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Adian Pitkeev

Sofia

Lil sweetheart has big ideas
On the Ice
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Mar 13, 2014
Happy birthday Adian! :hap10::hap10::hap10:
Take care of yourself, be in good health, much love, joy and happiness to you in private and in professional live! Success in your coaching career with skating students just as wonderful, talented and hardworking as you were as a skater though with a bit more luck and their career. :pray:


Some updates what Adian has been doing recently (something I had planned to do much earlier …. :eek::)

Adian started coaching on regular base at a Moscow rink last summer (here: https://www.instagram.com/armyofskaters/ ). So he has now a fix place to work with his own group. From what I’ve seen he is in charge for the younger groups, while Julia Lawrentchuk and Alexej Vasiliewsky coach more mature groups like junior and seniors.

Here are some pics and clips of Adian with his skaters:
https://vk.com/wall-58643094_21237
https://vk.com/adyan_pitkeev?z=photo-58643094_457239185/album-58643094_00/rev
https://vk.com/wall-58643094_2118 (with Julia Lipnitskaya as guest Coach :))

So lovely (click on the videos):
https://vk.com/adyan_pitkeev?z=video-58643094_456239047/a1d166de5d50a9c6f7/pl_wall_-58643094
https://vk.com/wall-58643094_2112

There has been a TV interview with members of his ice rink last autumn, Adian also talks a bit about his work here (one of his little ones is trying quads on a lounge!):
https://vk.com/adyan_pitkeev?z=video-58643094_456239049/videos-58643094/pl_-58643094_-2

Russian interview last Summer talking about coaching:
https://matchtv.ru/figure-skating/m...kejeva_o_zhizni_do_i_posle_figurnogo_katanija

Irina Askarova, one of his little girls in competition:
https://vk.com/adyan_pitkeev?z=video-58643094_456239050/246f3ca5728d24bdeb/pl_post_-101976102_127375
There were some mistakes but still a very talented girl. :thumbsup:

His skating kids by the way did kind of birthday rap for Adian, so sweet. :luv17:
https://vk.com/adyan_pitkeev?z=video-58643094_456239053/2bf52b9690c562be76/pl_wall_-58643094


Thank you, ewdokia! I've been a bit worried about him since he changed his instagram avatar last time (looked like he decided to "fade to black" there...). It's relieving to see his friends and aquantances shower him with warmth and love.
 

ewdokia

On the Ice
Joined
Jan 16, 2014
Happy Birthday Adian,

much love, luck, and happiness and best health to you! Be successful with all your undertakings as a coach and with the music. :yahoo:🎂🎁🍾

Few updates on the past season – Adian had a great coaching season. One of his students, Nastia Tarankova, qualified for Russian Nationals and Alexander Golubev, who was also coached by him and Ksenia Ivanova became 2nd at RJN (unfortunately no Adian in K&C at RJN). I link some of Nastia's performances with Adian in the K&C:

Анастасия ТАРАКАНОВА КП 08.11.2020 IV этап.. — Video (vk.com)

Анастасия ТАРАКАНОВА ПП 09.11.2020 IV этап.. — Video (vk.com)

Анастасия Тараканова. 5 этап Кубка России 2020-2021. KП

Анастасия Тараканова. 5 этап Кубка России 2020-2021. ПП

Ladies. Short Program. 2021 Russian Figure Skating Championships - YouTube (first group, her SP starts about 28:50)

Ladies. Free Program. 2021 Russian Figure Skating Championships - YouTube (first group, her FP starts at about 11.00)

Adian also choreographed Nastia’s SP. Unfortunately, due to injury Nastia was not able to skate her full potential at RN and she had to withdraw from FKR due to that reason later on.

On Adian's Russian Fanpage there are also some lovely pics with his little kids:

Инстаграм Германа Резонтова (воспитанник школы.. | Адьян Питкеев/Adyan Pitkeev (vk.com)
Инстаграм iraandfox (Ирина Шарова).. | Адьян Питкеев/Adyan Pitkeev (vk.com)

He gave some nice Interviews to Lina Fedorovna and Sergei Dobrin last May, and it appeared he had fully decided to dedicate to coaching activities:

https://vk.com/adyan_pitkeev?z=video-58643094_456239055/videos-58643094/pl_-58643094_-2
https://vk.com/adyan_pitkeev?z=video-58643094_456239056/videos-58643094/pl_-58643094_-2

Meanwhile it looks something changed and Adian misses music, as he gave an interview to an Kalmykian newspaper and here he says that he want to spent more time for music, apparently trying out if he could do it on a professional base – I’ll have a few days of next week and will translate then:

