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http://winter.sport-express.ru/figuresk ... ews/20714/
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Кстати, встреченный мною возле катка олимпийский чемпион Альбервилля Виктор Петренко подтвердил информацию о том, что в любительский спорт (а конкретно - в группу Петренко и Галины Змиевской) вернулся неоднократный чемпион США Джонни Вейр.

- Он похудел, восстановил все тройные прыжки, не пропускает ни одной тренировки и работает так самоотверженно, как никогда не работал раньше, - сказал Петренко. - Выступать в соревнованиях он начнет уже осенью и, вполне возможно, примет участие в "Гран-при". Сейчас мы уже практически восстановили четверной, так что намерения у Вейра самые что ни на есть серьезные.

[cekoni]

Trankov too often talk lately about the "need for more artistry", at the expense of "technique" .... hmmmm, I wonder - who is his agent?
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http://www.sports.ru/others/figure-skat ... 54258.html

Максим Траньков: «Требования к фигуристам в России слишком сильно «заточены» под четверные прыжки

Чемпион Европы Максим Траньков, выступающий в паре с Татьяной Волосожар, выразил мнение, что российские одиночники слишком много внимания уделяют четверным прыжкам.

«Проблема нашего мужского одиночного катания в том, что требования к мальчикам слишком сильно «заточены» под четверные прыжки. Не имея в программе этого элемента, спортсмен никогда не поедет ни на какие соревнования, как бы хорошо он ни катался и какой бы энергетикой ни обладал.

Я впервые задумался об этом, увидев юниорский чемпионат мира в Корее, где выиграл русский канадец Андрей Рогозин, а третьим стал русский швед Александр Майоров. У нас они никогда не попали бы в сборную. И не поехали бы даже на юниорский Гран-при, не то что на чемпионат мира», – рассказал Траньков в интервью «Спорт-Экспрессу».

[cekoni]

JohnnyGWeir
https://twitter.com/#!/JohnnyGWeir/stat ... 8772075520

A great skating day. 3 Quads, one quad triple combination, a good start on my free program and a finished short.

[simona]

JohnnyGWeir
https://twitter.com/#!/JohnnyGWeir/stat ... 8772075520

A great skating day. 3 Quads, one quad triple combination,
a good start on my free program and a finished short.

Way 2 go Johnnydoll! That's my boy!

[cekoni]

From Brezina's official site... http://www.michalbrezina.com/news-archi ... novinky=53

Michael changing coaches
9. 4. 2012

Michael ended cooperation with coaches Peter Starec and Karl Fajfr. From the new season will work with multiple European and World medalist and Olympic champion in 1992, Viktor Petrenko.

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http://www.rsport.ru/figure_skating/201 ... 20379.html

Фигурист Михал Бржезина перешел тренироваться к Виктору Петренко

МОСКВА, 10 апр - РИА Новости. Чешский фигурист Михал Бржезина заявил на официальном сайте, что его новым тренером станет олимпийский чемпион 1992 года Виктор Петренко.

Бржезина - победитель этапа Гран-при "Скейт Америка" нынешнего сезона, а также бронзовый медалист турнира Trophee Eric Bompard-2011. На чемпионатах мира 2010 и 2011 годов чешский фигурист занимал четвертые места. На недавнем мировом первенстве в Ницце после короткой программы он шел вторым, однако в итоге финишировал шестым. До перехода к Петренко Бржезина тренировался у Петра Стареца (в Брно) и Карела Файфра (в Оберстдорфе).

Петренко стал первым представителем советской школы, выигравшим золотую олимпийскую медаль в мужском одиночном катании. В качестве тренера он известен по работе с американским фигуристом Джонни Вейром и чемпионкой России 2010 года Ксенией Макаровой. В настоящее время Петренко тренирует украинскую одиночницу Наталью Попову.

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JohnnyGWeir
https://twitter.com/#!/JohnnyGWeir/stat ... 8772075520

A great skating day. 3 Quads, one quad triple combination,
a good start on my free program and a finished short.

Way 2 go Johnnydoll! That's my boy!

JohnnyGWeir 4-3-2 У него там Реквием что ль играет?

