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No commentator uses so many varied and apt expressions to describe skaters’ performances as an honored coach USSR Tatyana Tarasova. Her “done” and “masterpiece” have long gone down in the history of figure skating, so Tarasova’s appearance at the commentary table at the Russian Championship delighted many fans. Sports presents a selection of the most striking quotes from a famous specialist.
Music
Music can play both in favor of an athlete and against him, so Tarasova approaches her choice with special attention:
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“It’s not clear what it is. Firstly, he missed five seconds. Where could he have lost them? He didn’t fall. Where? Is their music cut off like that? But I just wanted to praise” (free program by Semyon Solovyov).
“The music is over, but they are still dancing. This is what I love. You can be happy, but I, for example, am not happy” (rhythm dance by Varvara Kurnosenko and Fyodor Varlamov).
“The outfit is sewn in such a way that there are literally no panties. You don’t have to talk about it on television, but you also look and see. What, there wasn’t enough material or are we blind and don’t see that she has long legs? Are we on the beach or something? Or have we gained weight as a result of intense training, so much so that we crawl out of the suit?” (free dance by Polina Usova and Mikhail Antonov).
Weight
Remarks regarding weight affected both girls and men:
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“I don’t know what to talk about, I don’t want to offend anyone. My opinion is that it is necessary to carry out a control weighing before going out to an audience of five thousand.” (short program by Maria Talaikina).
“She didn’t do the cascade, she fell from her sheepskin coat. And she sat down so nicely, not that she didn’t even fight, she was already tired at first. Despite the fact that she accelerated, she you need speed to lift your heavy weight” (short program by Arina Kshetskaya).
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“They work well with his coach, but it seems to me that he needs to lose weight. Although this did not interfere with this program, he never showed us that he was barely crawling, dying” (free program of Andrey Mozalev).
Details
Tarasova examined in detail every part of the figure skater's body:
“I think he should pump up a little. Look at these handles. These handles cannot take the jump. Although he jumps very easily, he just has a bad axel” (free program by Fedor Zonov).
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“The beauty is beautiful. On the exit, the leg is turned out, the hip like a ballerina” (free program by Daniil Samsonov).
“And this is his imperfection in traveling… his free leg is always bent, so clumsy, but in this music it is acceptable. This is very important: to make presence out of absence” (free program by Evgeniy Semenenko).
Anxiety of athletes
Often, it is because of stress that athletes fail to achieve elements that come out ideally during training:
“The first elements were generally brilliant, and the todes were so small. Todesik was like that, a paw. For children, todes” (short program by Anastasia Mukhortova and Dmitry Evgeniev).
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“Oh, just not I know. The boys were scared of each other. What is he doing? After all, he skated like Our Father.” I think Alexey Nikolaevich Mishin did not teach him to do this with his program at the national championship” (free program by Matvey Vetlugin).
“The boy is kind of scared. I don’t know why he was scared. Such friendly people are sitting around. Everyone except me, of course” – (free dance by Varvara Kurnosenko and Fyodor Varlamov).
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“I want their skill to stay up in the second half of the program” (free dance of Alexandra Prokopets and Alexander Vaskovich).
“I want to hit you in the neck. Don’t worry, you have to do it” ( free dance of Daria Savkina and Alexander Vakhnov).
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Twizzles
Twizzles are a mandatory element in figure skating, and special attention is paid to it in ice dancing. But it was the twizzles that raised the most questions from Tarasova: Was that a twizzle made? Because the first twizzle looked like some kind of rickets patient. The second and third were better, but also not a fountain” (rhythm dance by Varvara Kurnosenko and Fyodor Varlamov).
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“Lord, I'm sorry. Twizzles are just a turn. They did it as if they were jumping with a parachute, they almost crashed in the turns. They almost got killed!” (free dance by Polina Usova and Mikhail Antonov).
