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Here is a new interview with Fabian Bourzat made by Ukrainian “Segodnya” (you can find a version in Russian here: https://www.segodnya.ua/…/francuzskaya-zvezda-figurnogo-kat…)!

Fabian Bourzat: “I don’t like sad people, they make me sad”

The French figure skating star talks about going solo in coaching, working with Ukrainians Nazarova and Nikitin, a possible collaboration with Nathalie Pechalat, and meeting Jean Dujardin, remembering Denis Ten, learning to let go, and also about his shoes and favourite programs and costumes.

– How did you decide to come to Ukraine with Sasha and Maxim? – We’ve worked together in Detroit for like three years. It’s a very interesting team, I love working with them. Their quality matches my vision of skating. They’re creative and original. They have a lot of flaws, but they want to bring something different to skating. And that’s what I love about them. So, when I quit my job in the US, they told me that they were moving back to Ukraine and they needed someone to get them ready for the season. I was on vacation at that time and said, “Why not”. And here I am.

– Do you want to go solo from now on? – I don’t know exactly what I’m going to do next year yet. But I don’t want to work with somebody else anymore. I think it’s time for me to choose my own path and not follow somebody else’s. I’ve done that for almost four years. It was interesting for me to work with Igor Shpilband, I’ve learned a lot, and I thank him for that. But right now I need to express myself way more through my teaching. So, I’m going to come back to France and try to develop what I can over there.

– Do you want to open your own school? – Yeah, that would be ideal. It’s difficult to find a full-time ice rink in France. Most people there work as freelancers, they work in camps and go back and forth between different places. If I can find an ice rink, yes, I will build a school. Right now I’m working with Sasha and Maxim. I don’t know what will happen in the next few months. But I would welcome them on my team. I also want to bring young skaters and help them grow, to make skating in France more competitive. We have a good history of ice dance in Europe. Right now it’s moving a little more to USA and Canada, and I want to bring it back to Europe.

– You’ve been to different countries. What difference do you see in the perception of skating? – In the US, it’s more competitive from the young age, and it’s something we don’t have in Europe. Here we’re trying to go to school first and then think about sports. And I want to try to balance that.

– You’ve worked with Shpilband both as a student and as a coaching partner. What have you learned from him? – When I was still skating, I loved the way he worked, because he gave me the opportunity to enjoy figure skating again. At some point of your career you start thinking only about competition, performing and results and you’re not enjoying yourself anymore. That’s what he brought me as a coach. As a partner, he has a strong work ethic, he is good at scheduling everything and handling a massive amount of work outside of skating. The structure, as well as the techniques, was really helpful for me. As a skater, I used to work with Alexander Zhulin in Russia, Muriel Zazoui in France, Anjelika Krylova and Pasquale Camerlengo in the US. They’ve all given me so much, and I was able to decide what I wanted to take from them and what I did not, depending on which kind of skater I wanted to be and which skills I needed for that. I think growing around so many coaches helped me to develop a different way of skating, and that’s what I want to give back to the kids right now.

– Is it your first time in Ukraine? What are your impressions? – Yes, it’s actually my first time. It’s really hot! Sasha and Maxim took me to so many different places, but I haven’t seen much of the city. For me, seeing different countries and the way people live is always a different way of approaching life... I love the food here. We had pelmeni, khachapuri, which is Georgian actually, we ate shashlik, cornichons. Borsch? I’m not a big fan of that. But there is a summer soup that Maxim wants me to try. We’ve also got pâté from my mom. The country is welcoming. It’s also because the guys make me feel welcome.

– How about our figure skating? Anything unusual? – There are lots of kids on the ice. I’m actually surprised there are so many boys. It’s difficult to find boys in figure skating. The more people you have to train, the easier it will be to develop something.

– Do you remember the first time you saw Sasha and Maxim? – It was at the 2015 Junior Worlds, the year they were third. I remember that I told Igor Shpilband then that this couple was really interesting, that they were trying to bring something more creative, which is difficult at the young age. They kind of matched the same way I did with my partner at the time, so I was really impressed of their work.

