Famous figure skaters spoke about their family everyday life to a new job.

— Your daughter Angelica is already 1 year and 4 months old. The first child causes parents to worry. Who do champions call for advice?

Tatyana Volosozhar:- I am worried even for minor reasons, so I often call our pediatrician for advice. She knows how to calm me down, put all the information on the shelves, and I act on her advice. A lot of useful information I received from the video lessons of Dr. Komarovsky.

Maxim Trankov:— I was always worried about Tanya. Despite the fact that she is physically resilient, but mentally, perhaps even stronger than me. She's so fragile! Now I'm worried about my daughter. For example, when they at least briefly linger from a walk. If we are not together, then we call each other forty times a day.

- Gadgets greatly facilitate parental chores. What helps you?

T.V.:- Sometimes “white noise” helps us (a special device makes sounds that soothe the baby. - Auth.). Recently, on a long flight, at some point I had to turn it on for Angelica. The video baby monitor is an indispensable helper at home: when the child falls asleep in the nursery on the second floor, I can go down to the first floor and calmly go about my business. Sometimes you have to turn on cartoons on your tablet to feed your daughter. Well, in the evening before going to bed, we calm her down, including classical music.

M. T.:- Now there are devices that disinfect baby bottles with steam, even diaper disposers. I love our baby car seat - it fits in a backpack and can be converted into a stroller.

Rest at home: Volosozhar, Maxaim Trankov and Pomeranian Dexter. Photo: Mikhail FROLOV / "KP" - Moscow

- All attention now to the baby. Don't have time for a romantic weekend together?

T.V.:- Recently we went on a tour with an ice show - so Maxim and I finally managed to be together. Angelica stayed with her grandmother, and I constantly kept them under control by phone.

— Do without nannies? From July to mid-September you will be on tour in Sochi. Who will help there?

T.V.:- We are going to Sochi with the whole family. Grandmothers will come in turn, so that in the evenings, when Maxim and I go to the show, they will stay with their granddaughter. The child is very attached to me, so far I trust her only to grandmothers.

Does your husband help? Or is the head of the family freed from household chores?

T.V.:- When Maxim is at home, I can turn to him with any request for help. But usually, if I see that he is very tired, then I try not to burden him. Maxim never refuses to help - he can get up at night and warm up Angelica's milk. True, in the morning he does not always remember that he got up.

The first trip to Sochi with the whole family was a year ago. photo: Personal archive

M. T.:- Tanya took care of her daughter and all household chores. Angelica and I play, hug, communicate. Maybe three times a week I have time to change diapers. But with the advent of the child, my life has found real meaning. Now I am ready to work 24 hours a day to make Angelica's childhood happy. I try to provide for both my daughter and my wife as much as possible, so I began to work much more. I'm still at home this morning because we have a photo shoot and an interview scheduled. And usually at this time you can find me at the rink, or on the set, or at a master class, or in a television studio. When Tanya and I lived together, I was a homebody, because in my youth I traveled a lot. Now I have organized a very eventful life for myself, the only drawback of which is that I have been torn out of the family. Previously, Tanya and I were together 24 hours, and now we miss each other during the day. I don't know which one of us is more difficult. Tanya is taking care of the child - we don’t have nannies, and I have to spin all the time to earn money. Plus, we ride together, so we need to have time to practice.

Will you take your child to kindergarten? Or do not trust your daughter to strangers?

T.V.:- Grandmothers are ready to sit with their granddaughter, but the child needs to be socialized, she must learn to communicate with children. Therefore, a little later we will give Angelica to a kindergarten - not a private one, but a municipal one. While we go to play and chat on the playground, we have a children's party there.

M. T.: Our daughter will go to a regular kindergarten and a regular school. I will try to protect the child as much as possible from spoiled children, the influence of golden youth. You can stick to the golden mean and be more modest. Although I myself now pamper the child with gifts. But when she begins to understand more, we will begin to educate in a different way .... I’m already trying to be stricter than Tanya: I don’t succumb to my daughter’s tricks. Angelica can manipulate grandmothers and mother a little, but with me such numbers are much more difficult.

photo: Personal archive

T.V.:- Of course, I want to dress up my daughter and buy toys. Yesterday, on my birthday, I bought a gift for my daughter - I saw an interesting box and could not resist. Right now I'm decorating a children's room, and this little thing fits well there.

- Skaters often do not let children on the ice: they do not want them to repeat their difficult path. What are your thoughts on Angelica's sporting future?

T.V.:- Genes are already making themselves felt - Angelica has a fighting and persistent character, she is very purposeful - until she achieves her goal, she does not retreat, and she moves a lot - she does not sit still like a spinning top. The child has a sports core. If she wants to seriously ride, I will support my daughter.

