MOSCOW, July 29, Andrey Simonenko. Coach of 2020 European Champion Dmitry Aliev and the silver medalist of the Russian Championship — 2021 Makar Ignatov Evgeny Rukavitsyn said that the suspension from performances in the international arena did not affect the motivation of his students on the eve of the upcoming season. Russian skaters are currently suspended by the board of the International Skating Union (ISU) from performances in international tournaments. On Thursday, the joint gathering of the groups of Rukavitsyn and Svetlana Sokolovskaya in Armenia ended. Under the leadership of Sokolovskaya, in particular, work the winner of the 2022 Olympics in the team tournament Mark Kondratyuk, the vice-champion of Europe in 2019 Alexander Samarin, the silver medalist of the Russian championship among juniors of the past season Sofya Samodelkina. «The guys are hungry for results, for victories. So we «you have to do your job. Start and show your maximum. And how to motivate yourself is already your inner secret. But the guys have not changed anything in their attitude to work,» Rukavitsyn said, answering the question of how the ISU sanctions affected the mood of his students — Moreover, it seems to me that I saw a calm, responsible, uniform positive in them. No ups and downs, but an even rise. And it was very important for me in order to conduct predictable training. To know that that load , which I give, is adequately perceived by athletes and processed. «Giving an example of the motivation of athletes, Rukavitsyn spoke about how Ignatov performed the task at work outdoors in hot weather.
