Linichuk – about breakups of ice dancing couples: “This is a normal phenomenon, especially among the modern generation”

Figure skating coach Natalya Linichuk, in a conversation with , said that breakups of dancing couples can be called a normal phenomenon, especially among young people.

In December it became known that 67-year-old Linichuk would begin working with dance duets at the Plushenko Academy. His students were Arina Ushakova and Valery Angelopol.

— How do you generally assess the current state of our ice dancing?

“It’s hard for me to judge, I didn’t see much.” Every coach and athlete does their best. I don’t think anyone deliberately sabotages training or trains athletes poorly.

— According to you, how can we stop all the disintegration and rearrangements in our dances?

– It always has been and will be. Maybe not in such quantities. Nobody is handcuffed. It’s just that it may have turned out that there were a lot of them at once. This is a normal phenomenon, especially among the modern generation of young people.

– There are many new models…

– Maybe it will give fresh breath, a look.

— You are probably interested in attracting specialists…

– Certainly. I am now at the stage of putting together a team that will work. I went on the ice on December 6th, this is all in its early stages, but definitely. How to transmit knowledge and vision? Time will tell whether the headquarters will be big or not. There is a lot of knowledge and experience,” Linichuk told .

Linichuk, partnered with Gennady Karponosov, is the winner of the 1980 Olympic Games, as well as a two-time world and European champion.