Olympic figure skating champion Yulia Lipnitskaya has chosen music without vocals for her programs for the new season. However, as Etery Tutberidze said in an interview to ITAR-TASS, it does not mean that nothing will change before the test skate, which will be held in late August in Novogorsk.
Lipnitskaya will miss the first start of the season, if she'll not prepare her new program in time.
"Yulia stopped in this version [she talks about music choice] for now, though it's possible to use music with vocal accompaniment this season, - says Tutberidze. - But this does not mean that nothing will change before test skate in August."
At the start of October, the Grand Prix of Figure Skating will be attended by three athletes from Tutberidze's group - Lipnitskaya, Voronov and Pitkeev.
Julia Lipnitskaya asked for help from the fans in the selection of music for her free program.
"Currently, the program is almost ready only for Yulia. As for my group of athletes Sergei Voronov and Adyan Pitkeev, we are still working on the programs - the coach said. - The most exciting event would be, of course, for Adyan. Because Sergei and Yulia are much more experienced. This season will be a transition fro 16 yo Pitkeev. Yes, in the past he was a silver medalist in the World Junior and Junior Grand Prix Final. But in this season he has to compete with older skaters, and a transition like this is always complex and inevitable for any skater."