axel is the actual entrance into it. When you master that, it gets easier."
Majorov Sr. (from the background): "Very good try, very good!"
Reporter: "How do you think you will feel when you can do this jump?"
Sasha: "I will feel good. Very good. After every jump you learn to master, you must keep practising it and then you do it in competition. When you've landed it in competition, you can say you master it."
Majorov Sr.: "You have to stretch yourself a bit and stand up straight. You rotate well but when you hit the ice, you go like this (bending his knees)."
Reporter: "This evening's eighth and final attempt."
Majorov Sr.: "Not so bad!"
Reporter: "One of the week's most intensive days will soon come to an end for Alexander Majorov."
Sasha: "When I go to bed, I am in so much pain.
(Then a few words that are impossible to hear) I usually have Sundays off.
(A couple of words that I can't distinguish)."
