Anna Shcherbakova
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I would love to see this show live. Its very entertaining.
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Definiteely.
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Joint interview with Anna Shcherbakova and Mark Kondratyuk for Radio Energy (Sochi). Unfortunately, there is no video, only sound:
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Sports competitions are one thing, but the performance in an ice show, such as “Champions on Ice” is a little different, there is a different atmosphere and, probably, there are some different fans there? Or are they the same people?
Mark: Well, what can I say... First of all, performing on a show is much easier from a psychological point of view. Because I'm not so worried here. As far as the fans, I think the audience at the show and the fans at the tournaments are pretty much overlapping sets.
Anna: I think that there are fans who attend both competitions and ice shows. But at the same time, the show is such a non-committal format. Ordinary tourists come to the show, who, perhaps for the first time in their lives, will see figure skating. Perhaps someone came [to the show] simply because they were tired of sitting under the sun [on the beach] and decided to cool off a bit ...
Well, that means there are new fans, already of a different type, isn't it?
Anna: Yes, I think that this is how new figure skating fans can really appear, who initially came to see [the show] only because it is cooler here than outside, and then suddenly became interested and carried away.
Let's talk about your programs in the show "Champions". My colleague went to this show last weekend and she absolutely loved it. She told me a little about it, so I already know something. But for those people who have not yet been here - what will they see in the Iceberg Ice Palace? Were your performances specially choreographed for the show, or did you skate it somewhere else, in other cities?
Mark: As for me - no, my performances were not created specifically for this show, I already skated these programs somewhere once. One of the programs is jazz, and the second was staged by Ilya Izyaslavich (that is, Averbukh) to the song “The Storm” by Peter Nalich. Come and see.
So you have two performances? In the first part, and....
Mark: Each participant has two programs. In addition to joint performances, two solo programs.
Anna: In general, the structure of the show is as follows: there are two sections. In the first part, all skaters perform with their programs [for competitions]. Each of the skaters is called by name, all their titles are listed, and after the performance, the participants bow, perform some element for an encore. The second part is more theatrical, it has a certain concept, and it is in the second part that joint performances are shown. This, probably, is already more suitable for the very definition of the concept of “show”.
Is there something like a disco going on there [in the second section]? Carnival atmosphere?
Anna: There are many, many beautiful scenery, which creates a kind of atmosphere that makes everything look more spectacular. So we are waiting for everyone!
Mark: There is a love story going through the whole second part. So... come and see.
And how do you perceive Ilya Averbukh? Is he your coach, director? Maybe a friend and colleague? He's still a brilliant director, isn't he?
Anna: Certainly. For me, it was very interesting to work with him. He was staging my program for the second part. The first time I worked with him as a choreographer, it was a very interesting experience for me. He immediately came up with the idea, let me listen to the music, told me about the thinks that he wanted to realize. Then we started staging the program, and it seemed to me that it was very creative. Many of our ideas coincided, we saw many things in the same way. It seemed to me that he listened carefully to me, so we had a joint work. I really liked this experience, and now I am very glad to perform in his show, I am pleased that everything turned out like this.
Now we have two champions in the studio. These are Mark Kondratyuk and Anna Shcherbakova, winners of the Beijing Olympics. Anya, what kind of music do you perform? Mark has already said that he has a song by Peter Nalich and...
Mark: Jazz!
Jazz.
Anna: In the first part, I skate part of my Olympic free program “Master and Margarita”. Both I and Ilya Averbukh thought that this was a great idea, because figure skating fans who follow our competitions throughout the year, but do not have the opportunity to visit them in person, or those who could not come to the Olympic Games, will now be able to watch to my performance, remember the old emotions. For me, this is also an opportunity to remember the feelings that I experienced at the Olympics and at other competitions last season.
And the second performance?
Anna: In the second part, I skate to the verses of Okudzhava. This is the program that was staged by Ilya Averbukh specifically for the show. The first show premiered this performance. This is a very touching and deep program.
And what song?
Anna: song on the verses of Okudzhava “Prayer”.
It's interesting - it's both poetry and music of a completely different generation. Didn't that sound too difficult to you?
Anna: I really like this idea, I really like to convey deep images. And in this case, it turned out that there are words throughout the entire program. Probably, each person will understand this performance in their own way, but we tried to convey all these words in dance, in sliding, in movements, in the program as a whole. There, the emotions change several times during the skating, and the nature of the movements changes. All in all, a very interesting program.
So you sing with your body? Do you convey text in motion?
Anna: Yes, you can say that.
Excellent! What music do you listen to at home? Who and what are on your playlists? This is a very interesting question, it was asked by many listeners.
Mark: As for me, I'm a music lover.
Yes, this is already interesting.
Mark: I listen to a lot of different things. This is rap, and rock, and "metal". Classical music too, so...
Name a couple of singers ... Will you perform to Lady Gaga's song - that was the question ...
Mark: Oh, you know...
Do you love Lady Gaga?
Mark: Well, I take it easy...
Some of your fans love Lady Gaga, I see...
Anna: You have revealed the idea for a new gala performance ahead of time (laughs).
Mark: Well, why, why? ... There is such a skater, he has already retired - Johnny Weir. Here he has a wonderful program for Lady Gaga. I think that I won’t be able to reach such a high bar, so it’s not worth trying yet. And as for my favorite performers - well, let's say Stromae.
Good. Anya, and for you [who is your favorite performer]?
Anna: For me, this is always a very difficult question, because I don’t even know how to characterize my playlist. There are a lot of different things on this list, so I probably can’t name exactly ...
Well, Lady Gaga and Stromae, are you listening? Or do you not care who sings - the main thing is that the song is good?
I don’t know... I’m just listening to a song, and if at that time something inside me responds, I like it, that’s all...
Mark: And what about Instasamka?
Anna: We will not reveal all the cards.
Mark: Okay.
Let this be a secret, right? Well, we have more or less figured out the music. A separate topic is your costumes. Who creates them, who is the designer and do you take part in the creation of costumes?
Anna: Well, in the first part I perform with my program for the competition and in the same dress that was made for the competition. But an interesting story happened with the dress for the second performance, because I, together with Ilya Averbukh, began to rehearse this skating just a few days before the start of the show.
We had two days to work, we finished, breathed a sigh of relief, both are happy, we leave the ice and then I suddenly remembered: “Costume!”. After all, for a new demonstration performance, a new costume is needed. And we said to each other: “Wow!” - that is, this detail was completely forgotten before.
I asked Ilya how he imagines the costume, what he would most like to see. In general, I found out about his preferences, and our seamstress came to my aid, the same one who makes us clothes for competitions, Olga Ryabenko. She immediately agreed to take on this job, but at that moment she was not in Moscow. And when she returned, there was only one day left before the show began. I mean, July 7th, I think we had a premiere, and...
Mark: The eighth of July...
Anna: On the 8th?.. So, on the 8th of July, the premiere, and on the 7th of July they sent me pieces of fabric in the afternoon so that I could choose the color and other parameters. And I reported my intentions about what kind of back the dress should have, what kind of skirt, and so on. And the next day I was already performing in this dress in Sochi. So I think that in such extreme conditions, only Olga can take the job, and I am very grateful to her, because I really liked what she did. This dress is very different from the costumes I used to wear.
Well, for a girl, a dress is no less important than the program itself. Champions of different years perform in the show “Champions”. Do you interact with any of them behind the scenes? Maybe you are friends with someone? For us, the behind-the-scenes life is no less interesting than the show on stage.
