Seems like this interview might be too long to translate into English but I'd be so greatful to anyone kind enough to pick out some highlights
: Comparing Yulia to a Bentley sounds about right :yes:
Ok. Some highlights.
Yulia had a small trauma, really insignificant. It's all good now. He said they went B tournament recently and winning helped to boost Yulia's confidence.
Urmanov praised training conditions and figure skating school in Sochi. There is approximate 120 kids training there under his wings. He added that Yulia is a brand of herself, very well recognized like a Bentley. It is a great help to popularize and attract kids of Sochi and Krasnodar region into figure skating.
Urmanov literally said: you might not believe it but the find mutual understanding and common ground with Yulia in the very second day. On the journalist's question about Yulia's reputation being uneasy and perky he responded that it worth to find a positive side of things and proper way of converting any negativity into beneficial advantage. His own teacher in the past said to him no champion can be made out of "good boy" type. Sport cockiness, spunk and ambitions are very healthy for athlete in his opinion. Athlete should have a temper and can be moody.
TV host quoted Yulia about her being extremely happy to work with Urmanov and valuing understanding with him, she praised for being offered many options to choose from in case of any issues. Urmanov noted importance of feedback and two-way street communication with athlete. He except no less from any of his athletes.
Question about Yulia's free time. Urmanov doubt that Yulia have much free time. But he said she likes walks along the seaside. Her days off they hang together, sometimes she travels with other trainees and their parents around the Sochi. He is thankful to those parents to take Yulia along because he feels that athlete and coach should rest from each other time to time.
Yulia got excited about Skypark bridge in Krasnaya Polyana (valley in the mountains where they had second cluster of sport venues for Olympics) and wanted to try bungy jumping from 207m (621 ft) few months ago. Urmanov talked her out: "let's win a lot of tournaments first".[emoji3] I think it is this one:
http://youtu.be/dRV4vXstCX8 Looks wild! Perhaps we will see Yulia's bungy jumping video soon. Yulia visits her mom often in Moscow. She just spent the whole week in Moscow recently.
TV lady obviously talked with Urmanov's wife Victoria before and she knows that Victoria sees Yulia as another daughter of their family, because Yulia grew up without a dad. Urmanov thanked and noted he always tries to treat his students with warmth. It is pleasant for him to hear. If someone sees him more than just teacher, or even as father figure for Yulia - it's just even better. Yulia and Deniss Vasiljevs getting along just great,.Urmanov "sparing" them against each other every day. Skate off, mini-competition. He gladly approves Yulia having a good relationship and social networking with other Russian girls, despite fierce competition in the ladies fields.
Urmanov lives aways from his family, but they visit him often in Sochi. They planning to move the whole family from St Petersburg. (NB: It's like moving from rainy Portland to Rosarito Beach, heheh). He said it gets lonely sometimes and tough to be away from family. His 2 twin sons tried a lot of different sports, including figure skating and hockey, but there is no substantial plans for them becoming pro-athletes.
Urmanov seems to be thoughtful and philosophical dudsky.
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