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Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov

sky_fly20

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more pictures from Russia Sports Award

both new couples Ilinkh/Ruslan and Victoria / Nikita were there
no bad blood

stunning new ice dance couple Nikita and Victoria arrived, future World Champions ???
beautiful pictures of the blonde couple Victoria and handsome Nikita
Zueva was right indeed, perfect couple :)

http://cs617329.vk.me/v617329067/ad16/eTsFDTxPJTU.jpg
http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-prn/10375856_697768390258444_1204907595_n.jpg
http://cs620229.vk.me/v620229213/76ec/t326V2iWlZw.jpg
 

TontoK

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Aaah... The beautiful blonde couple of back stabbers, tho I want to see what they do together.

Is it just me or Viktoria looks like Hayden Panettiere (blonde girl from Heroes)???

Backstabbers? I won't pretend to be very familiar with the ups-and-downs of their careers, but from what I've pieced together from the articles, Lena was an overly dramatic diva, and Nikita was tired of putting up with her crap. That being the case, I'm Team Nik.

Of course, my interpretation is through the lens of my OWN experiences (not with ice dance, mind you), so take it for what it's worth.
 

bramweld

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Backstabbers? I won't pretend to be very familiar with the ups-and-downs of their careers, but from what I've pieced together from the articles, Lena was an overly dramatic diva, and Nikita was tired of putting up with her crap. That being the case, I'm Team Nik.

Of course, my interpretation is through the lens of my OWN experiences (not with ice dance, mind you), so take it for what it's worth.

For what it's worth also Vic maybe just outgrew Rus and decided to upgrade. Cest la vie in Russian figure skating circles. I really hope they all one day learn to work together respectfully like a team. A girl can dream can't she?
 

sisinka

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Nov 25, 2006
Number 7 of German Pirouette Magazine from September 2014 - http://www.pirouette-online.de/product_info.php?info=p149_Nr--7-September-2014.html

I found a Russian translation of the article which I translated into English…Russian translator mentioned that interview was done 13th of July, but published in German magazine in September.

Why did you split with Lena Ilinykh?
Nikita: This decision is due to personal motives and interests. It is necessary to invest in the business with whole soul to become successful, and in last time it has been impossible. Because of it I wanted to split with Elena. When I asked Victoria if she wanted to skate with me, and she agreed - I was happy. But I know that we still need to work hard to achieve success. Changing partner - it certainly is a serious risk, but I believe it was 100% the right decision.

Victoria, why didn’t you want to skate with Ruslan any more?
Victoria: I also have not seen a successful future with him.

In the beginning there was a talk that you will train with Nikolai Morozov. How did it happen that you finished with Zueva?
Nikita: We did not want to train with Nicholai for personal reasons. Because I didn’t want to waste time, I called Marina myself in the beginning of April and asked her if she wants to train us. She said that if we want it, she is not against.

Marina, what did you think while Nikita phoned you?
Zueva: I didn’t put them in a pair, so I was surprised that they want to train with me. Nikita said that he can’t skate with his previous partner any more. That she was unstable and often made mistakes. Now I want my duo to have a quick and good start. Question of harmony is not necessary, since they go well with each other and they have a good basic technique. Until this time Nikita looked somewhat junior. Now I'm trying to teach him to skate as an adult man. Victoria – is a pretty promising skater.

You lived in US sooner. How do you like it here?
Nikita: After not long period of living in a hotel we now live near the rink and not in Ann Arbor, where most of the other skaters live. It is very practical, because in between workouts we can quickly go home and rest. And this is important because we train a lot. We train with Massimo Scali even on Sundays. I live in an apartment alone, and Victoria lives with Cathy Reed. When we are alone with Vika, we watch the video from competitions, which gives us Marina. You can learn a lot on it. I am proud of Victoria, who is for the first time in US with no friends or family and she even has to learn English. But she trusts me, and in general everybody is helping us. Life brings many new things. We live in the 21st century, and I talk on Skype every day, for example, with me mother in Russia. She teaches me to cook - I didn’t do it sooner. And I can chat with my friends from Russia for hours.

How do you evaluate the methodology of training here in Canton?
Nikita: Sooner I used to work with one coach only - Nikolai. Here I like very much to work with the team. Maurizio (Margalit) – is a beautiful and excellent technical specialist and he greatly explains and shows the Key Points in the Paso Doble. Oleg Epstein learns us other elements. Johnny Jones – is a lift specialist. Massimo is doing our programs and Marina is a very creative in terms of music and composition as a whole. In addition, she sees all the nuances and can teach us to do things prettier without that they get too complicated. Together, they teach us speed on ice. I like the daily training rhythm. Teamwork is something new for me, but we love it. Marina takes care about many other things, not only on the ice. She's here for us as a second mother.

What do you say about music of this season?
Nikita: In SD we have a classic Paso Doble and classic flamenco. For FD we do not have music yet, but we do not experience (like don’t make problems with it)... for a new pair like we are, the most important things in the first stage (or in the first Grand Prix) - is the acquirement of elements.
 

s_parks

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Thanks for the pictures. I know most people don't like them, but personally I'm very curious as to how they'll do. Hope we have an exciting ice dance event at RC.
 

flutz16

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Nov 10, 2014
cant wait to see them together
also I dont understand the hate some people throw at them
 

adelia

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Oct 18, 2014
Vaitchekovskaya said Zoueva asked for no one to take video at the practice.

Nikita gave an interview after, said they are prepared and ready, no nerves about facing former partner & made a completely unnecessary comment about how he saw I/Z at CoC and thought about how he would have skated the programs differently if he were Ruslan. Vic never seems to get to talk to the journalists though. Maybe her job is to do nothing but stand still and try to look pretty.
Give it a rest.

https://translate.google.com/#auto/...ороться со всеми, и с собой в первую очередь".
http://www.team-russia2014.ru/article/figur/18339.html

More pictures from the practice session:
http://visualrian.ru/en/site/feature/429083/
 

uhh

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Give it a rest.

It's a direct quote from the sovsport article with Nikita. They talk about her just "standing demurely next to him, saying nothing" and that she want to let him do all the talking. I just find that a bit weird.
 

adelia

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Oct 18, 2014
It's a direct quote from the sovsport article with Nikita. They talk about her just "standing demurely next to him, saying nothing" and that she want to let him do all the talking. I just find that a bit weird.
Maybe she's just a quiet person. Saying that it's "her job" to "do nothing" but "try to look pretty" is derogatory.

Edit:
And btw, I did read the first version of your post before your lame attempt at editing it. Together with your other comments about Victoria in the event threads, it's quite obvious you have something against her so don't bother posting in this thread again.
 
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