“We had a sincere conversation with Aliyev only this year – during the tour of the Plushenko show” – figure skater Sobinina

Figure skater Taisiya Sobinina told how she met the European champion Dmitry Aliyev .

Aliev is from Ukhta, where Sobinina lived and trained for several years before moving to St. Petersburg.

– I studied with his first coach – Lidia Rodionova. True, when I arrived, Dima was already living in St. Petersburg, but sometimes he visited his small homeland and watched the skating rink. Then, already at the St. Petersburg Academy, we just said hello, sometimes we met in training. And sincerely, they spoke only this year during the Plushenko show tour. We sat down, remembered common coaches and native places. We both remain in contact with our Lydia Konstantinovna to this day,” Sobinina told .

At the end of June, Denis Khodykin, bronze medalist of the European Championship paired with Daria Pavlyuchenko, announced the name of his new partner. She became 18-year-old Sobinina. The couple trains in the group of Sergei Roslyakov. Last season, Sobinina studied at the Angela Plushenko Academy with Ilya Mironov and previously played with Sergei Bakhmat and Nikita Volodin.