Evgenia Medvedeva
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I didn't expect her to travel to Beijing because of Corona.
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I don't know what she is saying, but it already has almost 340K likes.
she just names the exercises that she recommends performing during the morning workout
- Joined
- Nov 12, 2021
and now translate of this video:
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Hello everyone, friends, welcome to our long-awaited stream. My name is Pavel Zanozin. Our main character is a two-time world figure skating champion, winner of two Olympic silver medals, Evgenia Medvedeva.
- Hello everyone!
Zhenechka, hello. Very soon, the day after tomorrow, we fly to Beijing ...
- Yes, you can imagine - the day after tomorrow ...
Yes, yes, we are worried. By the way, are you very worried before this trip?
- I'm not really worried, I rather feel like I'm on pins and needles. You can describe my condition with the English word "excited". It's not anxiety, and although I'm nervous, it's not a bad feeling. I am very interested in what will be there. And I am very afraid of doing something wrong - like everyone else, generally speaking.
Everything will be fine! If so, we will help you. Zhenya will work there in the Channel One team. What are you going to do there, you probably imagine. Of course, [comment] figure skating.
- Figure skating, of course. First of all, the audience will hear me. I will comment on the competition. So friends, watch [Channel One], everything will be fine. And of course, one of my main duties there is as an ambassador. So I think it will be very interesting. This is my first time in such a role. Not only for me, in general, in principle, at such competitions ... Unfortunately, I did not manage to attend the previous competitions. But this time luck is on our side.
I think everything is going to be alright. Moreover, the role of the ambassador is very familiar to you. In particular, you are already an ambassador of the Zasport company, with which we will draw prizes today. And you, friends, can win these prizes, it's very simple. Of course, you know the names of jumps in figure skating. However, it seems to me that these names are not enough, we need to come up with something else. And now, the one who today comes up with the funniest name for some new jump will receive a cap from Zasport for a start, and Zhenya will choose the winner. You have 20 minutes to come up with a name, write to us in the chat, and we will choose.
By the way, what is your favorite jump?
-Salchow.
Salchow…
-Salchow. From the left leg, from the move back, you need to land on the right leg.
Can you still triple jump now?
-Yes!
You are awesome, of course!
-Thank you.
How often do you skate? I mean not in the show, but for yourself?
-Now not. I will not try to mislead anyone. I think a lot of people have noticed that the content that I'm on the ice is out of stock right now. Now I really don't skate because I try to prepare for the upcoming trip. Prepare not only morally, but also theoretically, because this requires certain knowledge. Now this is the most important thing for me. But at the same time, I know that if I am required to go out on the ice and demonstrate good skating (only, of course, not in competitions!) - I can. For some performances or shows, I can prepare in a few days, and everything will be fine.
I know that Asia is a special place for you. I don't know which is better [for you] China or Japan. What do you like there, what attracts you?
-China and Japan are two very different countries, each of which is beautiful in its own way. What is special about them? To be honest, I still don't know China well, because I've only been there twice. Once I came there for a tournament, and the second time I was there, oddly enough, on vacation. We discussed this before the broadcast. China is a rather unusual holiday destination for ordinary tourists from Russia. More familiar destinations are Thailand, the Maldives, Turkey, Egypt, and here was China. Actually a very pleasant place, Hainan Island. There were very tasty fruits, probably the most delicious fruits in my life. Indeed, this vacation was unusual, but it was definitely worth making such a trip. So I will go to Beijing for the first time in my life. Of course, it will not be possible to fully explore this city, I will have to limit myself to what I see from the window of the transfer bus. In general, I'm not very familiar with China yet, so I'm looking forward to it.
Is Japan already just love?
-Japan is already just like my native country, because I have been there at least 15 times. I can’t even count the cities [that I visited] and… I know a lot of everything there, a lot of people. I have many friends there, so in this case I know the country much better.
You will finally have a show in Japan, as I understand it, this year.
-We pray for this to all the gods, because it has already been canceled three times. This performance was planned for the anniversary of the Sailor Moon anime, so yes, we really, really hope that everything will be fine. Rehearsals are scheduled but we are all careful - no one says anything. Here we have rehearsals and let's not discuss it, because God forbid they cancel it again, let's not say anything yet. In general, we hope that everything will work out.
Tell us a little about the show - how it will be, and what it is.
- It won't be a show, it will be a performance. The performance is called "Prisma Nice". Well, this phrase "Lunar prism, give me strength" - the performance was named after this very lunar prism. There will be a costume show, I will be in the image of the main character, Sailor Moon. There will be many girls, both Japanese and Canadian. In addition, there will be male figure skaters. And I think that all this will be very interesting. Our cast is international. The main thing is that everything works out for us in the conditions [of the pandemic].
Are you the only star in this performance, or are there other famous skaters?
- No, there are other famous figure skaters. I won't name them, because I don't know exactly in what line-up we will go there. Someone will succeed, someone will not succeed - times are now difficult. So I will not take responsibility for this information. There is a poster, and it lists all the skaters who are scheduled to take part. We hope that this line-up will not change, because we like this line-up now.
It will be, if I understand correctly, in June?
- It will be (pause)… Rehearsals should start as soon as possible. At first, these rehearsals were planned to be held in Canada, then in Japan, but everything is changing, we are still trying to maneuver. I won't give an exact date yet...
It's clear. You can only cross your fingers here.
-Yes (crosses fingers). We wait!
We are waiting, we are waiting. Cool! And then it will be possible to bring it to Russia so that we can also see the performance?
- The debut will still be in Japan. Then, as far as I understand, tours are planned. But while it is not known where these tours will take place, such conversations are not conducted.
Okay. Very important news about Evgenia Medvedev - she told me about it right before the broadcast. She got her driving license. It's just happiness, I congratulate you.
-Thank you! But I haven't got my driver's license yet. Today I passed the exam, but since I didn't have much zeal... (cough) What is it?..(cough).
Everything is fine! For example, I got my license as soon as I turned 18, because I love to drive a car. Well, Zhenya does have cars. We all remember four years ago... So, now Zhenechka will return to us, everything will be fine. Everything is in order, the most important thing is that there are no viruses here. Things are good…
(Zhenya continues to cough and laugh off-screen)
Everything is fine. Come back. By the way, I have...
-I have a funny story, it just happens...
Put the microphone back...
- Yes, the microphone is here. I took three tests today. All negative, all great!
This is wonderful. The main thing is that you didn’t cough ... I once coughed during a live broadcast of Channel One during an advertisement, it was incredibly funny, and it’s impossible to leave or hide anywhere.
- Yes, this happens sometimes, what to do ...
Well, let's talk about the driver's license. This must have been a real challenge for you.
- Yes, it's true, because it's not easy to find the time. Today I got up at six o'clock in the morning, especially in order to do everything in time. It was quite difficult, I was nervous. But I passed everything - both theory and practice. Now it remains to pick up [driver's license].
And how is it now [everything is happening]? Here’s me, when I took the exam almost fifteen years ago, there was an exercise “reversing into the garage”, there was, as far as I remember, a slide ...
-And I had...
Even the slide remained? Even for cars with automatic transmission? Wow, why do you need a slide when there is an automatic transmission, it would seem. Okay, so everything is according to the old rules.
- The main thing is that everything turned out well for me.
Well, when you get back from Beijing, will you become a real driver?
-Yes. But in any case, I plan to continue to study, to learn how to drive a car, because, as it seems to me, my skills are still not good enough. That's when the snow becomes smaller ... I always said that I was afraid to drive a car. I still have some of that fear. So I want to wait until the snow melts and then learn [driving] so that… (shows how he turns the steering wheel with his hands) Tokyo Drift!
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Евгения Медведева, двукратная чемпионка мира и двукратный серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр, расскажет о впечатлениях от участия в «Ледниковом периоде» и своей роли Сейлор Мун в японском ледовом шоу, поделится планами о написании первой книги и работе комментатором, а ещё лично выберет зрителей...
Hello everyone, friends, welcome to our long-awaited stream. My name is Pavel Zanozin. Our main character is a two-time world figure skating champion, winner of two Olympic silver medals, Evgenia Medvedeva.
- Hello everyone!
Zhenechka, hello. Very soon, the day after tomorrow, we fly to Beijing ...
- Yes, you can imagine - the day after tomorrow ...
Yes, yes, we are worried. By the way, are you very worried before this trip?
- I'm not really worried, I rather feel like I'm on pins and needles. You can describe my condition with the English word "excited". It's not anxiety, and although I'm nervous, it's not a bad feeling. I am very interested in what will be there. And I am very afraid of doing something wrong - like everyone else, generally speaking.
Everything will be fine! If so, we will help you. Zhenya will work there in the Channel One team. What are you going to do there, you probably imagine. Of course, [comment] figure skating.
- Figure skating, of course. First of all, the audience will hear me. I will comment on the competition. So friends, watch [Channel One], everything will be fine. And of course, one of my main duties there is as an ambassador. So I think it will be very interesting. This is my first time in such a role. Not only for me, in general, in principle, at such competitions ... Unfortunately, I did not manage to attend the previous competitions. But this time luck is on our side.
I think everything is going to be alright. Moreover, the role of the ambassador is very familiar to you. In particular, you are already an ambassador of the Zasport company, with which we will draw prizes today. And you, friends, can win these prizes, it's very simple. Of course, you know the names of jumps in figure skating. However, it seems to me that these names are not enough, we need to come up with something else. And now, the one who today comes up with the funniest name for some new jump will receive a cap from Zasport for a start, and Zhenya will choose the winner. You have 20 minutes to come up with a name, write to us in the chat, and we will choose.
By the way, what is your favorite jump?
-Salchow.
Salchow…
-Salchow. From the left leg, from the move back, you need to land on the right leg.
Can you still triple jump now?
-Yes!
You are awesome, of course!
-Thank you.
How often do you skate? I mean not in the show, but for yourself?
