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Russian Local Competitions 2012-13

Competition Schedule 2012/2013
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December 24-28 Russian Championships 2013 - Sochi, Russia
:plush39: Today Russian Figure Skating Federation has officially published the calender of 2012-13 on the website. I picked up major or "possible" :plush1: local competitions. :plush4: :ku_bok:


2012

September (Сентябрь)

11-15
Cup of Russia Phase I - Perm
(I этап, Кубка России - Пермь)

October (Октябрь)

2-6
Cup of Russia Phase II - Yoshkar-Ola
(II этап, Кубка России - Йошкар-Ола)

23-27
Cup of Russia Phase III - Samara
(III этап, Кубка России - Самара)

November (Ноябрь)

13-17
Cup of Russia Phase IV - Kazan
(IV этап, Кубка России - Казань)

December (Декабрь)

4-8
Cup of Russia Phase V - Moscow
(V этап, Кубка России - Москва)

18-21
Memorial N.A. Panin - St.Petersburg
(Мемориал Н.А. Панина - Санкт-Петербург)

24-28
Russian National Championships 2013 - Sochi
(Чемпионат России 2013 - Сочи)


2013

January (Январь)

31- 3/2
Russian Junior National Championships 2013 - Saransk
(Первенство России среди юниоров - Саранск)

February (Февраль)

16-23
Winter European Youth Olympic Festival XI - Brasov, Romania
(XI зимний Европейский юношеский Олимпийский фестиваль - Брашов, Румыния)

18-21
Cup of Russia Final - Tveri
(Финал Кубка России - Тверь)


http://fsrussia.ru//news/264_opublikovany-novye-dokumenty/



BTW is this just a small open competition? :-):
≪Кубок Федерации≫, Взрослые - Сочи
by Kudryavka
29 May 2012, 12:48
 
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Re: Russian National Team 2012-13

Plushy is the papa of the group and Artur is the baby! :hi_hi_hi: I knew Artur was young, but I didn't realise he was the youngest. Lots of years ahead for the future king! :ya_hoo_oo:
Plushy is not papa of them!! I'd say elder brother :-)

Yes. Gachinski is young. But "18-19 years old" (though he will turn 19 soon) is the same age as Plushy's SLC Olympics 2002. And Gachinski's biggest rival is more younger. Hanyu is still 17. So, I think 19 years old is not old, and not a baby anymore. He is already soldier!! :co_ol: :du_el:
by Kudryavka
31 May 2012, 17:11
 
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Re: Russian National Team 2012-13


I think Hanyu is 18? :plush38: Farris and Brown are 17 and they will be his challengers too :du_el:

I think Artur has learned how to fight, now he will show everyone he knows how to win! :du_el:
Hanyu turns 18 on 7 December next season. The same age as Joshua Farris (born 6.1.1995) and Jason Brown (born 15.12.1994). It's a shame that two Americans won't participate in Senior GP. I don't know but maybe USFSA wants to make them as competitors in 2018, and next season the boys will go to JGP and Jr.Worlds arent they? As for Japanese federation, I guess they hope Hanyu goes to Sochi.


By the way Joshua told on Japanese magazine: "If I compete in Sochi, I need to participate in the Grand Prix next season. Moreover I need to stand on the podium, need to win a gold medal (at least one gold), need to participate in the Final. Because I need to make me better known by people. And I have to be called "top skater". If I won't become such a skater by then, I won't get even chance to Sochi. There are so many things that I have to do. Maybe 2014 is too early to me." :plush36:
by Kudryavka
02 Jun 2012, 17:54
 
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Re: Книга Жени "Другое шоу" || Evgeni's book "Another show"

If you were an user of iPhone and want to read Zhenya's book everywhere...
Here

Another Show for iPhone
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s222/sh/59d129a2-5ef2-4802-807f-aa6dc0c78f24/7a92eea36577acb89fc7069b8a8c541a


It's so easy to read.

1. DL PFD file via iPhone
2. Open it in iBooks

*My devices = iPhone 4S (iOS 5.1.1) + Safari + iBooks


To Mila. Thanks for your work!! I really really want to thank you!!! :plush31: I made it for myself without permission from you. If you don't want to share the translation by this way, of course, I'll remove PDF asap :)
by Kudryavka
04 Jun 2012, 06:22
 
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Re: НОВОСТИ ФК|| NEWS

フィギュア、ソチ合宿が工事遅れで中止
2012年6月3日19時11分
http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/f-sp-tp0-20120603-961803.html

According to the article, Japanese national team has to cancel training camp in Sochi in September due to delay in the construction of Sochi Olympics centre. Hope they finish construction by November :plush44:
by Kudryavka
03 Jun 2012, 18:49
 
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Re: НОВОСТИ ФК|| NEWS

http://www.freep.com/article/20120603/SPORTS18/120603037/Coach-Igor-Shpilband-Canton-Figure-Skating-Club?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Sports

Coach Igor Shpilband fired from position at Canton's Arctic Figure Skating Club
I read this news morning today with sleepy eyes and :sh_ok:

Now I understood why Scott Moir was clearly irritated, even at WTT :kli_ny: h-mmm--mmmmmmmhh... I think, Russia should get Igor back home :-) plush48
by Kudryavka
04 Jun 2012, 08:10
 
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Re: Мужчины || Men

let`s talk wrote:Ну в общем как получилось. Не знаю всё ли правильно. Люди знающие, ваши исправления приветствуются.

