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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, spins off ice with his skate boots at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, demonstrates his moves at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, demonstrates his moves at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait with his skate boots at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait with his skate boots at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait with his skate boots at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait with his skate boots at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, demonstrates a jump as he poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, demonstrates a jump at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, demonstrates a jump at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, moves his skate boots at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, receives a custom Hershey’s chocolate in celebration of his world championship at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, receives a custom Hershey’s chocolate in celebration of his world championship at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, wears his skate boots at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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'I want to push the limits': 'quad god' Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating - and do a quintuple.
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel - a four-and-a-half-revolution jump - in competition, and he thinks he can go further.
Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, wears his skate boots at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.
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Experience: I took hormone-blockers to become an ice-skating champion. When my body started to change, I was advised to take medication to stop it. The drugs backfired – I gained 36kg in six months
Anastasia Kuprinya at the skating ring. Moscow.
I started ice skating when I was four. Initially, I was just tagging along with my sister, but soon enough the sport became my entire life. In 2004, when I was 10, I won the Moscow Championships and I was a candidate to become a Òmaster of sportÓ Ð a Russian title for international champions who have made valuable contributions to sport. I was told that I had what it took to become a professional and even take part in the Olympics. I didnÕt go to school, because I had to train for up to six hours a day. All of my friends were ice skaters; it was the only thing I knew.
When I was 12, puberty kicked in. I started menstruating and my body changed rapidly. Even though I was just an average teenager, I knew right away that there would be a chance my body would prevent me from being the best skater I could be. With a bigger body, I would no longer be able to do some of the complicated jumps that are necessary for competitions. Besides, in ice skating, a slim, childish body is the beauty standard. A curvy body is not.
Training was tough: I had to follow a strict diet. For every kilo I gained, I had to run extra kilometres on top of my usual 15km. My body was being pushed to extremes. I ruined my knees trying to lose weight, but my body never went back to its prepubescent state, despite all the effort.
At this point, I was advised to take medication that would block the production of hormones: I would stop menstruating, my breasts would stop growing Ð and I would keep my young, slim body. I never questioned it. In Russia, it is widely known that young ice skaters use hormone blockers to keep their bodies from changing. In most cases, taking the hormone blockers works Ð although there are always side-effects, such as problems with your nervous system and your heart, that no one really talks about.
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Experience: I took hormone-blockers to become an ice-skating champion. When my body started to change, I was advised to take medication to stop it. The drugs backfired – I gained 36kg in six months
Anastasia Kuprinya at the skating ring. Moscow.
I started ice skating when I was four. Initially, I was just tagging along with my sister, but soon enough the sport became my entire life. In 2004, when I was 10, I won the Moscow Championships and I was a candidate to become a Òmaster of sportÓ Ð a Russian title for international champions who have made valuable contributions to sport. I was told that I had what it took to become a professional and even take part in the Olympics. I didnÕt go to school, because I had to train for up to six hours a day. All of my friends were ice skaters; it was the only thing I knew.
When I was 12, puberty kicked in. I started menstruating and my body changed rapidly. Even though I was just an average teenager, I knew right away that there would be a chance my body would prevent me from being the best skater I could be. With a bigger body, I would no longer be able to do some of the complicated jumps that are necessary for competitions. Besides, in ice skating, a slim, childish body is the beauty standard. A curvy body is not.
Training was tough: I had to follow a strict diet. For every kilo I gained, I had to run extra kilometres on top of my usual 15km. My body was being pushed to extremes. I ruined my knees trying to lose weight, but my body never went back to its prepubescent state, despite all the effort.
At this point, I was advised to take medication that would block the production of hormones: I would stop menstruating, my breasts would stop growing Ð and I would keep my young, slim body. I never questioned it. In Russia, it is widely known that young ice skaters use hormone blockers to keep their bodies from changing. In most cases, taking the hormone blockers works Ð although there are always side-effects, such as problems with your nervous system and your heart, that no one really talks about.
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Experience: I took hormone-blockers to become an ice-skating champion. When my body started to change, I was advised to take medication to stop it. The drugs backfired – I gained 36kg in six months
Anastasia Kuprinya at the skating ring. Moscow.
I started ice skating when I was four. Initially, I was just tagging along with my sister, but soon enough the sport became my entire life. In 2004, when I was 10, I won the Moscow Championships and I was a candidate to become a Òmaster of sportÓ Ð a Russian title for international champions who have made valuable contributions to sport. I was told that I had what it took to become a professional and even take part in the Olympics. I didnÕt go to school, because I had to train for up to six hours a day. All of my friends were ice skaters; it was the only thing I knew.
