Biography
In recent years, the attention of fans of figure skating in Russia pulled juniors. Alina Zagitova, Alexander Troopsov, Evgenia Medvedev, Elena Radionova and others for a decade conquer gold at the World Championships. Once this reward will get and Dari Usacheva - a native of Khabarovsk. In 2020, she was awarded silver, but her sports career just begins.Childhood and youth
Daria Romanovna Usacheva was born on May 22, 2006 in the Far East, in Khabarovsk. Despite the cultural heritage, the city is not quite suitable for the upbringing of the skaters.
For the first time, Dasha's skates got up in 3 years. Parents, noting her desire, moved to Moscow. He influenced the decision and the fact that the older sister of Figureki Anna had to come to Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov.
Parents wanted to give Daria to CSKA, but closer to the house turned out to be a cooling rink "Crystal". By that time, the kit in the figure skating group was already closed, but the girl still took.
Figure skating
At the formation of Usacheva in the early stages, the coach Oksana Bulychev was influenced. With its support, the figure skater has learned to fulfill double jumps, debuted on the "Young Figista" and other championships. Then Anna Tsareva took the development of the Russian woman. Now the main mentor Darya Usacheva - Etherea Tutberidze.Tutberidze brought Yulia Lipnitskaya, Evgeny Medvedev, Alina Zagitov, Alain Kosotnaya and other stars of single figure skating. Now turn Usacheva.
The team to coach a native Khabarovsk tried to get twice. At first, there was not enough knowledge of complex elements. Only when Anna Tsareva "pulled out" by Daria on triple jumping and cascades, the view was successful.
The first program of Usacheva put in person Eteri Tutberidze personally, which increased the degree of excitement: the young figure skater was afraid to perform the element badly, pour out the mentor. But each coach in the team is a professional who has persistence and patience, and each pupil understands that only due to constant training the result is born.
In addition, in the center of Sambo-70, the mentor Sergei Rozanov was engaged in the training of young wards. Later he switched to Eugene Plushenko, where he called and Young Usachev. But the athlete refused this opportunity and did not regret his decision in the future.
In the international arena, Daria debuted in 2019 in the Grand Prix series in figure skating in Riga, the capital of Latvia. A short program for the song Please Don't Make Me Love You from the musical "Dracula" raised the Russian woman on the 1st place. However, after an arbitrary program performed under Je Suis Malade Lara Fabian, the figure skater "rolled" on the pedestal below. As a result, she got silver, and the gold - Koreanka Lee Hue In.
The situation was repeated and at the next Grand Prix of 2019 in Zagreb, the heart of Croatia: Lee Hue In - the first, Daria Usacheva - the second.
The first gold medal Daria won on Denis Ten Memorial (Denis Ten Memorial Challenge): the Russian woman demonstrated the best result both in the short and in an arbitrary program. She overtook Mayy chrome - his compatriot, colleague on the team Eteri Tutberidze.
Such significant achievements allowed Usacheva in December 2019 to enter the final of the Grand Prix among juniors. Russian woman has established personal records both in an arbitrary program and in general. She won bronze, skipping an American alice for the 2nd place, and on the 1st - his companion and, as practice shows, the main rival of Camil Valiev.
"I expected that it would be far from simply [to perform on the finals of the Grand Prix], but there was a desire to try to get into the top three. I reached this purpose, but I could perform even better, climb even higher, "Daria was shared after the competition in an interview with Gazeta.ru.By the way, then the figure skater said that she began to learn the triple axel, a quadruple jump and other ultra-si, thanks to the pure execution of which the place was taken to the top of the pedestal.
Before the Russian Championship in February 2020, Daria Usacheva was on the break - she was preparing to win. Returning to the rink, the figure skater won a bronze medal. For the first time in the season, she rolled back both programs and, thanks to the high result, entered the national team of the World Cup. Also included Camila Valiev and Maya chrome.
Personal life
Daria Usacheva at a rather young age, and talk about her personal life in a romantic sense too early. All the surroundings of the figure skater are now making up a mother, other family members, coaches, occasionally - girlfriend.
By the way, it is these people most often appear in the photo in the personal account of Dasha in "Instagram". The social network allows you to look into the thought of juniors, to understand how she assesses his skating, which thinks about the coaching composition and bright representatives of figure skating.
In an interview with Daria repeatedly stated that her idol was Alina Zagitova, a single chair, the champion of Russia and the world. Especially the figure skater admire the diligence and stubbornness of the older colleague. Among the favorites are also Alexander Trussov, who "learns all new and new jumps, not wanting to slow down," Anna Shcherbakova and Alain Kosostna.
"None of them stops for what has been achieved, and it really motivates," Daria told in an interview with Gazeta.ru.In the free from learning ultra-si, Usacheva tries himself in other sports. For example, on vacation in Alanya, in the Turkish resort, the figure skater played golf and basketball, swam on the kayake.
Daria Usacheva now
The world championship in figure skating among juniors took place in March 2020 in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Moving the qualifying stages, Usacheva passed into the strongest workout. And he made perfectly even without ultra-si - Triple Axel Young figure skater never demonstrated.With the result of 139.29, Daria's score hit 2nd. The Russian woman overtook her compatriot Camila Valiev, setting not only personal, but also the world record - 152.28 points. Bronze went to American Alice Liu.
The third figure skater from the Russian national team maya chrome was not enough until the 3rd place.
Silver at the World Cup is one of the highest achievements in the biography of Daria Usacheva. Now installing on gold. For this, the figure skater still has to overcome ultra-si, make a maximum effort to become better than other juniors.
Beginning of December 2020, the figure skater met a confident victory at the Moscow Cup. She rolled back a short program for the song One Day I'll Fly Away performed by Nicole Kidman from the musical "Moulin Rouge". As an arbitrary program, the athlete chose the composition "Romeo and Juliet". No less bright was the performance of Usacheva at the Russian Cup: in Moscow, it became the third, in Sochi - the second.
The pupil Eteri Tutberidze confidently debuted at the Russian Figure Skating Championships of 2021, which started in Chelyabinsk in the latter 2020. For her, as for Maya chrome, this competition became the first adult of the Czech Republic.
The athlete coped with the task brilliantly. Thanks to the short program, it has become the third. But after calculating the total amount of points for the performance of Daria lost to bronze Alexander Podovoy. Anna Shcherbakova and Camila Valiev took the first two places.
In early February 2021, Usacheva became a member of the project, the organizers of which were the Federation of figure skating Russia and the first channel. This is a team tournament, the Palace of Sports Megasport was chosen the venue. The captains of the teams were made by Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedev. A prize fund of the tournament was announced, which was 10 million rubles.
For the broadcast of the competition, a direct ether was selected. Assessing the skill of participants was carried out through the ISU system. The skaters were distributed in groups of single and pair skating, as well as dances on ice. Camila Valiyev, Alena Kosostna, Alexander Corusov, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Anna Shcherbakova, were opposed to Usacheva.
Achievements
- 2019 - Silver Grand Prix Medal in figure skating among juniors in Latvia and in Croatia
- 2019 - Gold Medal at Denis Ten Memorial
- 2019 - Bronze medal at the final of the Grand Prix Figure Skating among Junior
- 2020 - Bronze medal at the Russian figure skating championship among juniors
- 2020 - Silver Medal at the World Junior Cattery Championships