всё ок :co_ol:
by Kudryavka
04 Jun 2012, 19:27
 
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Re: НОВОСТИ ФК|| NEWS

Валентин Писеев: мы с удовольствием предоставим Игорю Шпильбанду все условия для работы в России

04.06.2012 16:56:01 | Figure Skating | News


Сегодня, 4 июня, канадская пресса сообщила о развале блестящего тренерского дуэта Игорь Шпильбанд – Мария Зуева, которые работали в клубе Arctic Figure Skating Club (Кантона, США) с лидерами мировых танцев на льду – олимпийскими чемпионами Тессой Вирчу и Скоттом Мойром (Канада), чемпионами мира Мерил Девис и Чарли Уайтом (США), призёрами чемпионата мира Майей и Алексом Шибутани (США). Игорь Шпильбанд был уволен якобы из-за отказа трёх названных пар продолжать с ним работу. Генеральный директор Федерации фигурного катания на коньках России (ФФККР) Валентин Писеев заявил порталу TEAM RUSSIA-2014, что Россия готова создать Игорю Шпильбанду все условия для работы с отечественными танцорами.

- Честно говоря, очень трудно сейчас что-либо комментировать, - сказал Валентин Писеев. – Не могу поверить, что все случившееся – правда. Марина Зуева и Игорь Шпильбанд много лет работали настолько дружно и слаженно, что просто не хочется во все это верить. Возможно, там сложилась какая-то спорная ситуация и просто эмоции взяли вверх?

- В статье Detroit Free Press говориться о якобы внутренних противоречиях.
- Я допускаю, что они могли быть – это нормально для любого творческого процесса. Но не настолько же сильными, чтобы привести к таким последствиям. Тем более, накануне Олимпийских игр, когда ученики Зуевой и Шпильбанда занимают практически весь пьедестал. Марина и Игорь ведь не просто чемпионов готовили, а создали свое направление в танцах на льду – то есть, работали творчески. На последнем чемпионате мира среди юниоров я разговаривал с Мариной, у нее столько мыслей трезвых о развитии танцев на льду, столько идей творческих!.. Ну, а о работе Игоря, думаю, вообще нет смысла что-либо напоминать, об этом лучше всего говорят результаты американских и канадских танцоров. Повторю, очень трудно поверить, когда распадаются такие творческие союзы, трудно остаться равнодушным и меня, всё-таки, не покидает надежда, что всё в итоге образуется.

- А если информация подтвердится, Федерация фигурного катания на коньках России готова будет предложить Шпильбанду поработать с российскими парами?
- С удовольствием примем и предоставим ему все условия для работы. Пока мы не связывались с Игорем. Насколько я понял, сегодня он должен встретиться со своими учениками Мерил Девис – Чарли Уайтом. Возможно, после этого появится новая, более полная информация, что же там произошло. После этого, сегодня-завтра, возможно, мы сами проявим инициативу и свяжемся с ним.

- После окончания нынешнего сезона к Зуевой и Шпильбанду вместе со своим тренером Алексеем Горшковым для постановки программ и консультаций отправился российский дуэт Екатерина Рязанова – Илья Ткаченко. Не могло это стать поводом для ревности к Шпильбанду со стороны канадских и американских учеников?
- Не думаю. У нас была договоренность и с Мариной, и с Игорем, что Рязанову – Ткаченко они будут не только консультировать, но и помогать им в работе. Да и раньше они всегда были открыты для сотрудничества – вспомните, мы посылали к ним Яну Хохлову. И если уж на то пошло, дуэт Яны Хохловой и Федора Андреева, сына Марины Зуевой, мог представлять в этом смысле большую угрозу.

http://www.team-russia2014.ru/article/4587.html

Most likely, Igor refuses to be back in Russia because his family are living in North America. still I hope :plush47:
by Kudryavka
04 Jun 2012, 17:42
 
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Re: Мастер-класс для детей || Master-class for kids (02.06.2

- Plushy will not go to Mishin's camp in Spain (because it was moved later), while he has scheduled Japanese shows from before
- other camps have been confirmed
- on the shows in Japan Plushy will likely perform by the first time his new SP
- except with Camerlengo, Plushy will work and with some Japanese choreographer on his programs
so far i didnt realize there is important informations on topic of master class :sh_ок:

who is that choreographer...hmm :plush38: world class japanese choreographer who live in japan, who has experience of working with world top men's skater is, as far as i know, only kenji miyamoto. former ice dancer, friend & choreographer of takahashi, or camerlengo's pupil.

yuka sato is also famous but she lives in usa and i cant even imagine she will work with plushy. they are totally different :du_ma_et:


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I thought he may work with the Japanese choreographer(s?) during summer ice show in Japan. But now realized. His word doesn't mean he works in Japan with the Japanese.


Kenji Miyamoto - Likely.
Shin Amano - Possible
Somehow I can't imagine Yuka Sato + Plushy.
:mo-ro_zi_vo:
by Kudryavka
05 Jun 2012, 09:12
 
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Большое интервью с Джонни Вейром.

http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2012-06-06/8_1/?view=page
English translation by TAHbKA
Sport Express
Interview with Johnny Weir
"Deep down I'm an old Russian Lady"

6 June 2012


JW: Let's speak English, ok? I'm afraid it won't be equally good in Russian. I try really hard but make lots of mistakes. There are so many rules in Russian, learning them all is beyond me.
SM: Can you read Russian?
JW: Read and right. I read your paper.
SM: Do you like it?
JW: Mostly. Say hello to Elena Vaitsekhovskaya, I've known her for a while.

A couple of months ago Weir stated he was coming back to the amateur sport, as if he suddenly recalled he forgot something there. Perhaps he was just missing shocking the judges? It's not as if he became any less tame in the last couple of years, he is still capable to shock.

`Those are the best sneakers ever!' exclamed a woman passing by a table where Weir and I were sitting. She pointed on Johnny's shoes - black sneakers decorated with some metal things. Johnny thanked her. The lady was not joking and made sure to repeat those were the best sneakers. Ever. She didn't bother elucidating on how well she knows the history of the sneakers, but Johnny didn't argue. Besides, it seemed he kind of agreed with her.

Today's Johnny is an open and well meaning guy. He is not hiding his preferences and the consiquences. He recently got married. To a Russian guy, of course. His name now is Johnny Weir-Voronov. He has a puppy named Artiom Viktorovich Weir-Voronov. Does your dog have a paternal name? No? Congrats, you are not Johnny. You probably don't have his sneakers either.