M. T.:- Naturally, if we ride in front of Angelica, she will want to try. And then it will be seen. First you need to at least understand her anthropometric data - what she will be like: big or small, thin or plump. But my daughter already loves it when I do lifts with her - about the same as on ice. I twist it, twirl it, do coups, tosses - the child laughs, is happy. He comes up to me and tries to climb up my legs - so he asks for the handles so that I twist it. Her love for high power elements was passed on to her from her mother.

Two-time Olympic champions Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Maxaim Trankov know how to surprise with beautiful lifts. Photo: Chuck MYERS/globallookpress.com

Now Tanya and I skate in the ice show team, and we have a family atmosphere in our troupe - almost all pairs of figure skaters with children. Before your eyes different examples older comrades whose children have already grown up. Alexei Yagudin wants to give his daughters the best education so that they can play the piano, be part of secular society, and so on. Roman Kostomarov and Oksana Domnina have Nastya dancing at Todes and playing tennis. Roma loves tennis very much - he wants his daughter to succeed in this sport and the girl has all the data for this. And Petrova and Tikhonov's daughter is engaged in figure skating - Lesha gets up every day at six in the morning and takes her to the skating rink. So what are possible different variants. I can only say that we definitely won’t have any music school…

T.V.:- And I would like Angelica to play the piano, dance - for a girl this is necessary and useful. I also have a dream that my daughter knows foreign languages.

M. T.:- I agree.

"I have taken on a new challenge"

- Tanya, after giving birth, the body quickly returned to its previous sports form?

T.V.:- I have never been on a diet, but closer to 30, the body began to change, I had to follow the diet. Even during pregnancy, she did not allow herself to eat donuts at night. After giving birth, I wanted to return to the ice as soon as possible - I walked a lot with a stroller around our village, arranged jogging when Angelica was sleeping, and worked on the playground. A month and a half later she returned to the ice.

- you left big sport and ride in ice shows. These performances are interesting to the viewer. But how can Olympic champions have excitement from such performances?

T.V.:- In the show, I like the opportunity to open up emotionally, acting. You can play many different roles. Even at the championships, the Olympic Games, I competed primarily with myself. Therefore, I get the necessary adrenaline even now. It seems that it is already possible to make mistakes on the ice, but I want to show - to myself first of all, that I skate perfectly. I still want to perform more and more often.

“Tanya and I used to be together for 24 hours, and now we miss each other ...”

M. T.:- I had no thoughts of returning to big sport, to compete at the Olympics. Because I achieved the goal that I set for myself - Tanya and I won the Olympic gold. I had nothing more to say competitive ice need to develop further.

- Coaching?

T.V.:- I'm not interested.

M. T.:- I have now started to train Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov. In 2015, we already started the season with the guys, but then it was a test of the pen - I was recovering from an injury and helped the couple a little. As a result, that season was successful for them - that's probably why they turned to me.

- They are European champions, silver medalists of the Olympics in Korea. Now their goal is an Olympic medal?

M. T.:- Four years before the Olympic Games - of course, this is the main goal. The guys and I agreed to try to work together for one season, and then we will decide whether to continue or not.

“They say coaches don’t get paid enough. Is this really a problem?

M. T.:- In figure skating now the main problem is the lack of coaching staff. Many athletes would like to work as coaches, but cannot afford it. Real altruists and heroes work as coaches in figure skating. I didn't take this job for the money, it's a challenge for me. Decided to take it and see what happens.

- That is, salaries are not the same as in football?

M. T.:- For example, the salary that could be paid to me as a mentor to two-time European champions is less than 10 thousand rubles a month. I make money with other work. We have many champions, specialists who work abroad. We cannot return them, including due to financial problems. For example, I would very much like our double Olympic champion Ekaterina Gordeeva, who lives in America, began to consult Russian couple. Maybe even Tarasov and Morozov. But this is hindered by bureaucratic and financial obstacles. If large companies took at least one pair of figure skaters under their care, then this would be a penny cost compared to football. But then in figure skating we would have made a leap forward in a short period of time. Still, they see that it is the skaters who regularly win medals for our country. Of course, a lot of money is allocated, but there are also a lot of skaters.

“Genes make themselves felt - Angelica has a fighting character”

Have you been offered to go abroad?

M. T.:- There were proposals from the USA and other countries to supervise pairs or start developing pair skating. It is not difficult for Tanya and me to pack up and move to train in another country, but for now I feel needed in Russia. I'm not going anywhere.