– You said they have flaws. Which exactly? – Well, they need to work a little more on the connection and the feel of the motion. They are powerful skaters with a lot of strength. They are able to get a lift of any kind of difficulty done. I’m here to teach them a different approach of skating, and I think it’s starting to grow into them. They are hard workers, they listen, they follow exactly what I say. I know it’s not easy, but they are committed and they want to succeed. How do we polish their twizzles? That’s my secret.

– What’s the most difficult part of coaching? – I think it’s managing different types of people. You can have young kids, teenagers or adults. And you need to be able to push them without breaking them. Managing and planning is still brand new for me, I need to keep learning.

– The Olympic season was quite rocky for Sasha and Maxim. You had some painful moments in your career yourself. How do you teach them to overcome those difficulties, to let it go? – That’s the exact process. They need to let it go and move forward. Because it doesn’t matter how many times you fall, what’s important is the way you’re going to come back on the ice and step up after that. They have really good skills and they need to be proud of it. Every big champion has made mistakes in their life. Some more than the others. You just need to swallow it, get your shit together and move on.

– How much time did it take for you to move on? For example, from the 2014, which was quite intense. – I don’t know, I don’t know… You just need to completely switch your head and keep going. It doesn’t matter, it’s not going to change. You can’t talk about the past forever, you just need to learn and forget.

– Do you get in touch with your former partner Nathalie now? – Yeah. She’s actually working in France. The fact that I’m going back there makes us get more and more in touch. I was talking to her like yesterday. We’ve never got along as good as now. I’d like her to come and work with me. I know her skills and what she’s able to do. I don’t think she’s ready to work full-time and I’m not sure I’m ready to work full-time with her, but it would be nice to have her input from time to time.

– What was the last time you met her? – At her wedding in May. It was nice, not too many people. It was emotional. She was crying, of course.

– Everyone’s probably asking you about her husband, the Oscar-winning actor Jean Dujardin. How is he like in real life? – He’s actually a really nice guy. I’ve met him a couple of times. And the more you see him, the less you see the actor and more, the person. I cannot say we bonded as friends, but I definitely understand what she sees in him. If he makes her happy, that makes me happy.

– Do you have a favourite program from your competitive career? – There were so many of them! The Circus program was really nice, also Cats, which was a long-long time ago, the flamenco program that we did with Antonio Najarro, Four Seasons. Mostly because we met and bonded with different people who choreographed for us. The Little Prince? It was not our masterpiece, more like a patchwork of what we did before. A part of Circus and Chaplin in the emotions, a part of Cats because of the storyline. It was a reminder of everything that we did throughout our career.

– Do you miss skating? – No. Why? I’m way older now. Skating is difficult on the body. The run-throughs, that’s what I don’t miss. I feel comfortable as a coach. I was listening to others for so many years, and I think giving is so much easier. Shows? We didn’t do that many with Nathalie, because I moved on to coaching right away. For me, the competitive career was the most interesting, because you were trying your best. When you skate in shows, you do everything for the audience, which is interesting, but you’re not trying to polish your skills, to evolve as a better skater. That’s what I didn’t like that much in shows.

– You were known for some iconic costumes. Which was your favourite or the craziest one? – Circus. Because of changing the costume in the middle of the program. And probably Cats.

– A few weeks ago we found out about the death of Denis Ten. There are different projects being made in his memory in Kazakhstan. Do you know if the international skating community plans on doing something in his memory, too? – I have no idea. For me, he was a friend, a great champion, he was a warm person. I think it’s really sad, and I give all my support to his mom. These are difficult times for her, I can’t imagine what it’s like to lose a child. And for Kazakhstan, too. They’ve lost one of the iconic figures and one of the most important people in the country. It’s a tragedy. If I have the opportunity to get involved in some kind of a memorial, I will definitely do that. But for me, to show all these emotions on the social media is not a way to pay tribute to him. The best way is to remember him and to try to be more like him, to be honest, always smiling and trying the best. He got a roller coaster in his life. He was on the top and then he got some difficulties in training and results, but he still fought back. And that’s something we need to remember him for.