Phoenix in the aquarium
SM: So what's with the come back? Have the process started?
JW: Yes. Both the LP and the SP are done, I'm working on the quad. I have a loose a couple of pounds more, than will spend the summer to get back into a shape.

SM: Do you have to face any injuries you were not aware of?
JW: New? No, I got all the old ones back. But you know, I'm older and deal with it differently. I have a strategy.

SM: So the programmes are ready...
JW: In general yes. They are still to be polished but the skeleton is ready.

SM: Can you tell a bit? Which music are you going to use?
JW: It's a special kind of music. I'll just mention that I was personally given my SP music by Lady Gaga.

SM: You're kidding....
JW: Nope. The SP will be really cool. As for the LP... I went to the skaters of the 50s and the 60s, whose programme was much longer and included cuts from different pieces. I'll have the same, but modern and with a fast beat. There will be a lot of classical bits, music everyone knows. The theme of the programme is phoenix. How it rises from the ashes.

SM: Do you mean yourself?
JW: You bet. I'll tell my story on the ice.

SM: You spent 2 years of your life doing whatever you want. Why have you decided to return to the sport?
JW: I'm glad I took a 2 years break. I needed to get away from the skating and live without it. Figure skating is like a huge aquarium.

SM: Aquarium?
JW: Well, yes. You live like a fish behind the glass. Everyone can see you, everyone knows everything about everyone, gossip all the time. I guess it's the same in the hockey. Anyway, I escaped it all and was thrilled. Got married. My life is wonderful. I realized figure skating is not the only thing I can do and there are other things in life. So this is my current attitude: I'm on the ice because I want to be there, not because I have no choice.

BABUSHKA ТАРАСОВА
SM: So what are you going to be like on the ice? Will we see the old Johnny Weir or a new one?
JW: I hope you'll see a more wise Johnny Weir. I was silly when young, aren't we all? I was strong minded, wouldn't listen to anyone. When you behave like that you are in your shell and when you have a bad day there is no one to get you out, you're alone. Now I have no reason to be like that. I did all I could do for the USA figure skating. If nothing will work this time I'll just retire and will be happy. So the new Johnny Weir is more relaxed and calmed. I hope it'll help me to become a better skater I was before.

SM: You are sure? What if you don't care about the winning and the competition anymore?
JW: I never really cared at the first place. I'm not like Pluschenko, who fights for his life on every competition. Perhaps because he is a Russian and I'm an American and we don't have to, unlike you, Russians to fight and suffer for everything. Perhaps it's just me - I'm not willing to kill for the victory. You, Russians, like the hockey and it shows. To score, to help the team... I can't escape the fact that in figure skating everything is decided by 14 eldery wo/men.

SM: George Forman once told me the Russian boxers are more hungry and aggressive than the Americans.
JW: The Russian system in Figure skating is the most serious one. It's especially true about the old Soviet coaches. Either you are successful, or you are a nothing.

SM: Were you shocked when facing that school? Tarasova probably wasnt' all nice and fluffy with you.
JW: It was just what I needed. You see, my first coach, Priscilla Hill taught me everything I know. But she is a very loving and a tender person, perhaps a bit too much. Tarasova kicked my ass. Outside the rink she was just a babushka: was feeding me, combing me.. Galina Zmievskaya is the same: on the ice she is the hardest and the cruelest person, while outside the rink our relationship is very warm.

SM: What is so special about the Russian figure skating school? What does it mean - skating like a Russian?
JW: I can explain that since I was always learning about the Russian school. The Russians do everything very dramatically. The Americans are more preserved in their moves. The Russians go to the extreme with the moves, the music, the costumes. The arms and legs moves are very wide, with a huge amplitude. The Americans make it all smaller.

SM: In the back times you used to name parts of your costumes.
JW: Don't worry, I'm as weird as I used to be. If I need to name a programme or a cosume - I will. Why not have fun. The worst thing is to be too serious. What's the point doing something that doesn't make you happy?

SM: I have an impression all your weirdness is calculated....
JW: Calculated?! No. I'm really weird and don't mind it.

SM: The others do though.
JW: Figure skating is an old sport. Not old, but well, eldery. The traditions are very important and the old people are ruling everything. Those people, by the way, are not interested in the gay athlets, and that's despite the fact in the USA the figure skating has kind of a `gay' reputation. It's just that everyone would rather keep it quiet and not upset the others.
I decided a long time ago there is nothing more important in life than to be what I am. As a consequence on one hand I didn't have to be in the usual boundaries. On the other hand I realize my results as the athlete suffered.

A shower for me, a platinum gold to Pluschenko.
SM: If the judging wasn't biased in what place would you finish in the 2010 Olympics?
JW: Wow... you know how long it took me to watch the other's skates? I was heartbroken after Vancouver. I was depressed and lost all the interest in figure skating. Vancouver was the peak. Indeed, it was the peak moment of my life - the most emotional, dramatic, the best one. I left the ice with so many feelings, but once the marks showed it was obvious I'm being put on the 6th place. Wow, I thought, so how well the others must have skated? Yet the journalists in the mixed zone were reporting that this skater fell, that one stopped in the middle of the programme, that one shitted on the ice, one burnt himself from his nostrils... So why wasn't I placed higher?... After 7-8 months I calmed down enough to watch the skating. I think I should had finished 3rd in Vancouver.

SM: It seemed you were less disappointed than Pluschenko.
JW: You bet.

SM: How did you take his reaction - that he deserved a platinum medal etc?
JW: Figure skating takes your whole life. Pluschneko rested for 3 years after Turino and if he came back it was probably not for the silver, right? So if it's the only thing you aim for, the only thing you wake up thinking in the morning and you don't get it... anyone would be upset.
I'm actually much closer to Evgeny than to Evan Lysacek and I cheer for him. Of course as far as the USA PR goes he did some damage. But everyone deals with the disappointments in their own way. Galina (Zmievskaya) after I had finished 6th went to McDonalds and eat chips. To do something like that she has to be really depressed. I went crying in the shower. Evgeny spoke about a platinum medal. Everyone and whatever calms them down.

