Armenian coach trained world figure skating champion Nathan ChenMarch 26, 2018 - 13:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Rafael Arutyunyan, a U.S.-based Armenian figure skating coach, trains Nathan Chen who completed quadruple jumps in the free program on Saturday, March 24 to become the first U.S. winner of the men’s world figure skating title since 2009. In an interview with RIA Novosti, Arutyunyan shares the secret of how to protect an athlete from stress in a major competition. According to him, when you want your opponents to skate well and realize that with your unmistakable performance you will beat them all, this creates such a normal and very positive psychological background. “In this condition, the athlete does not need to look around and somehow react to what is happening,” he said. Arutyunyan said Nathan was absolutely calm at the championships. “Thanks to the fact that after the [Olympic] Games I was given the opportunity to work very well with him, Nathan was ready to perform perfectly,” the coach said. Over the years Arutyunyan has guided world champions and Olympians such as two-time Olympic medalist and five-time world champion Michelle Kwan — who came to him late in her career to fix the fit of her boots but stayed for his advice on her technique — Canada's Jeffrey Buttle, Turin Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen, Japan's Mao Asada, and Russia's Alexander Abt, Pyeongchang Olympics bronze medalist Adam Rippon and Czech skater Michal Brezina. Photo: RIA Novosti Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |