--- Kathy Godfrey <kgodfrey@...> wrote:
> To: SkateFans@yahoogroups.com,
> SkateFans@yahoogroups.com
> From: Kathy Godfrey <kgodfrey@...>
> Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 17:47:55 -0500
> Subject: Re: [SkateFans] LATimes | Kwan Makes Switch
> to Another Coach
>
> At 03:53 PM 12/3/2003 -0500, Mary E Tyler wrote:
> > >"He's always interested me because of his
> different approach," Kwan said of
> > >Arutunian, who formerly coached Sasha Abt.
>
> Arutunian's resume appears on the Coaching Staff
> page for Ice Castles:
>
> http://www.icecastle.us/coaches/coaches.html
>
> "Rafael is a past Soviet National competitor and
> current National Russian
> team coach.
> Rafael's coaching career has taken him to England,
> working with the British
> National
> team, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, but he has chosen
> Ice Castle
> International Training
> Center as his permanent US base. Coach Arutunian is
> the long-time trainer
> of two-time
> Russian National silver medalist Alexander Abt. He
> has also worked with
> Anton Klykov,
> winner of the gold medal from Nebelhorne [sic]
> Trophy. Rafael is a strong
> technical coach
> and works regularly on quad jumps, which his
> students complete frequently
> in competition."
>
> I don't expect quads (or even triple axels) from
> Michelle Kwan, but his listed
> specialties ( Freestyle, Choreography, Jump
> Technique) seem like a
> reasonable set.
>
> For "where are they now" fans, I hadn't realized
> that Danielle
> Carr-McGrath, many-time
> Australian pairs champion with her brother Stephen
> Carr, is also on the
> coaching staff for
> Ice Castles.
>
> >>Kathy Godfrey
> kgodfrey@...
>
>
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