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The fifth round with "Five Chatting Over ..." is un''occasione favorable opportunity to deepen the knowledge of Miriam Ziegler and Severin Kiefer, skaters couple of Austrians in the ascendant.
Monday 7 December 2015 7 minutes reading time
Miriam Ziegler, born March 19, 1994 to Oberpullendorf, won in single two editions of the Austrian National Championships and participated in the Olympic Games of Vancouver 2010 coming twenty-sixth. In 2013, he decided to try to skate in pairs alongside Severin Kiefer. Severin Kiefer, born l & rsquo; October 11, 1990 in Kuchl, filed in three individual bronze medals in the national championships and won Stina Martini paired with three titles in Austria. Miriam and Severin, in the first part of career together, have won two national championships in Austria and took part in the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014. In the current season, they got a second place in the Coupe de Nice and took part in two stages Grand Prix, improving all the personal records. They are one of three couples in the world able to perform effectively the triple lutz in parallel.
1) When did you start skating imagined that one day you would have taken part in the World Cup and Olympics?
Severin Kiefer - "I started to ask myself really when I met these objectives skater Jeffrey Buttle, Adrian Schultheiss and Viktor Pfeifer in international training camp. Talk to them and understand their approach to work has had a strong influence on me."
Miriam Ziegler - "When I started, I did not think I would have never participated in the Olympics. In fact & agrave ;, the first few times I did not skate, but I began to wills & agrave; my grandmother and I'm glad I did try."
2) Miriam what aspect you feel more & ugrave; difficult in skating in pairs and Severin & agrave such difficulties; you met in the skate with a & rsquo; athlete inexperienced in pairs? Miriam Ziegler - "What more & ugrave; difficult & egrave; been used to share the ice with another skater. You & egrave; pi & ugrave; free to do there & ograve; that you want, but before any element everything must be discussed and shared." Severin Kiefer - "Nothing in particular, Miriam & egrave; was very quick to find a dimension in the new discipline as evidenced by the fact that after five months in couple we took part in the trial of Olympic qualification in Oberstdorf then managed to take sides in the Olympics in Sochi . His undoubted quality & agrave; as single skater have provided critical assistance and represent a strength compared to other couples on the front of the jumps in parallel and launched ".
3) For the future have already & agrave; think of what choices to make music? "There are several passages that are important to us, but often these pieces are not suitable for ice or to our way. In any case, we always try to & nbsp; look for music with which we can identify."
4) & nbsp; What are the objectives in view of the Olympic Games of 2018?
"In 2018 we want to just participate as happened in Sochi, but play a role more & ugrave; important. We are still both still young and we believe we are in possession of a good technical potential and artistic. We will try to do my best from now until 2018, but we also look to 2022 ".
5) In Austria, despite the presence of numerous plants, figure skating struggling to emerge, which could be the solution to change this trend?
"The answer & egrave; simple, but the main problem & egrave; linked to the fact that no discipline & egrave; pi & ugrave; popular as, instead, it was many years ago. Compared to other nations, the number of practitioners & egrave; significantly reduced and coaches have provisions little human material. In addition, in the absence of results of prestige, IS difficult to be attractive for sponsors. Therefore, to practice the discipline necessary passion and requires many sacrifices, without a return to economic . One way to change this would be to set an example by managing to get good results at the international level and then trying to raise awareness of the & rsquo; public opinion thanks to the traditional media and social networks. "
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