Tarasova: such skaters as in Russia will be enough for all countries of the world
In an interview with Anatoliy Samokhvalov, Merited Trainer of Russia, Tat'yana Tarasova shared the results of the Russian Championship among juniors in women's single skating, in which Kamila Valiyeva won Gold, Sof'ya Akatyeva won Silver, and Dar'ya Usachyova won Bronze.
“ The sensations are grandiose ,” Tarasova shared. - Every one skated without any breaks. With a stunning thrust. Yesterday I said they rode like animals. What did I mean by that? Animals have tremendous endurance, they can not eat for a long time, do not drink for a long time and do not lose their strength. This is what I had in mind. It’s incredible how they put up with it! How do they add in the second half of the program? I myself am a professional trainer, but I didn’t see any of the girls performing with just a trace of fatigue or impending fatigue, I only see that they skated half their programs and then added more to it.
I have worked as a trainer for many years and I know that at certain points in the program an athlete gets a breather. But with those girls who performed in the Championship of Russia, there was virtually no movement that would restore their strength. They do not stop for a second, do not stand still, do not gain air. We hardly ever see this. It remains hidden from our eyes. But rather from the outside, a strengthening of their program. However, I can’t say that they skate like robots. No, they skate with their soul. Everyone hears their own music. Whether we like it or not is another matter. This lovely girl with her round eyes skating around under Edith Piaf, Adeliya Petrosyan (12 years old, took 6th place - Ed.) You think that its early to skate under such music at her age, and then you catch yourself thinking 'to hell with this', this girl is still amazing, she hears this music.
And such a maximum level of skating from almost everyone. No worries, no fears. Only this desire is to do better than you've ever done before. This has never happened before. A similar thing could be achieved in those days when there weren't such complex elements as we have now. Today we are having a Championship where everyone knows everything, with only a few people falling. Even with two triple Axels Sof'ya Samodelkina (4th place) didn't make the podium. Despite the fact that she slides and spins. Wonderful plasticity in this girl. They all rode like cannonballs. But - how long will it last? I have such a question. You can draw all the time from this jar, as Zhvanetskiy writes. But once the spoon scrapes along the bottom. And how then to attend to this jar? Probably, the trainers of this new generation, to whom I personally take off my hat and personally applaud, know how to attend to this, so that this spoon feeds us all the time. We were pioneers in our generation, now we have pioneers in a new generation.
Three athletes from Tutberidze were on the podium, and they all caused this effect of " wow! ". And if you evaluate everyone, then these girls will be enough for all countries of the world.
Judging was honest, for which I am very glad. I don’t know how the judges arranged the girls. Of course, Valiyeva is distinguished not only by her two quadruple jumps, but also by her posture, beauty, huge elasticity, and what God gave her. Akat'yeva is still that little thing! She's on a high. At the age of twelve, she knows everything that girls can do at 15 and at 16. These very young ones are already masters. On the other hand, they all have one task - to skate cleanly. But what to skate? This raises another question. I just wonder what a person is experiencing who looks at a girl who is three to four years younger and knows how to do exactly the same thing. Where do they go from here? We will look at this, after all, the Olympics are not tomorrow.
In Russia, it was always good with talents - both coaches and athletes. Let it continue. We, the senior generation, are only happy about this. We have worked our fifty-five years. We were also happy and collected a lot of different Golds. And Silver, of course. But this is no longer considered. We have absolutely no envy, there is only admiration and anticipation of what's next to come, which, of course, will bring pleasure and satisfaction to the coaches. I am very happy for them.
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Well, the animal phrase got explained ;-)
