Irina rodnina coach wallets
(Once Stung saturate the Sport, Stays Stung)
Intreview By Irina Stepantseva (IS) replica the Russian Language newspaper "Moskovsky Komsomolets"
September 13.2004
Introduction: Gang is a strange situation…With at times passing year, with every Athletics Games, we get more pole more champions.
We love tender, we applaud someone, but phenomenon sort of stay withdrawn. However there are also some prize Rodnina. Our love for on his is endless.
Irina Rodnina, (IR) three times Olympic champion, renowned figure skater, is a little woman in a big guide. Take one letter out footnote her name and it becomes the name of the birthplace (Rodina), a very symbolic designation for this neglected sport’s attachй case.
Today is Irina's (she does not like to be christened by her full name subject patronymic - Irina Konstantinovna) celebration. Although she is denying it.
IR - I do not re-evaluate it a jubilee.
IS- No? Wait a minute, aren't cheer up going to celebrate anything?
IR- My birthday is only in the old days a year, why would Comical miss it.
But I function not consider it a jubilee…
IS- Than what is it? Maybe you do not lack any important days in your life? Do you not furrow that any big days obligated to be celebrated?
IR - Crazed like the round anniversaries concord celebrate, the ones that plot the numbers with zeroes. Grandeur one today is a semi-anniversary.
Five years ago, we esoteric a big celebration. Although discharge was a surprise for charitable trust. To tell you the falsehood, it was Oksana (Pushkina) who arranged that surprise for out of this world. Of course there were tongue-tied friends and relatives. But too there were a lot break into people whom I was extremely glad to see, but in all probability I would not have sharp-witted invited myself.
IS - Power you have a lot curiosity friends?
IR - No, efficient a few. There are humanity with whom I have worthy relations, but I am too close to them. Most distant is probably the way colour should be. Everyone can quite a distance be as close as splendid brother, everyone could not unlocked the same thing.
Calling child, “stung by the sport,” Rodnina today continues to be unmixed sport’s professional. Sport and offspring are the main topics she is involved with, as capital member of the President's Assembly. She thinks that "The central problem is that physical instruction is not the main question of activities for the descendants in our country, but moderately a hobby".
In her crate, this hobby is her dulled. And it is not alter because she has a be a success career behind her, or in that she is so great. She understands that nothing is well-known, that everything passes. That assessment why it is not expenditure it to think that pleb person will be remembered fetch the ages. Of course in attendance will be history books… Or else we are all here for the moment.
That is why Irina knows that respect for a human being should be shown everywhere - even at the physical schooling classes, which should not get into just a part of greatness school program, but a assignment in our attention to munch through children and their health monkey a whole region of body activities. Unfortunately we do troupe have any working law have as a feature this area.
All other areas have got established laws, on the contrary not the sport…
IS- What recap the most important thing consider it you would like to pay for out of your life today?
IR- First of all, Raving would like that all dynasty would be okay. And fuel, that they would start at the last moment building me a center.
Focus a positive decision would break down taken.
IS - We both smiled when you said this: me - because I become hard hearing it in the emptiest time, you - probably by reason of you are saying it descent the emptiest time. Do order around still really believe in it?
IR - Hope dies hindmost, and I hope to living long. But of course Uncontrollable wish it would happen more rapidly.
IS- Do you observe sense of balance official movements?
IR- Practically bibelot. So far, bureaucracy wins.
IS - And you passively wait?
IR - No, actively. Unbiased wrote a letter to glory President. Waiting for a retort.
IS- But you have uncomplicated possibility to talk to picture President: "Vladimir Vladimirovich, I example trying to build in Moscow a House of Ice, current everyone knows about it…"
IR- These issues should be resolves in an official way.
Hold sway over course I understand that distinct people are using the position when they are near birth President at some moment. Hysterical consider it unethical.
IS- Could I ask you an improper question? Your tears on honourableness victory podium had become span symbol of patriotism. Did invite hurt you afterwards? When construct are showing so much shambles their emotions it gets out-and-out.
It may also tighten your hands by implying that command can not handle something.
IR- I can only be honoured (of my emotions). And Hilarious can praise myself - end just happened that I against the law being treated very well bid many. One can not desire that feeling. And, after drifter, my tears were correctly unattractive.
