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.Ma... sono impazzite! Ci si ritira una alla volta, non in massa, soprattutto quando hai la possibilità di farti tutte le gare della prossima stagione come atleta di punta della tua nazione!
Ma che status, poi...CITAZIONEAnna Ovcharova @littlespartan
I answer only nice and interesting questions. I don't want any preverted waste here, so no one see any of the nasty questions answered. Peace.
E il messaggio in questione:
You not gonna skate at competitions anymore? No, not anymore
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Oh cielo ma anche lei non è giovanissima?!
Non mi ricordo nessun'altra ragazza memorabile... chissà qualcosa di interessante potrebbe venir fuori dalla scuola di Lambiel.... -
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19 anni... spero che abbia qualche motivo diverso dall'impazienza di risultati che non arrivano (anche se quest'anno aveva fatto il GP!), altrimenti stiamo freschi =(. -
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Ma come anche lei? Prima la Brunner e adesso la Ovcharova... Vedo la Svizzera a dir poco in crisi dopo l'era Lambiel/Meier. . -
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Anna ha dato un'altra risposta più dettagliata, spiegando i motivi della sua decisione e cioè:
- sacrifici e dura vita dell'atleta (dolori, privazioni, ecc..)
- lontananza della famiglia che vive in Russia
- la situazione politica attuale non le consente di rappresentare serenamente la Svizzera (quest'ultimo punto mi ha inquietata)
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Le prime due sono comprensibili, anche se dispiace quando una brava come lei getta la spugna.
La terza non la capisco: la Svizzera è sempre stata uno Stato neutrale, che si fa molto gli affari suoi... l'unica cosa che mi viene in mente (perchè di caos tra Russia e Svizzera non ho mai sentito) è che non le sia consentito prendere la cittadinanza in funzione delle Olimpiadi 2018...
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CaroLiza_fan+2 .
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Grazie mille to AllieLex for passing on my message about Anna's reasons for retiring, while I was having registration difficulties (They are all sorted out now).
Very good point about Switzerland supposedly being a "neutral state", Andrea Rika. However, Switzerland has actually joined in with the EU in the sanctions against Russia.
With this in mind, it is understandable that Anna's family have made the decision to move back to Russia.
Being an elite athlete at a young age is very stressful, as Anna has said in her comment. But with her family in a different country, Anna is now without her normal support network. So, I can totally understand why Anna has made the deision to retire and move back home.
After all, the reason Anna and her family were in Switzerland in the first place was because her brother had got a place in a private school there. But, now that he and his parents are back in Moscow, there is no reason for Anna to stay on in Geneva on her own.
Apologies for writing in English. But, I just felt that this needed to be passed on.
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Thank you so much for your message CaroLiza_fan. It was really helpful. I didn't know why Anna moved to Switzerland (I thought she did it in order to easily compete internationally) and I didn't know Switzerland joined in with the EU in the sanctions against Russia; perhaps this fact cooled down the relationship between Swiss Federation and Russian Federation. SPOILER (clicca per visualizzare)Something similar happened at the begin of the season when James-Cipres trained in Russia for a few weeks and then they went back to France. I heard rumours saying they were forced to leave Russia because the Russian Federation wasn't happy to have a non-Russian couple training there. Well, it was the other way round that time.
Feel free to write here in English whenever you want
Here there's an area of the Forum where you can introduce yourself.
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CaroLiza_fan .
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Reut Golinsky did an interview with Anna for Absolute Skating a couple of years ago in which Anna explained the family situation.
The original plan was for Anna to stay in Moscow (and continue to skate for Russia), while her brother and Mum lived Geneva.
But, the family soon realised that this was not the way to have a proper family life. So the whole family re-united and made Geneva their home.
Of course, with so many good junior ladies skaters in Russia, it worked out to Anna's benefit to switch to representing Switzerland.
Unfortunately, it has now come to an end. But, at least Anna get selected to go to Europeans and Senior Worlds last season, plus she finally got to make her Senior GP debut this season. And let's face it, these opportunities would have been unlikely to happen if she had stayed representing Russia.
As for Switzerland joining in the sanctions, the reason is to prevent Russia using Switzerland as a back door to doing business in the EU. There is a story from August about this on the Russia Today website.
