Figure skater Kolyada: we talk very little about figure skating with his wife, I create the mood myself his wife in his preparation for the competition. According to him, he and his wife rarely discuss professional topics, RIA Novosti reports.
“My wife is not my coach, and we talk very little about figure skating. Everything that concerns the mood for the competition, I do myself, “the athlete emphasized.
Kolyada and his US rival Jason Brown put on a free program based on the movie” Schindler's List “. The Russian noted that he liked the American's performance.
The skater added that he puts a piece of his soul into each of his programs and tries to interpret it in his own way. As for the one with which he performed in Turin, the athlete did not disclose how he perceives it, calling it a little secret.
Mikhail Kolyada won a silver medal at the Grand Prix stage in Turin, Italy. The 26-year-old skater scored 273.55 points in the short and free programs. He lost to the leader of the competition, the Japanese Yuma Kagiyama, who scored 278.02 points. The third place went to the Italian figure skater Daniel Grassle (269.00 points).