Russian figure skater Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva dancing in ice dance with Egor Bazin in his column on , spoke about the difficult return to training after the holidays.
Khudaiberdieva and Bazin are the champions of Russia in the 2022/23 season. Since March 2023, the athletes have been training in the group of Alexander Zhulin, where they left coach Denis Samokhin. The duo won silver medals at the Russian Championship and the Spartakiad of the strongest.
— Honestly, I’ll tell you, returning to the ice after the holidays was difficult. The body generally refused to accept the fact that it had to remember what a load was and push itself at least to the minimum speed. And I’m only 21, it’s terrible! My partner is one of the historical members of today’s national team; he will be 29 in September.
With a slight crack in our joints, but by no means in our souls, we remembered the performances of new dances and, I swear, literally from the first practice to the music, everything changed. And you have the motivation, and you already know where to start, and the body is in shape again, and the long pieces of iron on your feet are again comfortable slippers. And I honestly realized: this is my choice, and my choice to ride now.
No one will force an athlete. No amount of money or persuasion will force you to take up figure skating under pressure. And as long as you enjoy the ice, the training process, the feeling of music, as long as you have something to say to the viewer and to yourself, you will do it, despite all the difficulties,” Khudaiberdieva wrote in a column on the website.
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