Another interview that answers at least 1 question:
http://www.sport-express.ru/figure-s...eviews/908793/
- Why, by the way, you have refused to participate in the "Grand Prix"?
- Because I want to perform at the championship of Russia, has selected a team and go to the championship of Europe and the world. If you act in two stages of "Grand Prix" and everything goes well, then added a third start - finale. And he was in December. That is, once there is a risk not to have time to recover for the national championship. And you want to prepare for this competition is good. Therefore, we decided to take just one step, "Grand Prix" - in Moscow. In addition, I will deliver a speech at the Japan Open and the tournament in Saransk. Perhaps, speaking in some stages of the Cup of Russia.
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Entire interview, Google translated:
ADELINA SOTNIKOVA, "I REALLY WANTED TO COME BACK"
- When an athlete for one reason or another season passes and plunges into the "other" non-sporting life, the biggest challenge for him becomes again to shove himself in "sports" framework. You even recovering from injury, and then, speaking of shows on television, every day coming to the rink, without taking the opportunity to relax completely of ice. Is figure skating to the extent you hold firmly continued?
- Relax, I just had time - in those months, she was injured and could not ride. And even then I did not have enough ice and traditional way of life. I continued to come to the rink, coached little scared little children and missed the days when she skated. Despite this return to the "big" ice is now still hard. Too long time there was no competition.
- But you were in public quite a lot: riding in all kinds of shows, danced in the television project, and even sang on stage. Against this background, open to the press exercise is at least some excitement? Or is it just a regular working time?
- Working time. It is clear that this training will come many, including the leaders of the Federation of figure skating. But any serious examination, I still do not take this training. Is that unusual to be a lot of people. We at the rink this happens infrequently.
- But work on the most difficult jumps and cascades you start late enough - it said many times your coach Elena Buyanova. A world of information is such that shown to the public in the "raw" state, you can immediately get a wave of comments on Internet forums in style: "Help, a nightmare, Adeline does not jump."
- Oh, it's a common thing.
- Would you say that they have become sufficiently "thick-skinned" to respond to things like this seriously?
- Maybe, yes. Nothing new since these people do not write a review. I know what my plans for the season, what kind of work needs to be done, so I see no reason to react.
- A year ago, you told me in an interview that would not want to get away from the big sport as left Tara Lipinski. We are trying to understand why she left? Why just at the time of his retirement after the Olympic Games Oksana Baiul, Sarah Hughes?
- I think I understand now it is much better than before. After the Games in Sochi me for a long time I had a feeling that all of its power and emotion, I left out there in the "iceberg." It seems it took a long time, and you go out on the ice - in a sense that you are absolutely exhausted. Blank. When I realized that this is happening to me for so long, really scared. Because do not understand: what next? Just even in that state, I can not imagine my future life without sports. Everything that was happening around - invitations, meetings, shows - it was all wrong. That's why I tried myself out of this emptiness pull in all possible ways.
- And when he felt that finally get out?
- Last fall, when there were problems with the ankle. We have started the season, we went rolling, I even managed to perform in Sochi at some tournament. The leg hurt, but not to such an extent that attach great importance to this. And when the injury occurred, I had the feeling that all my life had collapsed. And I longed to return. Even really wanted.
- What you have to miss the entire season, it was not immediately clear. What is it - over and over again to go back to training, repair and jumping over and over again to feel that pain comes back?
- It was awful really. Sometimes I start to think that the foot will now always sick. From this really give up. Even when the work was normal, I subconsciously waiting for another "hole" into which Ruhnu. I understand that psychologically unlikely'll be able to withstand a few months of treatment. It helped, oddly enough, a dance project.
- How do you then washed dice on figurnokatatelnyh forums: "It hurts leg, and she heels!"
- Firstly, I always worked in a special bandage. Just I put on it, not because his ankle still hurt, but just in order to avoid even the slightest risk of injury. Itself is also very closely monitor the situation. If you felt at least a minor leg fatigue, immediately said partner "Hleb, now working without heels." And we danced in sneakers or even barefoot.
So it happened that I was dancing every day quietly pumped leg. Plus - a lot of work on it in the hall at CSKA. And after three months and I forgot to think about what I used to be a bad leg.
- Harness the dancing floor was hard?
- I immediately took a dislike to the foxtrot. Probably because this was the first dance. Hleb, remember, I began to show me the steps, and I repeated after him and gloomy thought, "Well, Adeline, you have got ...". Although the overall emotion of the project were only positive. Sometimes I miss dancing.
- Stay in the sport you are offering?
- Offer constantly. All the guys are professional dancers who participated in the project were surprised that I was so quickly grasp movement. Let not everything is perfect in terms of ball training, but very accurately indeed.
- Frankly, I did not expect that close without hesitation let you go in the world of show business.
- I myself, to be honest, I did not understand where to hit. I thought everything, like in sports: everything honestly and clearly. It turned out there has its own laws. But do not worry, it was a good experience.
- Crying in the course of the project you had?
- Was the case. But not because we lost Gleb. And due to the fact that for a long time nothing happened, and I'm too tired. We worked something we do very much - a few hours a day. It's really hard work. Firstly, dances require a completely different posture. We all - fans hunch: grouping of the same jump requires a "round" back. Can not imagine how many times in the three months I have heard from Gleb: "Back!"
When training for a few hours pass on his heels, not used to start a wildly sick paw feet. At first I just creep up to the rink after rehearsals. Created more complexity and the fact that the dance - a permanent joint motion, which must not only concentrate on what you are doing for yourself, but also on the movements of a partner. In fact, I only realized this project as hard dance beautifully. I was sure that it is much easier.