Интервью Адьяна для РИА Калмыкия⭐.. | Адьян Питкеев/Adyan Pitkeev (vk.com)

In summer he particpated in some hip hop dancing class organized by Lina Fedorovna (some other skaters also particpated in it). Here are links to some pictures:
Танцевальный мастер-класс Лины Фёдоровой в.. | Адьян Питкеев/Adyan Pitkeev (vk.com)
https://vk.com/adyan_pitkeev?w=wall-58643094_2149

The not so good news is that it looks like Adian stopped working at the “Armia” (the figures skating club where he worked together with Ksenia Ivanova), and he offered individual trainings on his Instagram recently. So looks like he wants to have more time for music, which is good if he loves it and also wants to engage in this direction. I’m still sad he didn’t continue with the Armia, maybe with an reduced schedule as he did great. I knew he would become a good coach, but even with being his fan I was so very positively surprised how well things developed. So I think it would be a big loss for FS if he would stop high level coaching.

But whatever Adian will do, I wish him to be happy and successful with it. :hap10::hap10::hap10:
 

Sofia

Lil sweetheart has big ideas
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The not so good news is that it looks like Adian stopped working at the “Armia” (the figures skating club where he worked together with Ksenia Ivanova), and he offered individual trainings on his Instagram recently. So looks like he wants to have more time for music, which is good if he loves it and also wants to engage in this direction. I’m still sad he didn’t continue with the Armia, maybe with an reduced schedule as he did great. I knew he would become a good coach, but even with being his fan I was so very positively surprised how well things developed. So I think it would be a big loss for FS if he would stop high level coaching.

But whatever Adian will do, I wish him to be happy and successful with it. :hap10::hap10::hap10:
I've always thought he has better prospects in coaching than in music. It looks like a real pity, but no one knows it better than himself, I guess.
Just one more wish: to continue to hear at least something about his activities in the field of FS...
 

ewdokia

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Jan 16, 2014
I've always thought he has better prospects in coaching than in music. It looks like a real pity, but no one knows it better than himself, I guess.
Just one more wish: to continue to hear at least something about his activities in the field of FS...
Well, I too think perspecitves would be better in coaching. But if he wants to try out his chances in music better trying then regretting later on he didn't. I'll be happy if we get some updates no matter what he will do, but I fear for the worst. The Armia, his former club, is a club which likes to do some good PR for the school, so it was easy to follow Adian's coaching activities a bit. Adian himself is a different story. I hope he understands that if he wants to be involved in music, record albums, he has to promote himself a little bit. :wink:
 

ewdokia

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Here comes the translation of the Interview: https://riakalm.ru/index.php/news/i...-adyanom-pitkeevym-o-proshlom-i-nastoyashchem

"No need to torture yourself with something you don't love": an interview with Adyan Pitkeev about the past and the present

Adyan Pitkeev is a former Russian figure skater, silver medallist of the 2014 World Junior Championship and bronze medallist of the 2015 Russian Championship. He ended his career in 2017 due to a serious back injury.

Adyan was born on 16 May 1998 in Moscow. He has Kalmyk roots; his grandfather is a pure-blooded Kalmyk. In an interview, the his father said that he named his son Adyan in honour of a close family friend, a doctor of medical sciences - Adyan Nimeevich Dyugeev. "So that he wouldn't forget his roots, as most of his relatives are Kalmyks." Adyan's uncle, Viktor Pitkeev, is an Honored Artist of the Republic, and his aunt, Lyubov Inzhievna, is an Honored Teacher of Kalmykia. For RIA Kalmykia, Adyan spoke about his beginnings as a figure skater, injury, music, sources of inspiration and work as a coach. First steps as a figure skater "How did you come to figure skating?" When I was a kid, I was watching TV and saw Alexei Yagudin perform, I immediately said to my mother, "I want to do the same," and they took me to the rink. It just happened that my father wanted to take me to football. When I was seven years old, I was offered the opportunity to take up football, but I refused. I was good at skating. I guess I was too lazy to learn a new sport. I can't say that I gave it all my maximum to skating. As soon as I started to win something, I got motivated. I liked that someone believed in me, hoped and cared. I like to feel that connection. First competitions and impressions on them is it was hard for me. I understood that I was going to place almost last and nobody was really interested in me. It's hard to perform at times like that. After a while, when I was already competing as a favorite, I became more confident. There was no fear. Yes, I was nervous, but that is normal before the start. The more responsibility, the easier it is for me.

Injury
At the time I had to retire from figure skating due to injury, I was far from peak condition. In male figure skating, that peak comes at the age of 23. It was frustrating.

