Maria SOTSKOVA - poetry on ice

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Maria Sotskova: "I looked at the fashion instagram Grisha Smirnov - and decided to have a glamorous pink"

Russian figure skater fifteen years, this year she graduated from high school, but to defend the honor in international competitions of the country it will not get used. At such a young age it is sensible, restrained in the estimates and reflects quite grown-up, though, of course, still a young girl, with all the inherent interests. A few hours before the start Mary Sotskova at the World Junior Championships in Debrecen, we offer you an interview of the Russian figure skater in which she spoke about the hard daily routine at the end of the season, about the difficulties of preparation for the feast, and about their hobbies.

- Youth Olympic Games have become the most challenging tournament in your life?

- Maybe not in life, but in this season - just. After a brief to be the eighth - very hard. Another day break, I felt awful. I understand that you need to get in the top three without options. But rivals are strong, it is not clear yet how I skated - pull yourself together or not.

- And yet you made an incredible jump from eighth to second - quite a feat.

- Actually, no deed was not just an arbitrary done everything that depended on me. We Pauline arbitrary - one of the strongest on the juniors, so we always recoup after a short, in pure skating, of course.

- In any case, it is not so easy to set up yourself and come up with a clear head after a ...

- Stupid mistakes, yes (smiling). This rotation I stood in the end arbitrary. I, of course, a very long time came ... Actually, not very well remember myself at that time, so I was uncomfortable the whole situation, I wanted to skate as soon as possible arbitrary and forget about these starts. In principle, the program has performed well, but still has blots, and score 116 points - it's not enough for me. When I came out after rolling into the locker room, the coach said to me: "Now wait." Ahead was even an entire workout, I sat there and was so worried that even did not go to the podium, because it was very hard.

- At the end of the Games were the mixed team competition, for which you did not get because of the drawing of lots.Probably not very upset about this, because longer able to rest?


- In general, it was interesting. On the one hand, I was not very pleased, that did not get - wanted to speak, maybe take another medal. On the other hand, I understand that I have no strength, and skate at the proper level, I could not.


- What these games do you remember most?

- Good and warm ambience. After the start, all were much friendlier and more sociable. We met new people. We had a special place, where we were going, and playing different board games. Usually after everything starts quickly collect suitcases, anybody especially with no one talking and leaving. And this time we had three or four days, we all talked together went somewhere.

- Do you now is the final stage of preparation. What does have to give?

- Now almost all the time I spend at the rink. Moral fully customized to work, I do not want anything to distract - or for a walk or something else. Now I just exercise and a school. I come home and I'll do my homework or thinking about starting. Right now I want to enjoy the atmosphere of the competition.

- Tell us a little more detail, what it consists of your day.

- For seven or eight in the morning I go to warm up, then about an hour - the ice, try to ride 45 minutes to make it as close as possible to the conditions which will be at the tournament. A short break, the ice again, followed by choreography or PFD.Then, in the region of three in the afternoon I go to school, a few hours training, then do my homework at home and sleep.

- Spartan schedule. In correspondence with the emotions remain friends?

- Yes. I also communicate with other kids who go to the world. Of course, we are all a little tense right now, getting ready, we want to perform well, with peace of mind to close the season.

- You always adjusts, renounce all?

- Usually not just the start - most likely the last major of the season, while still in charge, so I want to speak very good, good to skate and do everything not worse than in the beginning of the season.

- At the beginning you have a very well turned out - won two Grand Prix. But the finale in Barcelona you can hardly remain satisfied?


- In principle, I can be happy. An arbitrary skated very well, and silver - too bad. It is clear that there is only one place, but apparently at the moment I am weak.

- This season is for you - a constant struggle with Pauline Tsurskoy. Do not get bored that almost all tournaments, the same rival?

- No, I just want to have to win, but, apparently, I'm not ready. I do not know what it is connected, but it turns out that it is always superior to me. In any case, when we are on foreign competition or the championship of Russia, we are as close to each other is estimated.

