"The skater plans to put two quads in the short program and three in the long."
thanks for the interview!
I hope not making the Olympic team was a bit humbling for him…
Kovtun has been working with his team on two new programs, but was not ready to reveal his choice of music.
“Petia (Peter) Tchernyshev, Tatiana Anatolievna (Tarasova), and [coach] Elena Germanovna (Buianova) put them together, everybody as always,” the Muscovite shared. “Now it is a completely different level of work.”
“First of all, I now skate up to four hours without a break,” he explained. “Last year, I was able to last for four hours, but it was very tough. At the end, I just couldn’t do it anymore and almost threw up. After two hours the next day, I was exhausted and asked for a day off, but now I’ve worked through a whole week without a break.”
He also feels that he is better able to implement what his choreographer and coach show him.
“Petia shows something and I do the step right away,” said Kovtun. “I already see all these details and can distinguish them.”
Kovtun admitted having difficulty with this last season.
“When we (began training) the Flamenco, it was just hell,” he recalled. “I couldn’t repeat a single step and there were hundreds of them. I needed half an hour to learn one step, so it took a very long time to put this all together. The free program was already somewhat easier.”
The problem is when they will land all quads then they will miss some other easier jump. It shame that Javier landed all 3 quads, and then popped lutz.... That's just :sarcasm:.
He posted today a clip of his first public performance of the new program(s)...we don't get to see any of it though, just the applause he got.
http://instagram.com/p/qC3JfyCBT3/?modal=true
Oh for god's sake. Not even Plushy in his prime would put a video like that. What does he want to show exactly?
There was no Instagram when Plushy was in his prime.Oh for god's sake. Not even Plushy in his prime would put a video like that. What does he want to show exactly?
There was no Instagram when Plushy was in his prime.
Hah, it's like him skating a test skate that nobody gets to see but OBVIOUSLY he skated it superbly given the reaction.
Are the Russian skaters given Mercedes----from their government or private donors through their federation?
I don't know why Kovtun putting 5 quads didn't excited me much. If this would be Yuzuru, i would say great and jump! But somehow not the lack of quads is Kovtun's problem. It's his jump technique who looks weird, it's his lack of charisma and personality on the ice which i would like to be more in his focus. I would more applaud a program with only one quad but with the other issues cleaned than a programm with 3 quads.... Would he be the Tim Goebel of his generation?