There are few people in this country who don’t know this fantastic woman and great trainer,aren't there? Tatyana Tarasova has trained more world and Olympic champions than anybody else in skating history, hasn't she? Her students have won about half a hundred gold and a lot of silver and bronze medals at the European and world competitions, haven't they? Eleven of her students have become Olympic champions,haven't they? We have seen them on the podium crying or laughing with joy after their victories,haven't we?
Tatyana is the daughter of Anatoly Tarasov, a famous ice hockey trainer,isn't she? For his daughter he has always been an example of a person who gave all his life to sport, hasn't he? She began to do figure skating at the age of five but had to end her career of a skater when she was 18 because of a trauma, didn't she? A year later she started training young athletes, didn't she? A lot of her students have become really famous like Irina Rodnina or Alexei Yagudin, haven't they?
For more than a decade Tatyana lived and worked in Connecticut, USA ,didn't she?Because in the 1990s there were big problems with stadiums and sports equipment in Russia,weren't there? She is sure that if a sportsman or a sportswoman stops training, it puts an end to his or her career,isn't she? That’s why she did what she could to keep Russian figure skaters in good form for the future of Russian national figure skating, didn't she?
In 2006 Tatyana Tarasova returned to Russia,didn't she? Here she started a number of interesting new projects which have become popular with the spectators, didn't she? Tatyana knows everything about figure skating, doesn't she? Every little detail is important to her what athletes wear when they come onto the ice, to what music they are skating, where and how they prepare for a competition or a show, isn't it? She loves her students and believes them,doesn't she? It’s a great honour for every skater to win her smile or her kind words, which are the best prize they can get, isn't it?
THE DHOLE
The dhole /doʊl/ (also called Asian wild dog, red dog or mountain wolf) can be confused with the fox, and this is one of the main reasons for its extinction. It attracts people's attention with its fluffy fur, which has a beautiful bright red colour. It is worth noting that its tail is slightly different from the fox's, as dholes have a tail with a black tip.
The habitat of this species is the Far East, China and Mongolia.
The dhole is listed in the IUCN Red List with the status of endangered species, as well as in the Red Book of Russia. In Russia, this rare predator was taken under full protection from the moment it was listed in the Red Book of the former USSR.
It is necessary to identify areas where the dhole is still preserved, with the subsequent organization of wildlife reserves here in order to protect this predator and the wild cloven-hoofed animals that it feeds on. It is desirable to reduce the number of grey wolves.
The dhole is a rather large animal with a body length of 76–110 cm, a tail length of 45–50 cm and weight of 17–21 kg. It has a combination of features of the wolf, the fox and the jackal. The dhole differs from the ordinary wolf in colour, fluffy hair and a longer tail that almost reaches the ground. Dholes have a shortened, pointed muzzle. Their ears are large, upright. The reproduction of these wolves is rather poorly studied, due to the small population of the species and the fact that they cannot be tamed at all. But it is a known fact that small wolf cubs appear most often in January-February. Females of this species give birth to 5 to 9 cubs.