T.V.:- We have not only work here, but also mothers.

- Recently, the most discussed topic in your sport is from coach Eteri Tutberidze and moving to Canada. Why did people jump on her?

M. T.:- Because for many years people had an ideal picture of the relationship between Eteri Georgievna and Zhenya Medvedeva, their result of work. But any athlete wants to develop further after the result obtained, for this he has to make some decisions. Sometimes they are associated with a change of coach. If Zhenya loses, then she will lose this duel with the fans. But as soon as Zhenya wins the next World or European Championship, they will begin to love her again. Criticism will stop after the first big win. We, the athletes, are used to the fact that the Russian fan is angry and demanding. Therefore, we treat him with respect, but we try not to react to provocations.

Have there been many provocations?

M. T.:- There were different things. Now Tanya and I are publishing the book "Two Sides of the Coin". At one time, I liked the autobiography of tennis player Andre Agassi for its frankness: he was not afraid to lose advertising contracts and spoke about his relationship with drugs, tennis federation. In this book, I also tried to be frank. For example, for the first time I tell how my friends in St. Petersburg tried drugs and how I resisted the temptation.

- Recently, you first became a mentor in the project "". Your wards won in one of the nominations. How good is this experiment?

M. T.:- I did not have a single pair from Moscow. It turned out that these guys ride at home for 45 minutes a day. And in dancing you need to ride for 5 - 6 hours. Not free ice, because there is hockey, something else. Skaters in the regions are sorely lacking ice. In Moscow, my guys from Kirov, St. Petersburg got the opportunity to ride as much as they wanted. They reached the ice, the site in the Luzhniki was completely at the disposal of the Ice Age. After two months, their skating became noticeably better. Maybe the leadership of the Kirov School of Figure Skating will see that the guys are competitive and will reconsider their attitude towards them? Or they will be noticed and invited to train in Moscow. TV shows are not always just entertainment. It happens that this is a chance to change a life.

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Tatyana Volosozhar was born on May 22, 1986 in Dnepropetrovsk. She has been riding since the age of 4, they did not want to take the girl to the section. But Tanya at the age of 7 has already won the first competition. Together with Stanislav Morozov - four-time champion of Ukraine. After completing her partner's career, she paired up with Maxim Trankov. The couple decided to perform under the Russian flag. August 18, 2015 Tatyana married Maxim Trankov.

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Maxim Trankov was born on October 7, 1983 in Perm. From the age of 4 he was engaged in the section of figure skating. At the age of 8 he quit training, but a year later he returned to the ice. Since 2010 he has been skating with Tatyana Volosozhar. The couple are two-time Olympic champions in Sochi-2014, four-time European champions, and world champions in 2013. Maxim and Tatyana are raising their daughter Angelica (1 year 4 months).

Makeup and hairstyle Tatyana Volosozhar - Anastasia Kulagina(instagram@kulaginamakeup) - a agency of stylists Valeria Koshkina KO&CO https://www.koco.pro/.

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The two-time Olympic champions in figure skating, 30-year-old Tatyana Volosozhar and 33-year-old Maxim Trankov, a joyful event: the couple became parents for the first time! The couple had a daughter, whose name is still unknown. The birth took place in the Lapino clinical hospital near Moscow, which is so loved Russian stars. Both the new mother and the newborn baby feel great.

Information about the addition to the family of athletes has already been reported by many Russian media, but the young parents themselves have not yet commented on the news. However, this does not prevent fans of athletes from showering them with congratulations.

Recall that the skaters began to perform together in 2010. The duet was successful and the athletes won many awards, including two gold medals at the Sochi Olympics.

Maxim and Tatyana met for several years, and in August 2015 they played, whose guests were many celebrities. In September 2016, it became known that the couple were expecting a baby. Volosozhar did not hide her pregnancy from the public and often published photos from the hospital on her Instagram page.

the site congratulates Tatyana and Maxim on a joyful event and wishes health to mother and baby!

On October 28, Ilya Averbukh will arrive in Moscow with his Romeo and Juliet ice show, which has been successfully running in Sochi for the past three months. In his production, the director gathered seven Olympic champions at once, including Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, who relatively recently became the parents of their daughter Angelica. In an interview with the site, the skaters told how they combine caring for a child with sports and what attracted them to Averbukh's production.

This year, the famous stage director Ilya Averbukh once again surprised the Russian audience by presenting a new ice show based on Romeo and Juliet. The editor of the site was at one performance in Sochi, which we have already talked about in a special report.

Averbukh's performance, as always, is distinguished by its scope and magnificence. This time, Ilya exceeded all expectations - in one production, he involved seven Olympic champions. Among them famous figure skaters Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Maxaim Trankov, who play the princess and prince of Verona.

