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Commentator Andrei Zhurankov shared his opinion about the performances of Russian woman Evgenia Medvedeva after the start of cooperation with Canadian expert Brian Orser.
“Not only Russian fans and journalists, but fans and journalists from all over the world were waiting for Medvedev to retain all the best that she had during the work of Tutberidze, she would add something“ Khanyuvsky, Fernandesovsky, Orserovsky ”, and We will see not just a diamond, but a diamond in a luxurious setting. Everyone thought it would take half a year, and once - a new Eugene. But this did not happen. There are a number of objective reasons for this: change of country, culture, lifestyle, coaching methods, healing of injuries
But how could it be expected that she will perform worse and worse from tournament to tournament?
- No, and the worst thing is that the skating is changing - it has become heavy, straining, tense. This is seen not only by fans, but also by judges. Let's be honest, if such skate shows in France were not shown by Medvedev, but by another skater, you would have received much less points. The train of past high-profile victories still helps her in assessments, and this is deserved. Everyone notes that Zhenya added in the slip. But to add in slip and lose jumps, lightness, power in a reel - is it worth it at once to many? Never in her career did she go out on the ice unprepared. There was no such thing. Even after an injury last season, no one could say that Zhenya was not ready. For her, this is generally a new situation - the loss of jumps.
Is there a reason for losing jumps and lightness?
- Recently I talked to a figure skater from the Russian national team, and she expressed the opinion that his wife lacks ice - she has 45 minutes in the morning and 45 minutes in the evening. In Russia, the Tutberidze group has been working on the ice for an enormous amount of time, and it has always been this way. An hour and a half in the morning, an hour and a half after lunch, there is also an OFP. This is how training is achieved, and it is in ice work. The same is true for almost any coaching group in Russia. She probably lacks ice practice. I'm not sure that Zhenya's organism has been rebuilt under such a regime, and is it rebuilt? She worked all her life in another chart.
Another reason, as another athlete said, is that Orser asked Zhenya to be more feminine, to become a whole feminine kind. Under it was made a new, completely unusual for her cut dresses. Medvedeva said that a nutritionist works with her, and she can eat anything. But what we all saw in France ... It seems that a nutritionist does not cope with his work, and the cut of dresses only emphasizes this. This was especially noticeable in the short program. New music, new image, new dresses and a little bit of a new figure - “wow effect” did not work. People are not blind, everyone sees it. This is not her.
- All her weaknesses began to show clearly?
- Exactly. Who would not say anything about Eteri Georgievna, but she knows how to hide some weaknesses of her wards. This is where the trainer's genius is manifested - to hide the little flaws that everyone has. Tutberidze didn’t just hide these flaws, but turned them into virtues. She always picked up the program, looking for images for her skaters so that they were perfect for them.
Little girls in programs do not look like little girls. That is Tutberidze’s talent, that’s her strength. Suffice it to recall Julia Lipnitskaya and her Schindler's List program. The same thing happened with Medvedeva. Her programs have always been organic and fit the wife. And now we see a Russian girl in the American style. And it does not look. For such a program, Ashley Wagner is needed, she performs this great, ”says Zhurankov
