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The new pair of Russian dance, formed by Elena Ilinykh and Ruslan Zhiganshin, is of viewings yesterday by Mikhail Stifunin, junior world champion of the specialty in 1997, now in the technical framework of the federation.
Wednesday 16 April 2014 4 minutes reading time
As reported by Elena Kustarova, one of the coaches of the two skaters, the test would have given positive feedback. Stifunin, with a competitive past thirty-five Moscow between Russia and France, he used glowing terms compared to what we saw on the track, "the guys are great together," but, noting how the path is just the beginning of all'', he advised to continue with training in peace without being influenced by extra-ice situations.
Kustarova, daughter of Svetlana Alexeeva, other technical reference of the couple, it is then focused on'' work environment stressing that any decision taken so far has been shared with athletes who have already '' reached a good agreement.
Meanwhile, Victoria Sinitsina, a former partner of Zhiganshin, and Nikita Katsalapov, previously alongside Ilinykh, are located in Canton in the United States to make a long series of tests'' under the watchful eye of Marina Zoueva.
From Michigan are not yet leaked rumors, but, in light of what happened in the last ten days, the impression is'' that both couples are doing the right steps to start your new career.
Unless more twists, one of the topics of greatest interest to the Russian dance in the upcoming season will be the clash between different technical staff, who more those less able to impose itself at different levels in the last decade''.
Probably, the couple will be to beat sailed the Bobrova / Soloviev, coached by Alexander Zhulin, technical, among others, of Monko / Khaliavin, already junior world champions. The main alternatives to the winners of the last four national titles should be Sinitsina / Katsalapov, which will probably be followed by Marina Zoueva, and Ilinykh / Zhiganshin, school-Kustarova so Alexeeva as the vice-world champions junior Yanovskaia / Mozgov that will not make the jump in class. Do not leave the beaten Stepanova / Bukin, coached by tandem Svinin Zhuk-and, at the moment, is not yet understand the situation of Riazanova / Tkachenko, directed by Alexei Gorshkov in recent seasons with the advice of Igor Shpilband. It seems, finally, that the couple Pushkash / Guerreiro you are exercising with Anjelika Krilova, but because of the origins of Jonathan Guerreiro is not exclude that it may eventually reach the decision to compete for Australia'', remained deprived of the dancers rush.
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