On October 28, the ice show will “move” to Moscow, but we had the opportunity to talk with the athletes back in Sochi and ask them a few questions of interest to us…

website: Tatyana, Maxim, you have been living in Sochi for about three months. "Romeo and Juliet" is shown regularly, with whom is your daughter Angelica all this time?

Tatyana Volosozhar: With our mothers. They take turns looking after their daughter.

Maxim Trankov: The first half of the summer, Angelica was with my mother, and the second half - with Tanina.

website: Tatyana, was it easy to return to sports after childbirth?

T.V.: Being in position, I was already thinking about recovery after childbirth. As soon as the doctor allowed me to play sports, I started training. I set myself the task of getting back in shape as quickly as possible, and a month and a half after giving birth, I had already fully recovered.

website: Today you are taking part in a large-scale ice show. What does it mean to you to be part of such a project?

M. T.: This is a challenge, something new for us - before that we did not take part in such global performances. We participated in ice shows, but they cannot be called full-fledged performances - everyone has their own number there. Here we are all one big organism. From an acting point of view, this is also something new for us.

T.V.: But we are absolutely glad that we tried our hand at such a project. But how we succeed, our coach Ilya Averbukh can probably judge.

website: You noted that this is a new acting experience. How different is acting in a performance from your acting during a performance?

T.V .: First of all, in the performance we interact not only with each other - we are not alone on the ice, there are many other skaters around, each of whom plays his own role. That is, collective skating is obtained. Of course, it is difficult, but at the same time interesting.

M. T.: The main difference, probably, is that when we skated in sports, we conveyed our story to the viewer exclusively with the help of each other. Now this is a whole collaboration - we interact with other skaters, use theatrical gestures, communicate with each other.

T.V.: Yes, there is an interaction with everyone, and it turns out Nice picture for the viewer.

“It even happens that when, having skated many, many performances, you may not finish playing somewhere, but then you look at your neighbor, you see that he is in character, and you immediately get ready, completely immersed in your game. It's an interesting moment."

website: Just about this: from performance to performance you play the same thing. Doesn't get bored? Does it happen that you kind of switch off from the process?

M. T .: No, we definitely do not turn off. We are always focused, because this is still figure skating. Of course, sometimes we get tired, sometimes we get bored, but still we try every performance to improve our role, choreography, so that the viewer can understand everything. There are no identical performances - one way or another somewhere you play differently, a lot depends on your mood.

website: Do you ask to record your performances, so that later you can look at yourself from the side?

TV: To be honest, no. We waited for the release of the disc with our ice show. I don’t remember exactly which performance we were filmed at, but it was one of the first.

“Recently, we reviewed the disc and noted that during this time a lot has changed, added. In general, the performance played in a different way, so we invite everyone who has already been to our performance again.

M. T.: Yes, Ilya makes adjustments, changes the light, redoes individual scenes, changes the picture. This is such an ever-changing machine that will never be finally finished.

T.V.: Yes, Ilya lives this project and every time he makes his own adjustments. That's how we recently got rain, although initially it was not. And it's great, it's interesting. The performance is alive, modernized, improved.

website: You live and work in a resort city. Do you have time to relax, swim in the sea?

M. T .: Yes, we have time, we have a great rest.

T.V.: We are happy here and the weather is wonderful.

“Summer in Sochi is really summer, and we do not regret a bit that we work here. Favorite work has already turned into a kind of vacation.

M. T.: Plus, it’s also useful for a child to be in such a climate, and not for a couple of weeks, but to spend almost the entire summer here. Grandmothers also benefit from the sun, the sea, so our emotions are entirely positive.

website: You live and work together, that is, literally 24 hours a day, you are next to each other. Do you get tired of each other's company?

M. T .: Well, Tanya changes clothes in the women's locker room, and I change into the men's. It's enough to take a break from each other (laughs).

T.V.: We don't get tired of each other. In addition, now my daughter takes up most of my time, Max and I even have time to miss each other. In the morning, for example, I leave early for a walk with the baby, Max at this time goes about his business. We have time to yearn for each other.

M. T.: Before, indeed, we were together for 24 hours, but now, with the addition to the family, our life has changed dramatically. Tanya spends a lot of time with the baby, I need to work more.

“While Tanya was in a position, I was concerned about the family budget - I skated in the Ice Age, commented on figure skating, acted as an expert on Match TV, helped some couples as a coach, that is, we had time to miss each other friend. Now we perceive joint work more as a positive moment, and at home we enjoy spending time with our daughter, the whole family.”

website: Who does Angelica look like more?

