Yagudin: “The birth of daughters Michelle and Lisa is a cooler thing than winning the Olympics”

Olympic figure skating champion Alexey Yagudin admitted that the birth of his daughters was more important to him than winning the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Yagudin is 44 years old and is also a four-time world champion and three-time European champion.

— Your portrait was presented at the Krasnoyarsk Grand Prix. Do you have any emotions when looking at the photo?

– No emotion. I often tell a story when they called me during a rehearsal at the theater, and after Salt Lake City, 10 years passed and they said to me: “Alexey, congratulations on your inclusion in the Hall of Fame. I thanked him.

The girl says: “Are you happy? » I said, “Everything is fine. Honestly, it’s very nice. These are Americans over there, emotional. The Alley is located in Colorado Springs. She says it’s “Ennificent, fantastic”. I say, “Yes, yes, fantastic, fantastic. Only, I already have two dogs, one of which is already taking over my wife’s clothes, two daughters, a family, a theater, I obviously don’t have time for that at the moment. They were surprised. It is an indicator that a person cannot experience certain moments in their life.

New events arise which sometimes have greater weight than this medal. For example, the birth of daughters Michelle and Lisa. These are cooler things than winning the Olympics. Yes, this gold radically changed my life and opened a lot of doors for me, I’m not making this up. And yes, looking at the photo, the memories of that victory exist, but I will never sit down and relive what happened, how I executed the program.

I am glad that sometimes moments that are not very important to you at the moment have a positive effect on many people and motivate them. It’s also a charitable story, we donated a check to an organization that helps sick children,” Yagudin quotes Sport24.

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