– Was there anyone you looked up to? – It wasn’t one person. Because nobody’s flawless. More like qualities from a certain person. What I always notice in people, is if they’re smiling. I don’t like sad people, they make me sad. And I like fighters, like Denis.

– We’ve already talked about your costumes on ice, but you’re also known as a very stylish person outside the rink. How big is your collection of accessories? – Oh-h, I have a lot of shoes, like… a lot of shoes. Thirty or forty maybe. I like to dress differently when I can. When you’re French, you need to be haute couture. I also wear Italian costumes and Japanese shoes. Whatever I like, I just wear it. If people don’t like it, I don’t care.

– Do you watch football? – Sometimes, but I did watch the World Cup. I saw the final with Maxim. I told him, if he wanted to come he’d better root for France. I don’t watch football for football, it’s more about the company. And here, in Ukraine, we went to see Shakhtar Donetsk vs Arsenal Kyiv. Good game. Not that many Ukrainians on the teams though.

– And what about tennis? Have you ever been to Roland Garros? – I did once, a long time ago. I’m not so much into watching sports, I like to do sports myself, to play tennis, do outdoor sports like beach volleyball. I always loved skating on the ice, but after that I just wanted to go home and hide. Because of how media broadcasted everything. And if you’re on the court as a tennis player, for example, you have people who are going to cheer for one and root against the other. I don’t like this state of mind. Most of them are trying their best, and you need to cheer for both.

– Is it not like that in figure skating? There are some hardcore fans… – Not that much. But yes, there are always those kinds of fans. I saw those in Russia, in Sochi. When we were at the Worlds in Nice, the audience cheered for us more than for the others, but they were also cheering for everyone else they loved. It’s the same way in Japan. It depends on the people. That’s why I don’t like to be in the crowd all the time so I don’t have to see what people are like.

– What are your passions beside skating and shoes? – I love arts. I love to play videogames with my nephew. I have a dog. My passions are my family, my girlfriend, my people.

– To wrap it up, what are your goals for the near future? – I want Europe to be back strong again in figure skating. And I want to leave legacy as a coach and have someone who’s going to follow me up at my job and improve it so we could build a European style that will be recognized all across the world.

Kateryna Makarevska for Segodnya

Photo: Sergey Revera (Segodnya)

Source: https://www.facebook.com/kateryna.makarevska/posts/1782547921810355

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Ukrainian test skates

I saw some of the videos from the test skates and decided that I should make a separate post about it because Ivan Shmuratko and Andrei Kokura deserve all the love ;)

Ivan skates to Cinema Paradiso in the SP and then to Nuvole bianche by Einaudi in the free and he’s just so light on the ice and his skating is beautiful to watch. 

Andrei Kokura is a new discovery for me. He skates to Crack of Doom (SP) and Casanova (FP, recycled). He is so musical and expressive. The way he moves 😍 Technically, it wasn’t that great, e.g. his preparation for jumps is really long but the step and choreo sequences are on fire!

Then there’s a pair Sofia Holichenko/Artem Darenskyi. They teamed up last season, before that he skated with Sofia Nesterova (she retired). I quite liked their FP to Under the bridge. It made even choreographically more sense than the SP for me. 

They interrupted the program, though. At first it looked like they missed the entry into the death spiral and then waited to begin again after the spiral but as I saw also the ice dancers skipped parts of their programs it seemed more planned. Maybe it was too early for all of them to skate the whole program...

Now that I think about it, it makes total sense! All skaters skated their SP (RD) and FP (FD) on the same day with a two hour break! Ufff...

And now three ice dance teams.  Myroslava Tkachenko/Andriy Kapra Come get it bae / Sign of the times I saw them for the first time and to be honest don’t remember much about the programs. Apart from their commitment to the performance in the RD.

