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Skaters Ilinykh and Katsalapov fly over the ocean to a new coach
Russian dancers Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov qare turning a new turn in their career. For the upcoming season the former World Junior Champions will be coached by Nikolai Morozov. In the near future, once they have resolved their visas, the skaters will fly to the U.S, where they will join the group training with their new coach.
The Secretary General of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia Valentin Piseev confirmed the couple's swith from Zhulin to Morozov. According to him, after last season, when the couples great potential was not realised, it was decided that something needed to change in the training of athletes. " Alexander Zhulin - a talented and extraordinary coach. However, it is necessary to define the priorities that are more important to him - an art show or sports ", - said Valentin Piseev.
Ilinykh - Katsalapov considered several options for their new coach, but chose to go to Nikolai Morozov. "We discussed all the details of the preparation with Morozov. In the U.S. the skaters will work with professional dancers, and other professionals, take a few master classes and will be engaged in the formulation of new programs and in June will return to Russia. It is assumed that most of the time Ilinykh & Katsalapov will train at Moscow Olympic base in Novogorsk " added Piseev.
In the coming days will fly in the U.S. and join the other pupils of the coach, including a Frenchman Florent Amodio, Russians Sergei Voronov and Alena Leonova. Morozov also works in singles with the 2011 World Champion Miki Ando, who plans to skip the next season in order to better prepare for the 2014 Olympics.
Their former coach Alexander Zhulin, did not know until recently about the intentions of his athletes. This season, the skaters have said many times said that they is not going to change their mentor, with whom they have worked since childhood. "Alexander understands us as athletes, as students, how we feel and work. Zhulin - our people. And we know that only with him can we achieve good results ", - says Elena Ilinykh.
Nevertheless, after the departure from Zhulin of the French pair and Champions of Europe 2011 Natalie Pechalat & Fabien Bourzat, who will now be training with Angelika Krylova and her husband, Pascual Camerlengo in the U.S., the young Russian dancers were left without a sparring partner. Under Morozov, Ilinykh and Katsalapov will be working with the Italian couple Cappellini and Lanotte.
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google translated, sorry it's so clunky
Russian dancers Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov qare turning a new turn in their career. For the upcoming season the former World Junior Champions will be coached by Nikolai Morozov. In the near future, once they have resolved their visas, the skaters will fly to the U.S, where they will join the group training with their new coach.
The Secretary General of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia Valentin Piseev confirmed the couple's swith from Zhulin to Morozov. According to him, after last season, when the couples great potential was not realised, it was decided that something needed to change in the training of athletes. " Alexander Zhulin - a talented and extraordinary coach. However, it is necessary to define the priorities that are more important to him - an art show or sports ", - said Valentin Piseev.
Ilinykh - Katsalapov considered several options for their new coach, but chose to go to Nikolai Morozov. "We discussed all the details of the preparation with Morozov. In the U.S. the skaters will work with professional dancers, and other professionals, take a few master classes and will be engaged in the formulation of new programs and in June will return to Russia. It is assumed that most of the time Ilinykh & Katsalapov will train at Moscow Olympic base in Novogorsk " added Piseev.
In the coming days will fly in the U.S. and join the other pupils of the coach, including a Frenchman Florent Amodio, Russians Sergei Voronov and Alena Leonova. Morozov also works in singles with the 2011 World Champion Miki Ando, who plans to skip the next season in order to better prepare for the 2014 Olympics.
Their former coach Alexander Zhulin, did not know until recently about the intentions of his athletes. This season, the skaters have said many times said that they is not going to change their mentor, with whom they have worked since childhood. "Alexander understands us as athletes, as students, how we feel and work. Zhulin - our people. And we know that only with him can we achieve good results ", - says Elena Ilinykh.
Nevertheless, after the departure from Zhulin of the French pair and Champions of Europe 2011 Natalie Pechalat & Fabien Bourzat, who will now be training with Angelika Krylova and her husband, Pascual Camerlengo in the U.S., the young Russian dancers were left without a sparring partner. Under Morozov, Ilinykh and Katsalapov will be working with the Italian couple Cappellini and Lanotte.
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google translated, sorry it's so clunky