Mark: Perhaps what goes on behind the scenes is even more interesting for you...
Maybe!
Mark: Of course, we all communicate. These are no longer just skaters and champions, they are already one big family. And despite how long ago one of us won something, we all ended up in the Averbukh show, and this is really a very friendly team. And I'm happy to be a part of this team.
Anna: I completely agree with Mark. Everyone is very supportive of me too. I am somewhat new to this business, and here I am always, in any situation, prompted how to behave correctly ...
That is, you can always call, for example, Ilya and ask for advice?
Anna: Well, just in the process of staging a performance, or during a show, when I don’t know something yet, everyone tells me, they support me - so this is a very good, friendly team.
Do you only talk about work? That is, let's say, the tour is over, or some kind of break has come - does the usual communication take place? Anyone suggest we meet, have lunch together?
Anna: We meet every day during the show, so...
Well, when the show ends - do you hang out together, do you stay in touch?
Anna: Well, we are ordinary people, we can talk about more than just figure skating, so...
Mark: I repeat - these are not just individuals, this is already one family. That is, the show ends, and we can, relatively speaking, disperse to different cities, but this is one big team - therefore, this …
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t.me
Sports competitions are one thing, but the performance in an ice show, such as “Champions on Ice” is a little different, there is a different atmosphere and, probably, there are some different fans there? Or are they the same people?
Mark: Well, what can I say... First of all, performing on a show is much easier from a psychological point of view. Because I'm not so worried here. As far as the fans, I think the audience at the show and the fans at the tournaments are pretty much overlapping sets.
Anna: I think that there are fans who attend both competitions and ice shows. But at the same time, the show is such a non-committal format. Ordinary tourists come to the show, who, perhaps for the first time in their lives, will see figure skating. Perhaps someone came [to the show] simply because they were tired of sitting under the sun [on the beach] and decided to cool off a bit ...
Well, that means there are new fans, already of a different type, isn't it?
Anna: Yes, I think that this is how new figure skating fans can really appear, who initially came to see [the show] only because it is cooler here than outside, and then suddenly became interested and carried away.
Let's talk about your programs in the show "Champions". My colleague went to this show last weekend and she absolutely loved it. She told me a little about it, so I already know something. But for those people who have not yet been here - what will they see in the Iceberg Ice Palace? Were your performances specially choreographed for the show, or did you skate it somewhere else, in other cities?
Mark: As for me - no, my performances were not created specifically for this show, I already skated these programs somewhere once. One of the programs is jazz, and the second was staged by Ilya Izyaslavich (that is, Averbukh) to the song “The Storm” by Peter Nalich. Come and see.
So you have two performances? In the first part, and....
Mark: Each participant has two programs. In addition to joint performances, two solo programs.
Anna: In general, the structure of the show is as follows: there are two sections. In the first part, all skaters perform with their programs [for competitions]. Each of the skaters is called by name, all their titles are listed, and after the performance, the participants bow, perform some element for an encore. The second part is more theatrical, it has a certain concept, and it is in the second part that joint performances are shown. This, probably, is already more suitable for the very definition of the concept of “show”.
Is there something like a disco going on there [in the second section]? Carnival atmosphere?
Anna: There are many, many beautiful scenery, which creates a kind of atmosphere that makes everything look more spectacular. So we are waiting for everyone!
Mark: There is a love story going through the whole second part. So... come and see.
And how do you perceive Ilya Averbukh? Is he your coach, director? Maybe a friend and colleague? He's still a brilliant director, isn't he?
Anna: Certainly. For me, it was very interesting to work with him. He was staging my program for the second part. The first time I worked with him as a choreographer, it was a very interesting experience for me. He immediately came up with the idea, let me listen to the music, told me about the thinks that he wanted to realize. Then we started staging the program, and it seemed to me that it was very creative. Many of our ideas coincided, we saw many things in the same way. It seemed to me that he listened carefully to me, so we had a joint work. I really liked this experience, and now I am very glad to perform in his show, I am pleased that everything turned out like this.
Now we have two champions in the studio. These are Mark Kondratyuk and Anna Shcherbakova, winners of the Beijing Olympics. Anya, what kind of music do you perform? Mark has already said that he has a song by Peter Nalich and...
Mark: Jazz!
Jazz.
Anna: In the first part, I skate part of my Olympic free program “Master and Margarita”. Both I and Ilya Averbukh thought that this was a great idea, because figure skating fans who follow our competitions throughout the year, but do not have the opportunity to visit them in person, or those who could not come to the Olympic Games, will now be able to watch to my performance, remember the old emotions. For me, this is also an opportunity to remember the feelings that I experienced at the Olympics and at other competitions last season.
And the second performance?
Anna: In the second part, I skate to the verses of Okudzhava. This is the program that was staged by Ilya Averbukh specifically for the show. The first show premiered this performance. This is a very touching and deep program.
And what song?
Anna: song on the verses of Okudzhava “Prayer”.
It's interesting - it's both poetry and music of a completely different generation. Didn't that sound too difficult to you?
Anna: I really like this idea, I really like to convey deep images. And in this case, it turned out that there are words throughout the entire program. Probably, each person will understand this performance in their own way, but we tried to convey all these words in dance, in sliding, in movements, in the program as a whole. There, the emotions change several times during the skating, and the nature of the movements changes. All in all, a very interesting program.
So you sing with your body? Do you convey text in motion?
Anna: Yes, you can say that.
Excellent! What music do you listen to at home? Who and what are on your playlists? This is a very interesting question, it was asked by many listeners.
Mark: As for me, I'm a music lover.
Yes, this is already interesting.
Mark: I listen to a lot of different things. This is rap, and rock, and "metal". Classical music too, so...
Name a couple of singers ... Will you perform to Lady Gaga's song - that was the question ...
Mark: Oh, you know...
Do you love Lady Gaga?
Mark: Well, I take it easy...
Some of your fans love Lady Gaga, I see...
Anna: You have revealed the idea for a new gala performance ahead of time (laughs).
Mark: Well, why, why? ... There is such a skater, he has already retired - Johnny Weir. Here he has a wonderful program for Lady Gaga. I think that I won’t be able to reach such a high bar, so it’s not worth trying yet. And as for my favorite performers - well, let's say Stromae.
Good. Anya, and for you [who is your favorite performer]?
Anna: For me, this is always a very difficult question, because I don’t even know how to characterize my playlist. There are a lot of different things on this list, so I probably can’t name exactly ...
Well, Lady Gaga and Stromae, are you listening? Or do you not care who sings - the main thing is that the song is good?
I don’t know... I’m just listening to a song, and if at that time something inside me responds, I like it, that’s all...
Mark: And what about Instasamka?
Anna: We will not reveal all the cards.
Mark: Okay.
Let this be a secret, right? Well, we have more or less figured out the music. A separate topic is your costumes. Who creates them, who is the designer and do you take part in the creation of costumes?
Anna: Well, in the first part I perform with my program for the competition and in the same dress that was made for the competition. But an interesting story happened with the dress for the second performance, because I, together with Ilya Averbukh, began to rehearse this skating just a few days before the start of the show.
We had two days to work, we finished, breathed a sigh of relief, both are happy, we leave the ice and then I suddenly remembered: “Costume!”. After all, for a new demonstration performance, a new costume is needed. And we said to each other: “Wow!” - that is, this detail was completely forgotten before.
