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[Ola_1]

Lambiel was amazing, as always, charming and sweet
Joubert also did very very well, his exhibition program was great
The only person that was missing was our Zhenya!

[Дарина]

Мужская пресс-конференция

О, тут тоже разговор идёт о Патрике Чане и его двух четверных)))

-Поздравления всем вам, вы прекрасно сражались сегодня, но мы слышали, что на чемп. Канады П. Чан прыгнул два четверных в произвольной программе. Как вы будете готовиться к ЧМ?
Амодио: да, это правда, мы видели прекрасное выступление Патрика Чана, и все мы будем работать на тренировках. Это правда, что я пока не делаю четверной на соревнованиях, но я постараюсь его исполнить на ЧМ, потому что знаю, мы должны его исполнять. Здесь мы на пьедестале, но есть много соперников из других стран и мы приложим все усилия, чтобы победить их.
Жубер: Такие соревнования делают меня очень уверенным, делают сильнее. Сделать два четверных в ПП будет моей целью на ЧМ в Токио. Не знаю, буду ли я исполнять два тулупа или тулуп и сальхов, увидим после тренировки. Я должен работать, совершенствоваться, но я могу это сделать. Я это делал, значит, смогу сделать это снова.
-Томаш, Вы можете это сделать?
Вернер: Это очень прямой вопрос))) Я помню на ЧМ-2007 года в Токио я был единственным, кто прыгал два четверных в произвольной, так что почему бы нет, почему не сделать их снова - я имею в виду, если я почувствую необходимость вставить два квада в программу,- потому что я стал более уверенным в исполнении четверных. Но я думаю, в отношении Патрика Чана дело не только в четверных. Ему ставят изумительные оценки за программные компоненты, поэтому если хочешь с ним соревноваться, дело не в том, чтобы прыгать три четверных на соревнованиях. Нужно кататься быстро, показывать очень глубокие рёбра, транзишены, которых у него много. Действительно, дело не в четверных. И я хочу сказать - вопрос был от японского журналиста – так вот японские ребята очень сильны, но никто из них не планирует два четверных в программе, и всё же они очень сильная команда. Я не вижу смысла фокусироваться на трёх четверных в программе.

[alysonshade]

Carolina something abut Plushy ... Alyson, Simona?
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http://www3.lastampa.it/sport/sezioni/p ... tp/386675/

Carolina Kostner si rialza: "Con questo argento ho sconfitto l'ansia"

Here is the whole interview translated in English.. Forgive the errors, Girls...

Carolina Kostner rises again: "By this silver I have defeated the anxiety”

European Championships, the recovery after the fall
by GIULIA ZONCA

More than a recovery, it's a transformation: Carolina Kostner gets rid of the anxiety and she takes back the podium, she nearly won a European that she nearly threw away because of a disastrous short program and that she retrieved again through a lot more relaxed performance. Not perfect, but enough for a silver "and then I finally learned that perfection does not exist."

After the first tumbles, did you still believe in the medal?
"I believed in me. In the past I would not be able to recover the calm. Friday I slipped into bed and I stopped to let me preach. I worked well, I love my programs, I just had to let go and doing what I am capable of. "


However, when you went down on the ice rink, you looked very tense.
"Yes, I was. I wanted to leave at home all the uncertainties that I brought with me, coming from somewhere. But here I shown to belong to that category of people who can rise again after having taken a thrashing."

After the Olympics did you think to be able to rise again?
"I thought about quitting, then I have taken away everything that's got nothing to do with it: America, separation from loved ones, the sense of disorientation and remained what really counts: the figure skating."

But it was you who chose the USA?
"The change seemed a good idea, we must be able to come back. My world is in Oberstdorf. There is a coach with whom I am well, the family is living near to me. And Alex, I can't wait to hug him and to stay a little with him after his injury. "

You are not lucky with your knees, Schwarzer has just hurt while skiing, you're dragging a pain during all season.
"After the World Championships in March I'll see if I should to have surgery, now we can't limp both."

What do yuo expect from the World Championship?
"They are the top of the season, I count on doing my best in Japan. Maybe it's also because of this reason that I started with the wrong foot. Everybody thought that I was the favorite, I came from a nice Grand Prix, I felt fit and I have shifted the attention to the World Championship. But sport doesn't forgive."