"For about a month before the tournament start thinking, what should I wear to the banquet" retweet

- Championship will be held in Debrecen. There will be time to see the city?

- Yes, on the first day after arrival we have time for a stroll. And the next day - already exercise, and go somewhere I personally do not want to, usually a rest in the hotel. During the launch, of course, not going anywhere, and after the event in the evening to collect things, and flying the next day.

- So, shopping only on the first day?

- Normally, I go to the shops on the first day, but if something like it, buy after the starts, I do not like to do it before the race.

- Banquets - an integral part of the international tournaments. How much time killing the choice of dresses and make-up?

- For about a month before the tournament starts to think, "So what should I wear to the banquet? If anything does not fit - go to the store. It so happens that before a banquet put on a dress and realize: "Oh my God, that I took with me ?!" persuade yourself to put it on, I go, and then I do not say it - very cool and everyone liked it. Make-up - all this in general is difficult. I can make up, I do not like it, will cleanse everything and start anew. In general, it's very difficult, so at least for the start of training, even for the feast begin two hours, three.

- Do you like to take pictures?

- Well, it's my not very successful, but take pictures when I'm ready, why not?

- Participated in the photo shoots?

- Yes, for a sports magazine. I'm a little late, so I quickly make up, quickly picked up something from the clothing, and somehow got all crumpled. But still it was a very interesting experience, I liked it.

- You have two instagrama, one of them "pink". What's an idea?

- I moved into a new apartment, I have there white-pink room, and I'm really addicted to pink. Everyone says I'm crazy, that they are already sick of my pink, but I do not care. I post the pictures there, which she did, there is not one picture. I thought, why not? At the same Grisha Smirnov very trendy instagram , all in one color, cool pictures, but I do not like my own, so I decided to create here is a glamorous option .

- Realize that you have a public person?

- Oh sure. I understand that you should always look good, be well dressed, speak correctly and beautifully, beautifully behave, and social networks too. Although many of our skaters lay out everything, and they nobody says anything.

- You closed "VKontakte". So many posts?

- In fact, after the Olympic Games in Sochi, a great many people were added to the Friends of only one request - to acquaint them with Julia or Adeline (Lipnitskaya and Sotnikova - ed..). The day has come for a thousand applications such messages.It seems that two years have passed since the Games, but people still can not calm down, they write, so I closed the message.

- Look, but now all communication is in social networks. Here you will want to meet a great guy, and you have a page is closed.

- When you send a request to friends, then you can write a message (smiles).

- Did you really read them?

- Oh sure! However, when I do not have time, and applications in a lot of friends, I was just looking at the names. Sometimes accidentally I reject requests from friends, and then they have to find and add. But anyway, I got used to communicate and get to know in life, because the Internet is still dangerous, it is not clear who is behind this account. Always I communicate only with your friends, and you do not always know if it says your friend to you, or a hacked page. I am for live communication!

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Evgenia gives me a similar feeling of dreamy and nostalgic beauty when I watch her skate.

For me, real beauty in skating comes with age and experience. Evgenia is very talented but is still developing artistry. I don't see her on the same level as skaters like Mao Asada and Carolina Kostner.
 

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Interview with Maria Sotskova and new head coach Elena Vodorezova Buyanova (both her new programs are pieces composed by Alfred Schnittke): http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/ind...lades-interview-with-sotskova-buyanova.98647/
Excerpts:
The LP was choreographed by Peter Tchernyshev, the SP by Nikita Mikhailov. It happened the LP is a continuation of the SP. In short - in the SP am in a cocoon, trying to get out but it's hard. Hence the contemporary moves, which we are working on now and polishing with the team choreographer Irina Tagaeva. The LP is easy and light - the cocoon becomes a butterfly, she flies.
On her coaching change:
It was not a spontaneous decision, but one I thought a lot about. It was a hard break up, but that's the path I chose. Besides the conditions in Novokosino became worse - the amount of ice remained the same, but there are a lot of new guys. Skating with 13-14 other kids on the same ice is really hard. So I left Svetlana Panova not because I was not comfortable with her as a coach. She is a great specialist and I'm grateful for all she done for me. I left because of the conditions. No matter how amazing the coach is you can't do anything without practicing conditions.
 

