Alina Zagitova from 12th place in the Moscow Championship to the World Junior Champion

Alina Zagitova - a young star, which was lit in the arena of figure skating in this season. It would seem that both we and the world should get used to the great flow of talented girls from Russia. But this is impossible! Alina is a sensation in the world of figure skating. And if we learned about the wonderful Evgenia Medvedeva gradually, then Zagitova burst into the world elite suddenly and decisively.

Where did this new "little monster" come from?

Beautiful girl with chic technique and good skating. From Izhevsk. Without taking the highest steps of the pedestal at major Russian competitions, she trained in the capital of Udmurtia from the age of five. According to her, figure skating was more a hobby, so Alina periodically dropped out of classes.

Just a year and a half ago (!) Alina and her grandmother moved to Moscow for classes in the Tutberidze group. By the way, after a while Eteri drove Zagitova out of her group, because the girl did not treat the training as it should, according to Tutberidze. But the story ended well - after a while Eteri returned Alina to her group.

What happened next?

Training, training and again training. Participation in the stages of the Cup of Russia, improvement of results. I would like to stop the attention on the Championship of Moscow. Why? Because this is the last major competition with Alina last season. And because I attended them personally. The championship took place in the last week of February, and I was prompted by the well-known free program Anastasia Mukhortova to come to see the competitions. Alina took 12 places at those competitions, Nastya - 6. Then Zagitova did not stand out against the background of other participants. Now it is not possible to take her eyes off her.

How is it possible to go through the year from 12th place in the Moscow Championship to 1 place in the World Championship?

For a year and a half - from a good single woman of Udmurtia to the best junior of the planet. The year of training in the group Tutberidze - and the incredible potential of the figure skater is revealed. The strength, power, energy, laid in Aline, could not be revealed in Izhevsk for 8 years. Eteri Georgievna was able to do this for 1 year. And I also taught you how to work, put the equipment, gave you confidence.

In my opinion, this is fantastic. And also an incredible result of the hard work of a talented coach with a talented athlete. This season, Alina Zagitova beat junior world records, and also went around the technique at the Russian Championship, the current world champion - odnogruppnitsu Evgenia Medvedeva. By the way, the girls Tutberidze took the second and first place, respectively.

Best among the juniors of the planet. The most complex programs in the world. The undisputed leader of the season 2016/2017. It's all she is - Alina Zagitova.

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