SM: So your relationship with Lysachek, who became the champion are still so so?
JW: I havent' seen him for a very long time. The poison was mainly made by the USA media. And the FS federation. Of course we don't really like each other, but when I got married he was one of the first to congratulate me, which shocked me. Guess we both grew up. We don't have to like each other, but I have much more respect to his achievements now.

SM: So now you are back to figure skating. Do you think your odds are higher? The judges became more liberal?
JW: I thinks so. I hope so. If not -well, hey ho. By the way, the federation treats me better than ever. Guess they realize I'm the only one who can keep the figure skating popular in the USA. Evan won the Olympics but no one has a clue who is he. Yes. I can make our sport popular again.. I hope the federation will let me participate all the competitions I have to and will explain how to be liked by the judges as well as the public. For the last 2 years I got too used to skate for people who would clap just if I shake my ass.

SM: Do you think you might make hte judges like you?
JW: It's going to be hard. It's hard to Pluschenko, but he came back. I'm not nearly as popular as Zhenya in Russia. Though I have nothing to complain - I am loved and appreciated in the USA overall, the federation knows it and needs me.


Where the guy gets the Russian depression from?
SM: By the figure skating standards in Sochi you'll be an old man. If you make it there at all.
JW: Yes, I'll be 29. But I only started skating when I was 12, so I'll have 17 years of skating. Many of my rivals started skating when they were 2, so their body was under the pressure for much longer than mine. Why not make it to Sochi? The competition in the USA is not so hard right now.

SM: What can you look for in Sochi?
JW: it's a competition, so I aim to win. What's the point otherwise. If you go knowing you are not going to win why go? Just stay home. But I'll be thrilled just to be in Sochi. 3 Olympics is a huge success.

SM: Especially taking into an account how much you love Russia.
JW: Of course! Russia is my inspiration. I mean the coaches, the music, the culture and the figure skating tradition. To finish my skating career in Russia is a dream. Besides, I will be skating under my new last name - Weir-Voronov.

SM: Where do you get it from? You from a village in Pennsylvania. There are no Russians there.
JW: No idea. I just have it. SOme like maths. Some have some weird hobbies. I've been interested in Russia since I was 5. What is that country? Why no one except for me likes it? Why are there beautiful buildings on the Red SquarE? What is communism? I'm enchanted by all that.

SM: Have you found something in Russian culture that shook your world?
JW: Even the poorest of the Russians, one with no money and no job would behave as if he was Putin. It's a very Russian thing to behave like that. I respect it. In the USA people are afraid to do what they like in case they offend someone. Russians don't give a damn. They just need to feel they are in the rule and everyone else to agree. I'm interested in Russian history -it's so romantic with all the ups and down. The Red Square is the most beautiful place on earth. Every time I walk there I'm amazed.

SM: Guess there aren't many cheburashka collectors in the USA
JW: Even our puppy has a cheburashka.

SM: How many do you have?
JW: you know the Japanese bought the rights for Cheburashka? So every time I go to Japan I bring a suitcase full of Cheburashkas. I have them in every possible colour and shape. The Japanese have a great imagination and dress them in everytning possible. Cheburashki on the skates, wearing my costumes... Guess I can supply enough cheburashkas for 5-6 primary schools.

SM: Its a weird toy. That what he sings about himself...
JW: But it's so cute. Thats why I like it. No one knows where it came from and how it ended in the box of the oranges. That is why it is so loved.

SM: Let's have a Russian culture quiz. For example: what is your favourite Russian book?
JW: I have a small book of Pushkin's poetry I carry with me everywhere.

SM: Pushkin is hard to translate. Do you have favourite quotes?
JW: I recall one, but think it's actually Tolstoy: Upon the brink of a wild stream he stood and dreamed a mighty dream.

SM: It's Pushkin actually?
JW: I screwed, huh. Indeed Pushkin.

SM: Favourite movie?
JW Moskva slezam nye verit. (Moscow does not believe the tears)

SM: Good choice. Favourite celebrity?
JW: Alla Pugacheva. I adore her. If only because deep down I'm an old Russian woman myself. And Sergey Lazarev.

MS: An old Russian woman?
JW: a lot of my friends are eldery Russian ladies. My coaches, their friends, my dentist and her friends. We like talking about bags and fur coats, how to make the salads right....

MS: There you go: the favourite dish?
JW: My mother in law does incredibly tasty pirozhki with chicken. I like olivier salad and black caviar.

MS: The favourite Russian athlet?
JW: Evgeny Pluschenko, Irina Slutskaya, the gymnast Sveltlana Khorkina. I adore her, she is a diva.

How I was a Boris Eltsyn
SM:I'm just trying to picture a Russian athlet who loves the USA as much as you love Russia. Think he would have a hard time. How is it to be a rusophil in the USA?
JW: The Americans ask me the same. How come? Where does it come from? They are just curious. Guess in Russia such a person would be crusified without a chance to explain.
But I did a lot of silly things, I have to admin. Wearing a sweater with a `USSR' on it for the Olympics warm up for example. It was a present from Tatiana Totmianina. Guess the federation would be more happy if sitting with my coach in the K&C I spoke English rather than Russian. Who knows what I'm saying there right in front of the cameras. There were some other moments which didn't quite thrill everyone. But all and all people like it that I represent the USA in it's best - having the freedom to be what I want and love what I want.

SM: Does many in the USA like it?
JW: Well, not everyone, of course, but it's my fault. I used to be very aggressive throwing it into people's faces. I didn't realize the reaction it would create. I didn't realize how many people would be watching me in Turino Olympics. Of course some reacted quite harshly. Some ever threatened me. I had to register under a false name in the hotels. I was using `Boris Eltsyn' quite often.

