Slutskaya Article

[R.D.]

An FYI for Irina fans (and skating fans in general- this is another one of those pre-OLY articles).

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/FigureSkating/2005/12/30/1373786-ap.html

"After I was second in the Olympics and won the worlds, I used to think, 'Do I need to skate more? Do I need to work hard? Because I'm just tired,"' she said. "When I got sick, oh my God I wanted to skate. Because I feel I can skate. It was a good lesson for me. A life lesson."

[snip]

"I just love to skate," Slutskaya said, laughing. "I like to be on the ice. I like when people look at me. That's why I'm skating. And I think I like the atmosphere in competition, when you have the stress."