“It happened somewhere near Voronezh, in a village.” Figure skater Solovyov told how a young athlete disappeared during a training camp

Figure skater Semyon Solovyov In an interview with , he told how a young athlete got lost during a training camp for coach Artur Gachinsky’s group.

Solovyov is the winner of the St. Petersburg Cup stage. He trains in Gachinsky’s group. At the Russian Championship last season, the 18-year-old skater took eighth place.

— Gachinsky is a strict coach, are you joking with him? There is not much age difference between you.

– Yes, everything is fine, I can easily joke with him, but there is a subordination – he is the head coach. And in general, you need to respect any coach. Now Kirill Aleshin works with us, he is not much older than me, it is difficult to perceive him as a coach, but I have to do it as a professional.

Inside Yubileiny, we always joke with the guys, we can add all sorts of different things. Once at the palace, a journalist interviewed Semenenko, caught a few of our jokes – and was stunned.

— What are Gachinsky’s strong qualities?

— All the qualities of a coach are combined, it is difficult to generalize anything. I have been with him for a long time, he has changed as a specialist. When I started, Arthur was very young, now he looks more serious, behaves more restrained at times.

There is a funny story: one day we ran cross-country at night during a training camp. During our training camp, a girl got lost in the forest, it was somewhere near Voronezh, in a village, and in the end she arrived at the base before us, and we ran to look for her.

Arthur Andreevich found out and scared us away. We worked for about 15 minutes and went to bed.

— You started figure skating when Gachinsky was still performing…

— Yes, I think I watched some of his performances. When I came to train with Vladislav Sezganov, I skated on the same ice with Artur Andreevich, with the adult group of Alexei Mishin. I remember Gachinsky – he was sitting so seriously in the locker room. I think he remembers it too.

I was generally shocked then – you go out on the ice, and there is Tuktamysheva and other famous skaters. I was just disconnected. I should not have embarrassed myself yet. And next to Semenenko, he puts on a quadruple sheepskin coat, and you think wow! – Solovyov told .

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