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Friday 17 January 2014 6 minutes reading time
Julia Lipnitskaya, you're the youngest ever European champion at only 15 and a half years. At your first appearance, you've already won. Russia has had to wait eight years to return to'' gold in the women's race to the Europeans, to'' age'' s last victory you had seven years and Irina Slutskaya won. At that time already looked at the rink, she was your idol?
Julia Lipnitskaya not even looked at the ice rink'' s era. Do not even watched television.
Adelina Sotnikova, you've already won two silvers to Europeans at this point, what differences there are between the two medals?
Sotnikova: I'm glad this silver. I am happy to be able to skate in this manner, I do not think I'd be able to get to'' gold'' quest today.
Why did you say that you could not win? What makes you think that?
Sotnikova: For me, this silver is worth like gold, that's why.
Carolina Kostner, have won five gold, two silver, bronze is this your first?
Kostner: Actually no (won it in 2006, ed.) I was here ten years ago at the European Championships in Budapest in 2004, and it was my second participation. I saw Julia Sebestyen win and remember watching her with wide-eyed dreaming of getting on the podium. I've already taken its place five times. '' It was a pleasure to skate here, it was the best training possible in view of the Olympics.
The Bolero is a repetitive music and yet you can make it in different facets. How did you work on this issue and on the inside you hear this song?
Kostner:'' And strange indeed because the original song lasts 15 minutes and the pace is always the same, but listening to him one gets the impression'' that goes faster and faster - in fact it is not true. In the same way I wanted to build my own program,'' the emotion
K bolero is a repetitive music, and yet you manage to make it so different. That how did you work on and feel the music in yourself?
That it'' s funny the music is 15min long, the original one. wlasy the peace is the same, but listening to it you get the feeling That it goes faster and faster, b ut it'' s not true. that'' s how i wanted to build the progra,, the emotion gets higher and higher. i had fun creating it with values ​​ichol and i always Wished it ould not have been an oly program but in the summer i wanted to take a new challeng and skate a new program. Decided That we know if i didn'' t like the new program, i could have come back to bolero. i feel amazing and full of joy when i skate to it.
K will you Consider adding blackberries difficulties to the program to be competitive with These young ladies?
well at least i have to try making no mistakes and then i'' ll thnk of somethng else maybe.
what are your plans for the future? (To all of them)
L we are taking it one event at the time, lookign at the future years
K it'' s difficult to talk abotu the future, right before the Olys. i will keep on skating as long as i feel joy. the decision will come when i'' ll be ready
S i live day by day, the future is coming and i am going at my own peace
S after the first jump you immediately reacted and regrouped, how did you do that? usually you it'' s difficult for you after making mistaks at the beginning
i-learned to switch my mind and pulign myself together. i have to thank my coaches, they'' re always supporting me. i am grateful for that.
K what do you expect from Olys?
Life usually you least expect surprises when you finish it, I know i have no expectations.
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