2002 Olympic champion in men’s single skating Alexei Yagudin spoke about the first training session under the guidance of Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova. His words were reported by the magazine Figure Skating World.
Yagudin said that he first met Tarasova on the ice. He told her to make a few “running” circles in either direction and then approach him. The skater did not understand the term “running” and thought that Tarasova means “running” with this word. Tarasova repeated the task.
“Excuse me, dashes?” I say. He turns around and with such a secret smile: “From here in small lines … and now – you will go cross country.” Despite his size, he has this humor, humanity in his heart … ”said Yagudin.
Alexei Yagudin won four world titles (1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002), three European titles (1998, 1999, 2002). The athlete became a two-time winner of the Grand Prix finals in figure skating and won a gold medal at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. Furthermore, the skater was inducted into the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs.
Formerly Yagudin discretion Emotional reaction of Alexandra Trusova, silver medalist of the 2022 Games, after the awards ceremony.
Source: Gazeta
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