{"id":1472,"date":"2018-12-10T16:23:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T16:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/be-universal.com\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2019-01-16T18:11:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T18:11:08","slug":"in-russia-skating-is-as-popular-as-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/be-universal.com\/es\/in-russia-skating-is-as-popular-as-football\/","title":{"rendered":"En Rusia el patinaje es tan popular como el f\u00fatbol"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.19.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]Sara Hurtado (Madrid, 1992) es una bailarina sobre hielo seis veces campeona de Espa\u00f1a, 12\u00ba en los \u00faltimos Juegos Ol\u00edmpicos y que, recientemente, ha logrado una medalla de plata en las Series Mundiales junto a su pareja Kirill Khaliavin. Comenz\u00f3 a practicar este deporte por causalidad y ahora reside en Mosc\u00fa, la cuna del patinaje. Entre semana se entrena sin descanso. Los fines de semana pasea por los grandes parques de una ciudad magn\u00e9tica.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00bfQu\u00e9 supone para usted y para su compa\u00f1ero Kirill Khaliavin la plata conseguida en las Series Mundiales?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despu\u00e9s de la \u00faltima temporada ol\u00edmpica, hemos empezado a trabajar con m\u00e1s solidez y confianza en nuestro equipo y en nuestro potencial. Creo que podemos formar parte del top mundial de esta disciplina. Es lo que buscamos con el d\u00eda a d\u00eda. A veces no nos damos cuenta de la mejora, porque pulimos los detalles, pero es en la competici\u00f3n cuando te das cuenta de que en conjunto hemos evolucionado.<\/p>\n

\u00bfCu\u00e1l es su techo?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No nos ponemos techo. Estamos centrados en el ahora, en ir paso a paso, partido a partido\u2026 Soy del Atl\u00e9tico, se nota. Ahora tenemos nuevos objetivos. A corto plazo tenemos en diciembre campeonato de Espa\u00f1a en Logro\u00f1o, y est\u00e1 todo el mundo invitado. En enero disputamos el Europeo y en marzo el Mundial. Queremos superar marcas anteriores y seguir mejorando nuestro patinaje.<\/p>\n

Habla de ese d\u00eda a d\u00eda como foco de mejora. \u00bfC\u00f3mo es un d\u00eda suyo de entrenamiento?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Empezamos a las 9:30 con ballet o clases de elevaciones. La parte acrob\u00e1tica la entrenamos fuera de la pista, con un entrenador que nos ayuda con la t\u00e9cnica. Luego hacemos dos sesiones de ma\u00f1ana y tarde en la pista, que en total suman cuatro horas. Hay otros dos d\u00edas a la semana que hacemos un extra de f\u00edsico. Y tambi\u00e9n recibo clases de baile de sal\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

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\u00bfSe define como una deportista perfeccionista, incluso obsesiva, que hasta que no haga bien un ejercicio no sale de la pista?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Somos perfeccionistas, pero hay d\u00edas de todo. A veces es mejor descansar y darle espacio a un elemento para que repose y el cuerpo descanse. En ocasiones, lo dejas dos d\u00edas y sale solo. Hay que encontrar el equilibrio.<\/p>\n

No me ha hablado del trabajo mental. \u00bfNo lo entrenan?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Se trabaja de manera particular porque est\u00e1s con un compa\u00f1ero al que tienes que atender. Es un trabajo en equipo. De vez en cuando tengo una compa\u00f1era que me ha ayudado en momentos de dificultad o cuando tengo que negociar la presi\u00f3n y las expectativas. Pero no tenemos a un profesional que nos haga un seguimiento continuo. El trabajo psicol\u00f3gico y emocional lo trabajamos entre los dos. A tu compa\u00f1ero le puedes contarle tus dudas, y \u00e9l te va a apoyar. Veo m\u00e1s a Kirill que a mis padres. Somos m\u00e1s que un matrimonio, porque la mayor\u00eda no trabajan juntos. Somos una empresa de dos personas que mejoramos el producto.<\/p>\n

Reside ahora en Mosc\u00fa. \u00bfC\u00f3mo es su aclimataci\u00f3n all\u00ed? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

La mayor\u00eda del tiempo estoy entrenando. Lo importante es estar contenta y feliz en los entrenamientos. Llego con toda la motivaci\u00f3n de este mundo. Cada d\u00eda es una oportunidad. Vivo sola en un apartamento. Los primeros a\u00f1os viv\u00eda con otra compa\u00f1era de patinaje. Mosc\u00fa es una ciudad muy viva. Tienes cosas para hacer todos los d\u00edas. Es activa y divertida. Ya no es una ciudad cerrada, sino que hay gente de todos los pa\u00edses. He conocido a muchos espa\u00f1oles aqu\u00ed. El cambio no solo est\u00e1 en la cultura de la gente sino a nivel de estructura de ciudad. Las calles est\u00e1n nuevas. Hicieron una inversi\u00f3n para el Mundial de f\u00fatbol. Es un espect\u00e1culo darte un paseo y ver la majestuosidad de la ciudad. La mayor\u00eda de fines de semana salgo a pasear a sus enormes parques.<\/p>\n