T.V.: For dad.

M. T.: Everyone says it's on me, but I see Tanya's traits in her too.

website: Do you see your daughter as a figure skater in the future?

M. T .: She will definitely be able to skate. I take it for granted - since parents spend so much time on the rink, then the child should be interested in it. We see this in the example of the daughters of Alexei Yagudin, Oksana Domnina and Roman Kostomarov. All their children are skating.

T.V.: The sheen of the blade is already beckoning our daughter. If she sees skates, she reaches for them, she is interested.

M. T.: But how much she wants to engage in figure skating professionally will depend only on her. However, in some kind of sport, I would give it one way or another - this good school life.

These two talented figure skaters gave us unforgettable emotions and the joy of victory in 2014, when the Olympics were held in Sochi. Then Tatyana and Maxim won gold medals both in the team and in the individual competition.

Then there were many events in their lives. Treatment of Maxim's injury, marriage, the birth of a daughter and such a difficult decision to leave the big sport. Athletes came to Tula together with the show of Ilya Averbukh.

We met Tatyana and Maxim at the Armenia restaurant. Tatyana Volosozhar, small and fragile, next to the tall and strong Maxim Trankov seems even smaller. And a happy smile does not leave the faces of both - the smile of people who are immensely in love with each other.

What mood did you come to our city today? What number was chosen for Tula?

Tatiana: - We came to you in a very good mood!

Maksim: - Yesterday we were at the other end of the country - in Vladivostok, and today we arrived in Tula. We have prepared one of the new, but already run-in rooms. Beautiful, romantic, in our style.

— Did you manage to see the city, did you like something?

Maksim: - We were taken by bus with a short sightseeing tour. There was not much time to delve into local history. But the city left a good impression.

Tatiana: - We walked a little around the square ...

- You left big sport, which greatly upset the army of millions of your fans.

Maksim: - Everything has a beginning and an end. As they say, no matter how much the rope twists (laughs). Already the age approached, I did not want to roll on past successes and merits. Our task was to win home Olympic Games in Sochi. To do this, Tatyana and I got into a pair, we went to this goal and we achieved it. We had young guys in the team who were ready to take full responsibility for medals, for victories. True, not everyone succeeded ...

At that time, it seemed to us that the young people were very promising and we would only hinder them from developing, achieving success and winning medals for our country.

Moreover, the guys and I have always been not only rivals, but also friends. Yes, and Tanya and I wanted something new. When you are 30-32, you understand that you have half your life ahead of you, and you want to develop in a different direction. This is a chance to do something else in life besides exercising daily...

Tatiana: - And live in a tough schedule ...

Maksim: - To compete and win medals - all this is very cool. But life is so diverse and so interesting, and I don’t want to stand at the edge until old age and devote myself completely to figure skating. I bow to those who do this, but I would like to learn something else. Therefore, now I am trying to work on television, commenting on figure skating, acting as an expert on Match TV.

Short program at the Olympics in Sochi:

Where will we see you now?

Tatiana: - Mainly in ice shows, as we no longer take part in competitions. Thanks to Ilya Averbukh for taking us to his project. We started performing after my pregnancy, in the summer of 2017, in the Romeo and Juliet ice show. Now we continue cooperation, we take part in a big tour of the cities of Russia and Europe. And here we are today.

- Maxim, you have already commented on two Olympics. What is it like to watch the ice from the commentator's booth?

In Sochi, I commented on the victory of Adelina Sotnikova in live on Channel One, and recently also on Channel One, more than half of figure skating is from South Korea.

To be honest, I like commenting and watching figure skating more than skating myself.

For the most part, I worry about certain guys, to whom I once had a hand as an assistant, coach. For example, I root for our couple Tarasov - Morozov. When the couple Ksenia Stolbova - Fedor Klimov competed, Tanya and I always worried about Fedor. it best friend our family Godfather our daughter. We are asked why we never celebrate Xenia. We are rooting for Ksenia just like for the rest of the members of our team. We just root for our best friends especially.

- This year, it seems to me, everyone rejoiced at the victory of Alena Savchenko, even though she plays for Germany, and not for Russia ...

Tatiana: - It is worthy of respect! She has been going to this medal for so many years, so much work has been invested: a change of citizenship, several changes of partners, five Olympiads ... Finally, Alena received gold medal. The whole world at that moment was very happy for her.

- How were you, newcomers, received in the team of Ilya Averbukh?

Maksim: - Actually, it's hard. Someone is very jealous of us, someone calmly, with an open soul. We have known most of the guys for a long time, we are neighbors with someone, we live in the same village, we even competed with someone.