Maria Golubtsova/Kyryl Bieloborov My tunnels are long and dark these days / Impossible love, Lento This RD is more “elegant” than the majority I’ve seen where the skaters really go more in the hip hop and street dance direction, here they are wild but more festive :D I get it that ISU wants to popularize figure skating among young potential viewers, in Olympic season on top of that, so the judges might prefer the hip-hopy dances more but I liked this one more.  And I loved the FD! I love the slow dramatic. 

Aleksandra Nazarova/Maxim Nikitin - ? / Rivederti, Backstage romance I love them so much, so I’ll wait with any evaluation. They do their stuff, great lifts, sliding moves... but I’m not into the RD. Maybe it’s because generally, I don’t like blues or because I don’t know which song they skate to and am distracted by this... The FD looks like it will be more light-hearted but let’s wait and see. 

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Confirmed/Announced European Teams

These are just the ones that I can find that have been officially announced or confirmed.

Austria

Men - Maurizio Zandron

Ladies - Olga Mitukina

Pairs - Miriam Ziegler/Severin Kiefer

Belgium

Ladies - Loena Hendrickx

Czech Republic

Men - Matyas Belohradsky, Michal Brezina

Ladies - Eliska Brezinova, TBD

Ice Dance - Natalia Tashlerova / Filip Taschler

Finland

Men - Roman Galay

Ladies - Linnea Ceder, Emmi Peltonen, Jenni Saarinen

Ice Dance - Yuki Orihara / Juho Pirinen

Great Britain

Men - Peter James Hallam

Ladies - Natasha McKay

Pairs - Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyajdi

Ice Dance - Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson, Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland

Hungary

Men - Andras Csernoch

Ladies - Ivett Toth

Pairs - Ioulia Chtchetinina / Mark Maygar

Ice Dance - Emily Monaghan / Ilias Fourati

Ireland

Men - Conor Stakelum

Latvia

Men - Dennis Vasilijevs

Ladies - Angelina Kuchvalska

Ice Dance - Aurelija Ipolita / T.J. Michel

Lithuania

Ladies - Aleksandra Golovinka

Ice Dance - Allison Reed / Sauluis Ambrelevicus

Netherlands

Men - Thomas Kennes

Ladies - Niki Wories

Pairs - Daria Danilova / Michel Tsbia

Norway

Men - Sondre Oddvell Boe

Spain

Ladies - Valentina Matos

Pairs - Lara Barquero / Tom Consul, Dorata Broda / Pedro Betegon

Ice Dance - Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin, Olivia Smart / Adrian Diaz

Sweden

Men - Nikolaj Majorov, Ilia Solomin

Ladies - Anita Otslund

Switzerland

Men - Lukas Britschgi

Ladies - Alexia Paganini, Yasmine Kimiko Yamada

Pairs - Aleksandra Herbikova / Nicolas Roulet

Ice Dance - Victoria Manni / Carlo Rothsliberger

Ukraine

Men - Ivan Shumrtako

Ladies - Anastasia Gozhva

Pairs - Sofiia Nestrova / Artem Darenskyi

Ice Dance - Aleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitn

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2017 GP Internationaux de France & CS Warsaw Cup: Info & Streaming

With only two events left before the Final, the Grand Prix heads to Grenoble, France this week for the fifth stop of the series! More information will be added to this post as it appears.

Live results | Entries & overview | Detailed schedule | Website | ISU

SCHEDULE

Central European Time (UTC+1). Click on the links for time conversions.

11/17: Ladies' SP 15:00; Short Dance 16:55; Pairs' SP 18:35; Men's SP 20:05 11/18: Ladies' FS 13:15; Free Dance 15:30; Pairs' FS 19:00; Men's FS 20:45 11/19: Gala 14:30

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HOW TO WATCH

Be careful of popups and ads on free streaming sites. We are not responsible for the quality of the streams; we only provide the links. Please try all the streams to see which ones work best for you. Do not complain to us if a stream does not work. This post focuses on live broadcasts. Other TV channels not mentioned here might show the competition in delayed broadcasts.

