Ukrainian skaters' migration to other countries

[airgelaal]

Some news about Kyrylo Marsak, Mariia Holubtsova and Kyryl Bielobrov, Violetta Sierova and Ivan Khobta, Maria Andriychuk. google translate is pretty good.

Українські фігуристи: ми обов’язково переможемо і все буде Україна! – Українська федерація фігурного катання на ковзанах

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[reut]

3S team opened for Liubov Zholobova, a young student from Ukraine they support, a crowdfunding page:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CtqpGR_owwQ/

Liubov was able to train with the Skating School at no cost for a year to continue her practice with the ambition that she feels for figure skating...
The Skating School will continue to support her career and next season by subsidizing over half of her training expenses.
The goal of this Crowdfunding is to being able to raise money for Liubov's next season; This would help her to cover costs like Training equipment, summer camps, costumes, travel costs for international competition etc.

https://ibelieveinyou.ch/en/project/2042/season-20232024

You can read more about her in this article (Ukrainian):
https://sport.ua/uk/news/592041-ya-...zhavshey-ot-voyny-yunoy-ukrainskoy-figuristki

I also had some quotes from her and her mom in my article about 3S:
http://absoluteskating.com/reports/2023skatingschool.html

 

[Dobre]

Sylvia linked this interview in the Dance Hall. It is a brief, easy-to-read interview about a new partnership competing for Israel. Dmitriy is originally from Ukraine. It doesn't say when he emigrated, but he had moved to Israel about a year before they got together. He has never competed internationally before, though he has been skating since he was four. This will be a big learning year!

(I quoted all of the below from Sylvia's post. Somehow the quote box disappeared from the top portion).

"Welcome to IDC’s New Team Series! For this series, we interview athletes who will enter the upcoming 2023-24 season in a new partnership, or debuted last season. In our first interview, we check in with Shira Ichilov (20) and Dmitriy Kravchenko (18) who represent Israel at the senior level. New articles in this series will be posted every Monday."

New Team Series: Shira Ichilov & Dmitriy Kravchenko – Ice-dance.com

www.ice-dance.com

 

[airgelaal]

Very sad post from Kyrylo Marsak

 

[Sylvia]

Kyrylo Marsak's GFM:

Donate to Fundraising for practicing and competing, organized by Kyrylo Marsak

Hi, my name is Kyrylo Marsak. I'm a Ukrainian National Team figure skater, Nat… Kyrylo Marsak needs your support for Fundraising for practicing and competing

www.gofundme.com

 

[SkateGuard]

Very sad post from Kyrylo Marsak

Absolutely heartbreaking.

 

[coppertop1]

And yet people think Russia should be allowed back. No.

 

[Sylvia]

UKR fed. posted a pic (shared by Marsak in his Instagram stories) of his family's damaged apartment in Kherson: https://ufsf.com.ua/кирило-марсак-російська-ракета-влуч/

I heard his family is safe, thankfully. I'm glad to see a few GFM donations have come in since then:

Kyrylo Marsak's GFM:

Donate to Fundraising for practicing and competing, organized by Kyrylo Marsak

Hi, my name is Kyrylo Marsak. I'm a Ukrainian National Team figure skater, Nat… Kyrylo Marsak needs your support for Fundraising for practicing and competing

www.gofundme.com

He is still training in Finland

 

[Dobre]

Oh! Congratulations to Pinchuk & Pogorielov for their first JGP win! From disappointment to gold in only a few minutes. I have liked this team since their first outing on the JGP, and they've faced such difficult obstacles over the past two years. Still working through the training challenges, I suspect; but whee! for this weekend's win.

 

[Sylvia]

CONGRATULATIONS to Mariia Pinchuk & Mykyta Pogorielov (currently training in Vienna) on winning Ukraine's first Junior Grand Prix GOLD medal in ice dance since 2011 - their winners' interview in Istanbul! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIPyeul-Piw

Mariia: "I'm so proud that we are Ukrainian and that we can compete for this country and do something in such a hard time for us and our country. We are also very grateful to Austrian federation that they gave us opportunity to skate, to train and to prepare for competition. Thank you so much!"

 

[Sylvia]

Ivan Shmuratko left a thank you in the comments of this Instagram account (a young UKR skater & mother currently at IceLab in Bergamo, Italy) that posted his Nepela Memorial FS in this reel video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx014UtoyTv/

After he skated:

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Shmuratko’s FS music is listed in his ISU bio as “Skrypka Hrae” by Vasyl Zinkevych, Hor Poklad, Yuri Rybchinsky - @airgelaal translated the title as "Violin plays" (he was 6th in the FS today in Bratislava and finished 8th overall).

From Golden Skate after his SP: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxyvu7OIIeG/
“It was a pleasure to skate here tonight. I went back to train in Ukraine because it‘s my home.
This Short Program is about life. And for us life is also death. This is what I tell in my program.
A child is born and raised and enjoys a normal life and then during the middle part you can hear the rockets flying. And you can‘t tell anymore if we will still be living tomorrow.