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Voice recording of the meeting can be found here https://yadi.sk/d/kxp6UhWLtAKNn
Pics (if vk links doesn't work) https://m.fotki.yandex.ru/users/mihsersh/albums/525410
News report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybMZcVjl62o

Maria Sotskova met with fans at the park Reutov google translated
http://proreutov.ru/news/2016/07/11/4355

On Sunday, in a city park held a meeting with residents of Reutov vice-champion of the Second Winter Youth Olympic Games Figure Skating Junior World Championship and 2016 reutovchankoy Maria Sotskova.

The meeting brought together several dozen reutovchan. Maria told me about himself, shared experience and communicate with the audience and answer their questions.

- Figure skating - a difficult sport, like any other, perhaps, - said the skater. - My first successful performances took place at the age of five or six years. Since three years, I wake up at six or seven in the morning and takes up to nine. I do a little break, and then training again. But I do not regret the fact that my parents sent me to figure skating. No sport would be boring to live.

With such a busy schedule of training the young athlete was difficult to combine studies. Sometimes Mary went to school in the breaks between sessions, but then switched to home schooling and became involved with tutors. Because childhood friends and appeared only at the rink, although, according to Masha, ice time to talk is much less than in the school.

He told about the athlete and the Olympic Games. There she was struck by the atmosphere of friendliness and warmth, all we supported each other, in spite of the rigid competition in the arenas.

Citizens questioned skater not only about sports - favorite items for performances costumes, training, competitions, competition. Here is how Maria answered the question remains whether she had time for personal life:

- I have a day off - Saturday and half of Sunday. Not only, but this is enough to me. My personal life - it's figure skating.

But all is not always smooth, sometimes failure unsettle, and then there is a momentary desire to "drop everything":

- There are times when something does not work in training. Coach scolds. And then suddenly flashed a thought: "Maybe we should have to go to school, stop wasting time on horseback?". But then everything starts to turn, it becomes better and better. And I understand that I can not live without it.

By Mary opinion, figure skating - it is an art rather than a sport. Athlete "submits himself" on the ice, and then you need to go out and immediately grab the attention of viewers. At the same time we must not forget about the elements, they play an important role - put points mainly due to the technique. But here it is necessary to adhere to the golden mean: pile of jumps and spins without the necessary supply will not be evaluated by the judges.

Skater asked what emotion she feels when the last time the program rolls back?

- This is a small regret, because the more I'm not going to roll this program to speeches. However, it is a relief - no longer need to be again and again to fulfill it in training. Everything new is always better than the old one, it pleases.

His idols of Mary called the Italian skater, five times European champion Carolina Kostner and Canadian figure skater, three-time world champion Patrick Chan.

At the request of reutovchan vice-champion of the Olympic Games among juniors shared her recipe for success:

- Success - is work. A lot of training and work in any kind of activity, not only in figure skating - and all must succeed.

Summer for skaters - the off-season, but the work does not stop. In September rentals will begin, during which representatives of the Federation of figure skating will assess the level of training of athletes. From November to start the competition.

Since this season Sotskova Maria will go to the next level - will start to train with adults. She plans to take part in the Winter Olympics in 2018, but it needs to fully open up the new for her "adult" level. Thinking aloud about plans for the more distant future, the skater said she would like to become a coach - she already has some experience work with children, and she likes it.

During the meeting, the screen showed a record figure skater performances at the Olympic Games in Norway, the World Junior Championships and the Grand Prix Final in Japan. Finally gathered photographed with a runner-up at the memory.

