Athletistic / Figure skating. Tatiana Tarasova, honored figure skating coach of the USSR, congratulated Olympic champion Alina Zagitova on her birthday. On May 18, the skater turned 22 years old.

“Alina is already 22? But recently she was a baby. But now she is no longer a baby, but a big girl, Alina grew up to be a good girl, I like her.

I wish Zagitova that her future career will not be worse than before, that she will succeed in all her projects. I really like Alina, she is interesting, cheerful, always happy to work, it’s just nice to watch her.

She is already proving to be a good journalist and good at interviews. Guys love Alinka. She’s a good girl! So we hope that it will not be worse than before,” Tarasova said, as quoted by Match TV.

Alina Zagitova announced the suspension of her figure skating career in the summer of 2019. She is Olympic champion in individual skating in 2018, silver medalist of these Games in team competition, world champion (2019) and winner of the Grand Prix final (2017).

Alina is currently studying at the Faculty of Journalism at RANEPA, also works as a TV presenter and participates in various ice shows.



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