-Now not. I will not try to mislead anyone. I think a lot of people have noticed that the content that I'm on the ice is out of stock right now. Now I really don't skate because I try to prepare for the upcoming trip. Prepare not only morally, but also theoretically, because this requires certain knowledge. Now this is the most important thing for me. But at the same time, I know that if I am required to go out on the ice and demonstrate good skating (only, of course, not in competitions!) - I can. For some performances or shows, I can prepare in a few days, and everything will be fine.
I know that Asia is a special place for you. I don't know which is better [for you] China or Japan. What do you like there, what attracts you?
-China and Japan are two very different countries, each of which is beautiful in its own way. What is special about them? To be honest, I still don't know China well, because I've only been there twice. Once I came there for a tournament, and the second time I was there, oddly enough, on vacation. We discussed this before the broadcast. China is a rather unusual holiday destination for ordinary tourists from Russia. More familiar destinations are Thailand, the Maldives, Turkey, Egypt, and here was China. Actually a very pleasant place, Hainan Island. There were very tasty fruits, probably the most delicious fruits in my life. Indeed, this vacation was unusual, but it was definitely worth making such a trip. So I will go to Beijing for the first time in my life. Of course, it will not be possible to fully explore this city, I will have to limit myself to what I see from the window of the transfer bus. In general, I'm not very familiar with China yet, so I'm looking forward to it.
Is Japan already just love?
-Japan is already just like my native country, because I have been there at least 15 times. I can’t even count the cities [that I visited] and… I know a lot of everything there, a lot of people. I have many friends there, so in this case I know the country much better.
You will finally have a show in Japan, as I understand it, this year.
-We pray for this to all the gods, because it has already been canceled three times. This performance was planned for the anniversary of the Sailor Moon anime, so yes, we really, really hope that everything will be fine. Rehearsals are scheduled but we are all careful - no one says anything. Here we have rehearsals and let's not discuss it, because God forbid they cancel it again, let's not say anything yet. In general, we hope that everything will work out.
Tell us a little about the show - how it will be, and what it is.
- It won't be a show, it will be a performance. The performance is called "Prisma Nice". Well, this phrase "Lunar prism, give me strength" - the performance was named after this very lunar prism. There will be a costume show, I will be in the image of the main character, Sailor Moon. There will be many girls, both Japanese and Canadian. In addition, there will be male figure skaters. And I think that all this will be very interesting. Our cast is international. The main thing is that everything works out for us in the conditions [of the pandemic].
Are you the only star in this performance, or are there other famous skaters?
- No, there are other famous figure skaters. I won't name them, because I don't know exactly in what line-up we will go there. Someone will succeed, someone will not succeed - times are now difficult. So I will not take responsibility for this information. There is a poster, and it lists all the skaters who are scheduled to take part. We hope that this line-up will not change, because we like this line-up now.
It will be, if I understand correctly, in June?
- It will be (pause)… Rehearsals should start as soon as possible. At first, these rehearsals were planned to be held in Canada, then in Japan, but everything is changing, we are still trying to maneuver. I won't give an exact date yet...
It's clear. You can only cross your fingers here.
-Yes (crosses fingers). We wait!
We are waiting, we are waiting. Cool! And then it will be possible to bring it to Russia so that we can also see the performance?
- The debut will still be in Japan. Then, as far as I understand, tours are planned. But while it is not known where these tours will take place, such conversations are not conducted.
Okay. Very important news about Evgenia Medvedev - she told me about it right before the broadcast. She got her driving license. It's just happiness, I congratulate you.
-Thank you! But I haven't got my driver's license yet. Today I passed the exam, but since I didn't have much zeal... (cough) What is it?..(cough).
Everything is fine! For example, I got my license as soon as I turned 18, because I love to drive a car. Well, Zhenya does have cars. We all remember four years ago... So, now Zhenechka will return to us, everything will be fine. Everything is in order, the most important thing is that there are no viruses here. Things are good…
(Zhenya continues to cough and laugh off-screen)
Everything is fine. Come back. By the way, I have...
-I have a funny story, it just happens...
Put the microphone back...
- Yes, the microphone is here. I took three tests today. All negative, all great!
This is wonderful. The main thing is that you didn’t cough ... I once coughed during a live broadcast of Channel One during an advertisement, it was incredibly funny, and it’s impossible to leave or hide anywhere.
- Yes, this happens sometimes, what to do ...
Well, let's talk about the driver's license. This must have been a real challenge for you.
- Yes, it's true, because it's not easy to find the time. Today I got up at six o'clock in the morning, especially in order to do everything in time. It was quite difficult, I was nervous. But I passed everything - both theory and practice. Now it remains to pick up [driver's license].
And how is it now [everything is happening]? Here’s me, when I took the exam almost fifteen years ago, there was an exercise “reversing into the garage”, there was, as far as I remember, a slide ...
-And I had...
Even the slide remained? Even for cars with automatic transmission? Wow, why do you need a slide when there is an automatic transmission, it would seem. Okay, so everything is according to the old rules.
- The main thing is that everything turned out well for me.
Well, when you get back from Beijing, will you become a real driver?
-Yes. But in any case, I plan to continue to study, to learn how to drive a car, because, as it seems to me, my skills are still not good enough. That's when the snow becomes smaller ... I always said that I was afraid to drive a car. I still have some of that fear. So I want to wait until the snow melts and then learn [driving] so that… (shows how he turns the steering wheel with his hands) Tokyo Drift!
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part 2:
Class! Friends, let me remind you once again that the competition continues. You have to come up with the funniest names for figure skating jumps. This is not an Axel, not a Salchow, not a Rittberger, and not even a sheepskin coat. Although it seems to me that for a Russian ear there can hardly be anything funnier than a toe loop ...
-Toe loop! (laughs) I think the rittberger sounds funnier.
Well, rittberger is just some kind of incomprehensible word for an ordinary person. But the toe loop is a fur coat. And since this is a fur coat, people immediately become funny. In general, please come up with funny names, send us a chat and very soon Zhenya will choose the first winner who will receive a cap from Zasport.
So, another important topic that definitely needs to be discussed is the recently ended Ice Age show.
-Yes…
I can say to myself - I was sure that you would win. It seemed to me that there was no other option.
-Well, we tried, let's just say. All episodes of the show that were included in the final score ended well - 6.0, 6.0, 6.0, but at one fine moment all the judges gave 5.9. Of course, I was very upset then. This was due to the fact that I did not understand what was the matter - it seemed that we performed well. Well, that's how it happens, so yes - third place, but also the audience award ...
Yes. Well, it generally [was indisputable].
- We were very well received by the audience, and [I received] unforgettable emotions during the awards ceremony, which is like nothing else. It was so great to stand on the podium together with the guys, together with Sasha and Agatha. We were very happy to share the pedestal with them. All the other members did a very good job too. We congratulated absolutely everyone, because the end of such a serious project is really like the end of a whole chapter of my life. Let it be a small chapter, but a good one. We all worked together and it was a great time for us.
I can say that I was also invited this time to the "Ice Age" ...
-Indeed? Why didn't you participate?
I'm very bad at skating.
-So what? If you can't, we'll teach you, if you don't want to, we'll force you.
Ilya Averbukh told me the same thing. Something like "We taught not such people." I came to the training rink...
- Did you even try?
Yes, I was paired with a girl. We rode with her for five minutes. After that, Ilya came up to us and said: “Okay, I think you better lead.”
- Then tell me who you tried with ...
I don't know, it wasn't a participant. Maybe she was a master of sports in figure skating, but for me an unknown girl. She skated very well, and I skated very badly. I mean, I can't do it at all. So - I didn’t manage to meet you on the ice, unfortunately ...
- Well, nothing, I think that everything is ahead.
It's much nicer to watch you. And you perceived it as a competition, and not as a regular show?
- I didn't perceive it as a real competition, I just want to get the highest marks when I was on the ice for six hours every day (laughs).
It took six months of your life, didn't it?
-Not six months, but four months - yes. Try to train on the ice for six hours a day, seven days a week. Really no rest. We took one day off after the first two episodes of the show. And then we realized that it does not work, because we need to rehearse the performance in just a week, learn the choreography, get used to the movements, and also show emotions and demonstrate technical elements. And then we realized that a day off is a bad idea, and then it went like this: the shooting of the next episode ended, and the very next day we were again on the ice in the morning, the music was playing ...
Yes, the schedule is crazy, of course.
-Crazy schedule for any skater. The guys asked me: “How can you rehearse a new program in just a week?” And I don’t know myself, for me it’s also a challenge. For me, as for an athlete, at the beginning of the season, two programs are put on - short and free, and I went with these programs ...
By the way, how long have these programs been studied? Month? How much time is needed?
- Well, the study itself - from two days to a week. That is, not so long. But in order to get used to the program, so that the result is real figure skating, which can be shown at major competitions, it takes at least a month.
People sometimes do it all season...
-Yes, and complete perfection is achieved only at the end of the season, at the most important competitions.
Yes, in general, "Ice Age" is difficult. Will you agree to take part in this show again?
- You know, yes, I liked it. It was very interesting to me. But if they offer me right now: “Zhenya, come on, you have a new Ice Age starting in a week”, then I will say: “No!”
Because next week you have something more important [Olympics]…
- Well, yes, but that's not the point. I just need time to "reboot", I need to rest. Well, then - let's see. If within the same time frame, it is possible.
And you also led the children's version of "Ice Age"?
-Yes.
Tell me about this experience. Well, do you generally like being a show host, working on television, that's all ...
-Perhaps I was too young at the time. I was very nervous, often stammered, made many mistakes. But by the end of the project, I began to like it. I got used to it, I realized that something was starting to work out for me, that I was doing it well. So for me it was a cool experience that took me in a certain direction. And I realized that this is probably one of the ways that I can go. I realized that I could cope with my voice, with my speech, I calmed down a bit and started working in a normal mode.
I just think that when a career comes to an end, a star of your level has so many different options...