Tatiana: - My first Olympic Games were in 2006. That was the first time I saw Tatyana Navka and Roman Kostomarov, for me it was wow! (Laughs) Such people, heroes, Olympic champions in the end.

Maksim: - I trained with many people together: Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov, Maxim Marinin and Tatyana Totmyanina.

Tatiana: - They always supported and worried about Alexei Yagudin. It's nice that such a team has gathered under the wing of Averbukh. Now there is an update, young athletes are added. It's great, because everyone brings something different, something new. Figure skating does not stand still.

Free Olympic program in Sochi:

Maksim: - Her husband just loves very much (smiles).

Tatiana: - Thank you for the compliment (smiles). Yes, Maxim loves me very much. And a woman is beautiful with the birth of a child. I started taking care of myself more. When I was in big sport, there were some restrictions, but not as strict as the rest of the girls. When I got pregnant, I began to follow the figure so as not to gain extra pounds.

I even skated when I was pregnant - I missed the feeling of ice. After giving birth, I wanted to quickly get in shape and go on the ice.

After the birth of Angelica, I came to grips with myself - I wanted to start performing for the public as soon as possible.

Angelica is already a year old. What is more difficult - to be an Olympic champion, an outstanding athlete or a mother?

Tatiana: - Everything is difficult, but both inspire me. It is difficult to be a mother, but I want to spend all 24 hours with my child. And at the same time, you realize that the work does not stand still. We have to skate, appear in public, continue to do what we love. I want to be as much as possible both in work and with my daughter. Maybe also because I am a maximalist in life.

Who does your daughter look like?

Maksim: - Fifty fifty. They say it's more for me, but there are also Tannin's features.

— Tatyana, your bridesmaids at the wedding were actress Anastasia Zadorozhnaya and Olympic champion in figure skating Adelina Sotnikova. Do you believe in female friendship at all?

I believe in female friendship. My best friend is with me kindergarten We went to school together as well. At that time, we communicated very closely with Adelina and Nastya, I invited them to be bridesmaids, and I was pleased. We still maintain a relationship.

Maksim: - Nastya has constant shooting, we are also constantly busy. Plus, we had a baby, we can’t always go somewhere in the evening, meet, sit. Now such communication is more telephone.

Tatiana: - But we follow each other and support in all situations.

- If suddenly there is a day free from training, performances, how do you spend it?

Tatiana: - Now we prefer to stay at home. If Angelica goes to bed, then it’s ideal if the grandmothers let Maxim and me go to the cinema ... (laughs)

Maksim: - We have probably not been to the cinema with Tanya for a year.

Tatiana: - There are not enough days when you can just relax and go somewhere with a calm soul, realizing that everything is in order with your daughter, that someone is watching her.

Maksim: - An ideal day off is at home with a child. Go for a walk together, she now loves to ride a snow scooter, I ride her around the village.

How do you see your life in 10 years?

Tatiana: - It is better to move step by step. I'm on this moment I can’t plan what will happen even in five years. If there are any proposals, we consider them. According to our interests, we try to select the most necessary for us. For example, I graduated from Moscow State University. I am interested in sports management. Maybe I'll go in a different direction altogether.

Maksim: - I like creativity more. There are some goals, ideas. But life is such that everything changes, there are twists of fate that do not depend on us, and it is difficult to predict 10 years ahead. I would really like to connect my life with television.

Tatiana: - What if you see us in some other sport? (smiling)

- What is your advice to parents who want to send their children to sports - what do you need to be prepared for on the way to success?

Maksim: - First of all, it is patience. Both adults and children. All parents need to clearly understand that not every child can become an Olympic champion. A child needs to be loved in any case. Whether he wins or loses, whether he succeeds or not, it is important to support him in any situation.

— Your wishes to all our readers.

Tatiana: - Happiness, health, peace, kindness in the hearts.

Maksim: - The most important thing is peace at home, peace in the minds, so that there is order and peace everywhere.

Maksim: When I first saw my daughter, it was real magic! It was only at that moment that I realized why they say that the birth of a child is a miracle. Here I seem to be an adult and I know a lot about physiology. Tanya told me in detail during pregnancy that she felt how everything was developing inside her ... And you seem to be listening, trying to understand, but for you it's just a stomach. Yes, someone is pushing there, the heel seems to be even felt. But all the same, you think that this belly will soon disappear and your former, familiar wife would return to you. And then they take out a real little man, he breathes, claps his eyes. And suddenly you realize that it was this little man who was pushing in his wife's stomach. For me, this realization was a miracle.