- Just remember popular among skaters saying: "I do not know how to jump - go to the dance."
- Now I do not think so. Even when something appears from the very simple, it does not mean that you will manage to easily do it again.
- You left this season, last year's free program Malade . Why is that?
- I like her very much. I think that has not shown it as the program deserves. She's very beautiful. And I want the audience to see it is not in the show, namely the competition. I began to behave differently in the program feel more understand it. I like to listen to the words, the music flowing through itself, and not to go from element to element.
- A famous coach said in this regard that if a skater comes to quad "in the image" that will leave it out of this jump, lying on his back.
- It's true. I have the same happened. You go, gave music, so all cool, and then - bang! And sitting on the priest.
- About to complicate their jumps, do you think?
- While in theory. Before you take on greater complexity, it would be good to bring to mind the cascades "lutz-toe" and "flip-coat." They is not always obtained. Lutz and flip I jump too "up". From this lost speed on landing and toe does not work as it should. So, we need to try to do the same with a span lutz. So as I was able to carry out the jump at the Olympics. Prior to this ideal "lutz-toe" I had only once, at the junior "Grand Prix" in Austria in 2010. Then I remember, even thought that finally understood how to jump this stage. But that was the end for many years.
That is what we are now up and running. Although occasionally I certainly think, and also about the triple axel.
- Alexei Mishin said not so long ago that the successful jumping axel able only those athletes who started to develop that jump back in the junior age.
- I jumped when rolled in juniors, and I have several times successfully even get to travel. Just then I was not scared the jump. And now, probably will.
- Why?
- The process itself is difficult: you have to learn again to build a path, perform an unusual rotation. Scary do not jump. A badly injured falling again - the only thing that really scares.
- What, by the way, you seem more real - to master the triple axel, a quadruple toe loop, or?
- The difference between the jumps are not so great. In this and in another case needs an extra turn. Just the word "quadruple" brings to mind a sense of, "Oh-oh-oh! Quadruple!"
- Do you think the coach is now easier to work with you than it was before the Olympics?
- In some ways, perhaps, more difficult. We'll have to teach me because again compete to pull out of competitive "stupor." If it had not missed a year, it would have been easier. And now I could decently rusty, what it is - to fight for the victory.
- I understand what makes you so worried in the competition before the Olympics - after all each of your performance depended not only on your personal results, but also the ability to pay for treatment of a loved one. What scares you now?
- Just really do not want to fall down. Yes, I realize that I have a gold medal of the Olympics, a lot of medals from other competitions, no one I did not take, but ... I understand very clearly that I can not - down. I do not want - down. I want to keep the level that has reached. I want to stay on top. And for this you just need to practice. Lots and lots of work on yourself - and everything will be fine.
- In Moscow, you are still living under the care of my mother?
- Yes.
- I do not want more freedom?
- My freedom was not particularly limited. There is no such that "sit at home and do what I say." In the subway, I do not go with the same time as the start and got the right to drive a car, I have a cautious driver and tidy, so for me, you should not worry.
- How well you felt you ready for the season?
- 50. Interest is already doing all the jumps, but they are, of course, is not reduced to such a level as it was before the Games in Sochi. But I'm in no hurry. In the end, I have three and a half years.
- Here it is - a real psychology of an Olympic champion! You begin to think not in years, but four years?
- Why not? But seriously, I just know that the process of return may not be very smooth. I may, I'll admit some mistakes. And it is necessary to treat it safely.
- Why, by the way, you have refused to participate in the "Grand Prix"?
- Because I want to perform at the championship of Russia, has selected a team and go to the championship of Europe and the world. If you act in two stages of "Grand Prix" and everything goes well, then added a third start - finale. And he was in December. That is, once there is a risk not to have time to recover for the national championship. And you want to prepare for this competition is good. Therefore, we decided to take just one step, "Grand Prix" - in Moscow. In addition, I will deliver a speech at the Japan Open and the tournament in Saransk. Perhaps, speaking in some stages of the Cup of Russia.
- In America you went this summer as part of a sponsorship contract?
- Actually, my mother went to rest. We spent a week in Los Angeles, where I invited my partner dance show. Gleb lives there with his family and offered us my mother to call on him, to see the city, to visit Disneyland, dancing in the show. The second week we spent in Miami. Just so happened that the firm with which I have a contract, after learning that I'm in Miami, I have arranged for an advertising photo shoot. So I managed very successfully to combine work and leisure.
- Previously, you have repeatedly said that to you no matter what go on the ice. This year you have put a variety of designers. Do not changed its attitude to the clothes?
- If we talk about the process of choosing the costumes, I am wedged in with his opinion much more active. Of course many things I now look different. At home I have a lot of old photos, I sometimes see them and was horrified to think, "I'm in such a way on the ice? And people looked at me and saw that?"
- Favorite clothes do you have?
- Of those that ride - black, which we did for the program Malade . And from a simple dress - red on the floor. I bought it after the Games, when she was on holiday in France. I remember, I went to the store and saw the dress on a hanger, and even came up immediately. He is standing, staring at him and thought: "Probably not my size. Maybe too long. I guess I do not fit on a style, or will fail to sit." And when still plucked up courage and decided to try on, I realized that it - absolutely mine. And style, and color and everything. Still very much like the dress in which I was at the wedding of Tanya and Maxim.
- Since it is you caught the bridal bouquet, soon, I believe, have skaters will dance at your wedding.
- Ah, yet not before. But the ceremony was incredibly moving and beautiful - many even cried. It was an incredible feeling. I looked at Tanya and Max and I thought: "Here it is, a true love! And we, fools, suffer, that some Lutz can not jump!".