- The main thing is not to get confused and choose your path in time.
Do you think you have already chosen this path, or not yet?
- That's just the point, I'm still looking.
This is normal: many people cannot figure out what they really want all their lives.
- I'm just a person who is used to the fact that I always have one road that I go, that is, I have a field of activity, I have a battlefield. And now I try a lot, I like a lot. For now, I plan to continue the same classes. Let's see where life takes me. All this is very interesting.
By the way, a new thing that, frankly, I don’t understand much, so Zhenya can probably become my guide in this world is TikTok. And now, as far as I understand, we are broadcasting on your TikTok ...
-Yes!
Friends, hello everyone! (waves) I don't know how you talk there...
- Hey TikTok! (waves to the camera)
Tell me why it's cool and why you're so into it now.
-It's like a hobby, as an opportunity to relieve yourself a little and please people who follow my life, waiting for content. I love such comments that say: “Here Zhenya was an athlete, but she became a professional on TikTok.” Guys, I don't consider myself a professional on TikTok. There is nothing wrong ... That is, for some reason, this hobby, passion and the word "TikToker" are used in relation to me as some kind of insult, basically.
I mean, like falling from a world champion to some kind of TikTok, right?
-I don't understand why. All activities are good in their own way. Friends, making high-quality content is not an easy task. In my case, TikTok is to install the phone, dance in front of it for less than fifteen seconds - and that's it, I removed it, posted it on the network. And nothing more. I have a main job, I have responsibilities, tasks and goals. I do all this every day, and in my free time I find a few minutes to make a video for TikTok. So for me, TikTok is for unloading and for creating a comfort zone.
At the same time, for many people, TikTok is a way to earn big money, it is a business...
- It's true, and it's great.
I watch this and don’t understand how [money is made]. It seems to me that there is nothing intellectual or super complex going on there.
- You just said about earnings, and I understood why I first began to like this social network. As soon as I started looking through the recommendations, I realized that this social network helps to show the hobbies and passions of people that may have previously remained invisible. There are a lot of talented guys who have the talent of an actor, they are given it from God. Very charismatic guys. There are people who knit beautiful sweaters and hats, weave something from beads, and make amazing carpets. That is, there are really a lot of talented people who have joined TikTok and they have the opportunity to realize themselves. They get into the recommendations once, the second time - and as a result, people see what good products there are, or they can see the talent. It's great. It is also important for me to understand that this social network helps people to realize themselves in life.
Since you probably know everyone there, and I practically don’t know anyone, tell me who is worth following? Now, if I create an account now, who should I pay attention to?
-It depends on what kind of content you want to see. There is a lot of variety on TikTok right now. Someone, as I said, knits sweaters, someone just makes videos, someone makes social videos that help other people psychologically. This is also very important, because it shows social problems that, perhaps, no one would talk about without TikTok. I go to the comments and see people write: “This is exactly what I need right now, thanks.” It's great. So I'm probably not going to do advertising. I advise you to just pay attention to the recommendations. What is not interesting should be hidden - and then the recommendations will be adjusted to your requests, and what is interesting to you will appear on TikTok.
Is there anything about sports?
-About sports too. There are a lot of fan accounts, a lot of female athletes. Here in my recommendations I often come across either rhythmic gymnastics or synchronized swimming. This is how girls' hair is done, filled with gelatin, how several hours are spent removing makeup. They immerse the audience in their world. There are such thematic accounts. For example, a gymnast maintains an account in rhythmic gymnastics.
By the way, if we talk about synchronized swimming - once I watched the whole process at the World Aquatics Championships, how they prepare, they all do it - it's just fantastic. I was most struck by what this coach, Tatyana Danchenko, does. It seemed to me that this was not her business at all - hairstyles, makeup, these are the duties of someone else, and she does it herself, completely, from beginning to end. And so much of this gelatin on the head is a nightmare, it's impossible!
-Yes exactly!
Class! Friends, let me remind you once again that the competition continues. You have to come up with the funniest names for figure skating jumps. This is not an Axel, not a Salchow, not a Rittberger, and not even a sheepskin coat. Although it seems to me that for a Russian ear there can hardly be anything funnier than a toe loop ...
-Toe loop! (laughs) I think the rittberger sounds funnier.
Well, rittberger is just some kind of incomprehensible word for an ordinary person. But the toe loop is a fur coat. And since this is a fur coat, people immediately become funny. In general, please come up with funny names, send us a chat and very soon Zhenya will choose the first winner who will receive a cap from Zasport.
So, another important topic that definitely needs to be discussed is the recently ended Ice Age show.
-Yes…
I can say to myself - I was sure that you would win. It seemed to me that there was no other option.
-Well, we tried, let's just say. All episodes of the show that were included in the final score ended well - 6.0, 6.0, 6.0, but at one fine moment all the judges gave 5.9. Of course, I was very upset then. This was due to the fact that I did not understand what was the matter - it seemed that we performed well. Well, that's how it happens, so yes - third place, but also the audience award ...
Yes. Well, it generally [was indisputable].
- We were very well received by the audience, and [I received] unforgettable emotions during the awards ceremony, which is like nothing else. It was so great to stand on the podium together with the guys, together with Sasha and Agatha. We were very happy to share the pedestal with them. All the other members did a very good job too. We congratulated absolutely everyone, because the end of such a serious project is really like the end of a whole chapter of my life. Let it be a small chapter, but a good one. We all worked together and it was a great time for us.
I can say that I was also invited this time to the "Ice Age" ...
-Indeed? Why didn't you participate?
I'm very bad at skating.
-So what? If you can't, we'll teach you, if you don't want to, we'll force you.
Ilya Averbukh told me the same thing. Something like "We taught not such people." I came to the training rink...
- Did you even try?
Yes, I was paired with a girl. We rode with her for five minutes. After that, Ilya came up to us and said: “Okay, I think you better lead.”
- Then tell me who you tried with ...
I don't know, it wasn't a participant. Maybe she was a master of sports in figure skating, but for me an unknown girl. She skated very well, and I skated very badly. I mean, I can't do it at all. So - I didn’t manage to meet you on the ice, unfortunately ...
- Well, nothing, I think that everything is ahead.
It's much nicer to watch you. And you perceived it as a competition, and not as a regular show?
- I didn't perceive it as a real competition, I just want to get the highest marks when I was on the ice for six hours every day (laughs).
It took six months of your life, didn't it?
-Not six months, but four months - yes. Try to train on the ice for six hours a day, seven days a week. Really no rest. We took one day off after the first two episodes of the show. And then we realized that it does not work, because we need to rehearse the performance in just a week, learn the choreography, get used to the movements, and also show emotions and demonstrate technical elements. And then we realized that a day off is a bad idea, and then it went like this: the shooting of the next episode ended, and the very next day we were again on the ice in the morning, the music was playing ...
Yes, the schedule is crazy, of course.
-Crazy schedule for any skater. The guys asked me: “How can you rehearse a new program in just a week?” And I don’t know myself, for me it’s also a challenge. For me, as for an athlete, at the beginning of the season, two programs are put on - short and free, and I went with these programs ...
By the way, how long have these programs been studied? Month? How much time is needed?
- Well, the study itself - from two days to a week. That is, not so long. But in order to get used to the program, so that the result is real figure skating, which can be shown at major competitions, it takes at least a month.
People sometimes do it all season...
-Yes, and complete perfection is achieved only at the end of the season, at the most important competitions.
Yes, in general, "Ice Age" is difficult. Will you agree to take part in this show again?
- You know, yes, I liked it. It was very interesting to me. But if they offer me right now: “Zhenya, come on, you have a new Ice Age starting in a week”, then I will say: “No!”
Because next week you have something more important [Olympics]…
- Well, yes, but that's not the point. I just need time to "reboot", I need to rest. Well, then - let's see. If within the same time frame, it is possible.
And you also led the children's version of "Ice Age"?
-Yes.
Tell me about this experience. Well, do you generally like being a show host, working on television, that's all ...
-Perhaps I was too young at the time. I was very nervous, often stammered, made many mistakes. But by the end of the project, I began to like it. I got used to it, I realized that something was starting to work out for me, that I was doing it well. So for me it was a cool experience that took me in a certain direction. And I realized that this is probably one of the ways that I can go. I realized that I could cope with my voice, with my speech, I calmed down a bit and started working in a normal mode.
I just think that when a career comes to an end, a star of your level has so many different options...
- The main thing is not to get confused and choose your path in time.
Do you think you have already chosen this path, or not yet?
- That's just the point, I'm still looking.
This is normal: many people cannot figure out what they really want all their lives.
- I'm just a person who is used to the fact that I always have one road that I go, that is, I have a field of activity, I have a battlefield. And now I try a lot, I like a lot. For now, I plan to continue the same classes. Let's see where life takes me. All this is very interesting.
By the way, a new thing that, frankly, I don’t understand much, so Zhenya can probably become my guide in this world is TikTok. And now, as far as I understand, we are broadcasting on your TikTok ...
-Yes!
Friends, hello everyone! (waves) I don't know how you talk there...
- Hey TikTok! (waves to the camera)
Tell me why it's cool and why you're so into it now.
-It's like a hobby, as an opportunity to relieve yourself a little and please people who follow my life, waiting for content. I love such comments that say: “Here Zhenya was an athlete, but she became a professional on TikTok.” Guys, I don't consider myself a professional on TikTok. There is nothing wrong ... That is, for some reason, this hobby, passion and the word "TikToker" are used in relation to me as some kind of insult, basically.
I mean, like falling from a world champion to some kind of TikTok, right?
-I don't understand why. All activities are good in their own way. Friends, making high-quality content is not an easy task. In my case, TikTok is to install the phone, dance in front of it for less than fifteen seconds - and that's it, I removed it, posted it on the network. And nothing more. I have a main job, I have responsibilities, tasks and goals. I do all this every day, and in my free time I find a few minutes to make a video for TikTok. So for me, TikTok is for unloading and for creating a comfort zone.
