Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin

**florik2000** · 23rd June 2008, 10:55

eu cred ca au facut o greseala

nu vad de ce sa nu ramana la vechii antrenori....

**madalina18** · 11th December 2008, 22:57

de mult nu am mai scris pe forum....zilele astea ma uitam la ceva programe de-ale lor,sunt pur si simplu superbi....sper sa ii vad si la europenele din 2009 pe cea mai inalta treapta a podiumului!

**Iulya** · 27th January 2009, 11:31

http://photos.skatetoday.com/albums/...IN20900103.jpg
http://photos.skatetoday.com/albums/...IN20900098.jpg

**madalina18** · 27th January 2009, 15:52

ms mult de poze.....

ce scumpa e Oksana...si imi place rochia ei!

**Cristinush** · 28th January 2009, 07:30

Uu..ce frumosi sunt

**Iulya** · 3rd February 2009, 12:23

Am pus interviul si pe topicul Tarasovei dar poate nu toata lumea l-a vazut...

E destul de directa in ceea ce ii priveste pe Oksana si Maxim

Seeing how we started with the sad news, I’ll allow myself another question – what really happened with Maxim Shabalin in Helsinki?

For a very long time, I had no information about his and Oksana Domnina. It was all a secret. In fact, Maxim’s leg was in a poor shape following the two surgeries, and he want to Germany for rehabilitation at the end of last season. That was a good move, and I was involved directly in it, helping plan the trip.

Last fall, I planned to go to US to see how Domnina and Shabalin prepared to the season, but I wasn’t allowed to go. Natalya Linichuk, the guys’ coach since they left Alexei Gorshkov, said, “Give me some time, and it will all be OK”. Well, Linichuk is a competent coach. If she took the step of withdrawing the team from competition, she must have had her reasons.

None the less, you did not support this?

I was against such decision.

Why?

I guess I am a maximalist. I always believed that the athlete should not withdraw from competition after the decision to compete is taken. Maxim took the ice in Helsinki, he practiced, and everyone saw him skate. One of the practices wasn’t very successful, but the other one was completely normal. The kids did everything they had to do in the program. They had no plans to withdraw. However, after their fall in the compulsory dance, their coach insisted they quit.

They have to save themselves. They have to do it with healthy nerves, and without outside help. It turns out Domnina and Shabalin can only compete when they have “their” judge on the panel. It is a support, for what it’s worth. There was no Russian ice dance judge in Helsinki.

This, by the way, makes the victory of Yana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitski that much more significant. I am very happy for them, as well as for their coaches Sasha Svinin and Ira Zhuk. I managed to raise a team that can be relied on. What’s more, Khokhlova and Novitski were for many years designated to the number two spot, but they managed to break through anyway. They did without “their” judge and without mistakes.

Athletes’ strength is precisely in approaching any competition not counting on anyone else. They shouldn’t need anyone else on the ice. They shouldn’t hold on to anyone, not on to the coach, and most certainly no on to the judge.

Could it be that Shabalin’s withdrawal was indeed dictated by strong pains in the leg?

Why was it that nobody worried last year, when Shabalin was allowed to train nine days after the surgery? What were the ones who let him onto the ice thinking? Indeed, all that is happening now is in an inevitable progression. You know - the knee that was operated on twice will hurt into old age. Different substances will collect there. One either has to learn to work with it and work through the pain, or give up the sport.

How do you judge the perspectives of our pair skaters at the upcoming Worlds?

I like both our teams a lot. Objectively, they aren’t yet ready to lead. They are, though, improving, and that make me happy

Restul interviului aici: http://www.onlinesport.ro/forum/show...91#post2430191

**irinaidu** · 3rd February 2009, 17:51

foarte directa intr-adevar. imi plac interviurile cu ea. chiar zpune ceva, nu sunt interviuri din alea politically correct.

**Iulya** · 17th February 2009, 16:16

There's a new message from Oksana and Max on their Official Website. Currently in the USA, they were unable to come to the site and post it themselves, but they wanted to make sure the fans got their message:

Quote:We are very upset that we weren’t able to live up to your expectations at the European Championship. Thanks to all of you for your support, kind words and congratulations! Now we have already returned to the States and started our preparations for the World Championship. Maxim is recovering from his injury, but we have already resumed intensive trainings. The God will help us and everything will be ok! We hope for it!

http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/show...8&postcount=11

**Iulya** · 8th March 2009, 21:42

Site-ul oficial: ( in rusa deocamdata )
http://domnina-shabalin.ru

Aici un topic unde gasiti traduceri ale raspunsurilor Oksanei la intrebarile fanilor de pe guest-book, dar si alte detalii despre ei:
http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=63985

**Iulya** · 23rd March 2009, 01:08

Site-ul oficial are si versiune in limba engleza:
http://en.domnina-shabalin.ru/

**madalina18** · 25th March 2009, 23:36

foarte tare site-ul lor....ms de link!

**iris_for_daria** · 28th March 2009, 12:27

Cum e aia: CAMPIONII, CAMPIONII, OLE, OLE, OLE !!!!!!!

Bravo lor ! Superbi !

**madalina18** · 28th March 2009, 12:28

Aveam incredere ca vor castiga....de nebatut!

Bravo!

**Iulya** · 25th April 2009, 15:54

**madalina18** · 25th April 2009, 17:43

foarte dragutza sedinta foto....ms de poze!

**lady_k** · 25th April 2009, 18:06

Ce frumosi sunt.

**Cristinush** · 26th April 2009, 21:45

Imi place a 2-a poza

**lady_k** · 29th July 2009, 16:02

Am intrat pe site-ul lor oficial si am vazut poza asta.
http://domnina-shabalin.ru/photo/28-0-1496
Si pana nu am citit descrierea nu mi-am dat seama cine sunt celelalte doua.

**Iulya** · 16th October 2009, 11:40

Conform Isu s-au retras din ambele Gp-uri.

: Domnina, Shabalin out of Grand Prix due to an aggravation of his knee problems. Unfortunate but no surprise.

http://twitter.com/LynnRutherford/statuses/4912678074

**Iulya** · 1st January 2010, 19:49

Russian pair losing race against time
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs...rticle1414214/

**Iulya** · 3rd January 2010, 05:30

Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin
On the comeback trail
http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2009/010210.shtml

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