Yagudin advised St. Petersburg figure skater Kolyada to end his career

Olympic champion in figure skating, four-time world champion Alexei Yagudin gave advice to a member of the Russian national team, St. Petersburg athlete Mikhail Kolyada.

Answering the question of the Sport-Express newspaper what to do next for Kolyada, Yagudin unequivocally stated “Finish!”. Yagudin argued his answer by the fact that Kolyada is no longer 13 years old, he is already an adult athlete.

Alexei Yagudin also recalled that Kolyada had not yet taken part in the Olympic Games. However, Yagudin specified that the St. Petersburg athlete has talent.

“MK in St. Petersburg” wrote that Yagudin advised Plushenko “Talking less and winning more”