“Distance (on twizzles), you understand. There is not enough TV. This is a widescreen one you need to take” (free dance by Ekaterina Mironova and Evgeniy Ustenko).
Falls
No competition is complete without falls, but it is very difficult to describe them the way Tarasova does:
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“Three falls at the very beginning. Literally from everything. Doesn't fight. How tired he is! Tired after a minute. How not to get tired when you fall three times?” (free program by Daniil Postarnakov).
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“At the end of the track it’s not like what’s next (you don’t want to ride), you just want to lie down on your stomach and rest a little, but you need to finish the program further” (short program by Alina Gorbacheva).
“The girls are letting their coach Svetlana Sokolovskaya down. We skated like this 15-20 years ago. With double jumps. Lutz oiler Salchow was very good, if I hadn’t fallen from the Salchow. I almost fell to my death. Kondratyuk alone is worth it. I can’t forget it myself. I didn’t sleep until 5 o’clock in the morning!” (free program by Maria Zakharova).
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“Words are powerless. She is a champion in falls. Not everyone will allow themselves to fall four times” (free program by Maya Khromykh).
“My God, what joy the boy has! You know, I’m looking for some words to say that the girl is simply not standing well on her feet. The boy is just glad that he didn’t fall. Well, thank God” (free dance by Elizaveta Shanaeva and Pavel Drozd) .
Sayings and quotes
Tarasova’s speech is often embellished with sayings and quotes from great people:
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“I adore this program. You can say about it: the spool is small and expensive. Everything is finished, done, redone” (short program by Adelia Petrosyan)
“She is head and shoulders above everyone else. great talent. It’s so easy to teach if there is no soul. She has a huge talent, and as Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya said: “Talent will find a hole.” Right to tears” (short program by Kamila Valieva)
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New elements
Tarasova always notes interesting elements and approaches.
“This is a bomb! A real bomb, not a movement!” (short program by Veronika Yametova).
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“And they have total support! I almost threw myself onto the ice from fear. Absolutely grandiose. What a passage, speed and position she has so scary, that you can simply be stunned here” (short program by Yulia Artemyeva and Alexey Bryukhanov).
“Here they are four revolutions (in the twist)! It’s so easy that it can’t be. It’s incredible. She spins at such a speed that it can’t be done easily” (free program Yulia Artemyeva and Alexey Bryukhanov).
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Praise and wishes
Approval from Tarasova must be earned, but if she praises, she does it 100%:
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” It’s taking place in the Urals, and she’s riding with a bang!” (free program by Veronica Yametova).
“She has the same height as herself. And the quad looked better than the men’s. Something incredible” (free program by Alina Gorbacheva).
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“I want them to were also decorations, so that you could say that they skate like gods. It’s in this direction “like gods” that you have to work” (rhythm dance by Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva and Yegor Bazin).
“It was as if she had enchanted the whole hall. The whole hall began to clap in a whisper, little by little, to hear this music and to calm it down. An amazing ability to take thousands of halls into your soul” (short program by Ksenia Sinitsina).
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“Hurray! Great! It's a great happiness to see such a giant in our country. He can do a lot. Bravo! Daineko bravo! Just brought inhuman pleasure” (free program by Pyotr Gumennik).
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“Just a great guy! He fought to finish. I’m actually a fan of his, to be honest. I liked him for a long time and somehow forever. Great, he did quadruple jumps. Of course, he died on the last part. But still, it was men’s single skating “(free program by Makar Ignatov).
Suspension
From the number of strong skates, Tarasova, of course, could not help but express regret over the suspension of Russian athletes:
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“It’s okay, there are couples who, when we are released from this cage, can represent our homeland, our country, where there were many unforgettable victories in dancing.”
“Let Europe see how our couples skate. The whole world will see where they go. Nobody wants to let us in, who are we to let us in. We will all win, and they will just hold competitions and participate.”
“The hall is full, only there are no people on the ceiling. Lord, thank you for loving us so much.”
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