I asked Ilya how he imagines the costume, what he would most like to see. In general, I found out about his preferences, and our seamstress came to my aid, the same one who makes us clothes for competitions, Olga Ryabenko. She immediately agreed to take on this job, but at that moment she was not in Moscow. And when she returned, there was only one day left before the show began. I mean, July 7th, I think we had a premiere, and...
Mark: The eighth of July...
Anna: On the 8th?.. So, on the 8th of July, the premiere, and on the 7th of July they sent me pieces of fabric in the afternoon so that I could choose the color and other parameters. And I reported my intentions about what kind of back the dress should have, what kind of skirt, and so on. And the next day I was already performing in this dress in Sochi. So I think that in such extreme conditions, only Olga can take the job, and I am very grateful to her, because I really liked what she did. This dress is very different from the costumes I used to wear.
Well, for a girl, a dress is no less important than the program itself. Champions of different years perform in the show “Champions”. Do you interact with any of them behind the scenes? Maybe you are friends with someone? For us, the behind-the-scenes life is no less interesting than the show on stage.
Mark: Perhaps what goes on behind the scenes is even more interesting for you...
Maybe!
Mark: Of course, we all communicate. These are no longer just skaters and champions, they are already one big family. And despite how long ago one of us won something, we all ended up in the Averbukh show, and this is really a very friendly team. And I'm happy to be a part of this team.
Anna: I completely agree with Mark. Everyone is very supportive of me too. I am somewhat new to this business, and here I am always, in any situation, prompted how to behave correctly ...
That is, you can always call, for example, Ilya and ask for advice?
Anna: Well, just in the process of staging a performance, or during a show, when I don’t know something yet, everyone tells me, they support me - so this is a very good, friendly team.
Do you only talk about work? That is, let's say, the tour is over, or some kind of break has come - does the usual communication take place? Anyone suggest we meet, have lunch together?
Anna: We meet every day during the show, so...
Well, when the show ends - do you hang out together, do you stay in touch?
Anna: Well, we are ordinary people, we can talk about more than just figure skating, so...
Mark: I repeat - these are not just individuals, this is already one family. That is, the show ends, and we can, relatively speaking, disperse to different cities, but this is one big team - therefore, this …
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part 2:
But it's still work. Does this work prevent you from relaxing in the way that young people at the age of 18 could? You could go to the cinema, to discos (after a pause) to nightclubs. How are you with such entertainment?
Mark: For some reason, you mentioned nightclubs very quietly...
Well, I just know that athletes lead a healthy lifestyle, do not go anywhere and spend all the time, 24 hours a day, except for a short sleep, in the training room. Is this really the case? After all, at the age of 18, the blood boils ...
Anna: I will only speak for myself. When the competitive season is on, I don’t have any thoughts that are not related to figure skating. It seems to me that I am only thinking about figure skating 24 hours a day.
Well, do you have time to eat?
Anna (laughs): Of course, but all my thoughts at this time are sports. This was especially evident in the last season, which was the Olympic season. Then it was like that as soon as I woke up - training begins, as soon as these classes are over - I immediately begin to think about what I have improved. All night I have dreams about figure skating - and in this mode I am constantly. But it's not because I force myself. This is my desire to make myself better. Therefore, during the season there are no [extraneous] thoughts and desires. I don’t even want to be distracted for a while, and on weekends all my thoughts are: “what can I do to recover as much as possible and be as productive as possible in the next workout.”
Of course, when all the competitions are over, and even more so when the holidays begin, then ... We are all the same people - we get together with friends, walk, spend time with family, so …
That is, almost everything is like everyone else. What about you, Mark? You look so thoughtfully - do you have a different, or exactly the same - work and nothing but work?
Mark: No, it's just that I'm once again convinced that the girls in figure skating are much more athletes than I am...
You're more easy with that, right? Well, do you go to the sea? For example, can I see you on the beach now here in Adler?
Mark: Well, I go to the pool sometimes...
And you, Anya?
Anna: Well, at first I tried during the show ... We have time in the morning to go to the beach, but I tried not to go there, so as not to relax and perform normally on the ice. And now I have already got used to the schedule of performances and therefore I can go for a walk in the morning and still somehow relax.
I wonder if you're looking for inspiration... Like you said now, the second part of the show is some kind of musical extravaganza, right? What is happening there? Any 3D effects? I will now quote one person from the Internet: “The show is accompanied by bright special effects, 3D mapping, there are unique lighting solutions and disco balls.” How do you work in this carnival atmosphere?
Mark: It's just a cool set that...
Well, that is, you feel like not just athletes, but artists, right? Do you have such a feeling?
Anna: Well, for me, for example, this is true. I have a feeling that when I perform a program, it is more likely to be part of a teatric performance than [a sporting event]
Well, that is, there is a difference between performing at a competition and a show.
Anna: Yes, the performance here is more colorful, more theatrical. And I, at least during the first shows, were most impressed by the flashes of fire that occur behind us. These flashes come at just the right time, highlighting the most bright moments of the skating, so...
Well, yes, a show on ice is, after all, primarily a theatrical performance. I have an interesting question - do you turn to some stars of world music, cinema, sports for inspiration? Who inspires you? Maybe your coach? Maybe a movie you've watched before? Or travel?
Mark: Well, of course, I'm constantly drawing inspiration...
Maybe you even read books? That's where you take inspiration from?
Mark: Maybe we read books. Can you imagine it - we can read a texts.
Do you find time for this?
Mark: Yes. Well, of course, movies, music, theater, and books can become a source of inspiration. From there I can take ideas and thoughts and then put all this into my programs.
This is exactly what your fans and our listeners are most interested in knowing. Name at least two books - what books do you read. It has already been said about what kind of music you listen to. And what movies?
Anna: I should probably go back to the previous question. I can draw inspiration from completely different sources. During my first adult season, I had a program to the soundtrack from the film “Das Parfum” - so, of course, I read the book and watched the film, which helped me a lot to plunge into this story, it’s better to convey it on ice. This is one of my favorite programs, I really enjoyed skating it on the ice. And I don’t know how many hundreds of thousands of times I have performed this program in training and competition, but each time I managed to add something new.
Or now I have the Master and Margarita program. In this case, I read the book, and most recently I was at the Bolshoi Theater for a ballet staged based on this novel. In general, inspiration can be taken from a variety of places, and this helps to more accurately show the image on the ice. I think this is a very important component [of my performances]
What did you like better - the book or the movie? I'm talking about Das Parfum.
Anna: Well, they are quite different things. At first, I saw the film, which made a very strong impression on me. Well, a book is such a longer process. That is, when I watched the movie, it was a very strong one-time impression, and the book - I read it for a very long time and tried to take a lot of small details from there. It helped me, when I came to training, to try something new every day and add it to the program. I mean, it was a different experience.
And if your friends invite you to the cinema and offer you a choice of a comedy or a horror movie - what will you choose?
Anna: I will never go to a horror movie in my life. Horror is not mine.
So you prefer comedies... Mark, what films do you watch?
Mark: Knowing my friends, I think we'll go for comedy.
Comedy... It's good. Energy listeners could ask you questions by sending them via WhatsApp. A lot of messages have been received during these days. The guys were waiting for this moment... For the most touching question, we offer the listeners two free tickets to the ice show. Are you ready for a quick poll? All questions are from Energy listeners and your fans. All of them, by the way, are from different cities of Russia, not only from Sochi. Here we go?
