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FSU上的一篇Vasiliev 的采访: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=33011
- Many fans are expecting to enjoy the duel between your student and Shen/Zhao. According to the latest info, Zhao supposedly recovered after the surgery and is training full strength even though he was almost walking with the cane two weeks ago…
- Anything could be going on, the injury, the injury aftermath. It looks like Zhao really tore his achilles. Maybe it's a usual misinformation. It's hard to say. Today, China is as closed as the USSR at its time. Nobody knew how are skaters trained, and then they would come to the Worlds and defeat everyone. Of course, I have some information, but even though it comes from the sources set in stone, I don't trust it 100%.
- Several reputable experts, Tatiana Tarasova for example, think that Totmianina/Marinin will win anyway. They are not even counting in the Chinese.
- It'll be good to call Tarasova and others like her to the judging panel.
- Seriously, did Tania and Maxim improved? Are they ready for any surprises?
- Of course. We made both programs more difficult. We worked on the lift a lot during the summer. They were criticized for it a lot, but now the critics are quieter. In addition, we took practically all the lifts to the level four difficulty. The guys like their programs very much and it's also important. We work as usual and we won't panic if well-prepared Shen and Zhao suddenly show up in Torino.
- About the lifts. Everyone is very worried about Tania, but how did Maxim managed his fears after the fall?
- A psychologist worked with him very well. It looks like the feeling of guilt and fear is behind him. When I say their lifts had improved, I mean not only the higher level of difficulty. It’s also the quality and 100% reliability, knock on wood. Maxim became much more confident. You know, the history puts everything in place. Two years ago, when Shen/Zhao made a mistake in Dortmund, many said that was only the reason why my students won. Last year in Moscow, the Chinese lost to us mentally. They didn't compete not because Zhao's foot hurt. It hurt at the practices. They saw that it made no sense to compete with Tania and Maxim at the moment, despite the story with the fall we went through.
- Still, the guys themselves noticed the press underestimates them despite two gold medals at the Worlds. Even after the Moscow they could read between the lines that the Chinese withdrew…
- It’s not about the Chinese. Soviet and Russian pairs are in everyone's face with their victories. So, everyone is happy when an opportunity arises to push our pair from the podium. It doesn't matter if the champions are Chinese, American, or Canadian, just not Russian.
- It's understandable, but when your own people say such things…
- It hurts, but it's also understandable. We haven't lived here until the fall. We didn't talk to the press and the people on the everyday bases. So, we are like “ours” and “not ours”. We ran away from the life difficulties to well-to-do America. What can we do when there is catastrophically not enough ice in Jubilejny not only for us but also for the children? We come and ask for an extra hour a day for us, but the childre | 
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