Skaters Transition Makara Ignatova HAS Evgeny Plushenko due to the sporting results, Alena Leonova, silver medalist of the 2012 World Women’s Single Skating Championships and coach of Evgeniy Rukavitsyn’s group, told .
Earlier in May, 23-year-old Ignatov announced his transfer from Rukavitsyn to Plushenko’s group. The figure skater’s fiancée, Olympic silver medalist Alexandra Trusova, is involved in Plushenko’s Angels.
— When you learned that Makar Ignatov was leaving Rukavitsyn for Plushenko, was it a shock to you?
— Well, it wasn’t a shock, honestly. But I didn’t even think he could leave.
— Makar’s last season was not the most remarkable.
– Yes, usually after that they change the coach. God grant that everything happens in the new place, so that we see a different Makar. I will also support him and worry.
— There was not only a sporting factor in the transition. Is the presence of a loved one in the training process generally beneficial?
– Differently. Here is the future husband of Nastya Gubanova (Roman Galai, figure skater of the Finnish national team. – Approx. “”) constantly sits at training and watches, he has already become a kind of talisman, “Leonova told” “.
Ignatov, 23, is a Russian Championship silver medalist and two-time Russian Cup winner.
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