Mark: Yes.
“Hi Energy, hi Mark and Anya. Do you think you became Olympic champions...” By the way, Mark is still a European champion, and Anya is a world champion, right?
Mark: Yes.
“...Became champions thanks to whom, besides their own titanic work?” Who guided you to the path of champions - parents, coaches or someone else? And was the goal to become a champion?
Mark: By far, the biggest contribution to my sports career was made by my parents, then by the coaches. Well, to some extent, friends who also helped me taught me. As for the goal ... I don’t know, personally I didn’t have a goal to win something, I did and do it simply because I love figure skating very much.
You have been performing in a kind of theatrical world with Averbukh since the age of seven, right? So it's been about ten years now?
Mark: No, a little less. Approximately...
At what age did you enter the sport?
Mark: I have been involved in sports since I was two and a half years old. And I first appeared on the show when I was about eleven.
Anna: I came to figure skating at the age of three and a half.
Three and a half ... Usually at this age children come, right?
Anna: It seems to me that children generally start at the age of three to five.
Mark: Yes, I probably started a little earlier, but Anya - as usual.
And how old were you when you realized: “How cool, I skate!”
Mark: At 17 years old.
At seventeen, that is, a year ago?! And then immediately went to the Olympics and became a champion? Everything happens fast in sports.
Mark: Maybe it's somehow related to one another.
Okay, here's the next interesting question: “Hi guys! I watched reports about the Olympics only because of figure skating. It seems to me that Mark is like Frodo - just as cute and funny, and Anna is like the princess on the pea, because she is also very beautiful, graceful and very sensitive on ice. What fairy-tale characters do you think you have a resemblance to?” The question was asked by Ekaterina. Have you ever asked yourself this question?
Mark: I asked myself this question, but I never found the right answer.
Anna: Sometimes it is very difficult to characterize oneself somehow. It seems to me that from the outside it is somehow easier for people to describe me, to compare with some character. But it's hard for me to do it...
Well, let's agree that the Princess on the Pea is a very beautiful character. Well, Frodo, I don't know if you look like Elijah Wood, if there is anything in common...
Mark: Great, so I'll be Frodo...
Funny, and most importantly, a cute character ... Thanks for the question, let's move on: “Hello, my name is Karina, and I would like to ask Mark a question - what qualities do you value most in people, and what qualities, on the contrary, repel you ?”
Mark: I guess what I value most is honesty, kindness and sincerity. I don’t know about the negative qualities, I don’t want to talk about it.
“Do you often spend time with your family? If yes, what do you usually do while doing this?” This question is addressed to both Mark and Anya.
Anna: I'll probably return to one of the earlier questions, because I want to talk about how important the family is in sports. If we are talking about a professional career, then it is not only the athlete who is fully invested in figure skating, the whole family lives here because it is training from morning to night, these are competitions, these are trips to different countries. My mother was present at almost all my trainings, she accompanies me at all competitions. More precisely, she did so up to a certain point. In addition, both my dad and my sisters watch broadcasts at any time of the day or night and support me. Therefore, the family is very important for me both in sports and, of course, outside of sports.
We spend time together, like ordinary families do, and at such moments we can forget about figure skating for a while, and sometimes not only me, but everyone else wants this. Something like this: "Let's sit together and talk about something not related to figure skating."
Yes, I express my great respect to your parents, I say hello to them. Maybe you go fishing together, or go shopping with your mom?
Anna: Of course, everything is like all other people. We relax in the country, or do some household chores.
Mark, are you into any other sport besides figure skating? Volleyball, basketball - anything like that?
Mark: I've been good at skiing and snowboarding since childhood.
Here, great. In Krasnaya Polyana....
Mark: But now I can't afford it.
Then come to Krasnaya Polyana in winter if you have a vacation.
Mark: Great, great...
But it's still work. Does this work prevent you from relaxing in the way that young people at the age of 18 could? You could go to the cinema, to discos (after a pause) to nightclubs. How are you with such entertainment?
Mark: For some reason, you mentioned nightclubs very quietly...
Well, I just know that athletes lead a healthy lifestyle, do not go anywhere and spend all the time, 24 hours a day, except for a short sleep, in the training room. Is this really the case? After all, at the age of 18, the blood boils ...
Anna: I will only speak for myself. When the competitive season is on, I don’t have any thoughts that are not related to figure skating. It seems to me that I am only thinking about figure skating 24 hours a day.
Well, do you have time to eat?
Anna (laughs): Of course, but all my thoughts at this time are sports. This was especially evident in the last season, which was the Olympic season. Then it was like that as soon as I woke up - training begins, as soon as these classes are over - I immediately begin to think about what I have improved. All night I have dreams about figure skating - and in this mode I am constantly. But it's not because I force myself. This is my desire to make myself better. Therefore, during the season there are no [extraneous] thoughts and desires. I don’t even want to be distracted for a while, and on weekends all my thoughts are: “what can I do to recover as much as possible and be as productive as possible in the next workout.”
Of course, when all the competitions are over, and even more so when the holidays begin, then ... We are all the same people - we get together with friends, walk, spend time with family, so …
That is, almost everything is like everyone else. What about you, Mark? You look so thoughtfully - do you have a different, or exactly the same - work and nothing but work?
Mark: No, it's just that I'm once again convinced that the girls in figure skating are much more athletes than I am...
You're more easy with that, right? Well, do you go to the sea? For example, can I see you on the beach now here in Adler?
Mark: Well, I go to the pool sometimes...
And you, Anya?
Anna: Well, at first I tried during the show ... We have time in the morning to go to the beach, but I tried not to go there, so as not to relax and perform normally on the ice. And now I have already got used to the schedule of performances and therefore I can go for a walk in the morning and still somehow relax.
I wonder if you're looking for inspiration... Like you said now, the second part of the show is some kind of musical extravaganza, right? What is happening there? Any 3D effects? I will now quote one person from the Internet: “The show is accompanied by bright special effects, 3D mapping, there are unique lighting solutions and disco balls.” How do you work in this carnival atmosphere?
Mark: It's just a cool set that...
Well, that is, you feel like not just athletes, but artists, right? Do you have such a feeling?
Anna: Well, for me, for example, this is true. I have a feeling that when I perform a program, it is more likely to be part of a teatric performance than [a sporting event]
Well, that is, there is a difference between performing at a competition and a show.
Anna: Yes, the performance here is more colorful, more theatrical. And I, at least during the first shows, were most impressed by the flashes of fire that occur behind us. These flashes come at just the right time, highlighting the most bright moments of the skating, so...
Well, yes, a show on ice is, after all, primarily a theatrical performance. I have an interesting question - do you turn to some stars of world music, cinema, sports for inspiration? Who inspires you? Maybe your coach? Maybe a movie you've watched before? Or travel?
Mark: Well, of course, I'm constantly drawing inspiration...
Maybe you even read books? That's where you take inspiration from?
Mark: Maybe we read books. Can you imagine it - we can read a texts.
Do you find time for this?
Mark: Yes. Well, of course, movies, music, theater, and books can become a source of inspiration. From there I can take ideas and thoughts and then put all this into my programs.
This is exactly what your fans and our listeners are most interested in knowing. Name at least two books - what books do you read. It has already been said about what kind of music you listen to. And what movies?
