“Sooner or later you will have to be done with the sport, but you are not ready to leave yet” – figure skater Samarin

Medalist figure skater at the European Championships Alexander Samarin noted that in the future he would like to work as a coach, and he does not yet plan to end his career in sports.

– Two years ago, after the failure at the European Championships in Graz, you said that this “kick” turned out to be extremely timely, because the next two seasons are extremely important. And then everything went wrong: a pandemic, a failed selection for the Olympics… You didn’t want to end figure skating?

– I thought about it even before the start of the Olympic season. I understand that sooner or later I will have to finish the sport anyway, but I’m not ready to leave yet. I was just starting to think more seriously about what to do next. Now I am completing my studies in the master’s program of the Academy of Physical Culture.

– Do you want to become a coach?

– In terms of further work, a lot will depend on my request on the ice, let’s say. In this regard, I am always open to proposals, and I really want to have such proposals. But this reasoning is more forward-looking, since sport is a story that is not yet over. Despite the fact that everything I had planned and desired did not happen, my hands do not give up. I’m still doing what I love, and while there’s such an opportunity, I want to get more out of this business. So that later, years later, do not regret some unrealized moments, – quotes the words of Samarin RT.

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