We tried for a long time to have a child. Two whole months! (Laughs.) Frankly speaking, I even began to worry. He panicked: they say, something is wrong, you have to go to surrender to the doctors. They explained to me that other people's attempts to have a child last for years, and I want to meet within two months. But I am such a person - everything should turn out right away and well for me. I don't like a second or third try. And in sports he was like this: if something didn’t work out, he immediately began to freak out. The coaches said: “Listen! This element has been taught for years.” But I wanted to learn in one training session, and at the same time so that there were no mistakes. It was the same with the child.

Maxim: I know very well that Tanya is very strong, but this does not prevent me from worrying about her. She is so small and fragile! Photo: Lyuba Shemetova

Tatiana: I can say that I did not go on maternity leave. She was skating for up to eight months, and a couple of months after giving birth, she was already on the ice again. I am an active person, I need the usual loads, and it is difficult for me to stop and sit on a bench overnight. Moreover, the doctors did not forbid movement. So I skated and went to the pool. Even before giving birth, she set herself a goal - to return to the ice as soon as possible. She began to study a few days after Lika was born. I forbade myself to lie: I did not like to feel weak, to think that something hurts there, something is hanging here. All this was terribly annoying, and I wanted to return to its former form.

It was not difficult to do this, I gained quite a bit during pregnancy - only 11 kg. And this despite the fact that Lika was not the most fragile baby: she was born with a weight of 3350 g. My physique (I weigh a little more than 40 kg) allowed me to relax during pregnancy and not really bother about diets. But I still kept myself in control, made sure that the portions were small, and the breaks between meals were small.

bathing chief

Tatiana: After the birth of Lika, the rhythm of life changed. Our mothers agreed to help us: they knew perfectly well what our schedule was, and they understood that after the birth of our daughter we would not be able to suddenly abandon our careers and settle down at home. But I try to spend every free minute with Lika. Maxim also helps. He does an excellent job with the baby: he can get up to her at night and change the diaper. But I don't want to burden him too much with worries about my daughter. I know, for example, that it is more difficult for him to rock Likusha than for me, and I do not ask. And everything else he does perfectly and flawlessly agrees. And he also has one duty - to worry about Lika and me. (Laughs.)

Maksim: I have always worried about Tanya. Although I know very well that she is very hardy physically, and mentally even, probably, stronger than me. But that doesn't stop me from worrying. She is so small and fragile! And now, in addition to worries about his wife, worries about his daughter were added. As soon as they are fifteen minutes late from their walk, I begin to twitch. And to the phone. Tanya does not always fit - she feeds or puts her to bed, and I have a panic attack: “Something must have happened, why doesn’t she pick up the phone?” Knowing these features of mine, Tanya did not plan a joint birth and did not allow me to go with her to the delivery room. For me, he says, it will be so difficult, and then you will faint, what good. I didn't insist. I sat under the door of the ward, waiting. Prepared, downloaded a series for myself to make it more comfortable to wait. As soon as I sat down, put on my headphones and watched half a series, they pushed me: “Hey dad, hold the baby!”

Maxim: taking part in ice shows, Tanya and I realize very important part our natures - artistry. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova

Of course, at first I was in shock, I was afraid to take Lika in my arms. But he quickly coped and felt, by the way, more confident than Tanya. In the maternity hospital, I also spied on how the nurses deal with Lika: once or twice, they raised their legs, changed the diaper, everything was easy and relaxed. And I repeated it all at home. The confidence that children are strong creatures and it is quite difficult to harm them also helped. A few days later, Tanya got used to Lika and began to cope with her much faster than I did. We have divided the areas of responsibility. I was in charge of bathing: I was responsible for the correct temperature of the water, took Likusha out of the bathroom, and wrapped her in a towel. He bottle fed his daughter quite famously. But now, when they began to feed Lika from a spoon, I can’t cope anymore. This is the business of mothers and grandmothers.

Lika pronounces "mama", "daddy", "bababa". But "daddy" she said first, so consider it, I won!

Tatiana: Lika is now nine months old, her two teeth have come out, she actively crawls, gets up and tries to walk. We help her, although doctors do not recommend it, they say it's too early. But what if a person wants to get up and go. Recently, she was presented with the first skates - for the time being, however, knitted, such booties, but nonetheless. Sooner or later, the daughter will see her father and mother on the ice and will probably say: “I also want to try.” We will put her on skates, and the choice - to become a professional figure skater or to skate for herself - Lika will make herself.

While it is difficult to play sports with her, but we swim in the pool, and also conduct a massage course. I spied on how a professional masseuse does it, and now I repeat everything myself. I am still an athlete and I know a lot about how the human body works. In addition, I always liked doing massage, I even thought that it would be a second profession, but with my physique it is difficult to massage an adult. But Liku - completely.