Anna: I should probably go back to the previous question. I can draw inspiration from completely different sources. During my first adult season, I had a program to the soundtrack from the film “Das Parfum” - so, of course, I read the book and watched the film, which helped me a lot to plunge into this story, it’s better to convey it on ice. This is one of my favorite programs, I really enjoyed skating it on the ice. And I don’t know how many hundreds of thousands of times I have performed this program in training and competition, but each time I managed to add something new.
Or now I have the Master and Margarita program. In this case, I read the book, and most recently I was at the Bolshoi Theater for a ballet staged based on this novel. In general, inspiration can be taken from a variety of places, and this helps to more accurately show the image on the ice. I think this is a very important component [of my performances]
What did you like better - the book or the movie? I'm talking about Das Parfum.
Anna: Well, they are quite different things. At first, I saw the film, which made a very strong impression on me. Well, a book is such a longer process. That is, when I watched the movie, it was a very strong one-time impression, and the book - I read it for a very long time and tried to take a lot of small details from there. It helped me, when I came to training, to try something new every day and add it to the program. I mean, it was a different experience.
And if your friends invite you to the cinema and offer you a choice of a comedy or a horror movie - what will you choose?
Anna: I will never go to a horror movie in my life. Horror is not mine.
So you prefer comedies... Mark, what films do you watch?
Mark: Knowing my friends, I think we'll go for comedy.
Comedy... It's good. Energy listeners could ask you questions by sending them via WhatsApp. A lot of messages have been received during these days. The guys were waiting for this moment... For the most touching question, we offer the listeners two free tickets to the ice show. Are you ready for a quick poll? All questions are from Energy listeners and your fans. All of them, by the way, are from different cities of Russia, not only from Sochi. Here we go?
Mark: Yes.
“Hi Energy, hi Mark and Anya. Do you think you became Olympic champions...” By the way, Mark is still a European champion, and Anya is a world champion, right?
Mark: Yes.
“...Became champions thanks to whom, besides their own titanic work?” Who guided you to the path of champions - parents, coaches or someone else? And was the goal to become a champion?
Mark: By far, the biggest contribution to my sports career was made by my parents, then by the coaches. Well, to some extent, friends who also helped me taught me. As for the goal ... I don’t know, personally I didn’t have a goal to win something, I did and do it simply because I love figure skating very much.
You have been performing in a kind of theatrical world with Averbukh since the age of seven, right? So it's been about ten years now?
Mark: No, a little less. Approximately...
At what age did you enter the sport?
Mark: I have been involved in sports since I was two and a half years old. And I first appeared on the show when I was about eleven.
Anna: I came to figure skating at the age of three and a half.
Three and a half ... Usually at this age children come, right?
Anna: It seems to me that children generally start at the age of three to five.
Mark: Yes, I probably started a little earlier, but Anya - as usual.
And how old were you when you realized: “How cool, I skate!”
Mark: At 17 years old.
At seventeen, that is, a year ago?! And then immediately went to the Olympics and became a champion? Everything happens fast in sports.
Mark: Maybe it's somehow related to one another.
Okay, here's the next interesting question: “Hi guys! I watched reports about the Olympics only because of figure skating. It seems to me that Mark is like Frodo - just as cute and funny, and Anna is like the princess on the pea, because she is also very beautiful, graceful and very sensitive on ice. What fairy-tale characters do you think you have a resemblance to?” The question was asked by Ekaterina. Have you ever asked yourself this question?
Mark: I asked myself this question, but I never found the right answer.
Anna: Sometimes it is very difficult to characterize oneself somehow. It seems to me that from the outside it is somehow easier for people to describe me, to compare with some character. But it's hard for me to do it...
Well, let's agree that the Princess on the Pea is a very beautiful character. Well, Frodo, I don't know if you look like Elijah Wood, if there is anything in common...
Mark: Great, so I'll be Frodo...
Funny, and most importantly, a cute character ... Thanks for the question, let's move on: “Hello, my name is Karina, and I would like to ask Mark a question - what qualities do you value most in people, and what qualities, on the contrary, repel you ?”
Mark: I guess what I value most is honesty, kindness and sincerity. I don’t know about the negative qualities, I don’t want to talk about it.
“Do you often spend time with your family? If yes, what do you usually do while doing this?” This question is addressed to both Mark and Anya.
Anna: I'll probably return to one of the earlier questions, because I want to talk about how important the family is in sports. If we are talking about a professional career, then it is not only the athlete who is fully invested in figure skating, the whole family lives here because it is training from morning to night, these are competitions, these are trips to different countries. My mother was present at almost all my trainings, she accompanies me at all competitions. More precisely, she did so up to a certain point. In addition, both my dad and my sisters watch broadcasts at any time of the day or night and support me. Therefore, the family is very important for me both in sports and, of course, outside of sports.
We spend time together, like ordinary families do, and at such moments we can forget about figure skating for a while, and sometimes not only me, but everyone else wants this. Something like this: "Let's sit together and talk about something not related to figure skating."
Yes, I express my great respect to your parents, I say hello to them. Maybe you go fishing together, or go shopping with your mom?
Anna: Of course, everything is like all other people. We relax in the country, or do some household chores.
Mark, are you into any other sport besides figure skating? Volleyball, basketball - anything like that?
Mark: I've been good at skiing and snowboarding since childhood.
Here, great. In Krasnaya Polyana....
Mark: But now I can't afford it.
Then come to Krasnaya Polyana in winter if you have a vacation.
Mark: Great, great...
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By the way, Mark, we were attacked on WhatsApp by your fans from your chat. What is this chat in which everyone is discussing some video with a cat, with a dog, Selma? And one more thing - do you, Mark and Anya, like buckwheat porridge and tar soap? And another question - what happened to the red pants and the program about Jesus?
Mark: There are a lot of disparate facts (laughs).
“Hello, ask Mark why Selma?”. That's the name of Mark's dog, but Mark said he didn't have a dog. Who is Selma? This is a witch from a series about a little witch - there was such a series. There was such a character, but what does the dog have to do with it? ..
Anna: Oh, we were attacked, we do not have time to orient ourselves! (laughs)
Mark: Too much bombardment of questions...
I give you time to think.
Anna: We barely manage to dodge questions (laughs).
Mark: Selma is...
If Selma doesn't exist, then she needs to be invented...
Mark: No, she exists, but it's not my dog. This is Sasha's [Trusova's] dog.
Ah, this is Anya's dog... that is, Sasha's dog. Okay, we're slowly getting to the privacy issues. Mark said before the interview: "Well, ask me, and I'll try to get out somehow." So I ask: how is your personal life? How are Sasha and Selma doing?
Mark: They're doing great.
Wonderful?
Mark: Yes. Maybe there will be some more questions, otherwise it was too easy.
Yes, there are questions. What is the name of Mark's cat? The entire Kondratyuk chat is waiting for an answer to this question.
Mark: I thought there would be questions about personal life, and you jump on the cat ...
Is the cat yours?
Mark: Yes.
Is it a male or female cat?
Mark: It's a male cat.
What's the cat's name?
Mark: I won't tell.
So... Another question: “It is interesting to know, since Mark himself is a painter - is he interested in drawing on a tablet, or does he prefer to draw on paper?”. You also draw...
Mark: Yes, it is. I only paint on paper or canvas.
And where do you keep your masterpieces?
Mark: Mostly at home, but some in galleries.
