
And then already, meeting the student by the side, he told him simply and precisely: “Thank you, son.” The broadcast director perfectly caught the shot of Dmitry’s final pose - right behind him, carefully celebrating his clean rental, Evgeny Rukavitsyn triumphantly threw up his hands in the champion's way. In Eugene Rukavitsin I had a lot of strong athletes, but no one else did not submit immediately a national title (his Aliyev won at the end of December) and the best skater on the continent. For each of them, this gold is the first award of this level. There was definitely no one happier on this day than the new European champion and his coach. Who will think about such mundane things as a dream and a hot dinner when the sports history of the country is happening before your eyes. After it, another prize-winner press conference was planned, so the journalists were in no hurry for the last scheduled shuttle to the hotel at midnight, risking staying overnight right in the arena and finally using this canvas giant tent for its intended purpose. This has not happened for eight years - the last winner from Russia was Evgeni Plushenko in 2012.Īfter the competition, the men held an awards ceremony. On Thursday, January 23, Russian skater Dmitry Aliyev won the European Championship gold.

Naturally, there have been a ton of articles congratulating Dima in the Russian media and I don't have time to round them all up, but I particularly liked this one from Match TV:ĭMITRI ALIEV IS THE NEW EUROPEAN CHAMPION! JOURNALISTS WERE LEFT WITHOUT DINNER, CELEBRATING THE HISTORIC VICTORY OF THE RUSSIAN SKATER