We don't play these games

Maksim: Some time ago we made the decision to leave big sport. There are many factors at once. We didn't do very well last championship world, after which I thought: “This is a good time for the birth of a child! It's time to take a break, and then we'll push ourselves and get back to the sport." But when Lika appeared, we, firstly, realized that we wanted to spend as much time with her as possible, and secondly, we saw that the situation in sports is getting more and more depressing every day. Our athletes are in limbo, there are all sorts of rumors about the Olympic Games, and in December the IOC will decide the fate of our team. Will she be allowed to the Olympics at all, and if so, with what restrictions? Without an anthem? Without a flag? You see, the Olympics was once a dream for us, but now the ideas that Pierre de Coubertin preached have already been forgotten. Deprive yourself of the joy of communicating with a child, entrust your daughter to the care of nannies and grandmothers and spend all your time preparing for games that may not take place? What for?

Maxim: this New Year will be special for us - for the first time we will celebrate together with Lika. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova

After we made this decision, I felt free - I no longer need strict discipline. No need to get up every day for training, go to bed on time, eat on schedule. I was even able to afford, say, having completed the performance, celebrate it with the guys in a restaurant and not make sure to be in shape the next morning. I lived in a hard mode for many years and, to be honest, I got tired of it. Yes, I wanted to try something new.

The show goes on

Tatiana: Maxim and I are busy in the ice performance "Romeo and Juliet", which was staged by Ilya Averbukh. They spent the summer in Sochi, playing a play, now they showed it to the Moscow and St. Petersburg audience. Max plays the Prince of Verona and I play his wife. The play has been changed quite a lot for our show, the scriptwriters have completed several roles - Shakespeare did not have them.

Maksim: In addition, we take part in international ice shows, sometimes we go on tour with the Ice Age show. Taking part in such projects, Tanya and I realize an important part of our natures - artistry. We have always been a couple who took not only technique, but also artistry. We love bright images, and now we have the opportunity to open up completely.

Once in the show "Romeo and Juliet", we were pleasantly surprised by its level, reviews of viewers and critics. This is a new role for me, more dramatic than sports. We were often told about the so-called chemistry that occurs between us on the ice. And when we started dancing in the ice musical, it turned out that this chemistry is created not only by us, but by many other participants in the action. We always performed together, but here we have to interact with a whole troupe of artists, singers. And most importantly, we are used to performances where one bright Star performs in the frame of strong athletes. And here every skater is a personality, a star, an Olympic champion. Everyone wants to be the best, and at the same time you can not drop the bar. When you are alone on the ice, you can afford to skate a little worse than usual. And when there are seven, you have to comply and work. After all, we don’t have some kind of pensioner skating there, Marinin and Totmyanina, for example, do the most difficult elements that athletes perform at the world championships.

In the ice show "Alice in Wonderland" Tatyana plays the White Queen, and Maxim - the Mad Hatter

Tatiana: Soon another premiere - New Year's Eve fabulous show"Alice in Wonderland". I am the White Queen. There is magic in this role. Which one? Until the secret is revealed. Maxim dances the Mad Hatter. I love this fairy tale since childhood, so I am in anticipation of the performance. Moreover, I also play the queen - immediately after the princess, consider that she went on promotion. (Laughs) It's a performance for children, and it's so nice to see their happy faces after the show. I hope we make the holidays even more fun for everyone.

Maksim: The Mad Hatter is my role! After all, the madmen have a real scope in terms of the game. The show is planned on a grand scale. And, of course, it will be just very beautiful.

New Year's performance "Alice in Wonderland" from December 27 to January 8 in VTB Ice castle

Maxim Trankov

Education: Graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of the Moscow State University for the Humanities. Sholokhov

Career: in 2005 he won the World Junior Championship in tandem with Maria Mukhortova. Since 2010 - paired with Tatyana Volosozhar. World champion in 2013, two-time Olympic champion in 2014. Honored Master of Sports

Tatyana Volosozhar

A family: husband - Maxim Trankov; daughter - Angelica (9 months)

Education: graduated from the Ukrainian National Pedagogical University (master's degree), Department of Public Administration in the Sphere of Culture and Sports of Moscow State University (master's degree)

Career: figure skater, won her first competition at the age of 7 in single skating. From the age of 14 she switched to pair skating: since 2004 - paired with Stanislav Morozov, since 2010 - paired with Maxim Trankov. World champion in 2013, two-time Olympic champion in 2014. Honored Master of Sports