Figure skater Stanislava Konstantinova, who announced her retirement in January 2023, will not perform in her native St. Petersburg. at the Russian Challenge show program tournament. The bronze medalist of the 2019 Universiade was one of the first among those who applied for participation. Other skaters honestly admitted that they had not even started working on the programs yet, but Konstantinova had already choreographed it herself. A friend, Anastavia Skoptsova, who also recently completed her career, helped.
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Konstantinova specifically emphasized to Sport that she has been training on the ice since December. She still has many friends in St. Petersburg. “For me, the opportunity to perform in my native Yubileiny is very important,” Stanislava noted a week before the start of the competition.
The news, which appeared the day before the start on the figure skater’s Telegram page, extremely disappointed her fans. “Unfortunately, tomorrow I will not skate at the Russian Challenge by decision of the organizers,” Konstantinova wrote. “I didn’t expect that this was even possible. That they would just come up to me and say that they didn’t like my routine and my skating. And I didn’t I will perform. They told me that my skating is empty, that I have no speed, that I am not a format.»
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The figure skater specifically emphasized that she does not want to conflict or quarrel with anyone. “I accept any criticism, but now they treated me very cruelly,” Stanislava wrote. “Everyone liked the idea of my number — it’s very funny, just funny. There’s no amazing high choreography, I didn’t turn to any great directors «.
A little later, Konstantinova revealed the details: “I wanted to skate to the song of the robbers from the Bremen Town Musicians.” I made a dance where in the middle I transform and start skating to the “Ray of the Golden Sun.” Because even the most vile, disgusting, insolent robbers sometimes also want something — something cool, bright. We don’t have enough positive things in life — and I wanted to do it.»
Those who closely followed Stanislava’s sports career immediately drew analogies with the 2018/2019 season. Following the results of the Russian Championship, held in Saransk, Konstantinova was included in the national team for the 2019 European Championship. In Saransk, Stanislava took fourth place, but all three winners, Anna Shcherbakova, Alexandra Trusova and Alena Kostornaya, due to age, could not yet participate in adult competitions.
Only five years ago we were talking about sports competitions, where every element is judged. The Russian Call regulations clearly state that there are no requirements for the implementation of mandatory technical elements. You just need to meet the time limit of 2.5 to 3 minutes. It is also clearly stated that a participant can be removed or replaced if the actual number does not correspond to the submitted application, violation of confidentiality requirements, or for medical reasons.
At the current tournament there was a mandatory condition: the theme of the show must reflect the diversity of historical and cultural traditions of Russia. At the same time, as was again noted in the regulations, the idea of a performance can be based on literature, music, painting, theater, cinema, folklore and any other genres of art, and the form of the performance can be either traditional or containing new creative solutions. The basis of the musical accompaniment should have been the music of our country, both classical and modern.
So what does not meet these requirements in the room Konstantinova? Of course, Gennady Gladkov is not SHAMAN or Tchaikovsky, but several generations of current figure skating fans grew up on his music for cartoons. I have no doubt that a well-disposed Yubileiny, as everyone was recently convinced of at the Channel One Cup, would clap Stanislava to the beat of familiar songs.
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“This tournament is not about me money,” Stanislava told RIA Novosti. “I did not receive any fees or advance payments, and the issue of compensation is on the conscience of the organizers and I will not discuss it.”
Konstantinova promised her number post on social networks.