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Max & Tat Interview
DISCUSSING RUSSIAN NATS, THE REST OF THE SEASON, AND OFC, MARIA.
AS: Did you believe you'll become the champions straight away or were you just aiming to the top 3?
TV: The goal was to show our best possible skate, be in top 3 and make it to the team for the worlds. I wasn't thinking of the first place, and, think, neither did Maks.
MT: Well, there were thoughts, but we didn't really believe we can beat Kawaguti/Smirnov. It's hard to compete with the experienced pairs in Russia. So we were just thrilled we skated well and since we skated first we had no idea how would the others do later.
AS: What is the reason of such a fast success of your pair?
TV: We haven't won anything yet to talk about the fast success. Of course it's nice people consider it a success, but we are just at the beginning of our journey. The results mean we are doing the things right.
AS: Are you hungry to win?
MT: Of course! I'm sick of being forever second, to get those silver medals for three years. I can make a tea service of it! In the international competitions being the 2nd pair is like a death sentence...
AS: Do you mind not being able to participate the Europeans?
MT: Of course it's a shame. We are in a good shape and could fight for the high places. Besides, I already have a silver and two bronzes from the Europeans, but Tatiana doesn't have any European medals yet.
TV: Just three wooden (laughs)
MT: So it would be nice to have a European medal for her. But perhaps this year we will not be able to fight for the gold, while next year we might be. So perhaps it's all for the best.
AS: It's really nice following your relationship. Is it always so idyllic or there are grunges and misunderstandings?
MT: There are misunderstandings, but holding grunges - no. Of course we argue. That's a normal thing. Maksim Marinin once said that the pair skating is like family life multiplied by two. So like any other team we have our differences, but I really can't recall what was our last argument about.
TV: Stas, what was our last argument about with Maks? - asks Tatiana her husband and ex partner, now coach Stanislav Morozov.
SM: About figure skating?
MT: What else would we argue about?
SM: I don't remember
TV: So we don't argue - sums it up.
AS: What is your position in the what figure skating should be more - a show or a sport?
MT: A hard question. We are trying to skate in such a way that the others like it: the audience , the judges. We are trying to project some emotions. If some technical element will stand out and ruin the impression - we will not perform it, even if it's a quad throw.
AS: Tatiana, do you plan to help the Ukranian Figure Skating?
TV: I would really love to build an ice rink in Ukraine. I don't know whether it will work out or not - that will depend on the federation. Right now it's just thoughts and ideas because we are lacking finances for such a project. It's a shame - the figure skating should progress. I think there are many talented skaters in Ukraine. When I started skating in Dnepropetrovsk we had two ice rinks and no one thoughts things would fall apart.
MT: I think it's a crime to kill the sport in a country of such skaters as Petrenko, Baiul. During the USSR Ukraine provided the leaders of the skating, but now... Such a school is dead and it's really a shame.
AS: If you could change any moment of your life, what would it be?
MT: Globally - nothing. It's a butterfly effect; you change something and you don't know how things will work out.
TV: Nothing.
AS: Have you ever received funny presents? Unusual? Something that you still remember?
TV: In Tokio I received some hand made rings from beads. I was blown away! I also keep some wishes that came from people's hearts. May be one day I'll make an album.
MT: My girlfriend gave me an unusual present for my 16th birthday. A brick. A real white brick painted with various hearts. It was wrapped in a layer of wrapping paper, which took me ages to unwrap. I keep it for more than 10 years now. The hearts are gone, but I still keep it. I have a dream that one day when we will be building our own house I'll use it in the foundation or a stove.
AS: What is the ending of the R&J story in your interpretation?
TV: The same as Shakespeare's. We live through the whole story - from the meeting till the death.
MT: I think we have no right to change the history. Some things are in fashion, some are immortal. As far as this programme goes - there were questions about the music, that it's boring, that we should had added some Nino Rota parts. I told Tatiana straight away it would be an insult to Prokofiev adding there parts of Rota or Tchaikovski. You can't mix two composers, even if it's the same musical piece.
AS: To Maksim: are you still friends with Maria Mukhortova? Have you supported her after her 7th place in Russian Nationals?
MT: Oh, my `favourite' question. We are polite with each other, but hardly anything else. We were only colleagues, nothing more. With Tatyana after 6 months of work we became friends, while with Maria after 7 years we didn't. Can't really tell I care about her results more, than, say, Ilushechkina's or Martuisheva or any other skater - not really. I wish her luck, but each of us went on it's own separate way.
AS: Your New Year wishes to your fans?
TV: Patience, love, understanding and a happy New Year!
MT: Health. The rest will follow.