Where can I see it? Maybe you post these pictures on social networks?
Mark: Yes, you can see it on the Internet. And sometimes I do exhibitions of my work.
So you're serious about this art form?
Mark: Oh, it's a long story... I really love art, but I'm very aware that everything I do is secondary. It's just a hobby.
Well, if you were not an athlete, you would become a painter - can you say so?
Mark: It takes a lot of talent and the ability to create something new in art. And I don't think I have that ability.
Well, I don't think you have a problem with talent...
Mark: Maybe in figure skating it is, but with art it's more difficult...
Anya, how important is friendship in your life? Who is the most significant and close person in your life?
Anna: Well, if we talk about the closest, then in any case I will name my family, because these are people who are always with me, and I can entrust them with anything. Of course, I have friends, and they are mostly people from the world of figure skating. But I met my classmates only at the “last ring”, at the graduation party, when I came to school to pick up my certificate.
We thought so!
Anna: I came to pick up my certificate, and the guys invited me to the graduation party ...
They called you just to take a picture with you?
Anna: No, I was just invited to the prom. And what I liked was that no one tried to focus on my sports career. And I just spent time with my classmates - I got to know them, no matter how strange it sounds (laughs).
Did you enjoy [at the prom]?
Anna: Yes, it was interesting. After all, this is a different world.
Did your teachers take your autograph, Mark?
Mark (long pause): I... I don't remember exactly.
Do you remember them at all?
Mark: Yes, I still seem to be better acquainted with the teachers [than Anya with her classmates]. But I met my classmates when I was taking the Unified State Exam.
That is, a little earlier than Anya? The exam is held earlier than the graduation party ...
Anna: Yes, yes.
Mark: Yes, first an exam, and only then getting a certificate. So I communicate well with them (classmates), they visited my birthday party, so ... And yes, I still have a few friends from school.
Anna: Well, there are a few people I met when I was in first grade. It is easier with them, because from the first to the third grade I went to school, like all other children, I was at every lesson. And then gradually it all went down, because there were more and more trainings, and there was less and less time for school. Therefore, it was easiest for me to communicate with those guys whom I knew, starting from the first grade. Of course, there are literally two people left. And I got to know the rest.
Are there only two left?
Anna: Well, a lot of people have moved to other classes since then, some have already chosen a profession, so...
Mark: Yes, Anya, it sounded strange...
“I met my classmates at the graduation party” - sounds great ... Someone writes: “Anya, last season your free program coincided with the program of Evgeny Semenenko. How did you react to this? Was it a surprise, or did you and Eugene agree in advance?”
Mark: Anya, go ahead!
I think Mark wants to answer this question...
Mark: No, Mark is looking forward to hearing from you!
Mark doesn't know it, does he? Well, the programs really coincided - yes or no? Or did you agree?
Anna: I still haven't figured out how to make a joke about this topic (laughs). Well, I'll say it's a coincidence, and other people will say, "I don't think so."
So, this is a coincidence that we agreed on ... “The guys in the interview said that when you were in the Olympic Village, the six of you often spent time together. Can you tell us what you did, how you supported each other before performances?”
Mark: We got together almost every evening - Anya, Sasha Trusova, Kamila Valieva, Andrey Mozalev and our beloved Evgeny Semenenko.
So he's some kind of star?
Mark: He is not a star, he is a legend.
Have you even seen Beijing?
Mark: We saw it from the bus window, from the windows in the Olympic village and from the window of the ice rink.
And did you like what you saw?
Mark: Quite!
“Dear Anya, I am your age and for me you are a real motivator. I just want to say thank you for everything you do! I am currently studying at a driving school - please tell us how you got through this training.
Anna: Thank you very much, I was very pleased to hear that! About training in a driving school - this is also a new topic for me. I returned from vacation, and I had a very tight schedule, literally every day was scheduled by the hour. I got used to the fact that I have only one day off for the whole week, but at the same time I lived according to the same extremely clear schedule. And then it turned out that one day I study or pass exams, the second day I train on ice, on the third day I have some kind of event, for example, shooting. And I ran for driving lessons in between workouts - all the time I was busy with something.
Where did it all take place?
Anna: In Moscow. That is, I came to the rink in Khrustalny, I had a training session, and then I ran away to learn how to drive, then I came back and skated on the ice again ...
So how did the training end? Or is it not over yet?
Anna: No, it's not over. There was no exam yet, and I have not received a driver's license yet.
Then good luck to you in this direction!
Anna: Yes, thanks!
Now here's another question: “The guys are very popular not only in our country, but also in the world. Millions of fans are watching you. We would like the guys to share the most touching, in their opinion, story related to the fans. Maybe they were touched by some gift or support at some competition, or something they were told?”
Anna: You know, you just read this question about the situation that touched me the most, and I immediately remembered different pleasant situations for me, different performances. And I realized that I could not choose one of these - that's for sure. Because there were a lot of situations like that, and I got incredible support [from the fans]. I often think about it, it energizes me. And I always say that I really like to perform in the presence of the audience, because I feel great support coming from them, it helps me a lot. And, taking this opportunity, I want to thank all my fans for this warm support.
And here's another interesting thing for everyone - has Anna Shcherbakova's new program for competitions already been staged?
Anna: No, for now I just started intensive training, tried to restore my shape, prepared for the show. Now, speaking at the show, I continue to restore my form in the same way, I try to jump more, work to the music. And after the show, I will return to regular training again.
You accidentally turned off your microphone ... A question on a different topic: which is better - dumplings or vareniks? And if vareniks, then with what filling?
Anna: Is this a question for me?
This is a question for both of you.
Anna (slightly confused)
Probably, you do not eat dumplings or vareniks, because this is not included in your diet?
Mark: Yes, we eat sunlight.
Anna: Of course, we don’t eat such food, but if anything, vareniks with cottage cheese are better (laughs). But we don't eat it!
Mark: Well, if anything, then for me vareniks are better not with cottage cheese. And dumplings with meat.
Anya, I still don’t understand whether to ask you this question or not, but I’ll still ask: “Hi, radio Energy, I have a question for the respected Olympic champion Anna Shcherbakova - by what criteria does she choose a man who can became her suitor and is Does she have anyone in mind? You can answer this question ambiguously.
Anna (laughs): As I said earlier on the show, I probably won’t touch on this topic at all.
What is the most expensive item in Mark's wardrobe? Here is a question. Are you a fashionist? Why does this question arise among your fans?
Mark: Well, that's not for me to judge. And about...
So what is the most expensive thing?
Mark: I understand the question, but, in my opinion, it would not be very correct to answer it.
Question for Anya: “What are the most touching gifts you received from loved ones? Was it toys, jewelry, or something useful for the home?”. And what do you like more - receiving gifts or giving?
Anna: It seems to me that this is a big problem for my relatives and friends - to choose a gift for me. Also, my fans are always very... I don't know what the right word is... very bothered with gifts. They congratulate me, using for this any, the most insignificant reason. Congratulations on all holidays, large and small, congratulations on every victory. Therefore, it is very difficult for my close people to think of what special they could give me.
For me, the most pleasant thing is always the attention to me. And when a gift is made by a fan's own hands, it is especially valuable for me, because such gifts are always associated with memorable moments for me. Well, in general, this will never become something ordinary for me. It is very pleasant that they show such attention to me, that they support me so much - both from the family and from the fans
“Mark, what superpower would you like to have?” An unexpected question.