At our request, the impressions of communication with Maria Sotskova shared reutovchanin Ruslan:

- I really liked it. I am proud of the fact that many famous people living in Reutov. I want to know more about such talents as Maria. In recent years, our city spend a lot of interesting and useful activities, today's meeting with world-class athletes - among them.

According to the deputy director of the Youth cultural and leisure center Polina Konysheva, this meeting - the first of a series of events of this kind. Thus the head of the city realized the idea of Sergei Yurov spend outdoors regular meetings with interesting and outstanding people of our city.
 
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More practice pics (off ice):
https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mihsersh/album/530328/view/1447732
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or here and just click through the album
https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mihsersh/album/530328/view/1447732
 

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Video interview with Maria Sotskova by Mihail Sharov, who visited Buyanova's group few days ago
It's in Russian but it contains few parts of her new programs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySRkM3Wd0y0&feature=youtu.be

Short summary:
- YOG was a highlight of the last season for her
- It was her decision to leave Panova during this off-season, it didn't took long to get used to new coaching team, they're in good relationship with Buyanova
- She understands that SS and lack of speed are her weaknesses, so they worked on it each day during the summer
- She doesn't know about participating at some B events yet, they will decide after the test skates
- She's happy with her Gran-Prix assignments as France is not far from Moscow and Japan is her favorite country
We already know her music for SP and FP (both to Schnittke) from this interview http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/ind...lades-interview-with-sotskova-buyanova.98647/
 

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The feed died just as she started.
Here's a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNuEvJZCqkk includes just the footwork, flip, and 2a. It is being reported that she put a hand down on her lutz and only a 2t.

Looks like she changed her footwork sequence, pity cause I liked the original. Well she did get a personal best in PCS by over a point so its a start
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Ondrej Nepela LP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKYfH-bFP0w
Another personal best in PCS, FS total, and total overall :cheer2:
Feed was bad again today.

ETA: Ah, protocol shows that she under-rotated the 2nd lutz. So we can possibly expect an even BIGGER score in the future :D

Pics:
LP
https://www.instagram.com/p/BLAGai8D...=mihail_sharov
Podium https://pp.vk.me/c836328/v836328212/...H01L7g7wpw.jpg
https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/m...1/view/1462208
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http://www.fsrussia.ru/images/interv...va/nepela1.jpg

Medal ceremony https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PE3SFh...NMXjmRiGmczarQ

Interview--google translated

Maria Sotskova: "We have to go with confidence and not be afraid to show everything that has gained"

Winner of the Junior World Cup Maria Sotskova won the international tournament «Ondrej Nepela Memorial». This is the first success of the season and figure skater first adult season female athletes. After the speech in Bratislava Maria Sotskova talked correspondent Tatiana Flade.

- Masha, how you evaluate your first performance this season?

- Today I am happy with the performance. Were able to show that the turn out in the offseason - sliding, the emotional pitch and more. In the short program, not all turned out, then we will work harder, so all turned out in the future.

- What kind of mood are you left on long program?

- It turns out, as always, with the intention of standing up to the last, to do everything. Nothing new in preparation was not before the start. Everything is as usual. I am talking to yourself - Customizable as always.

- A few months ago you moved to a different group, to another coach. What has changed in your preparation?

- Work with Elena Germanovna (Buyanova - approx .) Is not much different from working with Svetlana Vladimirovna (Panova - approx .), But still, a new environment, new people, and it makes us work even harder. I'm glad that immediately found a common language with Elena Germanovna, we immediately establish contact. Hopefully, then everything will be better, and only forward.

- Where will the next start?

- I do not know whether we have starts in front of the stages of the Grand Prix. And so I start at the Grand Prix in France.

- What lessons have you learned from the performances in this tournament?

- That you need to skate clean both programs. It is impossible in the short to make mistakes, because the short program - an important stage of any competition. It is necessary to turn out pure skating, and do not be afraid - go confidently and show all that has turned out.

Tatiana Flade, Bratislava
 

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