Fan streams: These fan-run streams may livestream part or all of the event: FS Live on Youtube, QQ Live. Check the streams when the events are on. The streams should be available worldwide.

Icenetwork: Subscribers in the US can watch the entire competition (but not the gala) live on Icenetwork.

CBC Sports: Canada's CBC Sports will livestream the entire competition and gala on their website. CBC will also air the competition on TV in delayed broadcasts; see their website for more info. Streaming schedule in EST:

11/17: Ladies' SP 9:00AM; Short Dance 10:55AM; Pairs' SP 12:35PM; Men's SP 2:05PM

11/18: Ladies' FS 7:15AM; Free Dance 9:30AM; Pairs' FS 1:00PM; Men's FS 2:45PM

11/19: Gala 8:30AM

Official streams (blocked outside of Canada)

Telesport: Russia's Telesport will livestream the entire competition. The streams are blocked outside of Russia.

Russian Eurosport: Russian Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 will air the entire competition and gala live. Other Eurosport channels may have slightly different schedules; check your local TV listings to make sure. Broadcast schedule in Moscow Time:

11/17: Ladies' SP 17:00 (ESP2); Short Dance 19:00 (ESP2); Pairs' SP 20:15 (ESP2); Men's SP 22:00 (ESP1)

11/18: Ladies' FS 16:00 (ESP2); Free Dance 17:30 (ESP2); Pairs' FS 21:00 (ESP2); Men's FS 22:45 (ESP1)

11/19: Gala 16:30 (ESP2)

Eurosport 1 streams: Stream 1, Stream 2, Stream 3, Stream 4

Eurosport 2 streams: Stream 1, Stream 2, Stream 3

British Eurosport: British Eurosport 2 will air the entire competition and gala live. Other Eurosport channels may have slightly different schedules; check your local TV listings to make sure. Broadcast schedule in GMT:

11/17: Ladies' SP 14:00; Short Dance 16:00; Pairs' SP 17:30; Men's SP 19:00

11/18: Ladies' FS 13:00; Free Dance 14:30; Pairs' FS 18:00; Men's FS 19:45

11/19: Gala 13:30

Eurosport 2 streams: Stream 1, Stream 2, Stream 3, more streams

CCTV 5: China's CCTV 5 will air parts of the competition live. Schedule in China Standard Time:

11/17: Ladies' SP 22:15 (live)

11/18: Short Dance 00:30 (live); Pairs' SP 01:35 (live); Men's SP 03:05 (live); Ladies' FS 20:15 (live)

11/19: Men's FS 03:55 (live)

CCTV 5 streams: Official stream (blocked outside of China), Stream 1, Stream 2, Stream 3

Olympic Channel: The Olympic Channel will air the entire competition (but not the gala) live for subscribers. Check your cable package to see if the Olympic Channel is included.

Other TV channels: Other TV channels such as Japan's TV Asahi, USA's NBC and various Eurosport channels will also air parts of the competition. Check your local TV channels for other skating broadcasts.

On demand: If you can’t watch live, videos from the competition will be uploaded online very quickly, so you can always catch up later. See this post for useful skating Youtube and Dailymotion channels.

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WARSAW CUP

Results | Entries | Schedule | Website | ISU

Designation: Challenger Series When: Nov. 16-19 Where: Warsaw, Poland Level & disciplines: senior men, ladies, ice dance, pairs How to watch: Free livestream on Youtube

Notable entries: Liam Firus, Matteo Rizzo, Roman Savosin, Andrew Torgashev, Stanislava Konstantinova, Serafima Sakhanovich, Courtney Hicks, Valentina Marchei/Ondrej Hotarek, Aleksandra Boikova/Dmitrii Kozlovskii, Chelsea Liu/Brian Johnson, Betina Popova/Sergey Mozgov, Alisa Agafonova/Alper Ucar, Alexandra Nazarova/Maxim Nikitin, Lorraine McNamara/Quinn Carpenter

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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 6 / 10