At the same time, for many people, TikTok is a way to earn big money, it is a business...
- It's true, and it's great.
I watch this and don’t understand how [money is made]. It seems to me that there is nothing intellectual or super complex going on there.
- You just said about earnings, and I understood why I first began to like this social network. As soon as I started looking through the recommendations, I realized that this social network helps to show the hobbies and passions of people that may have previously remained invisible. There are a lot of talented guys who have the talent of an actor, they are given it from God. Very charismatic guys. There are people who knit beautiful sweaters and hats, weave something from beads, and make amazing carpets. That is, there are really a lot of talented people who have joined TikTok and they have the opportunity to realize themselves. They get into the recommendations once, the second time - and as a result, people see what good products there are, or they can see the talent. It's great. It is also important for me to understand that this social network helps people to realize themselves in life.
Since you probably know everyone there, and I practically don’t know anyone, tell me who is worth following? Now, if I create an account now, who should I pay attention to?
-It depends on what kind of content you want to see. There is a lot of variety on TikTok right now. Someone, as I said, knits sweaters, someone just makes videos, someone makes social videos that help other people psychologically. This is also very important, because it shows social problems that, perhaps, no one would talk about without TikTok. I go to the comments and see people write: “This is exactly what I need right now, thanks.” It's great. So I'm probably not going to do advertising. I advise you to just pay attention to the recommendations. What is not interesting should be hidden - and then the recommendations will be adjusted to your requests, and what is interesting to you will appear on TikTok.
Is there anything about sports?
-About sports too. There are a lot of fan accounts, a lot of female athletes. Here in my recommendations I often come across either rhythmic gymnastics or synchronized swimming. This is how girls' hair is done, filled with gelatin, how several hours are spent removing makeup. They immerse the audience in their world. There are such thematic accounts. For example, a gymnast maintains an account in rhythmic gymnastics.
By the way, if we talk about synchronized swimming - once I watched the whole process at the World Aquatics Championships, how they prepare, they all do it - it's just fantastic. I was most struck by what this coach, Tatyana Danchenko, does. It seemed to me that this was not her business at all - hairstyles, makeup, these are the duties of someone else, and she does it herself, completely, from beginning to end. And so much of this gelatin on the head is a nightmare, it's impossible!
-Yes exactly!
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part 3:
Friends, we remind you that today the main goal is to give you prizes. The first one is a cap from Zasport, and now there are three options that we think are the funniest. Zhenya will choose one of them - the most-most funny. So here's what's on offer: triple tofu, plushel, and the Lunar Prism jump - that's probably what inspired people on your show.
-I have an answer. Friends, I really love my dogs, Tofu and Jerry, but "triple Tofu" is very funny. I will probably choose this option.
Okay, then announce directly to this camera that Olga, who came up with the "triple Tofu", is getting this prize.
-Olga, who came up with the amazing triple Tofu jump, wins our prize. Thank you, Olga, now we will call it “triple Tofu” ...
Olga, what you need to do: you now have an Ozon coupon in the left corner of the screen, which you must add to yourself in order to receive our prize. Click on this coupon and it will go to your shopping cart if I understand the mechanics correctly. Just press it like this, the coupon will fly over - and the prize will become yours, you can get it.
We still have a second prize, so this is not the last opportunity. We must continue to invent jumps. For the first time Zhenya's heart melted about her dog. Maybe you will find something else of interest. Come up with the second funniest jump - and then you will get a T-shirt from Zasport. The winner will be chosen before the end of the broadcast.
I'm thinking - figure skating, like any sport, must somehow develop, change. And it, in my opinion, is now in a mothballed state. Of course, the fact that the girls began to perform quads is cool, but no one can come up with some real new jump. Is it possible?
- It seems to me that it is already impossible physically. Otherwise, such a jump would have already been invented. Already tried to land a triple lutz-triple lutz in a cascade. That is, you make the first jump, land on your left foot and immediately make another one. But somehow it didn't work. Apparently, something is wrong. Yes, figure skating is technically changing only in the direction of increasing the number of revolutions in the air - this is if we are talking about jumps. So I don't think any new element will be invented, at least in the near future.
I remember there was a moment when many skaters tried to do somersaults and it was allowed, but then in the end it was banned.
- Banned, yes.
You could do this, is it real?
-I have a lot of friends and familiar skaters who do somersaults and say that it is very easy. They say that for this it is enough to feel, stick the prong of the skate into the ice and bend.
But it's very scary.
-This is scary. They say that the first attempt is very scary, but then everything is moving like a rut. True, now there are a lot of guys who do amazing somersaults - with straight legs - they turn over in the air over their heads, and it looks amazing.
Another cool thing is synchronized skating. I don't know how they even do it.
- It's actually very difficult. It's really very difficult. The main problem is to train a large number of people so that they move absolutely synchronously. If you have seen synchronized skaters fall... One girl stumbles, falls - and all the rest fall like dominoes, because they are holding on to each other. And it looks very intimidating. But when everything works out, it is very effective. They jump, rotate - this is a super-difficult task. We have a team of girls who win big tournaments all the time. So yes, we also follow and hope that soon we will all compete together.
Yes, it is quite possible, but so far this discipline is not included in the Olympic Games. Let's wait, suddenly it will happen, anything can happen. In general, figure skating as a whole has some options for development, what do you think? Now this sport has crazy popularity, this has never happened before, probably ...
-Yes it's true. We have within the country for sure.
You have become, probably, the first sign that lifted this sport very high. Of course, I remember when I was little, we watched and cheered for Plushenko, Yagudin, Slutskaya and so on, but it was still somehow local - we wait, we watch every four years and so on ...
-I don't want to be ashamed, but I want to remind you of 2014 - we have Adelina Sotnikova, we have Yulia Lipnitskaya. They made an absolute splash, and I think that the most popularity [of figure skating] in the present tense began with them. Plushenko, Yagudin - this is 100% understandable, but when we talk about generations, we call them another generation. That is, this figure skating is already a thing of the past. And I'm talking about figure skating in the present tense, and I think that 2014 gave the impetus. And then I switched to seniors competitions, that is, the three of us were there - me, Anya Pogorilaya and Lenochka Radionova. We entered major tournaments, stormed the podium for two years. And then, of course, 2018 – and now here we are.
And there is some incredible boom. I just watched the Russian Championship among juniors - and there is just a whole crowd of girls who are able to do more than Sasha Trusova or Kamila Valieva does today. How does this happen? Where do so many talented people come from in one place? Despite the fact that always, probably, we had talented skaters.
-Something big always starts with something incredibly small. Someone took a big step - for himself personally. All the rest turn around, look - but what, could it be like that? And it adds confidence. I think it is precisely because our girls began to perform complex elements, for example, salchows, even lutz, that the younger generation sees and thinks: “Oh, well, they do it, we need to learn this too.” And the sooner you start studying complex elements, the sooner the skater will be able to perform them. The main thing is that everyone is healthy.
That's for sure. Now this is especially important. Speaking of overcoming and incredible records - of course, the fact that Yuzuru Hanyu is now trying to do a quadruple Axel - it seems incredible, but he almost did.
- But he said that he would do it - and now he is on the way to the fulfillment of this element.
So, in five or six years, many skaters will do this?
-I don't think many, but some will do. I will say exactly this, because after all, physically it is a very difficult jump. I don't mean physical strength, but rather physics as a science. I think that in order to perform such an element, it is necessary to know the subject very well, that is, physics. It is also necessary to control your body very well, because a small mistake in pushing off or in the movements of the arms and legs will change the trajectory, and then the jump of four and a half turns will not work. There's just not enough height. You need to fly up so that you have time to make exactly four and a half turns. When performing the triple axel, the guys jump so that there is a small margin for a successful landing, there are a few milliseconds left to maneuver in case of a possible mistake. Let's say the shoulder is in the wrong position - this can be corrected already in the air. And with a quadruple axel, you need to do everything absolutely clearly and correctly. You need to control your body and, using physics, calculate how to put pressure on the skate, how to make sure that the force of gravity does not affect you.
By the way, this is an important factor. Learn physics, friends! Very useful science. Useful everywhere. And in life, and, as it turns out, even in figure skating. It's very nice. And in your time, probably, no one could even think about a quadruple jump. Or has anyone tried? It seems that a Japanese woman, it seems, tried to do it back in 2003?
-Miki Ando did a quadruple salchow, Mao Asada did a triple axel. No, there were quad attempts. I remember that I arrived in 2016 from the “personal” world championship, in a few days I have to leave for the team championship (then it was held for the first time in history, it was in the USA), and I said: “I want to try the quadruple salchow.” Naturally, the coaches tensed up. In general, I covered myself with foam rubber, made two attempts at salchow in four turns - and fell. But since at that time it was beyond the norm, and I was a little afraid for my health, and the coaches got worried. They told me, "Don't! We don't need any injury here." We realized that everything is in order with this, we need to calm down and leave this venture. In general, I had attempts when I was still small, like a grasshopper.
And then, as I remember, already at the end of [career], as I remember, you also said that you work it out in training.
-Yes, I tried after 2018, but, unfortunately, I failed to succeed. Maybe luckily, I don't know.
No, everything that happens is for the best.
-Hope so.
Friends, we remind you that today the main goal is to give you prizes. The first one is a cap from Zasport, and now there are three options that we think are the funniest. Zhenya will choose one of them - the most-most funny. So here's what's on offer: triple tofu, plushel, and the Lunar Prism jump - that's probably what inspired people on your show.
-I have an answer. Friends, I really love my dogs, Tofu and Jerry, but "triple Tofu" is very funny. I will probably choose this option.
Okay, then announce directly to this camera that Olga, who came up with the "triple Tofu", is getting this prize.
-Olga, who came up with the amazing triple Tofu jump, wins our prize. Thank you, Olga, now we will call it “triple Tofu” ...
