Rukavitsyn: It’s good that the Russians support Gubanov at the European Championships as if it were their own
St. Petersburg, January 28 – RIA Novosti, Andrey Simonenko. Yevgeny Rukavitsyn, the coach of Anastasia Gubanova, the representative of Georgia, who won the European Figure Skating Championships, admitted that she was very pleased that the fans from different countries, including many Russians, supported her student as if they were supporters. their own.
Gubanova, native of Togliatti, St. He lives and trains in St. Petersburg, previously competed for Russia. The figure skater has represented Georgia since 2021, won the European Championship with a score of 199.91. Russian athletes were not allowed to participate in the tournament.
“Nastya’s victory once again proves that the Russian coaching methodology works. I want to thank the Russian Figure Skating Federation for the positive evaluation of our transition application a few years ago and the chance for Nastya to realize herself. And she said, “Sport is a must come together, this is the key role of sports. I’m currently receiving congratulations from so many fans, people of different nationalities and it’s a big buzz.”
Rukavitsyn, together with Gubanova, could not participate in the European Championship, the figure skater was brought to the competition by the coach of his group, Valentin Molotov. “Not being in Finland made the task very difficult and I would like to thank my colleagues, my teammates, namely Valentin Molotov, who was next to Nastya. It was necessary to show a very clever coaching idea, to find and say the right words psychologically. Of course, I was in touch and Maybe one day I will tell what happened there. But now I will note that Valentin is very competent and correct. He took the athlete to the start in the free program,” stressed the expert.
Source: Ria
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