Honorary Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova responded to the words of the Minister of Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan Vladimir Leonov that talented skaters will train free or preferentially at Alina Zagitova’s school “Sports Express”.
“Yes, it will definitely motivate. We’ll see how everything will be when the school is built. Conditions are good,” Tarasova said.
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.
It was previously reported that Zagitova. masters A new profession with no place for girls.