Título Original: Balkanskiy Rubezh AKA The Balkan Line

Año: 2019

Duración: 141 min

País: Rusia

Director: Andrey Volgin

Guion: Andrey Anaykin, Ivan Naumov, Natalya Nazarova

Música:   Marvin Hamlisch

Fotografía: David M. Walsh

Reparto: Emir Kusturica, Milos Bikovic, Ravshana Kurkova, Srdjan Todorovic, Yuriy Kutsenko, Nikola Djordjevic, Dmitriy Frid, Milena Radulovic, Anton Pampushnyy, Kirill Poluhin, Gojko Mitic, Miodrag Radonjic, Aleksandar Sreckovic, Branka Pujic, Dobrila Stojnic, Nikola Randjelovic, Aleksandar Radojicic, Andrej Sepetkovski, Nodar Dzhanelidze, Aleksandar Lazic, Anna Chapman, Nelle Karajlic, Michael Khmurov, Aleksandra Alac

Productora: Coproducción Rusia-Serbia; Archangel Studios

Género: Action, War

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5951188/

TRAILER:

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(via Movie Poster - But What If This Is Love?, Milan Grygar, 1962)

Vintage movie poster for Russian romantic drama. 

title: But What If This Is Love? | Soviet Union, 1962

director: Yuli Raizman

with: Zhanna Prokhorenko, Igor Pushkaryov, Aleksandra Nazarova

poster designer: Milan Grygar, 1962

Milan Grygar is Slovak born audiovisual artist, painter and musician. His main passion re-occurring throughout his life was the relationship between the drawing and the sound. Milan Grygar has been very active graphic artist with over hundred movie posters and numerous number of book illustrations. 

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Pattinaggio artistico, Santa Claus Cup 2017: Jasmine Tessari e Francesco Fioretti chiudono sesti, vincono Aleksandra Nazarova e Maxim Nikitin - Il complesso sportivo Tüskecsarnok di Budapest ha ospitato nel fine settimana la Santa Claus Cup 2017, appu... https://t.co/qJ8CkJmgvI

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Lombardia Trophy Perspective

Women

Anastasia Galustyan, 19th(ARM): her new FP costume is gorgeous!

Aleksandra Golvkina, 29th(LTU): this was very disappointing to see. She looked pretty though. 

Elizaveta Tuktamshiva, 6th(RUS): OMFG there were so many annoying hate trolls on the livestream going on and on about her weight. I wanted to punch them in the face. Lizzie don’t listen to a word they say. You are beautiful!

Men

Aleksandr Selevko, 16th(EST): love the new hair. I didn’t think I would but it grew on me. 

Adrien Tesson, 20th(FRA): again, a very poor showing. I think having Shoma there made everyone nervous. 

Matteo Rizzo, 5th(ITA): he is growing into his own style. I love watching him skate. 

Shoma Uno, 1st(JPN): YAY!!!!!!!

Andrei Lazukin, 8th(RUS): I missed him so much while he was out last season due to injury. I love having him back and in perfect health. 

Dance

Nazarova/Nikitin, 3rd(UKR): I was very impressed by their lifts. They made them look so smooth and simple. 

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13 Years 💖✨ #NazarovaNikitin

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Pattinaggio artistico, Santa Claus Cup 2017: Jasmine Tessari e Francesco Fioretti sesti dopo la short dance, guidano Aleksandra Nazarova e Maxim Nikitin - Il complesso sportivo Tüskecsarnok di Budapest ospita nel fine settimana la Santa Claus Cup 2017... https://t.co/s7YBiU6Q92

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Aleksandra Nazarova and Maxim Nikitin Worlds 2016 Banquet

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Aleksandra Nazarova and Maxim Nikitin Worlds 2016

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Aleksandra Nazarova and Maxim Nikitin Worlds 2016

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Sasha and Max <3

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Such a sweet moment 😭😍😭😍😭😍😭❤

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Ready to cheer for my little ones Sasha and Max!!! Go Go Go!!!! 🙌🎉🎊💕❤