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\u00bfEl patinaje en Rusia es como el f\u00fatbol en Espa\u00f1a?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Completamente. El patinaje se conoce m\u00e1s que el f\u00fatbol, aunque ahora con el \u00faltimo Mundial el f\u00fatbol se ha vuelto igual o m\u00e1s popular, pero aqu\u00ed los deportes rey son el hockey sobre hielo y el patinaje. Basta que haya un deportista ruso que destaque para que la gente lo siga. El p\u00fablico que viene a vernos est\u00e1 formado y nos apoya, da igual que seamos rusos, a ellos les gusta el patinaje.<\/p>\n

\u00bfLe paran por la calle?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Todav\u00eda no. Alguien me puede conocer, pero tengo la suerte de que por la calle no se me reconoce.<\/p>\n

\u00bfHa percibido la disciplina rusa en el entrenamiento?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Son personas dedicadas y comprometidas. Van al cien por cien si hacen algo. Kirill me dijo: 'Si no lo voy a hacer a tope, no voy'. Y es algo que est\u00e1 muy presente en todos los deportistas rusos. El deporte es su trabajo, se definici\u00f3n de \u00e9xito, su vida. Siempre buscan lo mejor, a nivel de entrenamiento dir\u00eda que cuando luchas por medallas en cualquier escuela de patinaje la disciplina siempre existe\u2026 El estilo ruso es muy directo a la hora de afrontar la presi\u00f3n. Ellos son muy fr\u00edos y luchadores, van a la guerra. Pero en el fondo es su compromiso.<\/p>\n

Vive en Mosc\u00fa y su deporte requiere muchos complementos. \u00bfQu\u00e9 ayudas recibe?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Las ayudas son precarias. Incluso acabando decimosegundos en los Juegos, entramos a formar parte de los becados ADO. En mi caso, antes estaba en el programa Podium, y ahora tengo el ADO, que es menos que Podium. No voy a decir que no al ADO porque sino Kirill perder\u00eda su parte. Este deporte tiene mucho gasto. No es un deporte en el que solo necesitas unas zapatillas. Hay que editar m\u00fasicas, coreograf\u00edas, ir a clases de baile de sal\u00f3n, las horas de hielo\u2026 Tenemos que alquilar la pista por horas. En Espa\u00f1a la mayor\u00eda de pistas privadas prefieren meter a 500 personas que a dos parejas que entrenen. Seguimos perdiendo dinero, las dificultades est\u00e1n a la orden del d\u00eda. Tengo que renovar visado cada tres meses y viajar cuatro d\u00edas a Madrid.<\/p>\n

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Vamos, que el panorama es complejo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mis padres son mis mayores patrocinadores. La Federaci\u00f3n se encarga de cubrir los entrenadores y la pista. Los core\u00f3grafos, la vida, los visados, los viajes a Madrid\u2026. Todo eso corre de nuestra cuenta. Tendr\u00edamos que haber ganado lo de Usain Bolt para que me cubra todo.<\/p>\n

\u00bfC\u00f3mo se enamor\u00f3 de este deporte?<\/strong><\/p>\n

De lo m\u00e1s natural posible, que es yendo a la nevera de Majadahonda celebrando alg\u00fan cumplea\u00f1os de amigos del colegio. Lo prob\u00e9 y me gust\u00f3. Y empec\u00e9 a hacerlo como extraescolar. Tambi\u00e9n tocaba el viol\u00edn, iba a clases de ballet, jugaba al tenis\u2026<\/p>\n

\u00bfC\u00f3mo les ha ayudado la explosi\u00f3n medi\u00e1tica de Javier Fern\u00e1ndez?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No notamos grandes cambios, aunque ha hecho mucho bien a nivel cultural. La gente ahora conoce este deporte. Ha acabado con el desconocimiento que antes exist\u00eda. Si hablas con una persona en Espa\u00f1a y le dices por el patinaje, hablan del chico espa\u00f1ol que lo hace muy bien. Me parece m\u00e1s importante que cualquier ayuda que haya porque impregna la cultura de nuestro deporte.<\/p>\n

