Former Russian figure skater Anastasiya Shabotova became the champion of Ukraine. In her free program, she tried to execute a triple Axel, but fell. Due to the margin of points after her short program, falling on the triksel, there was no risk - Nastya was the only participant to complete the cascade of triple Lutz - triple Toeloop without errors. As you can already understand, Shabotova has no competitors in her new federation yet - two-time champion of Ukraine Anastasiya Arkhipova did not participate in the tournament due to a serious knee injury.
About a year ago, Shabotova became famous for her shocking statement about “proper doping” and its use by students of Eteri Tutberidze. It sounded like this: “How to perform stably? Drink a lot of dope - and you are stable. That's all. Just have the right dope to drink. I wonder if they drink or don't drink at Khrustalny? Of course they drink. ”
Eteri Georgiyevna in an interview with Vladimir Pozner said she was very sorry to hear such an opinion about doping from a young figure skater.
"I am very sorry to hear such words from a 13-year-old girl, as well as sorry for the whole part of the generation who believes that the formula for success is the use of doping. That is, she does not think that we need to go out on the ice and work harder."
With sports achievements in Russia, Nastya was not so rosy: 14th place in the junior championship and 8th in the final of the Russian Cup. After this scandalous phrase, the girl explained that she was simply upset by her loss.
"I talked stupidity. Maybe because I lost at my last competition. I did not think that they would misunderstand me."
Coach Svetlana Panova defended Shabotova, arguing that the child himself did not understand what she'd said.
“But you understand that this is a 13-year-old child? Execute her, kill her? It is clear that I will have to partially answer. But I cannot raise or adopt skaters. There are parents, they must follow their child's social media and control such moments. ... I am sorry for ruining the girl’s career because of some statement that was not made seriously. If a 20-year-old athlete said this, that’s another matter."
Subsequently, the girl still found herself with a push-button telephone and numerous educational conversations from her mother, coach, and even from RUSADA. However, many experts felt that the scandal was overblown, and such nonsense was not even worth paying attention to. This opinion was shared by the leadership of the FFKKR - Alexander Kogan and Alexander Gorshkov.
“I have not read this stupidity and I do not want to comment on it. Oh, some kind of nonsense,” the reactions of the General Director and the President of the FFKKR were approximately like that.
In the summer, it turned out that Nastya will compete for Ukraine in the 2019/20 season. The reason for this decision, perhaps, was not only the scandal with the “correct doping”, but also high competition among Russian figure skaters. Everyone wants to get to international starts and get Grand Prix stages - Shabotova, under the flag of Russia, did not have such an opportunity due to poor results. Such a solution is not new for our skaters, for students of Tutberidze, Mosisi Kvitelashvili or Elisabet Tursynbayeva once advocated for Russia.
After the transition, Nastya demonstrated a triple Axel in training. Alexander Kogan was also asked if he regrets leaving the team of the girl with ultra-si. The answer was: “At that moment, when this athlete received a release, she did not possess either one or the other element. In any case, she did not show this at the competitions in which she participated in last season. Many athletes constantly say they have quadruples jump in training, but in reality this is not so. ”
After winning the Ukrainian championship, Shabotova can count on serious international starts and participate in two whole stages of the Junior Grand Prix. For the national team of Ukraine, a girl who learns ultra-si is a real find. Especially when you consider the fact that before this they had only one leader of the national team.
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