MOSCOW, June 26, Vasily Bogdanov. Honored coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova said, that Russian figure skaters try themselves in other sports for development and fun. On June 25, at Luzhniki, several figure skaters took part in events as part of the Moscow Sports Day. Kamila Valieva held an open fitness training, Alina Zagitova met with two-time Olympic boxing champion Oleg Saitov in a demonstrative boxing sparring, and Anna Shcherbakova took part in a breakdance battle. Also earlier, Alexandra Trusova performed at the Athletics Week in Moscow in the long jump. «The girls are now off-season, so it's absolutely normal that they try themselves in other sports. And thank God, since they are interested. Athletics, boxing, themes more breakdance. Still, they do it not in order to perform professionally in these sports later. It is necessary for development, as well as to have fun. In connection with which this has not happened before? Why — we also tried a lot «Someone tried to prove themselves in ballet, someone in folk dances, someone in acrobatics. For example, I took my students to the academy of circus arts, where they were taught to do somersaults. So it was always, just before it was not so actively covered,» Tarasova said.