Do you fear that the anxiety that stitched you up here will come back in two months?
"I have a beautiful life and I have nothing to fear, I have to avoid over-excited. The worst flop came when I was too much psyched up and if I lose the lightness on the ice, I've lost everything. I begin to move frantically, I touch my wrists all the time, but when I become aware of my state, it's too late. Now I'll spend a few days in Rome for the Gala on February 5th and then I'll dive again into the quiet of Oberstdorf. Together with Alex. "

This is your 6th medal at the Euros, how important is it?
"It's my ninth European Championships and I thought it would be easier. This competition shows that skating is not predictable. You can fall and then do wonderful things or you can fall and lose control. It's up to you. This silver is in my top three favorites along with the European debut in 2003, when I met Plushenko and Irina Slutskaya, and the first gold in 2007. "

Why this silver is so special?
"It's a big step forward, a test of character and a look at the future: here I have not given my best so if I'll make this program in the best way possible, I can go far. Unfortunately I have a sad dedication for the two girls who recently died in Val Gardena: Simona Senoner, who was doing ski jumping, and Magdalena, the young daughter of a coach of cross country. "

[Gal4onok]

Gala training Bern 2011 - Kavaguti/Smirnov

[simona]

Stephane's " Willhem Tell " always captivates me!
Thx 4 sharing all your precious 2011 EC material!

[LuckyAngel]

Полностью Показательные с России2, в комментаторской появлялись Базарова-Ларионов, Ксения Макарова.

[alysonshade]

Another page about Carolina Kostner - La Gazzetta dello Sport.it

http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport_Vari/Sport ... 2119.shtml

"Lo scorso anno - sostiene Carolina, sorridente e compiaciuta - dopo una controprestazione come quella di venerdì, non mi sarei risollevata. Non sono contenta per come ho pattinato, ma lo sono per il carattere che ho saputo tirar fuori. Le cadute, inattese per come stavo pattinando, mi hanno dato una certa insicurezza, però ho reagito e, pensando anche al Mondiale di Tokyo di fine marzo, posso essere fiduciosa. E poi sono felice per Sarah: sogno di chiudere la mia carriera come l’ha chiusa lei". Infine la dedica: "Un pensiero, in questo momento, va a Simona Senoner e a Magdalena Ploner - dice - giovani atlete della mia Val Gardena, morte in circostante tragiche nelle ultime settimane".
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"Last year - Carolina says, smiling and pleased with herself - after a bad performance like the one of Friday, I could not be able to rise up anymore. I'm not happy because of the way I skated, but for the willpower that I have been able to bring out. The fall, unexpected for the way I was skating, gave me a certain insecurity, but I fought back and, thinking about the World Cup in Tokyo in late March, I can be confident. And then I'm happy for Sara: I hope to end my career in the same way as she did."

[alysonshade]

The video with Italian comment on Gachinski FP at European Champs 2011.
The commentator praised a lot the technical side of Artur Gachinski's performance. However, she did not appreciate very much the artistic side of his program. When Artur went to the "Kiss and Cry", she looked very surprised for the low score: in effect, as the show ended, she said that Gachinski technically was so good as to be a danger to Amodio.
"He got very low scores for the components, clearly the judges didn't like this program, just like us", she said.

http://www.youtube.com/user/LaRiservaSk ... 46msMOljr4

[simona]

THE COMPLETE GALA VIDEO! LOVED IT!

Полностью Показательные с России2, в комментаторской появлялись
Базарова-Ларионов, Ксения Макарова.

LUCKY ANGEL MANY

[clairdelalune]

The video with Italian comment on Gachinski FP at European Champs 2011.
The commentator praised a lot the technical side of Artur Gachinski's performance. However, she did not appreciate very much the artistic side of his program. When Artur went to the "Kiss and Cry", she looked very surprised for the low score: in effect, as the show ended, she said that Gachinski technically was so good as to be a danger to Amodio.
"He got very low scores for the components, clearly the judges didn't like this program, just like us", she said.

http://www.youtube.com/user/LaRiservaSk ... 46msMOljr4

It seems nobody likes Artur´s program! Our commentators said the same thing, that his choreography was strange and didn´t reflect the music.