Yes! This excactly! Can't waitI dunno. Sounds like someone is paranoid that once Medvedeva starts skating decent programs, his $hit choreography will be exposed for what it is
That's right. Averbukh is mad that Medvedeva complained to Orser a bit, but he doesn't want to attack her at the moment. So he went after Orser instead, since general abstract nice comment is not an option for him
He is a diva.
Well, well, well.... Look at Maxim Trankov! The voice of reason and sense. Who would've thought?Trankov's interview:
- I don’t know why Medvedeva’s coach change caused such a reaction, said Trankov. A coaching change, and so what? Nothing special.
- The subject of Medvedeva’s coaching change overshadowed Lokomotiv’s win and Hockey World Championships. That’s why I’m interested in knowing your views, as an Olympic champion
- I understand why Zhenya made such a decision. She wants to continue her athletic career because as a great champion she understands that she could have become an Olympic Champion but, unfortunately, something didn’t work out. So naturally she wants to get another chance, and she has time to do so .
- Why couldn’t she become Olympic champion in Tutberidze’s group?
- History has shown that in Eteri Georgievna’s group, when a new star comes along, the old star is no longer needed. At first it was Polina Shelepen who got all the attention and who won everywhere. Then it was Yulia Lipnitskaya, and after Evgenia Medvedeva appeared. And right now it’s Alina Zagitova. Zhenya doesn’t want to repeat the path of her predecessors and finish her career, so she made the only decision that made sense for her – to try and continue her career in another coaching team. I think this decision not to hang up the skates and to continue skating should only be welcomed
- Now Medeveva will be living in Canada. Will it be less complicated for her there?
- In North America, there are are a lot of positive factors for her. There is also one other very important thing – Eteri Georgievna never worked with adult athletes, she is a coach whose main specialty is coaching young girls, and Zhenya is a mature young woman. Eteri Georgievna is A+ when it comes to coaching junior girls who become Olympic champions, but they are still juniors. As for what results she will have with an adult skater – we don’t know. So Medvedeva’s choice of Orser is understandable as he had results with already accomplished athletes - Javier Fernandez, Yuzuru Hanyu and Canadan skaters, including Meaghan Duhamel (ummmm, what ? what will Meaghan have to say about this one
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- What are Brian Orser’s strengths?
- I cannot make any specific comments since I don’t know him as a coach or anything about his methods.
- What do you think about the media war between Medevdeva and Tutberidze?
- Eteri Georgievna is a tough coach, naturally. I know Zhenya well and I know that she is an intelligent, measured and polite individual. Intelligent beyond her years. So I don’t understand why it was necessary to make public on National TV private conversations. There is always a trust between an athlete and a coach, you tell them things you wouldn’t tell anyone else. Maybe things you wouldn’t even tell your mom but you would tell your coach because of how much time you spend with them. And in this situation, to air everything out for public judgement, despite some misunderstanding that happened, is not really right. We had some differences with Nina Mikhailovna Mozer, but she never allowed herself to air our private conversations in public. I don’t want to think about who won this media war, but personally, I didn’t like hearing about personal business of a coach and an athlete on National TV.
- Do you think Medvedeva-Tutberidze relationship will get better over time?
- I’m sure Zhenya Medvedeva never had a fight with anyone. Eteri Georgievna is a Southern, hot-blooded temperamental individual. Maybe after some time she will cool down, as for Zhenya, I’m sure she never had a fight with anyone. I don’t have any reason to think she has any ill will towards her coach. I’ll repeat – Medvedeva is a very reasoned, balanced, tactful individual. By the way, were just at show in Korea together, where Orser was also present there
- Did you understand then that Medvedeva is moving to him?
- There were no hints whatsoever that they are talking or something like that. Everything was out in the open, no hidden games. Although, there were rumors that Zhenya is leaving Eteri Georgievna right after the Olympics
- Do you think Medvedeva will be cordial with Tutberidze at their next meeting after their personal conversations were made public (by Tutberidze) ?
- I am sure that when they will run into each other at competitions. Zhenia will say hello. That’s all and there won’t be any issues. She will never be rude. I don’t know a more decent person in skating than Medvedeva.
Thank-you Muffinplus for the beautiful translation. Max's interview was fair, beautifully put and very well thought out. I am not suprised at Max's thoughts and that is why I was so happy you volunteered to translate. He is very passionate but also very smart and I have been a big fan of his as a person since i read his interview about quad throws. In that he said his partner's safety is his primary mission in pairs and in a quad twist you are under your partner and can ensure her safety by ensuring your body is between her and the ice but in a throw once she has launched there is nothing you can do. It can be done ok if you throw high but not far(to ensure her revolution is complete and her feet completely under her when she lands ) which will give you very little in xtra marks but if you throw far physics show there is too much risk of injury and he wants a future with her after skating.Trankov's interview:
- I don’t know why Medvedeva’s coach change caused such a reaction, said Trankov. A coaching change, and so what? Nothing special.