Sauce & translation from FSU
DISCUSSING RUSSIAN NATS, THE REST OF THE SEASON, AND OFC, MARIA.
AS: Did you believe you'll become the champions straight away or were you just aiming to the top 3?
TV: The goal was to show our best possible skate, be in top 3 and make it to the team for the worlds. I wasn't thinking of the first place, and, think, neither did Maks.
MT: Well, there were thoughts, but we didn't really believe we can beat Kawaguti/Smirnov. It's hard to compete with the experienced pairs in Russia. So we were just thrilled we skated well and since we skated first we had no idea how would the others do later.
AS: What is the reason of such a fast success of your pair?
TV: We haven't won anything yet to talk about the fast success. Of course it's nice people consider it a success, but we are just at the beginning of our journey. The results mean we are doing the things right.
AS: Are you hungry to win?
MT: Of course! I'm sick of being forever second, to get those silver medals for three years. I can make a tea service of it! In the international competitions being the 2nd pair is like a death sentence...
AS: Do you mind not being able to participate the Europeans?
MT: Of course it's a shame. We are in a good shape and could fight for the high places. Besides, I already have a silver and two bronzes from the Europeans, but Tatiana doesn't have any European medals yet.
TV: Just three wooden (laughs)
MT: So it would be nice to have a European medal for her. But perhaps this year we will not be able to fight for the gold, while next year we might be. So perhaps it's all for the best.
AS: It's really nice following your relationship. Is it always so idyllic or there are grunges and misunderstandings?
MT: There are misunderstandings, but holding grunges - no. Of course we argue. That's a normal thing. Maksim Marinin once said that the pair skating is like family life multiplied by two. So like any other team we have our differences, but I really can't recall what was our last argument about.
TV: Stas, what was our last argument about with Maks? - asks Tatiana her husband and ex partner, now coach Stanislav Morozov.
SM: About figure skating?
MT: What else would we argue about?
SM: I don't remember
TV: So we don't argue - sums it up.
AS: What is your position in the what figure skating should be more - a show or a sport?
MT: A hard question. We are trying to skate in such a way that the others like it: the audience , the judges. We are trying to project some emotions. If some technical element will stand out and ruin the impression - we will not perform it, even if it's a quad throw.
AS: Tatiana, do you plan to help the Ukranian Figure Skating?
TV: I would really love to build an ice rink in Ukraine. I don't know whether it will work out or not - that will depend on the federation. Right now it's just thoughts and ideas because we are lacking finances for such a project. It's a shame - the figure skating should progress. I think there are many talented skaters in Ukraine. When I started skating in Dnepropetrovsk we had two ice rinks and no one thoughts things would fall apart.
MT: I think it's a crime to kill the sport in a country of such skaters as Petrenko, Baiul. During the USSR Ukraine provided the leaders of the skating, but now... Such a school is dead and it's really a shame.
AS: If you could change any moment of your life, what would it be?
MT: Globally - nothing. It's a butterfly effect; you change something and you don't know how things will work out.
TV: Nothing.
AS: Have you ever received funny presents? Unusual? Something that you still remember?
TV: In Tokio I received some hand made rings from beads. I was blown away! I also keep some wishes that came from people's hearts. May be one day I'll make an album.
MT: My girlfriend gave me an unusual present for my 16th birthday. A brick. A real white brick painted with various hearts. It was wrapped in a layer of wrapping paper, which took me ages to unwrap. I keep it for more than 10 years now. The hearts are gone, but I still keep it. I have a dream that one day when we will be building our own house I'll use it in the foundation or a stove.
AS: What is the ending of the R&J story in your interpretation?
TV: The same as Shakespeare's. We live through the whole story - from the meeting till the death.
MT: I think we have no right to change the history. Some things are in fashion, some are immortal. As far as this programme goes - there were questions about the music, that it's boring, that we should had added some Nino Rota parts. I told Tatiana straight away it would be an insult to Prokofiev adding there parts of Rota or Tchaikovski. You can't mix two composers, even if it's the same musical piece.
AS: To Maksim: are you still friends with Maria Mukhortova? Have you supported her after her 7th place in Russian Nationals?
MT: Oh, my `favourite' question. We are polite with each other, but hardly anything else. We were only colleagues, nothing more. With Tatyana after 6 months of work we became friends, while with Maria after 7 years we didn't. Can't really tell I care about her results more, than, say, Ilushechkina's or Martuisheva or any other skater - not really. I wish her luck, but each of us went on it's own separate way.
AS: Your New Year wishes to your fans?
TV: Patience, love, understanding and a happy New Year!
MT: Health. The rest will follow.
Sauce & translation from FSU