Su deporte ha saltado a la pantalla con pel\u00edculas como 'Jo, Tonya'. Eran otras \u00e9pocas, pero \u00bfc\u00f3mo es la competitividad a d\u00eda de hoy entre deportistas?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eran otras \u00e9pocas y eso ocurr\u00eda en pa\u00edses con una competici\u00f3n interna brutal. Tienes que superar competiciones regionales, sectoriales, provinciales\u2026 Llegar a la selecci\u00f3n es brutal. Antes pod\u00eda existir esa tensi\u00f3n. A d\u00eda de hoy todos nosotros entendemos que no depende de nosotros, sino de los jueces. No hay mucho que reclamar, somos todos amigos y nos acabamos conociendo. No se vive con tanta intensidad.<\/p>\n

Barcelona ha estado trabajando en una candidatura con los Pirineos para albergar unos Juegos Ol\u00edmpicos de Invierno. \u00bfEso multiplicar\u00eda el crecimiento de su deporte? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Traer los deportes en directo a un pa\u00eds es la mejor manera de romper ese tab\u00fa e introducir el deporte de invierno, que es bastante desconocido aqu\u00ed. Nuestros deportes de invierno est\u00e1n enfocados en el ocio. Hay pistas espectaculares de esqu\u00ed y est\u00e1n llenas. Es una pena que no se haya traducido al mundo de la competici\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

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\u00bfCon qu\u00e9 compagina su deporte?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sigo estudiando. Estoy en la UCAM cursando Publicidad y Relaciones P\u00fablicas. Empec\u00e9 con Periodismo y Comunicaci\u00f3n en Vitoria, era pr\u00e1ctica y presencial, pero no pude compaginarlo. La UCAM me da la opci\u00f3n de hacerlo online. Quiero seguir involucrada en el deporte, pero no tengo algo fijado. El mundo del arte, el baile, la expresi\u00f3n corporal tambi\u00e9n me gustan\u2026<\/p>\n