SM: How were you threatened? On the phone?
JW: Calls, letters. I once received a fax saying `be a man and die. The reason was my costume that included fur. Those protesters against the fur are totally screwed up. I still receive some letters - the religious groups, the homophobes... It's worse when they actually try to get me. Now I'm being chased by one female fan. She is completely mad. She threatens me, Voronov, one of my friends who she imagined is my lover... it's hard dealing with mad people.

SM: Speaking of homophobia... you know how it is in Russia. Do you like it less as the result?
JW: It is painful to think people like me can't lead a normal life in Russian. It is painful to think those who speak up for them is being shut up. But what can you do? Being gay is not about being an American or a Russian or a Chinese or anything else. There is more or less the same amount of use everywhere. If I had a choice I would be heterosexual and wouldnt' suffer. It's so much easier! But I don't have a choice, nor does anyone else. It hurts me Russia doesn't recognize my way of living and hates it. But I love Russia despite it. I would have lived in Russia if I could. At least in Moscow.

SM: You mean there are no problems in Moscow and St. Petersburg?
JW: Never happened. Never! Think once someone was trying to steal my bag in Moscow. I attended a gay bar in Moscow once. There were other skaters who joined just out of curiosity. The security was so high. They didn't turn the music on till 3AM just to keep it low. It's sad. Russia is so modern in many ways, but as far as the gay rights go it's in the middle ages. There is no progress. As much as I'd like to be a Russian I am actually not and I can't fight with the homophobia in Russia.

SM: did your mother cry when you told her?
JW: Sure. All the parents who find our their children are gay start blaming themselves - as if it was their mistake. What my mother had to do with that? I was like that since I was 6... Now our relationship with her and with Viktor's parents are great, and that's despite the fact I'm not an easy person to live with.

Horses, Lady Gaga, Chanel
SM: Have you ever tried changing your skating style, make it more masculine?
JW: You bet I had. I used to work with Marina Anisina, the Olympics ice dance champion. She came up with a very interesting programmes where I was depicting a chess board in the SP and Jesus in the LP. She wanted me to skate in the most contemporary, sharp, masculine way. To get away from all the elegance and the ballet. But this is what I like! My idol is Mikhail Baryshnikov. It didn't quite work out.. though it was during a bad time in my life in general - my private life was down, I was depressed and it showed in my skating.

SM: You said you started skating when you were 12, which is very late. I heard it took you one week to learn the axel jump.
JW: Yes! I watched it very closely on the TV, then went to a frozen corn field near my home and jumped it.

SM: Landing on one foot?
JW: All as it should be. Why not? I'm from such an American nowhere that I'm not used to be afraid. I'm afraid of sharks and bug crowds. Spiders. But not of falling on the ice! We have so much snow and ice in Pennsylvania at the winter that your whole ass becomes one huge blue mark. Besides, I was riding the horses before that.

SM: Jumping above the fences?
JW: Yes. I was really small. Sitting on an animal of the size of a car and jump above things - now that is scary.

SM: Were you any good?
JW: Quite decent. I was first interested in soccer, but its' not for me. A team game, running, sweating, kicking the ball.. thanks, but no thanks. I tried skiing, and then switched to the horses. I was quite close to qualifying to the national team of my age, but then I got interesting in figure skating and forgot about the rest.

SM: Lady Gaga gave you the music. Are you friends?
JW: As much as you can be friends with a superstar. She supports me, takes interest in my career. I was once sitting in her mother's restaurant and her mother told me `It would be great if you skated to Gaga's music'

SM: Gaga?
JW: Well, no, of course she called her Stephanie. Anyway, mom called the daughter and she sent me the music.

SM: Will you copy Gaga's costume?
JW: Perhaps.

SM: The judges will just love it.
JW: (laughts) we'll see. I just want to have fun. If it annoys people, makes them think, cry or laugh - well ,great! Who knows whether I'll win or finish 20th? But I'll be doing exactly what I wanted and nothing else. Guess my time to win the Olympic medal has passed, but to entertain people, change the sport, change my opinion on myself - that I still can do.

SM: You once said when you skate you are in the world of your dream and you want to take the viewer there with you. What does that world look like?
JW: Like the inside of the cloud. It's all sparkling and smells with Chanel n. 5

SM Cant' say I'm very surprised.
JW: it's my world. It's light, sparkling and good smelling.

http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3587280&postcount=1
by Kudryavka
06 Jun 2012, 20:26
 
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Re: Другие интересные новости || Other interesting news

So funny, interesting :-) i love him)) :ta_n_cor:

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Interview with Weir `Deep down I'm an old Russian Lady'

by Slava Malamud
6 June 2012

.....
SM: What if you don't care about the winning and the competition anymore?
JW: I never really cared at the first place. I'm not like Pluschenko, who fights for his life on every competition. Perhaps because he is a Russian and I'm an American and we don't have to, unlike you, Russians to fight and suffer for everything.
.....

A shower for me, a platinum gold to Pluschenko.

SM: If the judging wasn't biased in what place would you finish in the 2010 Olympics?
JW: Wow... you know how long it took me to watch the other's skates? I was heartbroken after Vancouver. ...... After 7-8 months I calmed down enough to watch the skating. I think I should had finished 3rd in Vancouver.
SM: It seemed you were less disappointed than Pluschenko.
JW: You bet.
SM: How did you take his reaction - that he deserved a platinum medal etc?
JW: Figure skating takes your whole life. Pluschneko rested for 3 years after Torino and if he came back it was probably not for the silver, right? So if it's the only thing you aim for, the only thing you wake up thinking in the morning and you don't get it... anyone would be upset.
I'm actually much closer to Evgeny than to Evan Lysacek and I cheer for him. Of course as far as the USA PR goes he did some damage. But everyone deals with the disappointments in their own way. Galina (Zmievskaya) after I had finished 6th went to McDonalds and eat chips. To do something like that she has to be really depressed. I went crying in the shower. Evgeny spoke about a platinum medal. ("he spoke"??? :du_ma_et: ) Everyone and whatever calms them down.
.......