Career as a coach

Now I am coaching children, passing on my experience. Quite unique, because my vision of figure skating is my own. I try to be with the children at the same level but also on distance. You have to find that balance. I've always had that approach in my relationships with my coaches. I think this is important, because if there is a big distance between you and a child, it is difficult to build a relationship, to calm them down somewhere, to tell them something, to help them. That is, there will be no special trust. The work of a coach is psychology in many aspects that comes with practice. I developed this psychology with a specialist, but mostly everything comes with practice. "Are there any difficulties in this field?" The difficulties... The monotonous schedule? That's a difficulty. I need something new to happen. More freedom.

Favourite trick
I love doing the triple axel. He's let me down sometimes, of course, but that's the way it is. *The triple axel is a three and a half turn jump

Inspiration and motivation Music.

I Love it. Biographical films about famous people. I've seen "Notorious" recently and it's quite motivating. I'm not the type of person who travels a lot, but sometimes I feel like going somewhere. I managed to visit many countries when competing. Japan was my favorite, although I have only been to Fukoka. I remember walking around at night and witnessing the races. It was really cool. I like the nightlife, not the clubs, but the fact that the city becomes alive at that time. That schedule is more comfortable for me, all the activity and inspiration comes at that time of day. Also, the music, talking with people, food - that's what inspires me and gives me a lot of pleasure. This also includes something extreme. I like it when you get such a powerful adrenaline rush. Like snowboarding, for instance. I love the thrill.

Musical activities

I was in a music band for a while. I used to play electric guitar, compose music, learn the theory. I was interested in this subject. And so it happened that the band was formed. We played gigs. But you have to understand that we were playing underground music, which is not very interesting now. That's where I ran into a problem. I needed a lot of people to do some kind of show. There was a too small audience. Now I listen to more music, I write from time to time. I started doing vocals, and I love it.

Destination
Do you think you've found your destiny?" No. I'm a person who doesn't plan things, everything comes out of the moment. As it happens, it will happen. In the future, I will continue to work on my creative path. "What is strength, Adian?" Of course the truth, any lie is revealed over time. There is no need to lie to yourself or others. Plans for the future The main plans are related to music, I plan to make a recording in the studio. We will see the result. It's just a hobby so far, but we'll see in the future. I'll also continue my work with children.

About Kalmykia
I have been to Kalmykia in winter. When I come here, I like going to a khurul (that’s a buddhist temple, the kalmyk’s are of buddhis religiont): it's nice there, and I feel peace. What can you wish to the younger generation? Guys, be yourself, be busy with your hobbies and work, you don't have to torment yourself with something you don't like. Enjoy the moment. Go up to your mom and say, "I'm not a lawyer, I want to clean leaves and sing at crossings, fly on a plane, travel. Do what you want to do. Never be afraid to show your emotions, they should always be expressed. I came to the point after a few years where I do what I really enjoy. I feel like myself and finally found that unity.

As a lawyer I have to laugh that Adian apparently thinks being a lawyer is a very boring job as it is not. :giggle:
 

ewdokia

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Joined
Jan 16, 2014
Happy Birthday Adian! 🎂🥂:hb:
All the best and much luck, love and happiness to you and be healthy. :)

Like every year I try to come up with some updates, but there is not much to post. In autumn Adian recorded a rap-song, you can listen to it here: https://vk.com/artist/ferrypierre
Since that there have been no news on his musical acitivities.

He seems to still coach at the Armia club according to this interview https://rsport.ria.ru/20220507/intervyu-1787297304.html dated 7th May with Abdul Rachmanov, the new president of Moscow figure skating federation who has ties with the Armia. But to me it looks like he is working as a coach not on permanent fixed daily base, but rather on occasion as a specialist. At least he is no longer working with his former group on a daily base. :scratch2:

During new year's celebrations he posted a picture with his new girl friend who also seems to coach at the Armia club:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYKcVtpIV6r9O1OOcxg3JXe6--Gq6wosJ8vVDo0/ :love2:
 

ewdokia

On the Ice
Joined
Jan 16, 2014
Happy Birthday Adian! :jump:Much love, luck and happiness to you and good health and continued progress and great success in working as a coach. 🎂🥂🎉

For those interested how Adian is doing here is a new interview from Russian media:

ТрендВью с Адьяном Питкеевым (vk.com)

Unfortunately, only in Russia, but you might use translations machines like deepl, etc. to translate. I will translate it at the weekend.

And Adian posted a new picture on his instagram with his girlfriend on a short vacation in Region of Krasnodar:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CsNrDM4og-H/ ♥️
 
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