Athletistic / Figure skating Former Russian figure skater, Olympic champion in ice dancing Tatyana Navka told the story of honored coach of the USSR Natalya Dubova.

“We had a trainer Natalya Dubova, everyone was afraid of her like Stalin. At the age of 15-16, weight problems began, after two peaches she recovered by a kilogram. There had rats.”

Some would say it’s a nightmare. Mom, having discovered it, wanted to come and get me. But I said don’t you dare do that. Grateful for such hardening – now I’m not afraid of anything,” R-Sport Navka quotes.

It should be noted that during her career Natalia Dubova worked with such dance duets as Maya Usova and Alexander Zhulin, Oksana Grischuk and Evgeny Platov, Marina Anisina and Gwendal Peizera.

Navka’s partners during her figure skating career were Samvel Gezalyan, Nikolai Morozov and Roman Kostomarov.

Recall that from July 1 to September 30 of this year in Sochi Tatyana Navka’s ice show “The Scarlet Flower” takes place.