SM: So now you are back to figure skating. Do you think your odds are higher? The judges became more liberal?
JW: I thinks so. I hope so. If not -well, hey ho. By the way, the federation treats me better than ever. Guess they realize I'm the only one who can keep the figure skating popular in the USA. Evan won the Olympics but no one has a clue who is he. Yes. I can make our sport popular again.. (poor Evan :plush36: )
.....

SM: Do you think you might make the judges like you?
JW: It's going to be hard. It's hard to Pluschenko, but he came back. I'm not nearly as popular as Zhenya in Russia. Though I have nothing to complain - I am loved and appreciated in the USA overall , the federation knows it and needs me.

......
MS: The favourite Russian athlete?
JW: Evgeny Pluschenko :plush1: , Irina Slutskaya, the gymnast Sveltlana Khorkina. I adore her, she is a diva.
.......


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Here is a whole interview. http://www.evgeni-plushenko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=70251#p70260

Original source http://winter.sport-express.ru/figureskating/reviews/22365/
Translated one http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3587280&postcount=1
by Kudryavka
06 Jun 2012, 21:25
 
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Re: Новости о соревнованиях || Competitions News

6/6/2012
Preliminary Schedule for the 2013 ISU World Championships

- Mon, March 11, 2013 – Qualifying
- Tue, March 12, 2013 – Qualifying
- Wed, March 13, 2013 – Pair Short Program, Opening on Ice, Men’s Short Program
- Thu, March 14, 2013 – Ladies Short Program, Ice Dance Short Dance
- Fri, March 15, 2013 – Pair Free Program & Victory Ceremony, Men’s Free Program & Victory Ceremony
- Sat, March 16, 2013 – Ice Dance Free Dance & Victory Ceremony, Ladies Free Program & Victory Ceremony
- Sun, March 17, 2012 – Exhibition Gala

***the schedule is subject to change.
http://www.skatecanada.ca/AboutUs/NewsDetails/tabid/2157/sni[2797]/1762/language/en-US/Default.aspx
by Kudryavka
07 Jun 2012, 12:59
 
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Re: Новости о соревнованиях || Competitions News

- MWO is open to Olympic or World (and so on) medalists.
- Six men skaters and six ladies skaters will participate.
- Only LP.
- ISU judges score mainly in terms of artistic side.
- Jump doesn't have basic value.
- Lighting effects, music with vocal can be used.
- ISU competition but like a competitive ice show.
- Competiters have not yet been decided.
- Probably the invitation will be sent to mainly retired skaters recently.

http://evgeni-plushenko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=288&p=70287#p69702


Medal Winners Open
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/mwo2012/

Details
5.10.2012, 19:00~
Saitama Super Arena (Saitama, Japan)


Competitors

Men
- Alexei Yagudin [Russia] (2002 SLC Olympics Gold medal)
- Iliya Kulik [Russia] (1998 Nagano Olympics Gold medal)
- Jeffrey Buttle [Canada] (2008 Worlds Gold medal)
- TBA
- TBA
- TBA

Ladies
- Irina Slutskaya [Russia] (2006 Turin Olympics Bronze medal)
- Joannie Rochette [Canada] (2010 Vancouver Olympics Bronze medal)
- TBA
- TBA
- TBA
- TBA


Ticket

Discount ticket (30 June ~31 July)
SS:15,000 JPY
S:12,000 JPY
A:9,000 JPY
B:6,000 JPY

Normal ticket (1 August~ )
All +1,000 JPY
by Kudryavka
07 Jun 2012, 16:02
 
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Re: НОВОСТИ ФК|| NEWS

6/7/2012
Olympic Champions Virtue and Moir Confirm Plans for 2012-2013 Season


OTTAWA, ON: The 2010 Olympic Ice Dance Champions and two-time world champions Tessa Virtue, 23, London, Ont., and Scott Moir, 24, Ilderton, Ont., plan to continue training in Canton, Michigan. With preparation underway for the 2012-2013 season, Marina Zoueva will be the main coach for the team.

When the duo returned to their training base in Canton after a six-week absence which saw them touring with Stars on Ice and taking some planned vacation time, they learned that their coaching team of Marina Zoueva and Igor Shpiland would no longer be working together.

The two had moved to Canton, Michigan at the ages of 15 and 17 to train with the team of Shpilband and Zoueva. According to Moir, “their coaching partnership provided an enjoyable and productive training environment and together we experienced great success on the ice. We were obviously disappointed to receive the news that our coaching team of Marina and Igor will no longer be working together.”

Virtue appreciated the positive relationship they have shared with Shpilband during that eight-year period. “It was an honour to work with him every day, and we respect his dance knowledge and technical expertise. We are very grateful to him for everything he has helped us achieve.”

The duo is back on the ice preparing for the upcoming skating season and focused on training. Virtue added, “We’re in in the process of creating two new programs and are really excited to compete in the 2012-2013 skating season.”