Olga, what you need to do: you now have an Ozon coupon in the left corner of the screen, which you must add to yourself in order to receive our prize. Click on this coupon and it will go to your shopping cart if I understand the mechanics correctly. Just press it like this, the coupon will fly over - and the prize will become yours, you can get it.
We still have a second prize, so this is not the last opportunity. We must continue to invent jumps. For the first time Zhenya's heart melted about her dog. Maybe you will find something else of interest. Come up with the second funniest jump - and then you will get a T-shirt from Zasport. The winner will be chosen before the end of the broadcast.
I'm thinking - figure skating, like any sport, must somehow develop, change. And it, in my opinion, is now in a mothballed state. Of course, the fact that the girls began to perform quads is cool, but no one can come up with some real new jump. Is it possible?
- It seems to me that it is already impossible physically. Otherwise, such a jump would have already been invented. Already tried to land a triple lutz-triple lutz in a cascade. That is, you make the first jump, land on your left foot and immediately make another one. But somehow it didn't work. Apparently, something is wrong. Yes, figure skating is technically changing only in the direction of increasing the number of revolutions in the air - this is if we are talking about jumps. So I don't think any new element will be invented, at least in the near future.
I remember there was a moment when many skaters tried to do somersaults and it was allowed, but then in the end it was banned.
- Banned, yes.
You could do this, is it real?
-I have a lot of friends and familiar skaters who do somersaults and say that it is very easy. They say that for this it is enough to feel, stick the prong of the skate into the ice and bend.
But it's very scary.
-This is scary. They say that the first attempt is very scary, but then everything is moving like a rut. True, now there are a lot of guys who do amazing somersaults - with straight legs - they turn over in the air over their heads, and it looks amazing.
Another cool thing is synchronized skating. I don't know how they even do it.
- It's actually very difficult. It's really very difficult. The main problem is to train a large number of people so that they move absolutely synchronously. If you have seen synchronized skaters fall... One girl stumbles, falls - and all the rest fall like dominoes, because they are holding on to each other. And it looks very intimidating. But when everything works out, it is very effective. They jump, rotate - this is a super-difficult task. We have a team of girls who win big tournaments all the time. So yes, we also follow and hope that soon we will all compete together.
Yes, it is quite possible, but so far this discipline is not included in the Olympic Games. Let's wait, suddenly it will happen, anything can happen. In general, figure skating as a whole has some options for development, what do you think? Now this sport has crazy popularity, this has never happened before, probably ...
-Yes it's true. We have within the country for sure.
You have become, probably, the first sign that lifted this sport very high. Of course, I remember when I was little, we watched and cheered for Plushenko, Yagudin, Slutskaya and so on, but it was still somehow local - we wait, we watch every four years and so on ...
-I don't want to be ashamed, but I want to remind you of 2014 - we have Adelina Sotnikova, we have Yulia Lipnitskaya. They made an absolute splash, and I think that the most popularity [of figure skating] in the present tense began with them. Plushenko, Yagudin - this is 100% understandable, but when we talk about generations, we call them another generation. That is, this figure skating is already a thing of the past. And I'm talking about figure skating in the present tense, and I think that 2014 gave the impetus. And then I switched to seniors competitions, that is, the three of us were there - me, Anya Pogorilaya and Lenochka Radionova. We entered major tournaments, stormed the podium for two years. And then, of course, 2018 – and now here we are.
And there is some incredible boom. I just watched the Russian Championship among juniors - and there is just a whole crowd of girls who are able to do more than Sasha Trusova or Kamila Valieva does today. How does this happen? Where do so many talented people come from in one place? Despite the fact that always, probably, we had talented skaters.
-Something big always starts with something incredibly small. Someone took a big step - for himself personally. All the rest turn around, look - but what, could it be like that? And it adds confidence. I think it is precisely because our girls began to perform complex elements, for example, salchows, even lutz, that the younger generation sees and thinks: “Oh, well, they do it, we need to learn this too.” And the sooner you start studying complex elements, the sooner the skater will be able to perform them. The main thing is that everyone is healthy.
That's for sure. Now this is especially important. Speaking of overcoming and incredible records - of course, the fact that Yuzuru Hanyu is now trying to do a quadruple Axel - it seems incredible, but he almost did.
- But he said that he would do it - and now he is on the way to the fulfillment of this element.
So, in five or six years, many skaters will do this?
-I don't think many, but some will do. I will say exactly this, because after all, physically it is a very difficult jump. I don't mean physical strength, but rather physics as a science. I think that in order to perform such an element, it is necessary to know the subject very well, that is, physics. It is also necessary to control your body very well, because a small mistake in pushing off or in the movements of the arms and legs will change the trajectory, and then the jump of four and a half turns will not work. There's just not enough height. You need to fly up so that you have time to make exactly four and a half turns. When performing the triple axel, the guys jump so that there is a small margin for a successful landing, there are a few milliseconds left to maneuver in case of a possible mistake. Let's say the shoulder is in the wrong position - this can be corrected already in the air. And with a quadruple axel, you need to do everything absolutely clearly and correctly. You need to control your body and, using physics, calculate how to put pressure on the skate, how to make sure that the force of gravity does not affect you.
By the way, this is an important factor. Learn physics, friends! Very useful science. Useful everywhere. And in life, and, as it turns out, even in figure skating. It's very nice. And in your time, probably, no one could even think about a quadruple jump. Or has anyone tried? It seems that a Japanese woman, it seems, tried to do it back in 2003?
-Miki Ando did a quadruple salchow, Mao Asada did a triple axel. No, there were quad attempts. I remember that I arrived in 2016 from the “personal” world championship, in a few days I have to leave for the team championship (then it was held for the first time in history, it was in the USA), and I said: “I want to try the quadruple salchow.” Naturally, the coaches tensed up. In general, I covered myself with foam rubber, made two attempts at salchow in four turns - and fell. But since at that time it was beyond the norm, and I was a little afraid for my health, and the coaches got worried. They told me, "Don't! We don't need any injury here." We realized that everything is in order with this, we need to calm down and leave this venture. In general, I had attempts when I was still small, like a grasshopper.
And then, as I remember, already at the end of [career], as I remember, you also said that you work it out in training.
-Yes, I tried after 2018, but, unfortunately, I failed to succeed. Maybe luckily, I don't know.
No, everything that happens is for the best.
-Hope so.
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- Nov 12, 2021
part 4:
You, as far as I know, are writing a book.
-I don't do it myself, I have a few notes. There are sketches, there are ideas. But I'll really do that later.
Well, do you think this is a book worth writing right now? You are now only twenty-something years old, you still have a huge life ahead of you ...
- I hope there will be more happiness ...
Has it only been the first episode of a long series so far?
-Yes, it was the first series only, the first volume.
It's just that I'm currently reading a book by Alex Ferguson, the famous soccer coach. He wrote this book right after he left Manchester United. That is, the book was written nine years ago, and since then until the end of his coaching career, so many new things have happened. He was over seventy years old, now over eighty, and, probably, he could write a separate book about the last ten years.
-I really love autobiographies that are not just written as autobiographies. Well, not the ones where it simply says “Such and such a date, I got up and had breakfast.” Of course, this can also be very interesting, but I love it when an autobiography looks like a work of fiction. That is, there you can read some kind of dialogue, and not just the monologue of the author. I really like such artistic autobiographies, and I seem to be immersed in this world, in the life of another person. It's very nice.
Which book did you like the most?
-I really liked Scott Jurek's autobiography. I also liked the book, which can not quite be called an autobiography, it talks about the creation of a brand (draws a brand symbol in the air with a finger)
One brand (laughs)
-Yes, one brand. I really liked the way this book was written, it's just great.
And I liked Andre Agassi's book from sports books, of course. This is "Open", just an outstanding book, frank. The main thought is “I hate tennis, but still it was tennis that made me a star.” That is, all his life he struggled with what he does, with what he really does not like.
- You know, there are such stories when I go out after a performance, or a show, when it has already passed for the thirty-fifth time, I get up like this (puts my hands on my knees) and I say to myself “I hate figure skating”. But then I wake up in the morning, stretch and see that life is beautiful, I do what I love, which I simply adore! To love and to hate is for me in one key. And the same thing sounds different in different contexts. When the thirty-fifth show, it's clear that I think "It's hard" and it happens that I say "I can't take it anymore, I don't love it, I don't love it." This is some kind of denial. But it's still my life's work. Therefore, no matter how much he hates tennis, he loves it just as much.
Yes, well, from love to hate, as you know, one step. It's just that any person gets tired from time to time, even from what he usually does with pleasure.
- It's certainly true. It happens when for years, years I do the same thing absolutely.
What else would you like to do? You've already tried a lot of different things, but there is probably even more untapped.
- Enough for now (laughs). For now, I will focus on the amount of work that is already there. I hope my vocal cords hold up...
Yes, for a commentator this is a very important thing!
- I'm very sorry for today's excess (meaning cough).
Well, just a big thank you to you for the fact that even with such a cough, you still communicate with us.
- Well, yes, it happens ...
Of course, this is absolutely normal. The main thing is to recover by the Olympic debut. You've already commented more than once on the competition.
-Yes.
Do you like it?
-Yes, I like. At first I was extremely nervous. I got my first experience during the Grand Prix for juniors. At that time my voice was trembling, I was very worried. I didn’t know then what style I should do all this, what I should say - give information about the athlete, or discuss the execution technique, how good the athlete was. I didn't know if I should speak my mind or not. That is, I was looking for myself during the first two stages of the Grand Prix. I worked all the time with the amazing commentator Sasha Grishin, who is a real guru. For more than ten years he has commentated on figure skating. I'm learning how to speak from him. We worked with him and we already roughly understand at what time he should turn on, and at what time I should start, what is required of him and me. That is, Sasha first of all gives information about each athlete - how old he is, where he trains, perhaps some interesting facts. For my part, more of my own opinion, analytics of the elements performed by the skaters, analytics of skating and everything that happens on the ice.