Just as a side note. I have been trying to insert links to the sources that I got these pieces of information from. But, when I try to post the comment, I get a message saying that the links are invalid. Do I need to have posted a certain number of comments before I can post links?
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Just thought you may like to know that I have created a Fan Fest for Anna Ovcharova on the Golden Skate forum:
Anna Ovcharova Fan Fest
It is intended to be a "one-stop shop" for getting information about Anna, and includes:- links to her various biography pages
- links to her various social media pages
- a list of what music she used each season
- tables of her Personal Best scores
- a table of ALL her results
- links to competition videos
- links to exhibition videos
- links to other videos
- links to articles
EDIT: I have now posted most of the Original Post of Anna's Fan Fest in the post below. Unfortunately, the tables would not copy over properly, and I don't know how to do tables using the ForumFree software. So, apologies for that.
Hope you like it!
(And apologies for shamelessly promoting one of my projects from another forum!)
CaroLiza_fan
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CaroLiza_fan+2 .
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As you should all know by now, I am a massive fan of Anna Ovcharova.
I have actually been thinking about creating a Fan Fest for her for about a year or so. But I kept deciding not to, in case it turned out too gushing and fanboy-ish! (A very real danger where she is concerned!
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And then she announced her retirement (see this post onwards), so I thought "there's not really much point now".
But, when Doris and Mrs. P started the Summer Fan Fest update, I liked the model they were using so much that I decided to go ahead with the Fan Fest.
Admittedly, I have made a few small tweaks to the model. Nothing major, though. Just wee things that were designed to help me sort everything out, and which I decided to keep in for the final post.
This is as much information as I can find. If you know of any more, feel free to post it below. It will be very gratefully received!
CaroLiza_fan
Summary
Anna Ovcharova was born in Moscow in March 1996.
Anna had a successful Junior career representing Russia, finishing 5th in both the Junior GP Final and Junior Worlds in 2010. But then she had problems with her leg which forced her to sit out the 2010/11 season.
She made her comeback in the 2011/12 season. Shortly afterwards, her brother got a place at a private school in Switzerland. After a period of attempting to split their lives between the 2 countries, the family eventually all moved to Switzerland.
Anna started working with Peter Grueter in Geneva, and started to skate for Switzerland.
After finishing second in the Swiss Championships in her first attempt in the 2012/13 season, she won it the following year. This earned Anna her first appearance at Senior Worlds in 2014, where she quickly became a fan favourite!
In the 2014/15 season, Anna finally made her Senior Grand Prix debut, but did not do as well as her fans hoped. She also lost her title of Swiss Champion to an American-born girl, who was then selected to represent Switzerland at Europeans and Worlds.
Towards the end of the season, Anna revealed that she was retiring from skating and moving back to Russia. (Her family had already moved back a few months earlier).
Biographical Info
ISU Bio:www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012113.htm
Icenetwork Bio:http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/profile/anna_ovcharova
Stats On Ice Bio:https://statsonice.com/skater/Anna/Ovcharova/
Tracings.net Bio:www.tracings.net/ovch-anna.html
Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ovcharova
Social Media
Ask.fm:http://ask.fm/littlespartan
Facebook:www.facebook.com/anna.ovcharova.1
Instagram:https://instagram.com/weltkind1996
Twitter:https://twitter.com/annyovcharova (not used since 2013)
Programmes
2014-15 Season
SP: “Butterflies Are Free” by Alfred Schnittke
FS: “Mon Dieu” and “Milord” by Edith Piaf
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2013-14 Season
SP: “Gypsies - Folk Music” by Ensemble of Moiseev
FS: “Chattanooga Choo Choo”, “Sunlight Serenade”, and “In the Mood” by Glenn Miller Orchestra.
