Figure skater Babaev-Smirnov: “I like to dance on the floor, it helps on the ice”

Skaters Varvara Zhdanova And Timur Babaev-Smirnov who practice ice dancing, spoke in an interview with about his hobbies outside of sports.

Zhdanova and Babaev-Smirnov train in the group of Ksenia Rumyantseva and Ekaterina Volobueva. In the 2023/24 season, the couple took eighth place at the Russian Championship and seventh at the Spartakiad of the Strongest.

— What are your hobbies besides figure skating?

Timur: I like dancing on the floor. I really like doing this. As a child, I attended a dance studio for five years. Now I try to stay fit in my free time and not give it up. I think dancing helps on the ice. I can dance in any direction. But I especially like hip-hop, even if you can’t really dance it on ice. In the 2021/22 season, the theme of rhythm dance was street dance. Then I felt two hundred percent comfortable.

Various: I like classical. Since my childhood, I have loved going to the theater and concerts. My father is a musician. When he worked at the Nouvel Opéra Théâtre, I watched all the productions with great pleasure. The concert in the Gothic temple was very memorable – an organ with an orchestra, magical music!