The two are scheduled to compete at two events on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating® circuit this fall, Skate Canada International in Windsor, Ont., October 26-28 and Rostelecom Cup in Moscow, Russia, November 9-11.

http://www.skatecanada.ca/AboutUs/NewsDetails/tabid/2157/sni[2797]/1763/language/en-US/Default.aspx

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Top 3 couples continue to work with Zoueva, only Shpilband was kicked out.... :du_ma_et:
by Kudryavka
07 Jun 2012, 18:26
 
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Re: Artistry on Ice 2012 - China 09-17.06.2012 (4 shows)

Thank you so many pictures and videos :plush40:
whitebamboo wrote:
And here's another Facebook album:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.263531890421320&type=1


I like it. He's such a bad boy! :-)
by Kudryavka
08 Jun 2012, 04:00
 
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Re: Artistry on Ice 2012 - China 09-17.06.2012 (4 shows)

Artistry on Ice: Red Temptation Program Listing
http://www.kurtfiles.com/events/artistryonice12runlist.php

1st Half:
Opening Group Dance - Moulin Rouge
Li Lixue - Chinese title (loose translation: "Spread Name to Four Seas")
Jeffrey Buttle - Big Love
Joannie Rochette - Formidable
Fiona Zaldua/Dmitry Sukhanov - Angels and Demons
Johnny Weir - Chopin
Shizuka Arakawa - El Flamenco
Kurt Browning - I'm Yours
Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo - Chinese title (loose translation:"The Moon represents my Heart")
Tiger Huang - Chinese title (translation: "Not That Simple")
Evgeny Plushenko - The Storm

2nd Half:
Mid Group Dance - Batman
Li Lixue - Chinese title (loose translation: "Prince of Egypt")
Johnny Weir - Fighter
Joannie Rochette - Indestructible
Jeffrey Buttle - Both Sides Now
Fiona Zaldua/Dmitry Sukhanov - Morphine
Kurt Browning - Feeling Good
Shizuka Arakawa - Listen
Evgeny Plushenko - Tango Roxanne (w/ Edvin Marton)
Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo - Chinese title (translation: "Our 20 Years")
Finale - something w/ Edvin Marton
Seems that they treated Plushy well :son-ce:
by Kudryavka
09 Jun 2012, 22:31
 
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Re: Artistry on Ice 2012 - China 09-17.06.2012 (4 shows)

Artistry on Ice: Red Temptation Program Listing
http://www.kurtfiles.com/events/artistryonice12runlist.php
...
For all shows? :du_ma_et:
Maybe. At least for tonight. :-):

... so, Johnny use Plushy's "would-be SP" - Chopin :hi_hi_hi:
Johnny skates to Zhenya's Chopin, in contrast, in 2008 or 2009 (i dont remember :plush44: ), Zhenya was talking about Johnny's Fallen Angel as his "would-be" Olympic program! friends forever :co_ol:
by Kudryavka
09 Jun 2012, 23:04
 
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Re: Artistry on Ice 2012 - China 09-17.06.2012 (4 shows)

pics from weibo. Thank you girls. :plush40:

http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/5e4b5b51jw1dtu978z52ij.jpg

http://ww4.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/67aca942jw1dtu97xeiycj.jpg

http://ww3.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/6c8a44c8jw1dtua7sjv8gj.jpg

http://ww2.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/6c8a44c8jw1dtu9i82fpzj.jpg

http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/6c8a44c8jw1dtub5p55vwj.jpg

http://ww4.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/67aca942jw1dtub6k2ppoj.jpg

Today's pictures? If so, seems that they watch rehearsal now :plush38:


Flowers and gifts from Chinese girls :plush39:
http://ww2.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/67aca942jw1dtss72ke7kj.jpg
by Kudryavka
11 Jun 2012, 13:55
 
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Re: Artistry on Ice 2012 - China 09-17.06.2012 (4 shows)

This morning at Beijing capital international airport. He left Beijing at 9.
http://www.weibo.com/plushenkotieba

Accompanied reports are just cute)))) :son-ce: but I'm not sure if my translation is right :smu:sche_nie: Please correct if I'm wrong :plush47:
送机结束'好幸福'好福利哦 :-) :-) :-)
http://ww2.sinaimg.cn/mw690/6f3d93c7jw1dtw714jg63j.jpg

昨晚上忘了送的小兔子手偶'普拿在手上打招呼哦
http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/mw690/6f3d93c7jw1dtw79xgtbnj.jpg


普进来'一眼瞧到那头金毛'赶紧追上去'普看到我们开心哦'就问我们昨晚睡好没 :-)
问了他有没有感觉到台北的地震'完全没有'but'edvin感觉到了'赶紧抓起小提琴跑'还作了跑的动作'问了小伊果'健康宝宝爱运动还纠正我们伊果的发音 :hi_hi_hi:
普还给我们看了手机里小伊果的视频'骑小摩托'自行车'一脸的幸福 :-)
Zhenya asked if they slept well last night)) They asked if Zhenya felt an earthquake in Taiwan on 10th Juny. Zhenya "Not at all" but Edvin felt, and tried to rush away with his violin :-) Also they asked about Yegor. Healthy and lively child. Then Zhenya corrected their pronunciation :-) (Seems that the girls mispronounce Yegor's name. How? :hi_hi_hi: ) Zhenya showed a video of Yegor with minibike in his mobile phone. Great happiness :-): (idk this word "一脸的幸福". full of happiness? big happy? big smile?)


check in时给普查深圳天气'跟他说很热'有雨'普滴表情好可爱 :-)
http://ww4.sinaimg.cn/mw690/6f3d93c7jw1dtw7z37e8mj.jpg
They told him today's weather in Shenzhen: Thundershower (day) - Heavy rain (night). Temperature: 25 - 32 degrees. :sh_ок:


普去贵宾休息室'跟他说see you tomorrow!他故意装惊讶'tomorrow? ;;-))) ;;-)))
明明早就知道了 :-)
最后飞吻byebye :-)
明天见!
Zhenya went to the VIP lounge. Said to him "See you tomorrow!" He made a surprised face on purpose, "Tomorrow? :sh_ok: " but he knew it obviously :hi_hi_hi:
As he left, he blew a kiss, bye bye. :-)
See you tomorrow!
by Kudryavka
13 Jun 2012, 05:51
 
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Re: Мужчины || Men

Фигурист Такахаси возвращается к российскому тренеру Николаю Морозову
Figure skater Takahashi returned to the Russian coach Nikolai Morozov

06/14/2012 21:51


ЛИТТЛ-ФОЛЛС (США), 14 июн - РИА Новости, Алена Леонова. Экс-чемпион мира по фигурному катанию японец Дайсуке Такахаси будет готовиться к Олимпийским играм 2014 года в Сочи под руководством Николая Морозова, сообщил российский тренер агентству "Р-Спорт".
Такахаси до мая 2008 года уже тренировался у Морозова. Японский фигурист - чемпион мира 2010 года, серебряный медалист чемпионатов мира 2007 и 2012 годов, бронзовый призер Олимпиады-2010 в Ванкувере.
"Мы вместе с Дайсуке приняли решение возобновить сотрудничество, - сказал Морозов корреспонденту "Р-Спорт". - Мне будет интересно вновь поработать с этим фигуристом. Кроме того, я уверен, что присутствие такого мастера в нашей группе пойдет на пользу другим моим ученикам в процессе подготовки к Олимпийским играм в Сочи".

