Evgenia Tarasova, Alina Zagitova, Kamila Valieva-all these established and rising stars of figure skating started in Tatarstan, but shone in Moscow. To stop the "brain drain" and fit into the wave of popularity of the most spectacular winter sport decided in the country. As "BUSINESS Online" found out, the head of the RT Ministry of sports Vladimir Leonov received approval for the construction of the world-class "figurines" center in Kazan.
According to "BUSINESS Online", in Kazan is nearing completion of the project of construction of a new landmark sports facility — the center of figure skating and short track. In the work-the choice of location. Initially, two sites were considered-either the territory of the Kazan state Academy of veterinary medicine, or the site on Gavrilov street, near the Kazan Arena, where Parking was located during the world Cup. However, the city hall proposes to build a center in the Volga region, where there is a shortage of sports facilities and leisure facilities for citizens. Now this option is being studied.
For the first time the project of the center became known on the eve of the New year. Then at the final press conference, Tatarstan Minister of sports Vladimir Leonov told about the initiative. "We have almost everything ready. We are looking for a place, as well as a Federal project, within which we will be able to arrange everything. It will be difficult to implement by ourselves. The project is not cheap-a few hundred million rubles, but in the coming years we will implement it, as this is a very promising direction. The Republic needs a "figure", and the" figure "needs its own Palace," Leonov said.
Vladimir Leonov: "the Project is not cheap-a few hundred million rubles, but in the coming years we will implement it, as it is a very promising direction "Photo:" BUSINESS Online»
In addition to the" figures", will lead to the Palace and short track, which, like figure skating, presented at the Olympics. This direction will not be a priority, but the prospect of him there — in Russia over the past 10 years, there is a whole generation of strong short-track athletes, the move to the country superstar of the sport Korean Viktor Ahn became a serious help. Only in one Bashkortostan grew two Olympic Champions Sochi-Semyon Elistratov and Ruslan Zakharov. Tatarstan is a sin to lag behind.
The future of the Kazan center of figure skating has picked up a stellar handler. There are preliminary agreements that Nina Moser will work at the school — perhaps the best coach of Russia in pair skating, whose students won more than 30 medals at the Olympics, world and European Championships. Moser worked with a native of Kazan Evgenia Tarasova during the last Olympic cycle. Tarasova together with Vladimir Morozov Won "silver" at the Olympics in Pyeongchang — and this medal was the first for Tatarstan in the history of the winter Games.
Now eminent specialist trains skaters of the Russian national team at the rink "Inspiration". It was here that she prepared a couple of two-time Olympic Champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, Olympic Champions in team competitions Ksenia Stolbova and Fyodor Klimov. Continue to to train on this rink and leaders current the composition team Russia: Tarasova and Morozov, Natalia zabiyako and Alexander Enbert.
The fact that the new project begins not with a beautiful picture, but with the search for a leader, in itself is an important shift in consciousness. Comes understanding that the main thing in sports — the trainer. So are professional clubs, so a system of high performance sport in Olympic types. When built, the Palace of water sports in Kazan moved a strong coach from Stavropol Paul Meakin, which brought a group of athletes from their region and then attracted to training local kids. In swimming the same effect created by the arrival of coach Maxim Dedlovskaya from Chelyabinsk to the coaches of Volga Academy of sport. The specialist is now trying to get swimmers from all over the country, entering the sports University.
There is no doubt about the popularity of the new center. Figure skating today, as in Soviet times, at the peak of spectator interest. In Pyeongchang, because of doping scandals, only our hockey players and figure skaters had almost 100 percent chances for gold medals. In the season 2018/19 in Tatarstan, according to the Ministry of sports of the Republic, 2.5 thousand people are engaged in figure skating, 20 public schools and 5 commercial schools work. More than 400 people are engaged in Amateur clubs. And on all — only 70 trainers. In 2017, the Volga region Academy of sports, feeling that the need for specialists in figure skating has increased, opened an appropriate Department. Now 38 students are trained there, and as a result they will receive a coaching qualification and will be able to stay in Kazan.
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