Russia (bbabo.net), - They are very worried about the figure skater Kamila Valieva in her small homeland in Kazan.
Even before Kamila Valieva's performance in the free program, the head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov wrote on his Instagram page: "Kamila, you are already a champion for us! We believe and are proud!"
Flash mobs in support of the compatriot were arranged by athletes from HC Ak Bars and the Republican Sports School of the Olympic Reserve in figure skating and short track.
On 29 electronic billboards in Kazan posted a photo of the figure skater with the words "Kamila, we are with you!".
- I cried all day yesterday, - says Elena Tarasova, Secretary General of the Figure Skating Federation in the Republic of Tatarstan. - We all support Camila, we believe that she is clean. In Kazan, she did not train for long from 3 to 7 years old, but here she is remembered and loved. I then held the position of deputy director of the figure skating school. She was a very capable, purposeful girl with good natural abilities. Then she was engaged in ballet, rhythmic gymnastics and everywhere successfully. Finally, her mother to stop at one thing and Camila chose figure skating. Her coach was Ksenia Ivanova, a student of Gennady Tarasov (who raised another famous figure skater from Kazan, world champion Alexander Fadeev). She immediately saw in her the makings of a very capable figure skater. Even on maternity leave after the birth of a child, she did not begin to leave, just not to transfer the group where Camila was engaged to another coach. But, unfortunately, in the end, for family reasons, Camila and her mother moved to Moscow. It was very sad to part with her. We really hope that Camille will be able to recover from this terrible story.
bbabo.Net