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'' The news was in the air for several days, but today I got the'' official. Brian Orser will coach Sofia Lafuente from the month of October.
Wednesday 9 October 2013 5 minutes reading time
The Spanish skater, will leave historians coaches Carolina Sanz, Iván Sáez and Jordi Lafarga moved to Toronto where he will find as training partners countryman Javier Fernadndez, protagonist of the recent Japan Open, Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu, fresh from the splendor of Finland Trophy, and the young Kazakh Elizabet Tutzynbaeva, which these days will compete in the stage of Tallinn Junior Grand Prix with the possibility of access to the final.
In essence, all'' internal working group Orser, which also collaborate with Tracy Wilson and the esteemed choreographer David Wilson, Lafuente take the place of Elene Gedevanishvili, moved in the summer in Massachusetts.
The decision, taken in conjunction with the federation, was taken after the deludentissima service offered at the Nebelhorn Trophy, in which the twenty-one native of Las Palmas has failed to qualify for the Olympic Games.
'' It is a decision that had been considered several times before, but that was primarily triggered by the non-qualification for 2014 Olympics in Sochi. And, the general feeling is that Sonia was in need of a change in his training system. Importantly, this change was conceived in collusion with former coaches,'' for which the athlete has only words thank you: "I want to publicly thank my coaches, Carolina Saez, Ivan Sanz and Jordi Lafarga all your work done with me both in technical training and in'' love, time and patience for all these years I spent. know of I disappointed with this decision and I will leave the flag of the work done until now as high as possible. Carol and I will always be with them, because without their help it would not be what I am and always will be my references. I also thank the technical team, teammates and club officials Majadahonda for their support and understanding in every moment of my career, "he adds. Without the pressure of the Olympics, upcoming appointments of Sonia Lafuente will: Winter Universiade (December 8 to 15 in Trento - Italy), Spain Championship (21-22 December at Jaca), European Union (13 January 19 in Budapest - Hungary) and global (March 24 to 30 in Saitama - Japan). From For his part, the vice president of FEDH, Gloria Estefanell, that is in charge of negotiating the transfer, said: "Since Federation is to give full support to this skater in this new phase of his life and sports we want to continue to grow to keep the addition of'' success for Spanish sport, as he always did. "'' There is no doubt great news that will help Sonia to arrive, even more, in our sport. From here, we want to send a hug, much to her, as in Carolina, Ivan and George, who were the architects of today's reality is capitalized Sonia Lafuente.
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