Anna Shcherbakova described feeling empty after winning the gold medal. Euphoria often accompanies gold medal victories, but an air of sadness hung over Anna’s victory at the Olympics. The expected winner, Kamila Valieva, collapsed during her last performance, sobbing as she realized her efforts failed to finish in the top three.
Consequently, all eyes were on Kamila when the weight of her doping scandal finally seemed to overwhelm her. Instead of celebrating with Anna, the Russian team consoled Kamila.
However, Anna put in a flawless performance, beating silver medalist Alexandra Trusova by 4.22 points. This article will look at the parents of Anna Shcherbakova and the support they have given Anna.
Anna’s mother quit her job to take Anna to figure skating practice.
Anna Shcherbakova was born in Moscow, Russia, to Stanislav and Julia. She grew up with her sister Inna hers.
Stanislav and Julia introduced their children to figure skating to keep them healthy. However, the couple quickly realized that Anna had talent and a taste for it. She refused to be persuaded to quit the sport.
After Anna joined the group of coach Eteri Georgievna, it became practically impossible to stop skating. Julia became Anna’s practice partner, forcing her to quit her job. Julia told him sport express:
“First I had to drive to take the children to training, and I don’t like it very much, the first trips were very stressful. Second, quitting my job to take my kids to training, which I still regret. And a lot of things had to change, just to take the kids to train.”
Julia limited her role to motherhood and did not try to influence Anna’s practice. She made the occasional comment, but her main role was support. Julia explained, “Also, I’m not an expert in figure skating. My role is more of a psychological support”.
He also accompanied Anna to competitions, where the pair developed a winning routine. Julia liked spending time with Anna, but over time she became too nervous to watch some of her performances. “My nerves can’t take the strain at all,” she said.
Now that he is the sole breadwinner for the family, Stanislav rarely showed up for practices, but he did try to attend competitions. He said Sport-Express who enjoyed watching Anna impress a crowd:
“I like to be a spectator. I don’t understand the jumps, turns or other technical details. I can’t even highlight the step track in the program. When your child lifts an entire hallway, it’s an indescribable feeling. Pride for having faced, betrayed, opened, stolen, collected, endured and even preserved the image”.
At home, Stanislav made sure that Anna continued with her study routine. “I am strict that the word ‘tomorrow’ does not exist for me,” he said. “No matter how tired Anya is after exercising or if she would like to sleep in the morning, she knows that she can’t miss classes with the teachers.”
Anna’s parents didn’t think she would continue skating after breaking her leg
Anna’s parents, Stanislav and Julia.
Before her first international season, Anna broke her leg during training. Anna’s parents did not expect her to walk normally again, let alone get her back on track. Stanislav said Russia beyond:
“After six weeks in a full cast, the leg looked quite unusual: it was a shapeless thing that barely flexed. It took a lot of faith in the power of nature to make sure that everything would straighten out, the leg would return to normal, and the boy would be able to walk like everyone else without limping. And getting back on course, I took it as a great miracle, nothing less.
Anna recovered and won international junior junior competitions. She’s now an Olympic gold medalist and world champion: she sits on top of the figure skating world five years after a broken leg nearly ended her career.
Stanislav and Julia spoke with Sports-Express about the possibility of Anna retiring at seventeen (Anna’s current age). Julia seemed to have no qualms about it, but Stanislav voiced his reservations: he considered 17 too early to retire. He said:
“If Anya ends at 17, of course I will be upset. In addition to being a panelist, she is also an artist, image transfer is her forte. At 17, and even 20, some images are simply too early to reveal. It will be an unfinished song, no matter what medals she has accumulated up to that point.”
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Source: vcmp.edu.vn