I was thinking the same - how does he plan to lift her with his back problems. Though there are some lifts where it is more about balance than him lifting her, e.g. him doing the drag and she standing on his leg, or him doing spread eagle and she would stand on his leg - in those lifts the strain on his back may not be as bad if she would be standing on him?
No, Tataurov stopped coaching him last year. Mishin started coaching Gumennik full-time somewhere around the spring of 2016. Not sure exactly when, but the ISU profile was changed in 2016 to reflect only Mishin's name as coach. Tataurov doesn't even work at the same rink as Mishin anymore. Last year during the summer or fall Tataurov moved to the new rink and he has his own coaching group now, consisting of younger skaters.
Cute photo of Annabelle with him and Elena Ilinykh -- skaters seem very aware of fan online chatter.
That is interesting. Because Mishin and his Mishin Camps PR staff marketed Liza Nugumanova as a big star before she officially debuted on the JGP circuit. On the poster advertising Mishin's seminar in Canada in May 2016, they billed her as "a rising phenomenon". When Tatiana Mishina was interviewed after Russian Junior Nationals in 2016, she called little Liza "the next Tuktamysheva". So if what Mishin is saying about Nugumanova's attitude is true, then Mishin himself is part of the cause of it too. I don't know why he didn't see this coming.
I think he doesn't object to the fact that she is a star (although I expected better results than she had this last season, so I wouldn't really call her a star.). The problem may be that the 'fame' got into her head and influenced her behaviour, not the fame on its own. It is also possible that she is going through puberty and that's the reasl reaon for her behaviour...
Yup. Officially the coaching team said she was ill. But Liza herself was posting photos on instagram at the rink. Obviously she was not ill.
Plushenko *was* a star, and that didn't stop him from listening to Mishin.
Plushy's early time was vastly different from today. Not as much distraction and not much hype.
Yeap but it's not the current days kind of distraction and hype. Plushenko for sure didn't go on the internet at age 15 and reply his fans on ask.fm
At the beginning of Plushenko's career. Plushenko earned a lot of money from his early age. After his JWCH title
I don't think Elena would accept a dance beginner. It would take years for him to get to her level, if at all, and she already has two Olympic medals so she is not that desperate for another one.Can you guys imagine if Deputat switches to dance and becomes Elena's partner? That would be really interesting considering the fact that Bobrova is his wife. Not sure if I want to see this happen but his future in pairs isn't as bright anyways...
Can you guys imagine if Deputat switches to dance and becomes Elena's partner? That would be really interesting considering the fact that Bobrova is his wife. Not sure if I want to see this happen but his future in pairs isn't as bright anyways...
Chill. I didn't say he has no future in pairs. I said it's not looking as bright. Not necessarily saying I want Elena and him to be partners either. I spoke of it as an interesting idea or thought... Not an actual they-should-try-and-work-together kind of thing... After her split with K, I wasn't really sure if I wanted to see her skate with anyone else and now that her and Ruslan are apparently done, she should probably just do other things and come back to skating if she gets a partner who can match her star quality.
I agree with the arrogant bit, my sympathy may be also limited, but it is such a waste of talent. Most countries struggle to put together one or two pairs, and yet there are talented males in Russia that are currently not achieving much. Such a waste.
Cute photo of Annabelle with him and Elena Ilinykh -- skaters seem very aware of fan online chatter.