There is a real war happening out there.

And it‘s one of my missions coming out of Ukraine to tell the stories through my art and my voice. It‘s my way to fight for my counrty. And I do the best I can.“

About his SP song [Melody from The High Pass by Daniel Hope, Oleksiy Botvinov, Myroslav Skoryk]: “It is a great honour to skate to this music. It’s an outstanding tune and it’s a great song for my country. I came across this song though one of the videos about the war.
I created this program a month ago together with a friend within three days. Right now I only show the start of the full picture.“

 

[airgelaal]

Interview with Ivan Shmuratko after Espoo in Ukrainian

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Іван Шмуратко: український фігурист розповів про емоції від виступу на турнірі Гран-прі в Еспоо та повторення особистого рекорду - що сказав про виступ спортсмен — Cуспільне Спорт

suspilne.media

About the training situation

I spent a lot of training hours this fall on mass skating, and this is my choice, because that's how I saw the best training for me in Kyiv so far. Now I need to quickly decide how I will prepare for the European and world championships.
It's full everywhere. Many people skate in Kyiv from other cities: from Kharkiv, Dnipro. Now the situation is such that there is no ice for the national team. I skate on training rinks with children, with skaters of different age categories, and for everyone it becomes traumatic and not very safe. That's why I'm looking for an option for myself, how to improve training opportunities.
[Returning to Ukraine] is completely my decision. I am Ukrainian, and my home is here. I feel good here. And I want to improve the state of figure skating in Ukraine. I will find these conditions.

 

[airgelaal]

Ukrainian figure skaters about their preparation for the European Championships

Ivan Shmuratko

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Іван Шмуратко – коментар українського фігуриста перед виступом на чемпіонаті Європи, де живе і тренується Іван Шмуратко, ексклюзивний коментар Шмуратка для Суспільне Спорт — Cуспільне Спорт

suspilne.media

In order to perform, I need to maintain my psychological state as much as possible, especially before competitions. I feel and react to things quite subtly. On the 29th, we performed at a children's New Year's show with the violinist Moisei Bondarenko. Imagine that children prepare for a New Year's show for half a year, and on the day when they have a very important event, these bastards shoot rockets at their heads.

Sofiia Holichenko and Artem Darenskyi

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Євро-2024 з фігурного катання: Українська пара Софії Голіченко й Артема Даренського пройшла до довільної програми континентальної першості з фігурного катання, як виступили українці та що означає результат, розклад змагань — Cуспільне Спорт

suspilne.media

What motivates us to stay in Ukraine? First of all, it is our native home, our own arena, our own people. There you have ice, a home, you live. .. Yes, there are problems with the light, shelling, but you are at home and you can solve your problems, knowing that there are people who will help you.

 

[airgelaal]

This is what it means to be a Ukrainian athlete

https://twitter.com/x/status/1745442888446890492

 

[airgelaal]

Ukrainian figure skater performs at European Championships wearing shirt with "bloodstain"

What meaning did I put in it? The astral, the state between life and death. No more, no less. Sometimes, much more can be conveyed than with words. An element with blood? Because that's how it is, quite literally. People die from missiles, and there is blood

Ukrainian figure skater performs at European Championships wearing shirt with âbloodstainâ â photo

Ukrainian figure skater Ivan Shmuratko performed in the free programme of the European Figure Skating Championships wearing a shirt with a red stain.

www.pravda.com.ua

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Never knew that Oksana was living in Louisiana

Check out this Olympic gold medalist ice skating in her Louisiana backyard

Check out what happens when an Olympic gold medal figure skater living in Louisiana has rare chance to ice skate in her own back yard.

www.shreveporttimes.com

 

[airgelaal]

Big interview with Ivan Shmuratko. A few quotes by google-translate

- How satisfied are you with the result of your performance at the European Championship?

- I do not look at this European Championship through the lens of results. The main thing is the publicity that was made after my speech. I tried to convey the right message to the world, and I believe that this is the most important thing at that stage. I was heard, so I am satisfied.

- Do you plan to stay in Kyiv?
- Of course, you can go to train abroad and find better conditions, but who will do this at home? I believe that this is my mission as an athlete, a person and a citizen.

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ХоÑÑ ÑозвиваÑи ÑÑгÑÑне каÑÐ°Ð½Ð½Ñ Ð² УкÑаÑÐ½Ñ – Ñе Ð¼Ð¾Ñ Ð¼ÑÑÑÑ Ñк ÑпоÑÑÑмена Ñ Ð»Ñдини â УкÑÑнÑоÑм.

www.ukrinform.ua

 

[Sylvia]

Kyrylo Marsak’s end-of-season post of gratitude (March 6, 2024): https://www.instagram.com/p/C4K8VN4oeHc/

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