When I was 12, puberty kicked in. I started menstruating and my body changed rapidly. Even though I was just an average teenager, I knew right away that there would be a chance my body would prevent me from being the best skater I could be. With a bigger body, I would no longer be able to do some of the complicated jumps that are necessary for competitions. Besides, in ice skating, a slim, childish body is the beauty standard. A curvy body is not.
Training was tough: I had to follow a strict diet. For every kilo I gained, I had to run extra kilometres on top of my usual 15km. My body was being pushed to extremes. I ruined my knees trying to lose weight, but my body never went back to its prepubescent state, despite all the effort.
At this point, I was advised to take medication that would block the production of hormones: I would stop menstruating, my breasts would stop growing Ð and I would keep my young, slim body. I never questioned it. In Russia, it is widely known that young ice skaters use hormone blockers to keep their bodies from changing. In most cases, taking the hormone blockers works Ð although there are always side-effects, such as problems with your nervous system and your heart, that no one really talks about.
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Experience: I took hormone-blockers to become an ice-skating champion. When my body started to change, I was advised to take medication to stop it. The drugs backfired – I gained 36kg in six months
Anastasia Kuprinya at the skating ring. Moscow.
I started ice skating when I was four. Initially, I was just tagging along with my sister, but soon enough the sport became my entire life. In 2004, when I was 10, I won the Moscow Championships and I was a candidate to become a Òmaster of sportÓ Ð a Russian title for international champions who have made valuable contributions to sport. I was told that I had what it took to become a professional and even take part in the Olympics. I didnÕt go to school, because I had to train for up to six hours a day. All of my friends were ice skaters; it was the only thing I knew.
When I was 12, puberty kicked in. I started menstruating and my body changed rapidly. Even though I was just an average teenager, I knew right away that there would be a chance my body would prevent me from being the best skater I could be. With a bigger body, I would no longer be able to do some of the complicated jumps that are necessary for competitions. Besides, in ice skating, a slim, childish body is the beauty standard. A curvy body is not.
Training was tough: I had to follow a strict diet. For every kilo I gained, I had to run extra kilometres on top of my usual 15km. My body was being pushed to extremes. I ruined my knees trying to lose weight, but my body never went back to its prepubescent state, despite all the effort.
At this point, I was advised to take medication that would block the production of hormones: I would stop menstruating, my breasts would stop growing Ð and I would keep my young, slim body. I never questioned it. In Russia, it is widely known that young ice skaters use hormone blockers to keep their bodies from changing. In most cases, taking the hormone blockers works Ð although there are always side-effects, such as problems with your nervous system and your heart, that no one really talks about.
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Experience: I took hormone-blockers to become an ice-skating champion. When my body started to change, I was advised to take medication to stop it. The drugs backfired – I gained 36kg in six months
Anastasia Kuprinya at the skating ring. Moscow.
I started ice skating when I was four. Initially, I was just tagging along with my sister, but soon enough the sport became my entire life. In 2004, when I was 10, I won the Moscow Championships and I was a candidate to become a Òmaster of sportÓ Ð a Russian title for international champions who have made valuable contributions to sport. I was told that I had what it took to become a professional and even take part in the Olympics. I didnÕt go to school, because I had to train for up to six hours a day. All of my friends were ice skaters; it was the only thing I knew.
When I was 12, puberty kicked in. I started menstruating and my body changed rapidly. Even though I was just an average teenager, I knew right away that there would be a chance my body would prevent me from being the best skater I could be. With a bigger body, I would no longer be able to do some of the complicated jumps that are necessary for competitions. Besides, in ice skating, a slim, childish body is the beauty standard. A curvy body is not.
Training was tough: I had to follow a strict diet. For every kilo I gained, I had to run extra kilometres on top of my usual 15km. My body was being pushed to extremes. I ruined my knees trying to lose weight, but my body never went back to its prepubescent state, despite all the effort.
At this point, I was advised to take medication that would block the production of hormones: I would stop menstruating, my breasts would stop growing Ð and I would keep my young, slim body. I never questioned it. In Russia, it is widely known that young ice skaters use hormone blockers to keep their bodies from changing. In most cases, taking the hormone blockers works Ð although there are always side-effects, such as problems with your nervous system and your heart, that no one really talks about.
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(180322) -- MILAN, March 22, 2018 (Xinhua) -- Skaters perform during the opening ceremony for the 2018 ISU World Figure Skating Championships, in Milan, Italy, on March 21, 2018. (Xinhua/Jin Yu)(wll)
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Natural History Museum Ice Rink, Cromwell Rd, Kensington, London, UK. November 27, 2017. London turns festive as Christmas approaches and everyone gets in the Christmas mood. With people dressing up as Santa, bright decorations and the festive spirit of goodwill sweeping over the capital.
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