Группа Морозова, в которую входят члены сборной России Алена Леонова и Сергей Воронов, танцоры Елена Ильиных/Никита Кацалапов, а также другие известные российские и иностранные фигуристы, в настоящее время находится на сборах в Америке.


Little Falls (USA), June 14 - RIA Novosti. Ex-world champion in figure skating Japanese Daisuke Takahashi will be prepared for the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014 under the leadership of Nikolai Morozov, the Russian coach said the agency "R-Sport."
Takahashi up to May 2008 has already trained with Morozov. Japanese figure skater - the world champion 2010, world championships silver medalist in 2007 and 2012, bronze medalist of Olympic Games 2010 in Vancouver.
"We, along with Daisuke decided to resume cooperation, - said Morozov told" F-Sport. "- I would be interested to work again with the skater. In addition, I believe that the presence of such a master in our group will benefit other students in my preparation for the Olympic Games in Sochi. "

Morozov's group, which includes members of the Russian national team Alena Leonova and Sergei Voronov, dancers Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov, as well as other well-known Russian and foreign skaters, is currently in training camp in America.


http://rsport.ru/figure_skating/20120614/601084215.html
http://ontd-skating.livejournal.com/1269058.html
by Kudryavka
15 Jun 2012, 06:22
 
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Re: Мужчины || Men

Я помню, Морозова спросили, почему Федерация разрешает ему тренировать Амодио. Морозов сказал, что Амодио - не конкурент для Гачинского. Что он теперь скажет? :du_ma_et:
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2012/06/15/kiji/K20120615003475620.html
> 「(当時のことは)申し訳なかった。唯一、彼が取っていない五輪の金メダルを取らせたい」

Moro said that he wants to make Takahashi an Olympic gold medalist. :du_ma_et:
by Kudryavka
15 Jun 2012, 20:06
 
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Re: Оф. новости - ИСУ/ФФККР || Official News ISU/Russian FS

ISU 54th Ordinary Congress
16 June 2012

The International Skating Union’s 54th Ordinary Congress concluded on 15 June 2012 in Kuala Lumpur (MAS). ...

It was announced that the 55th Ordinary Congress will be held in Dublin (IRL) in June 2014 and Mr Volker Waldeck was unanimously elected as Chair of the Disciplinary Commission.

Key decisions by the Congress:

General Regulations and Constitution
...
Congress has agreed to amend the format of the ISU Ordinary Congress cycle with a Forum to take place in 2014 and the next Ordinary Congress with elections to take place in 2016.
...

Single and Pair Skating and Ice Dance

The minimum age requirement in the Figure Branch has been changed to 15 which now includes all Senior International Competitions and not only ISU Championships and Olympic Winter Games. This change is effective starting in the season 2014/15. Minor adjustments have also been made in the Novice and Junior age categories.

The Single and Pair Skating and Ice Dance Technical Committees proposed several changes to make the Special Regulations and Technical Rules consistent across the disciplines, this harmonization of the rules were unanimously approved by Congress.

An additional Base Value has been introduced, the Base Value now ranges from level 0 to 4.

As of the season 2014/15, vocal music can be used in Single and Pair Skating.

Congress passed a change to remove the preliminary rounds at ISU Figure Skating Championships which will impact the time schedule starting with next season’s ISU Championships.

In line with ISU Championships 16 Pair Skaters and 20 Ice Dance Couples will qualify for the Free Program at the Olympic Winter Games.

The introduction of an examination for ISU Referees and International Judges and Referees was voted in by Congress.

.....

http://www2.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-205151-222374-nav-list,00.html?id=1080
by Kudryavka
16 Jun 2012, 15:12
 
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Re: Pinzolo, Italy (20.06-04.07)

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5474/starsonicepinzolo.jpg

Today I found this poster on the website of Pinzolo Ice.
I asked Sara what is this. And then, instead of her reply Lelo posted this. :plush38:
PINZOLO A SHOW IN AUGUST.
Sara from Pinzolo us that on August 14 at 21:15 Stars on Ice will be held with the participation of Pinzolo Plushenko. The presale will begin shortly and only locally.
Below are some links
http://www.campigliodolomiti.it/lang/IT/eventi/dettaglio/stars_on_ice,211.html
http://www.pinzoloice.com/
http://www.rendenagiovani.it/eventi/dettaglio/stars_on_ice_,356.html

http://evgeniplushenkoitalia.blogspot.jp/2012/06/show-pinzolo-ad-agosto.html?spref=tw

It seems that not IMG's Stars on Ice. Do you really think Evgeni will participate in? He will return to Pinzolo after Estonia? :ne_vi_del: Anyway, for now, there's no other skater's name except Zhenya :du_ma_et:

Last year's "Stars on Ice" of Pinzolo Ice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogMsF1gNzjE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGlGfltUVEI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWIYC2THgwU


I saw pictures of Zaldua/Sukhanov and Polishchuk(another man?)/Besedin. Maybe Ari knows something? :plush38:
by Kudryavka
20 Jun 2012, 15:54
 
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