Elena的采访
WindSpirit 翻译成英文，转载自http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9717&pagenumber=1
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Konsomolskaya Pravda
Dmitri Ivanov
December 23, 2003
IN AMERICA BEREZHNAYA DREW NUDE MEN
The renowned figure skater now creates not only on ice, but also on paper.
Our correspondent learned at first hand about what has changed in the lives of our great figure skaters after the 2002 Olympics. We met with Elena Berezhnaya in a cozy Japanese restaurant on the Petrogradskaya Side.
- Why do you like Japanese food so much?
- It's light. And that's what athletes need. The first time I tried it in Japan. What's interesting, sushi doesn't seem to be so popular there. It's also different in different parts of the world. Here, in many places, they don't use fresh fish, but frozen. In result, it isn't as tasty.
(Favorite Elena's Japanese dish - Fujiyama: eel; an avocado; tobico {flying fish roe}; "ukachi" [I have no idea how to spell it in English] {smoked eel}; sauce; an omelet. And the drink to go with that: "Japanese schizandra.") [it might've been: Chinese Schizandra berry (Schizandra chinensis), this is what I found out about it: "a famous tonic historically consumed by Chinese royalty and by Daoist masters."]
- You are going to America again soon, aren't you?
- Yes. On January 1, at 7:00 AM. We have the first show [SOI] on the next day. There will be sixty of them in total. The tour ends in the middle of April. Then we'll have 13 shows in Canada, until the middle of May. The schedule is tight; we skate for four days, and rest for one. The show is two hours long, then we get on a bus or a plane, and go to another town. We are at a hotel at 3-4 o'clock in the morning. It's good if you can sleep. In the evening there's another show. On the third day your whole body already hurts. Sometimes you take something to help you sleep. Sleep is important. Not that I indulge in it. I usually go to bed with a book.
- How does the audience from overseas receive you?
- The interest in figure skating is now declining in America. Imagine: sixty towns, and not once there's a full house. If seven thousand people come - that's good. People are quite scared of terrorism there. They're afraid to go places where there's a great accumulation of people. Also, the tickets were very expensive last year. [Even] For children: $50-70. Next year, if a family goes to a show, they won't have to pay for their child.
- How do you spend your free time?
- I've been renovating my apartment; so has Anton, by the way. We've been already dealing with it for a year and a half. My new place is on Ryleev Street. The old house has been entirely remodeled, and two new floors have been added. My apartment consists of three rooms, and has 120 square meters.
- Do you plan to bring your relatives from Nevinnomyssk?
- Mama won't come. The climate of Petersburg doesn't agree with her health. And she's told me: "When there are grandchildren, I'll be sitting with them." My younger brother is a student, and later, I think, he's going to join the army. My older brother takes care of the family caf? "Axel."
- And you, wouldn't you like to open a caf?in Peter?
- That's what Anton's going to do. With his friends they're planning to open a restaurant with 500 sitting places, near the Moscow [railroad] Station. So far, I'm not involved in it. Maybe I'll be a part of some other project; they have a lot of ideas.
- Wouldn't you like to become a coach?
- You can become a coach anytime. That opportunity will always be there. I just want to try some new things. And later [after you become a coach], I can imagine, every day you have to stand at the boards, and beat something into others' heads... People often come to me and ask, "Lenochka, aren't you coaching yet? We'd like to sign our kid up for skating classes." And what would I do with children? They can be coached by any skater.
- Does it mean that you're ready to work with experienced skaters?
- I just know how to d |
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