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Alberto Mart\u00ednez<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.19.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]Sara Hurtado (Madrid 1992) is a professional figure skater who competes in the Ice Dance discipline. The 6-time Spanish champion came twelfth in the last Olympic Games and has recently obtained a silver medal in the World Series […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Sara Hurtado (Madrid 1992) is a professional figure skater who competes in the Ice Dance discipline. The 6-time Spanish champion came 12th <\/sup>in the last Olympic Games and has recently obtained a silver medal in the World Series with her partner Kirill Khaliavin. She started practicing the sport by chance and now resides in Moscow; the cradle of ice skating. During the week she trains without rest. On weekends she wanders around the great parks of the magnetic city.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nWhat does the silver medal achieved in the World Series mean to you and to your partner Kirill Khaliavin?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAfter the last Olympic season, we started working more solidly and with more confidence in both our team and our potential. I believe we can be top ice skaters of this discipline at a worldwide level. Its what we aim for day by day. Sometimes we don\u2019t notice our improvements because we polish very small details, but it\u2019s when we compete that we notice our overall development.\r\n\r\nWhere do you set your limits?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWe don\u2019t set limits. We are focused on the now, on going step by step, game by game\u2026I\u2019m an Atletico de Madrid fan, if you couldn\u2019t tell. We have new objectives now. Coming up in December we have the Spanish championship in Logro\u00f1o, where everyone is invited. In January we\u2019ll compete in the European series followed by the World Series in March. We want to beat our previous scores and keep improving our skating.\r\n\r\nYou mention day by day work as your focus for improvement. Could you take us through a regular training day for you?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWe start at 9:30 with ballet or elevation classes. The acrobatic and technical aspects we practice with a personal trainer outside the skating rink. Once we\u2019re done, we have two two-hour training sessions inside the ice-skating rink; one in the morning and one in the afternoon, amounting to a total of 4 hours. We do some extra fitness training twice a week and I also take ballroom dance classes.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nDo you define yourself as a perfectionist sportswoman, to the point where it becomes obsessive and you won\u2019t leave the rink until you have done the exercise perfectly?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWe are perfectionists, but everyday is different. Sometimes it\u2019s better to stop, give the element you are working on some time to rest, and give our body a break. Sometimes you leave something for two days and when you try it again it just happens effortlessly. Its important to find a balance.\r\n\r\nYou didn\u2019t mention mental work. Do you not train it?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWe work on it individually because we have a partner who we must attend to. Ice skating is based on team work. From time to time I have a colleague that helps me in difficult moments or when I need to handle high expectations and pressure. But we don\u2019t have a professional that follows up on us. We work on the psychological and emotional aspects together. You can always tell your partner your doubts and he will always support you. I see Kirill more often than my parents. We are more than a marriage, because most couples don\u2019t work together. We are a two-person business who improve the end- product.\r\n\r\nYou live in Moscow now. How have you acclimatised to the city? \u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\nMost of the time I\u2019m training. What\u2019s important to me is to be happy during training. I always arrive super motivated. Every day is a new opportunity. I live alone in my apartment. The first few years I lived with one of my ice-skating colleagues. Moscow is a very lively city. There is always something to do. It\u2019s active and fun. It\u2019s not a closed-minded city like it used to be; nowadays you can find people from all over the world. I have met many Spanish people here. The change is not only in the people that surround you but also in the cities\u2019 structure. The streets are brand new. They made a large investment for the FIFA World Cup. It\u2019s amazing to stroll around the city and see how majestic it is. Most weekends I like wandering around its great parks.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nIs ice-skating in Russia like football is in Spain?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nTotally. Ice skating has always been more well known than football, although now, after the FIFA World Cup, football has become equally as popular if not more, but ice hockey and ice skating are still the King sports here in Russia. It only takes a Russian athlete to slightly stand out for people to start following them. The crowd that usually comes to see us is educated and supports us, regardless of whether we are Russian or not. They just like ice skating.\r\n\r\nDo people stop you on the street?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nNot yet. People might know me, but I am happy that people don\u2019t recognise me on the street.\r\n\r\nHave you experienced Russian discipline in your training?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThey are dedicated and committed people. If they do something, they will put all their effort into it. Kirill told me: \u201cIf you\u2019re not going to give it your all, don\u2019t bother coming\u201d. It\u2019s a characteristic that is present in every Russian athlete. Sport is their job, their definition of success in life. They are constantly looking for ways to better themselves. In terms of training, I believe discipline always exists in any ice-skating school if you are looking to fight for a medal. The typical Russian is very direct when facing high levels of pressure. They come across as cold people, fighters; they go to war in every competition. But really its because of their commitment.\r\n\r\nYou live in Moscow and your sport requires many extras. What sort of economic support do you receive?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nEconomic support is precarious. Even after finishing 12th<\/sup> in the Olympics, we only got the ADO scholarship. In my case, I used to be in the Podium scholarship program which is better than ADO. I can\u2019t say no to them because if I did, Kirill would lose his part. Ice-skating has many expenses. The sport doesn\u2019t only require a pair of ice-skates. We have to edit music, choreographies, go to ballroom dancing classes, spend hours on ice\u2026We have to rent the rink per hour. In Spain, most private ice rinks prefer to cram 500 people into them rather than have 2 ice skating couples training. We still lose money; the difficulties mainly arise in my agenda. I have to renew my visa every three months and travel to Madrid for four days to do so.\r\n\r\n\"\"\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\nSo, it\u2019s a complex situation<\/strong>\r\n\r\nMy parents are my biggest sponsors. The Federation is in charge of covering the cost of coaches and the ice-skating hours. Choreographers, day to day expenses, visas, flights to Madrid\u2026all of this we have to pay for personally. We would have had to win as much as Usain Bolt for it to cover all of our expenses.\r\n\r\nHow did you fall in love with this sport?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIn the most natural way. I went to the \u201cNevera de Majadahonda\u201d; the ice-skating rink in my hometown, to celebrate a school friend\u2019s birthday. I tried it, liked it and started doing it as an extra scholar activity. I also used to play the violin, took ballet classes, played tennis\u2026\r\n\r\nHow has Javier Fernandez\u2019s rise in media awareness helped you?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWe haven\u2019t felt any big changes, but it has made an impact at a cultural level. People are more aware of the sport now. It has ended the ignorance towards it that has always existed. Now, if you ask somebody in Spain about ice-skating, they talk about that Spanish guy that skates very well. I think this is more important than any economic support because it impregnates the culture of our sport.\r\n\r\nIce-skating has jumped to the widescreen in movies such as \u201cI, Tonya\u201d. Those were different times but, how is the competitivity between athletes nowadays?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThey were different times and it used to happen in countries with brutal competition. You must overcome regional, sectorial, provincial and other competitions. Making it to the national team is incredibly hard. Back in the days that tension may have existed, but nowadays we understand that it doesn\u2019t depend on us but on the judges. There isn\u2019t much we can do about their decision, we are all friends and get to know each other pretty well. It is not as intense as it used to be.\r\n\r\nBarcelona has been working with the Pyrenees to present a candidature to host the Winter Olympic Games. Will this have an impact on your sport? <\/strong>\r\n\r\nBringing live sports to any country is the best way to break the common trends and introduce new ones such as winter sports, which are still unknown here in Spain. Our winter sports are mainly focused on leisure. There are spectacular ski slopes and they are constantly full. It\u2019s a shame that it hasn\u2019t translated to the world of competition yet.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nWhat do you combine your sport with?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nI\u2019m still studying Advertising and Public Relations at UCAM. I started Journalism and Media in Vitoria, but it meant I had to be present in class and it was impossible to combine it with ice skating, considering I live in Moscow. UCAM gives me the option to take the course online. I want to continue being sports active, but I\u2019m not set on anything yet. I like the world of art, dance and body expression\u2026\r\n\r\n \r\n

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