Well, of course, this is absolutely correct, because you have gone through all this many times in your life.
-Yes, so now I feel more relaxed. But this does not mean that I am not nervous, I am not worried. But now it's still calmer. I even in some difficult moments begin to find the right words. I've more or less found myself, but I'm still on my way, learning.
When the excitement is gone, you can stop commenting, because it means that everything - it doesn't turn you on so much anymore. In fact, this is the most important thing - to experience the same feeling of excitement as before you went on the ice, because ...
-But worry doesn't always help.
Well, of course, this is both on the ice and in the commentary booth. In fact, our profession is important. Every word you say can change the person who listens to you. This is an amazing responsibility. If you realize that bam - you speak, and millions of people hear you. Now it will, by the way.
- You put me at ease (laughs)
I now remember what happened in Tokyo in rhythmic gymnastics, this drama with Diana Averina. We commented with Rita Mamun, and I have never experienced this at all. But I actually specialize in soccer, rhythmic gymnastics is a sport that is quite far from me. This is an amazing state, and I wish you to experience it too in the very near future.
-Thanks a lot!
Do you think we will succeed at the Olympics there? There is already excitement, is everyone worried?
-Yes, everyone is very worried.
You, as far as I know, are writing a book.
-I don't do it myself, I have a few notes. There are sketches, there are ideas. But I'll really do that later.
Well, do you think this is a book worth writing right now? You are now only twenty-something years old, you still have a huge life ahead of you ...
- I hope there will be more happiness ...
Has it only been the first episode of a long series so far?
-Yes, it was the first series only, the first volume.
It's just that I'm currently reading a book by Alex Ferguson, the famous soccer coach. He wrote this book right after he left Manchester United. That is, the book was written nine years ago, and since then until the end of his coaching career, so many new things have happened. He was over seventy years old, now over eighty, and, probably, he could write a separate book about the last ten years.
-I really love autobiographies that are not just written as autobiographies. Well, not the ones where it simply says “Such and such a date, I got up and had breakfast.” Of course, this can also be very interesting, but I love it when an autobiography looks like a work of fiction. That is, there you can read some kind of dialogue, and not just the monologue of the author. I really like such artistic autobiographies, and I seem to be immersed in this world, in the life of another person. It's very nice.
Which book did you like the most?
-I really liked Scott Jurek's autobiography. I also liked the book, which can not quite be called an autobiography, it talks about the creation of a brand (draws a brand symbol in the air with a finger)
One brand (laughs)
-Yes, one brand. I really liked the way this book was written, it's just great.
And I liked Andre Agassi's book from sports books, of course. This is "Open", just an outstanding book, frank. The main thought is “I hate tennis, but still it was tennis that made me a star.” That is, all his life he struggled with what he does, with what he really does not like.
- You know, there are such stories when I go out after a performance, or a show, when it has already passed for the thirty-fifth time, I get up like this (puts my hands on my knees) and I say to myself “I hate figure skating”. But then I wake up in the morning, stretch and see that life is beautiful, I do what I love, which I simply adore! To love and to hate is for me in one key. And the same thing sounds different in different contexts. When the thirty-fifth show, it's clear that I think "It's hard" and it happens that I say "I can't take it anymore, I don't love it, I don't love it." This is some kind of denial. But it's still my life's work. Therefore, no matter how much he hates tennis, he loves it just as much.
Yes, well, from love to hate, as you know, one step. It's just that any person gets tired from time to time, even from what he usually does with pleasure.
- It's certainly true. It happens when for years, years I do the same thing absolutely.
What else would you like to do? You've already tried a lot of different things, but there is probably even more untapped.
- Enough for now (laughs). For now, I will focus on the amount of work that is already there. I hope my vocal cords hold up...
Yes, for a commentator this is a very important thing!
- I'm very sorry for today's excess (meaning cough).
Well, just a big thank you to you for the fact that even with such a cough, you still communicate with us.
- Well, yes, it happens ...
Of course, this is absolutely normal. The main thing is to recover by the Olympic debut. You've already commented more than once on the competition.
-Yes.
Do you like it?
-Yes, I like. At first I was extremely nervous. I got my first experience during the Grand Prix for juniors. At that time my voice was trembling, I was very worried. I didn’t know then what style I should do all this, what I should say - give information about the athlete, or discuss the execution technique, how good the athlete was. I didn't know if I should speak my mind or not. That is, I was looking for myself during the first two stages of the Grand Prix. I worked all the time with the amazing commentator Sasha Grishin, who is a real guru. For more than ten years he has commentated on figure skating. I'm learning how to speak from him. We worked with him and we already roughly understand at what time he should turn on, and at what time I should start, what is required of him and me. That is, Sasha first of all gives information about each athlete - how old he is, where he trains, perhaps some interesting facts. For my part, more of my own opinion, analytics of the elements performed by the skaters, analytics of skating and everything that happens on the ice.
Well, of course, this is absolutely correct, because you have gone through all this many times in your life.
-Yes, so now I feel more relaxed. But this does not mean that I am not nervous, I am not worried. But now it's still calmer. I even in some difficult moments begin to find the right words. I've more or less found myself, but I'm still on my way, learning.
When the excitement is gone, you can stop commenting, because it means that everything - it doesn't turn you on so much anymore. In fact, this is the most important thing - to experience the same feeling of excitement as before you went on the ice, because ...
-But worry doesn't always help.
Well, of course, this is both on the ice and in the commentary booth. In fact, our profession is important. Every word you say can change the person who listens to you. This is an amazing responsibility. If you realize that bam - you speak, and millions of people hear you. Now it will, by the way.
- You put me at ease (laughs)
I now remember what happened in Tokyo in rhythmic gymnastics, this drama with Diana Averina. We commented with Rita Mamun, and I have never experienced this at all. But I actually specialize in soccer, rhythmic gymnastics is a sport that is quite far from me. This is an amazing state, and I wish you to experience it too in the very near future.
-Thanks a lot!
Do you think we will succeed at the Olympics there? There is already excitement, is everyone worried?
-Yes, everyone is very worried.
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part 5:
Okay, we'll continue talking about figure skating. I remind you, friends, that you can still participate in the competition, you can send your own options for funny names for new jumps in figure skating. We still have one more prize - a T-shirt from Zasport. Zhenya will choose a winner soon. I hope that you will send us many more entries, because Tofu is waiting for the second winner. How are the new pets, by the way? Now dogs in figure skating, it seems to me, are very popular. All turn them on. Maybe you want another one too?
- No, not yet. I need two bulldogs. They put on daily performances at my house. Especially during the New Year holidays, when I worked at several parties, there were several days that I spent at home, and there was not a single day when they did not do some disgrace. Either they gnaw something, or they fight with each other, or one steals food from the other - something is bound to happen. We constantly scolded them for something, and we always felt so sorry for them, they are so small, they love us so much. But somehow you need to explain to them that shoes cannot be chewed.
Do they really like it?
- Yes, and here I am standing over them, and you can even say in a calm voice, “well, why did you do this?”. She understands right away, leaves, pressing her ears to her head ... Yesterday, because of the toy, they had a fight. We had such a serious fight because the last toy left in the store was a little pink pig that I bought. If you press this piglet, it grunts. So I bought this toy, and one of my girls took the pig completely for herself. The second dog, of course, immediately needed it too - and they fought over the toy. As a result, no one got the pig - it lies somewhere in the corner. We decided that we would still need to buy a second pig
The toy should be given to both dogs. That's how the old man Hottabych handed out a ball to each soccer player, and here it is the same. I was talking about responsibility - and by the way, right now we are watched by 20 thousand people on the OZON platform.
-Yes, guys… Thank you very much!
Thank you, friends, for your attention. I hope you watch us not only because of the prizes, but also because we have a wonderful Zhenya, you are with us. Let's talk about figure skating. Just an Olympic anticipation - it lives in me. Will we see something incredible, do you think? Something that hasn't happened yet? Maybe a new world record, maybe something else. I just think - they taught us - Kamila Valieva, Sasha Trusova, now Anya Shcherbakova has recovered - that they can do something even more significant each time. At the Olympics, something more will turn out, or is it just excitement that does not allow the athlete to show his maximum?
-Let's probably hope that at the Olympics we will see something more, we will see the maximum. Not such a maximum when an athlete literally turns inside out, trying to do something right now or never. I mean it's all a lot of work. So much effort is invested in skating, in training, in everything. Let's hope that the maximum will happen at the Olympics for all girls. And I very much hope that they will have the opportunity and desire to relax and rest to some extent, because it is really difficult.
Do you remember your feelings four years ago, before the start of the Olympics?
- I remember that I did not understand anything. Absolutely nothing. And I remember that it was difficult, I remember that at some moments it seemed that everything was already the limit. But in fact, no, there are still normal reserves of strength, and there was a desire. It is at such moments when it seems to you that everything is already over, there is nowhere to move further - some thirty-fifth breath opens and I move on. This is exactly what happened in 2018. When it was very hard - I go out on the ice, take the initial position, the excitement disappears and I understand that this is the culmination of my whole life. In the most direct sense. And then I tuned my brain to the fact that it's not scary, it's cool, it's a holiday, I reached the peak of my abilities, to the peak of my sports career. And here I am, looking at the people who are in the stands, and the whole world is looking at me. And I remember myself as a little girl and I ask myself - is this what you wanted? And I answer myself - yes! And when I was little, I wanted to become a world champion - that's all.
So it has become! Even twice.
- Yes, and I even achieved more. So my inner child is quite happy with his career.
This is wonderful. You said this recently, and I am very happy about it, because I remember, for example, how I once interviewed Vika Komova, our gymnast, and she said after the London Olympics in 2012, when she could not win gold, she said a phrase that struck me to the core. She said that silver is not a medal. In general, our athletes are brought up in such a way that only the first place is a victory. Therefore, I am very happy when those who win silver or bronze, and in general those who get to the Olympics, say: “Yes, I am satisfied.”
