The Astana Figure Skating Federation reported that the figure skater Sofia Samodelkina left the Plushenko’s Angels academy and will complete a trial and training course with coach Rafael Harutyunyan in October.
Samodelkina, the Russian junior vice-champion, obtained Kazakh citizenship in 2023. In July, the 17-year-old athlete won the Kazakhstan Summer Championship.
— The Astana Figure Skating Federation announces that Samodelkina has left the Plushenko’s Angels club and, since September 1, has not cooperated with Evgeni Plushenko. We thank the Plushenko’s Angels club and personally Plushenko and Yana Rudkovskaya for the work done. We wish the club to continue successfully strengthening its membership and preparing for upcoming competitions, while remaining true to its goals and traditions.
Already in October, Sophia will go to Los Angeles for a trial and internship with Rafael Harutyunyan, the coach of Olympic champion Nathan Chen, as well as world figure skating star Ilya Malinin. Sofia will continue her cooperation and friendship with Rudkovskaya and Plushenko. The decision to move to another specialist was made by the federation and Sophia with them, Tengri Sport cites a press release of the federation.
It is worth noting that Elmira Turganova will accompany the athlete until the first start of the season as a coach. Samodelkina is scheduled to perform at the junior Grand Prix stage in Ankara from September 18 to 21.
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