Mark: Tough question... I guess I wish I had the ability to not be a procrastinator...
Not to be who?
Mark: Well, procrastination is putting things off until later. And I would also like to remember about various little things. For me, it would really be a very pleasant superpower.
Do you consider it superpowers?
Mark: For me, yes. I keep forgetting things and...
I thought you'd say something like "I want to be Spiderman"
Mark: Imagine, I'm a little too old now for such desires ...
“What do you think, what character traits did you take from dad, and what did you get from mom?”
Anna: It's difficult... It seems to me that mom and dad are as different as possible in character. They have, I think, the case when opposites attract. And I have a little bit from my dad and a little bit from my mom. I guess I'm somewhere in between.
And what is the main character trait of an athlete, an Olympic champion?
Anna: It seems to me that sport is generally a separate area. And I have something from mom, something from dad and something from sports. I think that before playing professional sports, I was very different in my character. Sport has a very strong influence, and if we talk about what sport gives, then this, for example, is selfishness. Selfishness in both good and bad sense. Figure skating is an individual sport, and one way or another you work day after day for your own result. Therefore, somewhere, in some aspects, you unwittingly become an egoist. But at the same time, you get working capacity, you get used to working very hard ...
Mark: You get used to constantly overcoming yourself ...
Anna: Yes, exactly. Learn to set goals for yourself and achieve them. In principle, all this greatly tempers the character. So sport is a separate phenomenon. My character is what sport has given me.
Mark, what about you?
Mark: And I have almost the same.
Here is another question: “Guys, imagine yourself small, at the age when you first got on skates and went out on the ice, you have wide eyes and a burning heart. What would you say to these children in moments when they will not succeed in many things, what instructions would you give them on the way to victory? ” This is like the final question. Summary.
Mark: Don't be afraid, do what you want - and everything will work out.
Anya, now you say a few words.
Anna: It’s quite difficult to find an answer to this question, because there has never been a moment in my entire journey when I would like to give it all up. Somehow everything was on time, went as expected. Each failure also gave something, I learned to get out of them. Therefore, I would not say that I would like to change something. I feel like I didn't need any of that advice. At first I didn’t take it seriously - I just skated for my own pleasure. I feel like I've always got things right.
In this case, tell me - how do you feel about the phrase "Everything that happens leads to the best"
Anna: I am ambivalent about this idea - I cannot say that I agree.
And you, Mark?
Mark: I don't think about it.
Nothing... We need to gift invitation cards for the most touching question...
(which question was recognized as the best, it is not clear, the end of the record is crumpled, the sound disappears)
By the way, Mark, we were attacked on WhatsApp by your fans from your chat. What is this chat in which everyone is discussing some video with a cat, with a dog, Selma? And one more thing - do you, Mark and Anya, like buckwheat porridge and tar soap? And another question - what happened to the red pants and the program about Jesus?
Mark: There are a lot of disparate facts (laughs).
“Hello, ask Mark why Selma?”. That's the name of Mark's dog, but Mark said he didn't have a dog. Who is Selma? This is a witch from a series about a little witch - there was such a series. There was such a character, but what does the dog have to do with it? ..
Anna: Oh, we were attacked, we do not have time to orient ourselves! (laughs)
Mark: Too much bombardment of questions...
I give you time to think.
Anna: We barely manage to dodge questions (laughs).
Mark: Selma is...
If Selma doesn't exist, then she needs to be invented...
Mark: No, she exists, but it's not my dog. This is Sasha's [Trusova's] dog.
Ah, this is Anya's dog... that is, Sasha's dog. Okay, we're slowly getting to the privacy issues. Mark said before the interview: "Well, ask me, and I'll try to get out somehow." So I ask: how is your personal life? How are Sasha and Selma doing?
Mark: They're doing great.
Wonderful?
Mark: Yes. Maybe there will be some more questions, otherwise it was too easy.
Yes, there are questions. What is the name of Mark's cat? The entire Kondratyuk chat is waiting for an answer to this question.
Mark: I thought there would be questions about personal life, and you jump on the cat ...
Is the cat yours?
Mark: Yes.
Is it a male or female cat?
Mark: It's a male cat.
What's the cat's name?
Mark: I won't tell.
So... Another question: “It is interesting to know, since Mark himself is a painter - is he interested in drawing on a tablet, or does he prefer to draw on paper?”. You also draw...
Mark: Yes, it is. I only paint on paper or canvas.
And where do you keep your masterpieces?
Mark: Mostly at home, but some in galleries.
Where can I see it? Maybe you post these pictures on social networks?
Mark: Yes, you can see it on the Internet. And sometimes I do exhibitions of my work.
So you're serious about this art form?
Mark: Oh, it's a long story... I really love art, but I'm very aware that everything I do is secondary. It's just a hobby.
Well, if you were not an athlete, you would become a painter - can you say so?
Mark: It takes a lot of talent and the ability to create something new in art. And I don't think I have that ability.
Well, I don't think you have a problem with talent...
Mark: Maybe in figure skating it is, but with art it's more difficult...
Anya, how important is friendship in your life? Who is the most significant and close person in your life?
Anna: Well, if we talk about the closest, then in any case I will name my family, because these are people who are always with me, and I can entrust them with anything. Of course, I have friends, and they are mostly people from the world of figure skating. But I met my classmates only at the “last ring”, at the graduation party, when I came to school to pick up my certificate.
We thought so!
Anna: I came to pick up my certificate, and the guys invited me to the graduation party ...
They called you just to take a picture with you?
Anna: No, I was just invited to the prom. And what I liked was that no one tried to focus on my sports career. And I just spent time with my classmates - I got to know them, no matter how strange it sounds (laughs).
Did you enjoy [at the prom]?
Anna: Yes, it was interesting. After all, this is a different world.
Did your teachers take your autograph, Mark?
Mark (long pause): I... I don't remember exactly.
Do you remember them at all?
Mark: Yes, I still seem to be better acquainted with the teachers [than Anya with her classmates]. But I met my classmates when I was taking the Unified State Exam.
That is, a little earlier than Anya? The exam is held earlier than the graduation party ...
Anna: Yes, yes.
Mark: Yes, first an exam, and only then getting a certificate. So I communicate well with them (classmates), they visited my birthday party, so ... And yes, I still have a few friends from school.
Anna: Well, there are a few people I met when I was in first grade. It is easier with them, because from the first to the third grade I went to school, like all other children, I was at every lesson. And then gradually it all went down, because there were more and more trainings, and there was less and less time for school. Therefore, it was easiest for me to communicate with those guys whom I knew, starting from the first grade. Of course, there are literally two people left. And I got to know the rest.
Are there only two left?
Anna: Well, a lot of people have moved to other classes since then, some have already chosen a profession, so...
Mark: Yes, Anya, it sounded strange...
“I met my classmates at the graduation party” - sounds great ... Someone writes: “Anya, last season your free program coincided with the program of Evgeny Semenenko. How did you react to this? Was it a surprise, or did you and Eugene agree in advance?”
Mark: Anya, go ahead!
I think Mark wants to answer this question...
Mark: No, Mark is looking forward to hearing from you!
Mark doesn't know it, does he? Well, the programs really coincided - yes or no? Or did you agree?
Anna: I still haven't figured out how to make a joke about this topic (laughs). Well, I'll say it's a coincidence, and other people will say, "I don't think so."