- No, I just realized it over time. I just sat with myself, talked to myself. It happened several, many times. This psychological trick, when you talk to your inner child, when it seems to you that everything is wrong, everything is not something that I did not do enough. And then, when I remembered myself as a child - "Zhenya, what do you want to be when you grow up?" - World Champion. Point, everything, there were no other options. Well, I won two world championships. And got some more medals. So everything is clear with my inner child, everything is super with him.
Oscar Wilde said that a person has two troubles: one is when he does not achieve what he wants, and the second is when he achieves.
Yes, there is also an option...
Because then it is difficult to find something that one could strive for just as strongly. Did you manage to find some big, global goal for yourself after you finished with the sport?
- I don't have any global goal yet. And I will say this: I am glad that this goal does not yet exist, because I want to hang in the air a little. All my life I lived with a global goal - whether it be the World Cup or some other competition, I always had a goal. I had a plan and I stuck to it. Now there is no such global goal, I have some personal goals that I would like to achieve in the coming years. I'm not ready to share information about this, it's personal. And that's it professionally - so far I like that I'm here, I'm there, and somehow I'm with everyone everywhere. But I understand very well that perhaps soon I will need to decide and become a professional in one area, because if you do something, you need to do it well. And no matter what I do, I want to become a highly qualified specialist.
Maybe some new education?
-May be. Or maybe not, I don't know.
As for personal goals, this is, of course, very interesting. Well, if you don’t share, then we will see for ourselves when you want to talk about it.
- I'll tell you when the time comes. And now is not the right time. This is all so far in such a projection that it is better [to say nothing about it].
Indeed, intrigued, well, what is it. OK. I just remember myself at your age. I then dreamed of commenting on the final of the World Cup. And when this happened, I, almost like you now, did not really understand what to achieve next, what to want and where to go. And it often happens with athletes that they ... well, skaters finish early, and someone is up to thirty-five or forty years old in sports, and then bam - you are an mature man or woman, and what to do next is not very clear. This is of course a big problem. Well, did you worry when it was over? Or was it smooth?
- Pretty smooth. I just promised myself after 2018 that I would follow my sports path until ... (laughs) I decided that I would go until I started crawling on ice, until I stopped altogether. So I'm honest with myself, I did everything I could, squeezed everything out of myself, the maximum, and tried even more, but I didn't squeeze out more. That is why I am here with you now. And you will hear me there [at the Olympics], see you. So who knows what will happen to us in the future - I will say this.
Okay, we'll continue talking about figure skating. I remind you, friends, that you can still participate in the competition, you can send your own options for funny names for new jumps in figure skating. We still have one more prize - a T-shirt from Zasport. Zhenya will choose a winner soon. I hope that you will send us many more entries, because Tofu is waiting for the second winner. How are the new pets, by the way? Now dogs in figure skating, it seems to me, are very popular. All turn them on. Maybe you want another one too?
- No, not yet. I need two bulldogs. They put on daily performances at my house. Especially during the New Year holidays, when I worked at several parties, there were several days that I spent at home, and there was not a single day when they did not do some disgrace. Either they gnaw something, or they fight with each other, or one steals food from the other - something is bound to happen. We constantly scolded them for something, and we always felt so sorry for them, they are so small, they love us so much. But somehow you need to explain to them that shoes cannot be chewed.
Do they really like it?
- Yes, and here I am standing over them, and you can even say in a calm voice, “well, why did you do this?”. She understands right away, leaves, pressing her ears to her head ... Yesterday, because of the toy, they had a fight. We had such a serious fight because the last toy left in the store was a little pink pig that I bought. If you press this piglet, it grunts. So I bought this toy, and one of my girls took the pig completely for herself. The second dog, of course, immediately needed it too - and they fought over the toy. As a result, no one got the pig - it lies somewhere in the corner. We decided that we would still need to buy a second pig
The toy should be given to both dogs. That's how the old man Hottabych handed out a ball to each soccer player, and here it is the same. I was talking about responsibility - and by the way, right now we are watched by 20 thousand people on the OZON platform.
-Yes, guys… Thank you very much!
Thank you, friends, for your attention. I hope you watch us not only because of the prizes, but also because we have a wonderful Zhenya, you are with us. Let's talk about figure skating. Just an Olympic anticipation - it lives in me. Will we see something incredible, do you think? Something that hasn't happened yet? Maybe a new world record, maybe something else. I just think - they taught us - Kamila Valieva, Sasha Trusova, now Anya Shcherbakova has recovered - that they can do something even more significant each time. At the Olympics, something more will turn out, or is it just excitement that does not allow the athlete to show his maximum?
-Let's probably hope that at the Olympics we will see something more, we will see the maximum. Not such a maximum when an athlete literally turns inside out, trying to do something right now or never. I mean it's all a lot of work. So much effort is invested in skating, in training, in everything. Let's hope that the maximum will happen at the Olympics for all girls. And I very much hope that they will have the opportunity and desire to relax and rest to some extent, because it is really difficult.
Do you remember your feelings four years ago, before the start of the Olympics?
- I remember that I did not understand anything. Absolutely nothing. And I remember that it was difficult, I remember that at some moments it seemed that everything was already the limit. But in fact, no, there are still normal reserves of strength, and there was a desire. It is at such moments when it seems to you that everything is already over, there is nowhere to move further - some thirty-fifth breath opens and I move on. This is exactly what happened in 2018. When it was very hard - I go out on the ice, take the initial position, the excitement disappears and I understand that this is the culmination of my whole life. In the most direct sense. And then I tuned my brain to the fact that it's not scary, it's cool, it's a holiday, I reached the peak of my abilities, to the peak of my sports career. And here I am, looking at the people who are in the stands, and the whole world is looking at me. And I remember myself as a little girl and I ask myself - is this what you wanted? And I answer myself - yes! And when I was little, I wanted to become a world champion - that's all.
So it has become! Even twice.
- Yes, and I even achieved more. So my inner child is quite happy with his career.
This is wonderful. You said this recently, and I am very happy about it, because I remember, for example, how I once interviewed Vika Komova, our gymnast, and she said after the London Olympics in 2012, when she could not win gold, she said a phrase that struck me to the core. She said that silver is not a medal. In general, our athletes are brought up in such a way that only the first place is a victory. Therefore, I am very happy when those who win silver or bronze, and in general those who get to the Olympics, say: “Yes, I am satisfied.”
- No, I just realized it over time. I just sat with myself, talked to myself. It happened several, many times. This psychological trick, when you talk to your inner child, when it seems to you that everything is wrong, everything is not something that I did not do enough. And then, when I remembered myself as a child - "Zhenya, what do you want to be when you grow up?" - World Champion. Point, everything, there were no other options. Well, I won two world championships. And got some more medals. So everything is clear with my inner child, everything is super with him.
Oscar Wilde said that a person has two troubles: one is when he does not achieve what he wants, and the second is when he achieves.
Yes, there is also an option...
Because then it is difficult to find something that one could strive for just as strongly. Did you manage to find some big, global goal for yourself after you finished with the sport?
- I don't have any global goal yet. And I will say this: I am glad that this goal does not yet exist, because I want to hang in the air a little. All my life I lived with a global goal - whether it be the World Cup or some other competition, I always had a goal. I had a plan and I stuck to it. Now there is no such global goal, I have some personal goals that I would like to achieve in the coming years. I'm not ready to share information about this, it's personal. And that's it professionally - so far I like that I'm here, I'm there, and somehow I'm with everyone everywhere. But I understand very well that perhaps soon I will need to decide and become a professional in one area, because if you do something, you need to do it well. And no matter what I do, I want to become a highly qualified specialist.
Maybe some new education?
-May be. Or maybe not, I don't know.
As for personal goals, this is, of course, very interesting. Well, if you don’t share, then we will see for ourselves when you want to talk about it.
- I'll tell you when the time comes. And now is not the right time. This is all so far in such a projection that it is better [to say nothing about it].
Indeed, intrigued, well, what is it. OK. I just remember myself at your age. I then dreamed of commenting on the final of the World Cup. And when this happened, I, almost like you now, did not really understand what to achieve next, what to want and where to go. And it often happens with athletes that they ... well, skaters finish early, and someone is up to thirty-five or forty years old in sports, and then bam - you are an mature man or woman, and what to do next is not very clear. This is of course a big problem. Well, did you worry when it was over? Or was it smooth?
- Pretty smooth. I just promised myself after 2018 that I would follow my sports path until ... (laughs) I decided that I would go until I started crawling on ice, until I stopped altogether. So I'm honest with myself, I did everything I could, squeezed everything out of myself, the maximum, and tried even more, but I didn't squeeze out more. That is why I am here with you now. And you will hear me there [at the Olympics], see you. So who knows what will happen to us in the future - I will say this.
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last part:
Come on, we know the very near future - we will sum up the results of the competition, everything is quite simple with this.
-Yes, I agree.
Let me remind you that we are now playing a T-shirt from the Zasport company, and the three options that we offer Zhenya were selected by the preliminary jury: the sashimi jump, the jerboa jump, and now, apparently, the guys wanted to please us all, the Ozon-zon-zon jump .
-It seems to me that Ozon-zon-zon is suitable for some element that is not a jump. Something like a "spread eagle", or on ...
spins, right?
-Yes, some kind of spins, as if you are zon-zon-zon (rotates with a finger). Let's choose Ozon-zon-zon because that's such an interesting use for this new term in figure skating. I think it's more of a spin, but I like it.
We chose Tofu Jump and Ozon-zon-zon.
-Yes!
Julia won, we can congratulate her.
- Julia, congratulations! Your word will be called a new element in figure skating.
At least in our little world that we all create today. Julia, if you can hear me, I hope you can hear me - you now have a coupon in the corner of the screen. Please click on it, the coupon will fly to your basket and you can use it to get the prize we talked about. Well, it seems to me that we are great. Prizes were handed out, many interesting things were discussed.
