Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova will become the general director of her school in Kazan. According to this RIA NewsThis was stated by the Minister of Sports of Tatarstan Vladimir Leonov.
“He is not a coach, but rather an athlete. He will be a general manager, as they say in hockey. He will continue to select coaches, supervise, monitor and determine tasks. Alina and I are in constant communication, I just called yesterday. Business processes,” said Leonov.
The official emphasized that Zagitova already has a team of competent experts. She also talked about working together on the facility project.
The construction of Zagitova’s school in Kazan became known after PSEF. At the forum, the skater discussed this project with Leonov and the president of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. He then expressed his gratitude to the leadership of the republic for supporting the project.
In addition to the gold medal at the Games, Zagitova won gold at the 2019 World Championships and gold and silver medals at the 2018 and 2019 European championships. Zagitova is the second figure skater in world history after Kim Young Ah, who managed to win all championships in Russian singles and world figure skating.
Zagitova missed the 2020 and 2021 competitions but has not announced the completion of her professional career since then. In February 2022, Zagitova took part as captain in the Channel One Cup team tournament, which the “Red Machine” team won.
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