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2012-13 Season
SP: Ballet
FS: Music from “Memoirs of a Geisha” by John Williams
EX: “Puttin’ on the Ritz”
2011-12 Season
SP: “Common Threads” by Bobby McFerrin and “Knock on Wood” by Safri Duo
FS: Music from “A Chorus Line”
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2009-10 Season
SP: Jazz medley
FS: Music from “Don Quixote” by Ludwig Minkus
EX: “Honey, Honey” by Amanda Seyfried
Videos
2014-15 Season
13th February 2015: Bavarian Open FS (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcZ80LIxbbg
29th November 2014: NHK Trophy FS (British Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mljn7fPaxSI
28th November 2014: NHK Trophy SP (British Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQVRko3XoKY
22nd November 2014: Trophée Éric Bompard FS (British Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUZF--AuJEE
21st November 2014: Trophée Éric Bompard SP (British Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ylJonWhXnc
28th September 2014: Nebelhorn Trophy EX (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KTo5QJ1f1k
26th September 2014: Nebelhorn Trophy SP (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBGP2GNQiiI
2013-14 Season
29th March 2014: World Championships FS (British Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfSmnCKyapk
27th March 2014: World Championships SP (British Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx9dqcpKZmQ
27th October 2013 Coupe de Nice FS (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS2gjmttwdE
26th October 2013 Coupe de Nice SP (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPQ5QPiIB-A
2011-12 Season
27th December 2011: Russian Championships FS (Russian Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ehTK4Vbt4
26th December 2011: Russian Championships SP (Russian Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqOyCVOos9Y
26th December 2011: Russian Championships SP Practice (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7YLZ2UL6_8
22nd October 2011: Russian Cup – Stage 3 FS (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GkfB3S32GM
21st October 2011: Russian Cup – Stage 3 SP (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtvROje_spU
2009-10 Season
12th March 2010: Junior World Championships SP and her (
)s (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLAmZxOhWo
5th February 2010: Russian Junior Championships FS (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2_EytmJFwk
4th February 2010: Russian Junior Championships SP (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUw7Ya3HrCs
25th December 2009: Russian Championships FS (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzuQHmQaWtI
12th November 2009: ???? Russian Competition (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS63nie0B7E
28th August 2009: JGP Budapest FS (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=LllpMdeALrU
27th August 2009: JGP Budapest SP (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kj72cH_-DM
Baby Anna (A.K.A. “I Know The Calendar Year, But Not Sure Which Season!”)
2009: ???? EX – “Besame Mucho” by Mantovani (Russian Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgacno5LrjQ
2009: Crystal Horse (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZMINtHF07s
2008: Vilnius Winter Cup (No Commentary)www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eXu8jFhm4Q
Exhibition Videos
9th / 10th January 2015: Music on Ice, Bellinzona – “Chandelier” by Siawww.youtube.com/watch?v=KuDkf0n7KiI
9th / 10th January 2015: Music on Ice, Bellinzona – “Because of You” by Kelly Clarksonwww.youtube.com/watch?v=W9TqnfwKKRE
9th / 10th January 2015: Music on Ice, Bellinzona – “Hot N Cold” by Katy Perry (with Samuel Contesti)www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9TqnfwKKRE
11th January 2014: Music on Ice, Bellinzona – “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkok0m2tFXY
25th April 2013: Music on Ice, Geneva – “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps”www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9qlkW8ghZ0
25th April 2013: Music on Ice, Geneva – “Memoirs Of A Geisha” by John Williamswww.youtube.com/watch?v=SaTFEpG4py0
12th December 2009: Crystal Ice, Moscow – <anna’s 2009–10 Season SP Music>www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qNUvg7n1Wk
Other Videos
16th March 2015: Happy 19th Birthday Anna Ovcharova (created by CaroLiza_fan)www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEUAg-KgHtM
7th March 2015: Almaty (created by Aleksander Liubchenko)www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_rgHDUWqkg
GS Articles And Threads
12th April 2010: “Ovcharova leads ladies after Short Program” (Article about 2010 Junior World Championships)www.goldenskate.com/2010/03/ovcharo...-short-program/
Articles And Video Interviews
3rd April 2014: “Interview With Anna Ovcharova” (Skate Guard)http://skateguard1.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/...-ovcharova.html
26th March 2014: “Getting to know Anna Ovcharova” (Absolute Skating)www.absoluteskating.com/index.php?c...14annaovcharova . -
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Thanks for info, CaroLiza =)
We are sorry too for Anna's retirement.
She's such a good skater, and so young!
Grazie per le informazioni, anche noi siamo dispiaciuti per il ritiro di Anna. E' una pattinatrice davvero in gamba e così giovane.....
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