St. PETERSBURG, Mar 15, Boris Khodorovsky. Three-time champion of Russia, the silver medalist of the 2018 Olympic Games in team competitions Mikhail Kolyada said in an interview that he was not going to end his professional career and would continue to cooperate with the honored coach of Russia Alexei Mishin. Kolyada began working with Mishin in the summer of 2020, in the same year the coach in an interview called the skater his «two year project». In December 2021, the athlete won the silver of the pre-Olympic championship of Russia, but first missed the European Championship due to injury, and then the Olympic Games due to a positive test for COVID-19. «He was,» Kolyada answered when asked if he had a conversation about continuing cooperation with Mishin. — And, as it seemed to me, Alexey Nikolayevich was delighted. He said that he was pleased to work with me. I do not want to end my career. I really like to ride.»
