St. Petersburg, April 29, Taras Barabash. Russian figure skater Sofya Samodurova won the 2019 European Championships thanks to strong-willed character, and not due to luck, says the athlete's coach Tatyana Mishina. Earlier on Friday, coach Alexei Mishin announced that Samodurova had decided to end her career and went to work in his coaching staff. «Sonya is a very interesting person in general. She is such a versatile girl, in addition to being engaged and engaged in figure skating, she has always studied well. She is a smart girl. She knows English well, studied music, singing. This suggests that she is a versatile person. We always helped her, we worked with her with desire, and her parents participated a lot in her development,» Mishina said. «Not so much even in figure skating, but in the development of her as a person. some talents. If they entrusted the coaches, so to speak, they never got into any coaching business, they always trusted a lot. Both mom and dad. a nice family. Sonya's sister was also a figure skater. The family understands how it is necessary to support the child and help him, «the athlete's coach continued. The agency's interlocutor noted that Samodurova realized her potential. «Sonya showed a good result. Everyone has their own possibilities. The fact that she was able to become the European champion is due to her strong-willed character. She used all her abilities, her potential at the right time, at the right time, and won the European Championship. There were other skaters who couldn't do it. So to say that Sophia was lucky, I would not. In general, I would not use the word «lucky», because the strongest are lucky. At that moment, Sophia showed character, but in general she did it often, «said Mishina. «Rarely, as coaches, we could complain that she came out and did not do something. She was ready for what she showed and did. It was her decision. We would support Sophia in any of her endeavors. I just felt that the next season is getting uncertain in terms of international starts. She is studying, will continue to study and combine it with coaching. She is already with our younger guys, she connected well. Here Alexei (Mishin) helped, and the federation supported, talked with Anton Sikharulidze,» the agency's interlocutor said.
