MOSCOW, February 7, Vasily Bogdanov. To Russian figure skaters who won gold medals in team tournament at the Beijing Olympics, for successful performance in individual competitions, you need to cope with nerves, said the 2006 Olympic champion Tatyana Navka. On Monday, Russian figure skaters won the team tournament of the Games in Beijing. The Russian national team included Mark Kondratyuk, Kamila Valieva, Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov (pair skating), Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov (ice dancing). Thanks to this medal, the Russian team came out on top in the medal standings of the Olympics. «Congratulations to our team on the excellent result that we all expected from it. But now individual tournaments are ahead, where we need to perform no less successfully. I wish the guys to forget all the fatigue, stress and nerves to confidently skate their programs. I don’t think that the absence of substitutions in the team tournament will somehow affect the shape of the athletes. These are experienced guys who are physically ready to skate at least every day. They will definitely have enough strength. The main thing in the current situation is to cope with nerves,» Navka said. The Beijing Olympics will end on February 20.
