Hi, my name is Natalya Kalugina. And I work for MozerTeam in the context of the club's media project. I really do not want to involve the coaches in the discussion that arose on the basis of the separation of the couple Diana Mukhametzyanova and Ilya Mironov. Therefore, I want to dot the i with the minimum participation of specialists, who already have a lot of work in the season (and out of season).
All athletes mentioned here have specific names and surnames. But they weren't allowed to reveal their little female secrets. Unlike Diana Mukhametzyanova, who provoked these reflections.
Let's start with the simplest. Has anyone heard of the so-called pyramid in sports? It's so simple - out of ten thousand recruited kids, one will become an Olympic champion. On the one hand, these numbers are needed in order to understand that there will not be ten thousand, which means that the country's chance of getting an Olympic champion is significantly reduced. But there is a flip side to the medal: one will become an Olympic champion. The other 9999 people, having passed through the crucible of selection, will be eliminated at different stages. Including at the stage of transition from juniors to adults. By the way, during this period, the most painful losses occur - the first results seem to be there, but they cannot be confirmed. The body is changing. Doesn't obey. And the coach saw no prospects. This is exactly what happened to Diana Mukhametzyanova. The question arises: why exactly with her?
- The partner was gaining weight. This became dangerous for Ilya Mironov. The risk of injury increased when performing paired elements. - Says Vladislav Zhovnirsky, Honored Coach of the country. - But that's not the point. We tried to save Diana's back. At such a weight, she could injure her back, which is already sick with her. She's going to live on ...
In principle, the answer is comprehensive. And this could be the point. But maybe the skater switched to parsley with one black crouton, a spoonful of caviar, two pineapple slices a day and a little dried apricots to support the heart muscle? And maybe she did cross-country runs every day in two sweaters and a synthetic suit, and then, after the bath, trained in full volume? So they brought one champion to the Olympic Games. This is atrocity, but that athlete TOGETHER with the coach strove for a medal and deliberately went to self-torture. Maybe the coaches underestimated Diana's aspiration?
Choreographer Ramil Mehdiev reports:
- When Diana was still a child, her performance was very high. She was very talented and she did it well. She did not spend much effort because it was convenient for her to do it. As soon as the weight problems started, things became much more difficult. Plus, when a person grows up, complexes appear. When I was doing zoom with them during a pandemic, I gave them a folk lesson. For each skater, I came up with some movements. For Diana, I made a Tatar combination. Diana, a person outwardly very calm and emotionless, did not say anything to me. When the time came for the report, she said that she would not perform the combination I proposed. I - and so and so with her. She is not in any. I gave her combination to another girl, which again did not cause any emotions in Diana. But emotions appeared in her mother - she called me and said that I had to make her daughter work. Diana grew up and there were problems. When I worked with her, it was very difficult to get her image and character out of her. She seemed to be dodging her work. Of course, it could have been put into a difficult regime, but it would hardly have been successful. The fact is that figure skating is a kind of sport where an athlete must want the result himself, he must not do it out of hand. A coach is not a whip, a coach is not a Cerberus. A coach is a person who helps to correct mistakes. For two years Diana could not lose weight. I personally looked for both nutritionists and doctors. But nothing helped. I talked to her in a good way, and in a bad way - she doesn't want to, that's all. Lack of motivation or willpower. Or the age has come such when you don't want to do anything. All this time, Diana worked half-leg and did not want to fulfill any requirements. Here…
There is one point that Ramil did not want to talk about - a genetic predisposition. If it is in the genetics that at maturation the girl will never return to low weight, then this will be so. However, the whole question is in relation to the situation of the heroine of history and her mother.
... About six months before the Olympic Games, we sat in a good coaching company and chatted. The topic was the weight of the potential leader of the national team. Her personal trainer and part-time mom sighed:
- First menstruation. We will not return to sports form for the Games ...
One of her colleagues smiled.
- Don't you know how it's done? Reduce her weight below menstrual (42 kg) - you will not notice puberty. You will have it ringing ...
- Are you suggesting that I choose between a medal and future grandchildren?
The trainer mom's eyes narrowed. She thought for a second. She sighed. And I went to cook my daughter's favorite dumplings. That athlete has been working as a coach for a long time, a happy mother and a happy wife.
Sport sometimes ends with a medal, and sometimes only begins with its loss. Do you remember figure skater Moser? Do you know the coach Nina Mikhailovna Moser? Do you remember figure skater Osipova? And the coach Elena Anatolyevna Tchaikovskaya? Continue the list? Such is the fate of those 9999 who did not reach a single victory, did not pass through the terrible sieve of elite sports, but fell madly in love with it and made it their life.
If Diana Mukhametzyanova loves figure skating so much, then one day she will make a set of children. In the first set, most likely, there will not be a single potential champion. There will be a second, third, fifth ... In each set, she will save someone's life and health. And one day a flower from coach Mukhametzyanova will bloom. And she and her mother, husband and child will come to Nina Mikhailovna and say thank you for the happiness of being with your family and the happiness of being in the profession. Until they realize it.
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Also inaccurate, because the BMI/body fat threshold for exercise-induced amenorrhea/RED-S varies hugely between individuals. Thankfully it's reversible, so not a risk to grandkids-in-potentiae (but rather, bone density).