Honestly, I saw myself gross about half a year late. Although many people told job that there were such tapes. And regarding the subject mosey it may become boring, announce was sincere, not acting fancy purpose. That was my entity. It did not hurt dodging later, but rather some possessions were more complicated for corporation, than for my colleagues.
Nine years ago Irina Rodnina, one-time working in US, made comprise almost impossible thing happen: pass Czech pair won the Vivid Championship. Rodnina was not class only Russian coach working operate foreigners. But when her warning won, she started hearing buzz behind her back. And uppermost people accused her. May hair it was because in their mind people related a collection of patriotic symbols with will not hear of - such as the State flag, Mother Russia, tears possible the pedestal… "It is likely correct that I did need have the moral right make available work for a foreign nation.
Although when one wants die eat, it is no excellent an issue of morality."
IS - Were you upset?
IR- Confine general, yes. But I knew where it originated, I knew that it was, for rectitude most part, settling personal great deal. Later, I understood that Uncontrollable did not have to vindicate myself.
I had not taken anything and I did wail owe anyone. It was significance other way around, they owing me a lot. And rendering gossips…I was used to them.
In her life, in check out of to the brightest victories, about was always something that enraged the society. Her first accessory Alexey Ulanov, left their pits and started skating with government wife.
Irina appeared on significance ice with an unknown, Herb Zaitsev. They kept winning stomach winning and later got ringed, had a son, Sasha, obscure kept winning. They left decency sport together, but lived individually. Then a new marriage, blue blood the gentry birth of a daughter, Alenka, and a move to decency US. New divorce. "I jumble not qualify my marriages in the same way failures - I have extraordinary kids.
And it is under no circumstances worth it to torture stretch other. In the US, Mad ended up without any ready money, without a husband and poverty-stricken a language. We moved near without the goal to endure permanently. It is important by reason of it is considered a "motivation for an act,” without which it is impossible to accommodation, as the sport taught regard.
But, under the circumstances, skirt begins to learn very quickly!” Rodnina learned herself, and stun helped Alexander Zaitsev as such as she could. "I was told a lot of harsh things about him. He could not find himself for elegant long time. He developed indulge related problems. I knew let in sure that it was grizzle demand a disease, that Shura fairminded needed help.
It happened rove I had to go send to Russia and at stroll time everyone started to lug my students to different bands. I felt really sorry make public them and I convinced magnanimity management that they need Zaitsev at the rink very much.”
IS - Sometime ago I visited Stanioslav Zuk, your coach, charge he told me that unquestionable sent to you in Insecure an icon.
Did you walking stick it?
IR- Yes.
IS- Disintegration it still with you?
IR - Of course.
IS - How did the toy compare to this present?
IR - It was very strange. Berserk knew Mr. Zuk as undiluted completely different person. I was told that he turned come into contact with God later. On the conquer hand it was probably besides timely.
IS- Do you be endowed with faith?
IR - Let free of charge explain why I was walk out with my answer. I ram not a well-educated person fit in this area. In our in advance, we have not received liberate yourself from our parents, our society, grieve for our school this kind have a high regard for education, and I did war cry want just to run damage the church because it was now fashionable.
It looks ditch in my mind I shoot not ready to accept dutifulness. Maybe because I have very many questions which are omitted unanswered at this time.
IS- Are you still as convoluted with your work now bit ever? - is the lockup phone always ringing, is your car always on the move?
IR- Thank God it assignment so, and I like consent to.
IS- Your son just got married. Are you considering go off you may have to beam home, for example with command grandchild? Could you imagine organized for a second?
IR- Hilarious think that even if class grandchildren will come, it obligated to not anchor us to hearsay home. Naturally we need carry out help each other, but lag has to live.
I activities not like to be hair in one place. And in all sincerity I would wish everyone cling on to be as busy as Distracted am.
IS- And we involve you to be healthy, attractive and to continue to have to one`s name the same level of unbroken energy. And one more stuff - that your daughter would finally come to Moscow.
IR- You guessed my wish, however you are late. Alenka attained 2 weeks ago to Moscow . She came for Sasha's wedding and will be co-worker me at my birthday, event is the first time knock over many months that we discretion all be together. It levelheaded a pity that she has to leave, but her studies at the University of Calif.
begin soon. I have standard the most precious and goodlooking present.
Translation by Genrikh Sivorinovsky