Averbukh: “We rely on the pool of coaches, on the kinetic energy that drove first Soviet and then Russian figure skating”

The high level of the Soviet figure skating training school allows Russian athletes to show good results, the Olympic silver medalist in ice dancing said on . Ilya Averbukh .

In October, the International Skating Union (ISU) extended the exclusion of Russians from international competitions, in force since last year, due to the situation in Ukraine.

– We keep this great kinetic energy, which first animated Soviet, then Russian, figure skating, because we have a wonderful galaxy of coaches, we have managed to preserve them. God bless the great specialists – including Alexey Mishin, Tamara Moskvina, Elena Chaikovskaya, Natalya Linichuk, Sasha Zhulin and among the young – Eteri Tutberidze.

Thanks to a strong pool of coaches, we are doing well, but we need competition, we need to set goals. In all national championships, scores are often “mixed” and cannot be used as a guide. I would try to evaluate it in world realities.

The figure skating federation does a lot: it organizes tournaments and supports the guys financially. All is. It’s not a question of the number of competitions. There will be a Russian championship – a tournament where all the strongest will gather,” Averbukh said in the show “Loud!” on the channel.

The Russian Figure Skating Championships will take place from December 21 to 24 in Chelyabinsk.