- The subject of Medvedeva’s coaching change overshadowed Lokomotiv’s win and Hockey World Championships. That’s why I’m interested in knowing your views, as an Olympic champion
- I understand why Zhenya made such a decision. She wants to continue her athletic career because as a great champion she understands that she could have become an Olympic Champion but, unfortunately, something didn’t work out. So naturally she wants to get another chance, and she has time to do so .
- Why couldn’t she become Olympic champion in Tutberidze’s group?
- History has shown that in Eteri Georgievna’s group, when a new star comes along, the old star is no longer needed. At first it was Polina Shelepen who got all the attention and who won everywhere. Then it was Yulia Lipnitskaya, and after Evgenia Medvedeva appeared. And right now it’s Alina Zagitova. Zhenya doesn’t want to repeat the path of her predecessors and finish her career, so she made the only decision that made sense for her – to try and continue her career in another coaching team. I think this decision not to hang up the skates and to continue skating should only be welcomed
- Now Medeveva will be living in Canada. Will it be less complicated for her there?
- In North America, there are are a lot of positive factors for her. There is also one other very important thing – Eteri Georgievna never worked with adult athletes, she is a coach whose main specialty is coaching young girls, and Zhenya is a mature young woman. Eteri Georgievna is A+ when it comes to coaching junior girls who become Olympic champions, but they are still juniors. As for what results she will have with an adult skater – we don’t know. So Medvedeva’s choice of Orser is understandable as he had results with already accomplished athletes - Javier Fernandez, Yuzuru Hanyu and Canadan skaters, including Meaghan Duhamel (ummmm, what ? what will Meaghan have to say about this one
- What are Brian Orser’s strengths?
- I cannot make any specific comments since I don’t know him as a coach or anything about his methods.
- What do you think about the media war between Medevdeva and Tutberidze?
- Eteri Georgievna is a tough coach, naturally. I know Zhenya well and I know that she is an intelligent, measured and polite individual. Intelligent beyond her years. So I don’t understand why it was necessary to make public on National TV private conversations. There is always a trust between an athlete and a coach, you tell them things you wouldn’t tell anyone else. Maybe things you wouldn’t even tell your mom but you would tell your coach because of how much time you spend with them. And in this situation, to air everything out for public judgement, despite some misunderstanding that happened, is not really right. We had some differences with Nina Mikhailovna Mozer, but she never allowed herself to air our private conversations in public. I don’t want to think about who won this media war, but personally, I didn’t like hearing about personal business of a coach and an athlete on National TV.
- Do you think Medvedeva-Tutberidze relationship will get better over time?
- I’m sure Zhenya Medvedeva never had a fight with anyone. Eteri Georgievna is a Southern, hot-blooded temperamental individual. Maybe after some time she will cool down, as for Zhenya, I’m sure she never had a fight with anyone. I don’t have any reason to think she has any ill will towards her coach. I’ll repeat – Medvedeva is a very reasoned, balanced, tactful individual. By the way, were just at show in Korea together, where Orser was also present there
- Did you understand then that Medvedeva is moving to him?
- There were no hints whatsoever that they are talking or something like that. Everything was out in the open, no hidden games. Although, there were rumors that Zhenya is leaving Eteri Georgievna right after the Olympics
- Do you think Medvedeva will be cordial with Tutberidze at their next meeting after their personal conversations were made public (by Tutberidze) ?
- I am sure that when they will run into each other at competitions. Zhenia will say hello. That’s all and there won’t be any issues. She will never be rude. I don’t know a more decent person in skating than Medvedeva.
Thanks!
Discussed it with Moris just now as we have an interview with him coming on AS soon. He said he is not aware of these rumors about him.But you never know...
@reut said Morisi wasn't aware of the rumors. She didn't say that he denied them.
He didn't deny them either. 
But I asked him about it and explained that I don't want to publish our talk and then a few days later the news will come out, it will look really not professional. I added that I don't require him to "officially" confirm or deny these rumours, but I prefer to wait... if needed. He said to publish. 
Thanks for the link. This interview was ridiculous, but not nearly as ridiculous as I hoped it would be. Nina Mozer and Eteri are still way ahead on the delusional rankings.
NICE. Haha.
Brian Orser is gay?!
they act very Canadian in private, dressing up in Mountie uniforms, eating poutine, and ending every sentence with "eh?".
I'm going to get this comment from user/imagist poet LA dodgers embroidered onto a throw pillow:
I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok!!!Brian Orser is gay?!
From Google Translate:
Russian coaches may not look Canadian, but according to
Hey! Don't get me wrong!
The Russian posters didn't write critical comment about Zhenya in this matter here but many Russian fs fans dissatisfied with her because of it. And this reassured me I'm not the only one who has such opinion.