- It was productive.
Now it is important to spend two more days before leaving for Beijing so that nothing happens. How many things will you take with you?
-Lots of. Tomorrow I will receive the rest of the equipment. I already have huge suitcases, and there will be more. Most likely, I will have three suitcases with me.
They say that it is very cold everywhere, and you need to take warm clothes, thermal underwear and other things with you.
- Minus seventeen or eighteen ...
The temperature outside is not so important, the main thing is that it is cold in all rooms. Apparently, they ventilate intensively so that no one gets infected. Therefore, it will be necessary to walk in warm clothes all the time.
- It's good that I warned you in time, I didn't know about it. I will take with me [warm clothes]
Well, I have the sixth Olympics, I'm already ... Lord, what a nightmare!
-Why is it a nightmare?
No, of course it's cool. It’s just that I once dreamed about one Olympics, like you about winning the World Championships, and here it’s really the sixth. But four years since the Olympics in Pyeongchang somehow quickly passed.
-Yes, very fast, it's just something incredible. It seems that everything happened last year, but now it's winter again, I look back - four years have passed, four! Not two or three, but four. This is completely mind-boggling.
In general, soon we will go with Evgenia Medvedeva to Beijing. We will work for you on Channel One. Zhenya, I hope, will become one of the best commentators in history.
-Yes, I'm going to treat my vocal cords, friends. I'm sure everything will be great. So keep yourself safe, stay healthy, drink hot tea, which is what I'm going to do now, and I'll see you there in Beijing.
Yes, 100% it will. Friends, let's thank Evgenia Medvedev. Two-time world champion, winner of two Olympic silver medals, an excellent TV presenter and aspiring commentator…
-And the owner of triple Tofu.
Triple Tofu and Ozon-zon-zon, as we found out. In my opinion, everything turned out very nice, well. I came here not understanding how it would all happen. We haven't spoken so sincerely for a long time. The last time, remember, just when you tried to squeeze this maximum out of yourself, when your skate broke ...
-Ah, at the Russian Championship then ...
Yes, at the Russian Championships and there for seven minutes we [talked]
-You know better than anyone what state I was in then. But the main thing is that now everything is super, on the positive!
We have more comments, which, by the way, are also very much asked to read. Let's look at them now. It is quite possible that ... Yeah, here - everyone says “thanks for broadcasting”, “Hurrah!”, “Cool interview” to you. Thank you, friends, for such a reaction.
-Thank you for watching, there were a lot of people online today.
Yes, it's nice that there are so many people. Your name attracts them, I think. Probably, even if you were silent all this hour, people would still be ready to look at it.
Here is the comment “you have a wonderful speech” - Margarita Evgenievna praises you.
-Thanks a lot! I'm really trying.
By the way, do you specialize in your speech?
- Now, unfortunately, less often. But in everyday life I try to control every sound, every word. And I ask friends and relatives to inform me if the letter “R” slips through me, to talk about it immediately. This makes me very angry, but I continue to follow it. This is the kind of self-discipline I have. Because we see each other here, we see each other there, it's great, cool, but sometimes I have to pull myself together and take care of myself.
Since we have already handed out prizes from Zasport, tell me - do you often wear these clothes, do you work with them a lot?
- Now I save these clothes for the main, for the main work. Very pleasant fabrics, my favorite jacket, so blue, with pockets, with a mask and with a hood - so soft, pleasant for the body. In general, I really liked this collection. It can be seen that a lot of love was invested, people wanted to make it beautiful and of high quality. So I am pleasantly surprised, and everything new is in a suitcase, in bags. These clothes are already waiting to be sent to Beijing. And after Beijing, I will wear all this more often, go to different places in these clothes, show off these things.
And you did not take part in the creation of the design of this collection?
-No, I didn't participate.
Would you be interested?
-Probably at the moment it's too high level for me. I feel like I just can't do it. This is a big responsibility, and this is not an area in which I could do something professionally. But the collection is really beautiful, I really like it.
Self-critical Eugenia ...
- No, I'm just a realist (laughs).
Friends, there were 27 thousand of you today. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
-Thanks a lot.
Thank you for your kind words, thank you for being with us. See you soon, on Channel One. Evgenia Medvedeva, Pavel Zanozin, thank you for your attention, good luck to everyone.
Come on, we know the very near future - we will sum up the results of the competition, everything is quite simple with this.
-Yes, I agree.
Let me remind you that we are now playing a T-shirt from the Zasport company, and the three options that we offer Zhenya were selected by the preliminary jury: the sashimi jump, the jerboa jump, and now, apparently, the guys wanted to please us all, the Ozon-zon-zon jump .
-It seems to me that Ozon-zon-zon is suitable for some element that is not a jump. Something like a "spread eagle", or on ...
spins, right?
-Yes, some kind of spins, as if you are zon-zon-zon (rotates with a finger). Let's choose Ozon-zon-zon because that's such an interesting use for this new term in figure skating. I think it's more of a spin, but I like it.
We chose Tofu Jump and Ozon-zon-zon.
-Yes!
Julia won, we can congratulate her.
- Julia, congratulations! Your word will be called a new element in figure skating.
At least in our little world that we all create today. Julia, if you can hear me, I hope you can hear me - you now have a coupon in the corner of the screen. Please click on it, the coupon will fly to your basket and you can use it to get the prize we talked about. Well, it seems to me that we are great. Prizes were handed out, many interesting things were discussed.
- It was productive.
Now it is important to spend two more days before leaving for Beijing so that nothing happens. How many things will you take with you?
-Lots of. Tomorrow I will receive the rest of the equipment. I already have huge suitcases, and there will be more. Most likely, I will have three suitcases with me.
They say that it is very cold everywhere, and you need to take warm clothes, thermal underwear and other things with you.
- Minus seventeen or eighteen ...
The temperature outside is not so important, the main thing is that it is cold in all rooms. Apparently, they ventilate intensively so that no one gets infected. Therefore, it will be necessary to walk in warm clothes all the time.
- It's good that I warned you in time, I didn't know about it. I will take with me [warm clothes]
Well, I have the sixth Olympics, I'm already ... Lord, what a nightmare!
-Why is it a nightmare?
No, of course it's cool. It’s just that I once dreamed about one Olympics, like you about winning the World Championships, and here it’s really the sixth. But four years since the Olympics in Pyeongchang somehow quickly passed.
-Yes, very fast, it's just something incredible. It seems that everything happened last year, but now it's winter again, I look back - four years have passed, four! Not two or three, but four. This is completely mind-boggling.
In general, soon we will go with Evgenia Medvedeva to Beijing. We will work for you on Channel One. Zhenya, I hope, will become one of the best commentators in history.
-Yes, I'm going to treat my vocal cords, friends. I'm sure everything will be great. So keep yourself safe, stay healthy, drink hot tea, which is what I'm going to do now, and I'll see you there in Beijing.
Yes, 100% it will. Friends, let's thank Evgenia Medvedev. Two-time world champion, winner of two Olympic silver medals, an excellent TV presenter and aspiring commentator…
-And the owner of triple Tofu.
Triple Tofu and Ozon-zon-zon, as we found out. In my opinion, everything turned out very nice, well. I came here not understanding how it would all happen. We haven't spoken so sincerely for a long time. The last time, remember, just when you tried to squeeze this maximum out of yourself, when your skate broke ...
-Ah, at the Russian Championship then ...
Yes, at the Russian Championships and there for seven minutes we [talked]
-You know better than anyone what state I was in then. But the main thing is that now everything is super, on the positive!
We have more comments, which, by the way, are also very much asked to read. Let's look at them now. It is quite possible that ... Yeah, here - everyone says “thanks for broadcasting”, “Hurrah!”, “Cool interview” to you. Thank you, friends, for such a reaction.
-Thank you for watching, there were a lot of people online today.
Yes, it's nice that there are so many people. Your name attracts them, I think. Probably, even if you were silent all this hour, people would still be ready to look at it.
Here is the comment “you have a wonderful speech” - Margarita Evgenievna praises you.
-Thanks a lot! I'm really trying.
By the way, do you specialize in your speech?
- Now, unfortunately, less often. But in everyday life I try to control every sound, every word. And I ask friends and relatives to inform me if the letter “R” slips through me, to talk about it immediately. This makes me very angry, but I continue to follow it. This is the kind of self-discipline I have. Because we see each other here, we see each other there, it's great, cool, but sometimes I have to pull myself together and take care of myself.
Since we have already handed out prizes from Zasport, tell me - do you often wear these clothes, do you work with them a lot?
- Now I save these clothes for the main, for the main work. Very pleasant fabrics, my favorite jacket, so blue, with pockets, with a mask and with a hood - so soft, pleasant for the body. In general, I really liked this collection. It can be seen that a lot of love was invested, people wanted to make it beautiful and of high quality. So I am pleasantly surprised, and everything new is in a suitcase, in bags. These clothes are already waiting to be sent to Beijing. And after Beijing, I will wear all this more often, go to different places in these clothes, show off these things.
And you did not take part in the creation of the design of this collection?
-No, I didn't participate.
Would you be interested?
-Probably at the moment it's too high level for me. I feel like I just can't do it. This is a big responsibility, and this is not an area in which I could do something professionally. But the collection is really beautiful, I really like it.
Self-critical Eugenia ...
- No, I'm just a realist (laughs).
Friends, there were 27 thousand of you today. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
-Thanks a lot.
Thank you for your kind words, thank you for being with us. See you soon, on Channel One. Evgenia Medvedeva, Pavel Zanozin, thank you for your attention, good luck to everyone.
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Thank you for your hard work at translation.
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Thank you very much for the translation! Always a delight to read her interviews
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Evgenia looking beautiful in Beijing.
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I’d love to read/hear a translation!!
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maybe it's better to watch than to listen here:
here you need to go to YouTube on the link to view
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it was a screen capture (the video is protected from direct download), so the quality suffered a little.
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