St. Petersburg, April 30, Taras Barabash. The 2002 Olympic champion in men's figure skating Alexei Yagudin said that at the moment no one can answer the question of how the coaching career of Sofya Samodurova, who completed sports performances, will develop. Earlier, coach Alexei Mishin confirmed that 19 -year-old Samodurova completed her sports career. In 2019, she won the European Championship and won bronze in the team tournament at the World Championship. «How will coaching work for a person who just recently ended his amateur career? It is clear that no one will answer this question. Sofia Samodurova just two minutes ago skated a number as part of our project «Ice Age» in Voronezh. I talked to her today. Yes, she really started the training process with a group of children. From the bottom of my heart I wish Sonya success! I want to note that she is one of the few who have «Something happened in her sports career. She is a European champion, no one can take that away from her. She has already made a certain contribution to the development of figure skating at the amateur sports stage. Now I would like to wish everything to work out in the future in the coaching field,» Yagudin said. .