So, this is a coincidence that we agreed on ... “The guys in the interview said that when you were in the Olympic Village, the six of you often spent time together. Can you tell us what you did, how you supported each other before performances?”
Mark: We got together almost every evening - Anya, Sasha Trusova, Kamila Valieva, Andrey Mozalev and our beloved Evgeny Semenenko.
So he's some kind of star?
Mark: He is not a star, he is a legend.
Have you even seen Beijing?
Mark: We saw it from the bus window, from the windows in the Olympic village and from the window of the ice rink.
And did you like what you saw?
Mark: Quite!
“Dear Anya, I am your age and for me you are a real motivator. I just want to say thank you for everything you do! I am currently studying at a driving school - please tell us how you got through this training.
Anna: Thank you very much, I was very pleased to hear that! About training in a driving school - this is also a new topic for me. I returned from vacation, and I had a very tight schedule, literally every day was scheduled by the hour. I got used to the fact that I have only one day off for the whole week, but at the same time I lived according to the same extremely clear schedule. And then it turned out that one day I study or pass exams, the second day I train on ice, on the third day I have some kind of event, for example, shooting. And I ran for driving lessons in between workouts - all the time I was busy with something.
Where did it all take place?
Anna: In Moscow. That is, I came to the rink in Khrustalny, I had a training session, and then I ran away to learn how to drive, then I came back and skated on the ice again ...
So how did the training end? Or is it not over yet?
Anna: No, it's not over. There was no exam yet, and I have not received a driver's license yet.
Then good luck to you in this direction!
Anna: Yes, thanks!
Now here's another question: “The guys are very popular not only in our country, but also in the world. Millions of fans are watching you. We would like the guys to share the most touching, in their opinion, story related to the fans. Maybe they were touched by some gift or support at some competition, or something they were told?”
Anna: You know, you just read this question about the situation that touched me the most, and I immediately remembered different pleasant situations for me, different performances. And I realized that I could not choose one of these - that's for sure. Because there were a lot of situations like that, and I got incredible support [from the fans]. I often think about it, it energizes me. And I always say that I really like to perform in the presence of the audience, because I feel great support coming from them, it helps me a lot. And, taking this opportunity, I want to thank all my fans for this warm support.
And here's another interesting thing for everyone - has Anna Shcherbakova's new program for competitions already been staged?
Anna: No, for now I just started intensive training, tried to restore my shape, prepared for the show. Now, speaking at the show, I continue to restore my form in the same way, I try to jump more, work to the music. And after the show, I will return to regular training again.
You accidentally turned off your microphone ... A question on a different topic: which is better - dumplings or vareniks? And if vareniks, then with what filling?
Anna: Is this a question for me?
This is a question for both of you.
Anna (slightly confused)
Probably, you do not eat dumplings or vareniks, because this is not included in your diet?
Mark: Yes, we eat sunlight.
Anna: Of course, we don’t eat such food, but if anything, vareniks with cottage cheese are better (laughs). But we don't eat it!
Mark: Well, if anything, then for me vareniks are better not with cottage cheese. And dumplings with meat.
Anya, I still don’t understand whether to ask you this question or not, but I’ll still ask: “Hi, radio Energy, I have a question for the respected Olympic champion Anna Shcherbakova - by what criteria does she choose a man who can became her suitor and is Does she have anyone in mind? You can answer this question ambiguously.
Anna (laughs): As I said earlier on the show, I probably won’t touch on this topic at all.
What is the most expensive item in Mark's wardrobe? Here is a question. Are you a fashionist? Why does this question arise among your fans?
Mark: Well, that's not for me to judge. And about...
So what is the most expensive thing?
Mark: I understand the question, but, in my opinion, it would not be very correct to answer it.
Question for Anya: “What are the most touching gifts you received from loved ones? Was it toys, jewelry, or something useful for the home?”. And what do you like more - receiving gifts or giving?
Anna: It seems to me that this is a big problem for my relatives and friends - to choose a gift for me. Also, my fans are always very... I don't know what the right word is... very bothered with gifts. They congratulate me, using for this any, the most insignificant reason. Congratulations on all holidays, large and small, congratulations on every victory. Therefore, it is very difficult for my close people to think of what special they could give me.
For me, the most pleasant thing is always the attention to me. And when a gift is made by a fan's own hands, it is especially valuable for me, because such gifts are always associated with memorable moments for me. Well, in general, this will never become something ordinary for me. It is very pleasant that they show such attention to me, that they support me so much - both from the family and from the fans
“Mark, what superpower would you like to have?” An unexpected question.
Mark: Tough question... I guess I wish I had the ability to not be a procrastinator...
Not to be who?
Mark: Well, procrastination is putting things off until later. And I would also like to remember about various little things. For me, it would really be a very pleasant superpower.
Do you consider it superpowers?
Mark: For me, yes. I keep forgetting things and...
I thought you'd say something like "I want to be Spiderman"
Mark: Imagine, I'm a little too old now for such desires ...
“What do you think, what character traits did you take from dad, and what did you get from mom?”
Anna: It's difficult... It seems to me that mom and dad are as different as possible in character. They have, I think, the case when opposites attract. And I have a little bit from my dad and a little bit from my mom. I guess I'm somewhere in between.
And what is the main character trait of an athlete, an Olympic champion?
Anna: It seems to me that sport is generally a separate area. And I have something from mom, something from dad and something from sports. I think that before playing professional sports, I was very different in my character. Sport has a very strong influence, and if we talk about what sport gives, then this, for example, is selfishness. Selfishness in both good and bad sense. Figure skating is an individual sport, and one way or another you work day after day for your own result. Therefore, somewhere, in some aspects, you unwittingly become an egoist. But at the same time, you get working capacity, you get used to working very hard ...
Mark: You get used to constantly overcoming yourself ...
Anna: Yes, exactly. Learn to set goals for yourself and achieve them. In principle, all this greatly tempers the character. So sport is a separate phenomenon. My character is what sport has given me.
Mark, what about you?
Mark: And I have almost the same.
Here is another question: “Guys, imagine yourself small, at the age when you first got on skates and went out on the ice, you have wide eyes and a burning heart. What would you say to these children in moments when they will not succeed in many things, what instructions would you give them on the way to victory? ” This is like the final question. Summary.
Mark: Don't be afraid, do what you want - and everything will work out.
Anya, now you say a few words.
Anna: It’s quite difficult to find an answer to this question, because there has never been a moment in my entire journey when I would like to give it all up. Somehow everything was on time, went as expected. Each failure also gave something, I learned to get out of them. Therefore, I would not say that I would like to change something. I feel like I didn't need any of that advice. At first I didn’t take it seriously - I just skated for my own pleasure. I feel like I've always got things right.
In this case, tell me - how do you feel about the phrase "Everything that happens leads to the best"
Anna: I am ambivalent about this idea - I cannot say that I agree.
And you, Mark?
Mark: I don't think about it.
Nothing... We need to gift invitation cards for the most touching question...
(which question was recognized as the best, it is not clear, the end of the record is crumpled, the sound disappears)
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The translation of this interview has already been published here:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/anna-shcherbakova.60308/page-278#post-2989969
However, the video is a bit longer - there is also a question about Anya's new dog. In short - she said that Myod and Sandy became friends, that Myod needed training. And she took him to her due to the fact that he himself followed her all the time at the exhibition and reminded her of her first dog.
