Elena Ilinykh & Ruslan Zhiganshin

Alba · Jan 25, 2015

peg said:
Most of what I have heard about poor training conditions and very crowded rinks has to do with Liza Tuk. Mishin has said they were doing so many competitions this year because the training conditions are much better at comps. From everything I've heard, the conditions are far better in Moscow because that's where the Fed has been putting its money

Apparently Elena R as well has problems. There is a report in her topic about this.
In fact, there are rumors that she might switch to Buyanova's group.

uhh said:
Yes, Elena's said before that there are days when they can even get the ice completely to themselves for a couple of hours.

Yep. I remember that interview. She indeed said that they had everything from the start.

Who is saying they get screwed over about training time & facilities? People complain that the fed seem to favour other teams when it comes to press & PR, but I don't see complaints about the training set up.

I agree. Those who says that most probably aren't even I&Z fans, otherwise they would be better informed and paid attention to what they were saying.
There are some I&K fans who still can't get over their split. Still wishing they will be back together, and therefore "reading" any idiotic sign, hoping one of them will fail. Pathetic! :rolleye:

Meoima · Jan 25, 2015

I have never heard that IZ lacked training set up. This is a false rumor. No one complained about that here.

bramweld · Jan 25, 2015

Meoima said:
I have never heard that IZ lacked training set up. This is a false rumor. No one complained about that here.

I think that was just a rumour spread by "well wishers" or just a preconceived notion of imbalance based on Zueva's pedigree for lack of a better word. The real concern was the seemingly lack of interest in the pair when considering the press given S/K. Now it seems to me its a direct result of S/K simply being out of Moscow for long spells and also Zueva wanting to draw attention to them. This even irked Zhulin at NHK. Kustarova however seems to prefer a more low key approach and apparently its been working for I/Z.

peg · Jan 25, 2015

Abraxis12345 said:
Those resources have been there for a while. In this interview back in 2012, conducted right after Bobrova and Soloviev left and before they moved to Medvedkovo, they mention all the specialists that work with them. Most of the people mentioned at the end of the article could be seen in IZ's Latvian pics.

http://mosfigurist.ru/?p=788

Well then I don't know why people were complaining. Maybe some people just like to complain about everything :laugh:

MK's Winter · Jan 25, 2015

bramweld said:
I think that was just a rumour spread by "well wishers" or just a preconceived notion of imbalance based on Zueva's pedigree for lack of a better word. The real concern was the seemingly lack of interest in the pair when considering the press given S/K. Now it seems to me its a direct result of S/K simply being out of Moscow for long spells and also Zueva wanting to draw attention to them. This even irked Zhulin at NHK. Kustarova however seems to prefer a more low key approach and apparently its been working for I/Z.

Let the press worry about S/K, I say. I/Z's approach to everything and everyone has been classy.

bramweld · Jan 25, 2015

MK's Winter said:
Let the press worry about S/K, I say. I/Z's approach to everything and everyone has been classy.

Agreed. Bring on the Championships!

Wanted girl · Jan 26, 2015

There are more funny pics about them on their fans Instagram's pages, I wanted to post links, but was automatically banned

So, maybe, someone else will share. They are really very funny with sense of humor, my favorite is about "the team is ...counting seconds in lifts"

P.S.: sorry for my English, not sure that I am really good at it

dorispulaski · Jan 26, 2015

Wanted girl, now that you have one successful post, you can post links

. Welcome to Golden Skate!

Wanted girl · Jan 26, 2015

dorispulaski said:
Wanted girl, now that you have one successful post, you can post links . Welcome to Golden Skate!

Thank you

There are those links :
http://instagram.com/p/yO3u1Ok8f1/?modal=true
http://instagram.com/p/yQ7vHmk8VD/?modal=true
http://instagram.com/p/yQ7I17E8UN/?modal=true
http://instagram.com/p/yPaCZVE8Qv/?modal=true

Lena also wrote in comments that their coaches liked these pics a lot

Meoima · Jan 26, 2015

Ruslena has the most talented fans among Russian ice dancers! And they are soooo fast! How lovely!

Tanka · Jan 26, 2015

Wanted girl, thanks for sharing!
Oh, I like this one:
http://photos-f.ak.instagram.com/hp...-15/10946308_436857636470485_1952187443_n.jpg
:laugh:

uhh · Jan 26, 2015

https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mihsersh/view/1125065?page=5

Some new pictures from Nationals - FD & Press conference.

& Elena Vaytsehovskya posted her her blog before the weekend that the Ruslan interview is written up, with the editor, so it should be appearing today or tomorrow.

Meoima · Jan 26, 2015

For some reason I think this song might be an interesting ex for I/Z, just read the lyrics: http://youtu.be/g8MaeRioaKo

LisaM · Jan 26, 2015

Those 'Team is' cards are amaaaazing! altersweetego has tons of those awesome drawings!

elif · Jan 26, 2015

Do we have practice reports? Only one I read says they looked good together and other top teams except Capellini/Lanotte skated free dances.

Wanted girl said:
They are really very funny with sense of humor, my favorite is about "the team is ...counting seconds in lifts"

That was my favorite as well.

bramweld · Jan 26, 2015

There are practice reports already? Where?

Wanted girl · Jan 27, 2015

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2654776

An interview from both of them about EC. If there are some difficulties with Google translate and nobody translate it, I will try to help

oriquey · Jan 27, 2015

Thanks for sharing the link to the interview. Google Translate was being Google Translate but at least I caught the gist of the interview. :agree:

uhh · Jan 27, 2015

I think what she said about Ruslan's strengths as a partner, the way he encourages her, helps her control her emotions, and the way she truly feels the coaches completely believe in them is very telling about how things were with Nikita & Morozov. And I love how much Ruslan praises her creativity & he is so classy responding to the question about whether Victoria was holding him back - just saying he is working so hard to match up to Elena, nothing about the old partner at all.

uhh · Jan 27, 2015

http://www.isuresults.com/results/ec2015/SEG007.HTM

They got pretty much the best draw they could, skating last in group 3.

Elena Ilinykh & Ruslan Zhiganshin

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