[Ирина]

JohnnyGWeir 4-3-2

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http://www.skatecanada.ca/AboutUs/NewsD ... fault.aspx
4/16/2012

Coaching Change for Chan

OTTAWA, ON: Christy Krall and two-time World Champion Patrick Chan have concluded their coaching relationship, following Krall’s indication of her decision to resign from Chan's coaching team, which was accepted. While the two have parted ways, it was with sincere best wishes to one another for the future.

Krall, based in Colorado Springs, CO, was a valued member of the team which coached Chan to his two world championship titles in 2011 and 2012.

Chan will continue to work with Kathy Johnson, as he revamps his coaching team. He will maintain his current training base in Colorado Springs, CO with more frequent return visits to his home in Toronto, Ont.

[Kudryavka]

Detailed news.



Posted: Apr 16, 2012 2:04 PM ET
Last Updated: Apr 16, 2012 6:45 PM ET

World champion Patrick Chan parts ways with coach Christy Krall
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/sports/story/ ... split.html

Just weeks after winning the world title, figure skating star Patrick Chan has lost a coach.

American Christy Krall, widely credited with helping Chan acquire the quad jump that has propelled him to the top of the podium, has resigned citing a difference in coaching philosophies.

"I enjoy Patrick Chan like you cannot believe, he was a joy to come into, he worked very hard, what a champion … who wouldn't want to work with that?" Krall told The Canadian Press in a phone interview Monday.

But Krall said her role had diminished while Chan's other coach Kathy Johnson, a modern dance teacher who studied dance at Juilliard but also works with skaters, had assumed a larger role.

"It's all good, it works, it's successful," Krall said. "But I was stepping out of the coaching role I was in and becoming an instructor, and I personally wanted to do more than that.

"Things were switching inside the dynamics of my partnership with Patrick."

Krall has coached Chan in Colorado since he split with Don Laws just weeks before his fifth-place finish at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

She is known as a technical specialist, who is well-versed in Dartfish, a video program she used to train Chan in the quad by overlaying his jumps on a video screen with those of other skaters such as Russian Evgeni Plushenko.

Krall, who calls herself more science-based, has also been credited with implementing Chan's detailed training and diet program.

She says this year was one of "different coaching philosophies."

Chan was more interested in following a "different mode of training" this season with a focus on the artistic side of the sport.

Johnson accompanied Krall and the skater to the recent world championships in Nice.

Krall noted the previous year "I really had a great coaching role with Patrick, taking care of all his daily training, wrote his practice schedule, attended most of his events.

"And he did very well — of the 10 events I went to he won nine of them."

Chan will continue to work with Johnson. A statement Monday from Skate Canada said he'll remain at his current training base in Colorado Springs, with more frequent visits to his home in Toronto.

After his gold-medal performance at the world championships, the five-time Canadian champion admitted to a lack of motivation and frustration this season, and even feelings of wanting to quit.

"I really don't know where these [coaching] roles were going, I simply wanted Patrick to be comfortable and be set in his own mind," Krall said. "He had a couple of rough weeks, actually months, going into the world event. Mentally, it wasn't his best time. I was doing everything I possibly could to keep him stable, focused, comfortable."

Krall informed Skate Canada officials and Lewis Chan, Patrick's father, of her decision the day after the world championships in Nice, France, where the 21-year-old from Toronto claimed his second consecutive world title on March 31.

Chan, who is competing at the World Team Trophy in Tokyo and was not immediately available for comment, said in the release that the split has been made "with sincere best wishes to one another for the future."

Krall, who coaches other skaters out of Colorado Springs, also said the split was amicable.

"We will always be friends," she said. "I always want to see him win, I will always be a small part of his career, and he and I will always remain very good friends."

Chan hasn't lost a competition in nearly two seasons, and was the heavy favourite in Nice. He set three world scoring records at the 2011 world championships in Moscow and continued his dominant run this season, winning Skate Canada, the Trophee Bompard, the Four Continents and Grand Prix Final, captured the Lionel Conacher Award as The Canadian Press male athlete of the year.

Chan's victory last month in France made him the first Canadian to win back-to-back world titles in any discipline since Elvis Stojko in 1994 and '95. He's also the first skater to win consecutive men's titles since Switzerland's Stephane Lambiel (2005 and '06).

© The Canadian Press, 2012