Samokhvalov's interview with Nina Mozer

[Sylvia]

March 7, 2021:

Нина Мозер: эти трештокеры говорят как Эллочка-людоедка

Заслуженный тренер России Нина Мозер вернулась в активной работе в России, чтобы выиграть Олимпийские игры 2026 года. Специалист, чьи фигуристы добывали медали... РИА Новости Спорт, 07.03.2021

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[hanca]

March 7, 2021:

Нина Мозер: эти трештокеры говорят как Эллочка-людоедка

Заслуженный тренер России Нина Мозер вернулась в активной работе в России, чтобы выиграть Олимпийские игры 2026 года. Специалист, чьи фигуристы добывали медали... РИА Новости Спорт, 07.03.2021

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The pears of wisdom from Mozer!

It’s a pity that she didn’t discuss in more details her plans to be at the Olympics 2026. Russian media reported that she apparently will have her own group with two senior pairs and one junior pair. One of the senior pairs is Pepeleva/Pleshkov, but no one knows who will be the junior pair and the other senior pair. (She did say that it will not be Tarasova/Morozov). There are many speculations about this other senior pair. Maybe Sviatchenko with a new partner? In regard to the junior pair, I do hope it won’t be Mukhortova/Evgeneev. (Unfortunately, Mozer likes them, which is not really good news! I would prefer M/E to continue with their current coaches rather than with Mozer.)

 

[Sylvia]

I was interested in what Mozer had to say about her consultant role with the USA pairs - many thanks to @TAHbKA for translating this part at my request:

AS: What about your numerous foreign projects?
NM: It's a different story. Am a consultant. In order to remain the top coach you have to keep up, feel the way the sport is developing, try out new things. It's important. So every year in the ISU seminars am looking for the new ways for figure skating not to stagnate. Am an innovator. I understood should I step away from figure skating completely the odds to come back would be low. Hence I decided to consult the foreign teams. That way I remained a top coach, felt the air of the competition. That way you become a coach who might show some result.

AS: Do Cain-Gribble/LeDuc have a chance to medal?
NM: A tough question. I can say so about people who I work on the daily basis with and not just consult twice a week. It's hard for me to say whether they have a chance to medal or not. The other USA team is kind of a deja-vu for me. A challenge. Because they teamed up in May.

AS: You mean the national champions Knierim/Frazier?
NM: Yes. It's an interesting case for me. They first started skating 10 months before thye would be going to the Worlds. I am now starting working with the Russians using my USA experience, hence I have a lot of new preparation schemes. The fashion changes, the elements, the time, and the skaters need to change together with the rules. Hence I had to try the new preparation ways and find the best ones. I've been doing that for 2 years. I'm interesting what will these guys show in Sweden.

AS: Are there top USA pairs who you did not work with?
NM: I guess not right now. I consulted the top 3.

AS: I.e. the silver medalist Calalang/Johnson are also your team?
NM: I wouldn't call them my team. I consult California and Texas. Two rinks that have a contact. I don't work with anyone else, it's impossible.

AS: Was your help needed the skaters and their coaches or was the federation interested?
NM: I had many offers after the Olympics. I was lost. Korea was so hard. The failure in the LP of Evgenia and Vladimir - it took me a long time to recover, it felt like the world had stopped because I failed. I thought no one would be interested in my work anymore, yet a couple of months later I started receiving offers from all over the world where pairs skating is taken seriously. I was surprised and it was nice. When I started choosing I chose the best thing for me: I will not move anywhere, but consult. When the USA fed spoke to me I told them I would help them till 2022 and then go back to work in Russia.

AS: It's considered the sport in Russia is a governmental body while in the USA it's the opposite.
NM: Of course the system there is different and it's a great experience. The great treatment of the sport in our country - I recall how much we were supported.. though now when I came back am worried the situation the Russian sport is in. But it's correct the sport is a personal and not a governmental matter for the Americans. But their federation does a good job, they develop, create their working systems, compare notes with the other countries and try to change things. It's their life, their destiny and I didn't take part in it for a very long period of time. A lot thought I would move to the USA, even said I already did, but no, am here, in Russia.

 

[mjb52]

The part where she says she is worried about the situation the Russian sport is in is interesting. I wonder what she means by that? I guess we'll see at Worlds but right now the biggest problem Russia seems to face is too much talent and not enough spots! But maybe that's worrisome in its own way? Certainly the intense media and fan scrutiny is a challenge but that seems to affect ladies more than pairs, which you would think would be her focus.

 

[Sylvia]

Vasily Konov, who also did a sit down interview with Tamara Moskvina (thread is here), also did one with Nina Mozer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAhS8JLcwS0

Text version is here:

Мозер: в Китае предлагали безумные деньги, но я не могла уехать из России

Нина Мозер после возвращения к активной тренерской работе рассказала в интервью Василию Конову на YouTube-канале KonOff о том, сколько стоит подготовить... РИА Новости Спорт, 16.03.2021

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[Bigbird]

This lady. I guess Olympic medals are an excuse to be totally classless? How quickly I forget we still have Moskvina.

 

[Sylvia]

Ballet dancer and figure skaing choreographer Ramil Mekhdiev recently filmed a day of training at Mozer team's rink - here's a compilation of video highlights: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMfWO5mpt2b/
I recognized Martin Bidar (will make his Worlds debut with Elizaveta Zhuk next week) and Harley Windsor (couldn't tell if he had a partner in the group).