80-year-old coach Tuktamysheva congratulated her on her birthday with a dance under Gubin

Coach Alexei Mishin wished the Russian figure skater Elizaveta Tuktamysheva a happy birthday with a dance. The athlete published the video on Instagram.

Musicians, coaches and athletes from Mishin’s group were invited to the celebration in honor of the 25th anniversary of Tuktamysheva, which was held at a decorated training base. The video shows an 80-year-old specialist dancing to Andrey Gubin’s song “Night”. “I wish it was like this every morning,” the skater signed the video.

Tuktamysheva is a world champion and a silver medalist of the world championship. She also won gold in the European Championships and became the champion in the team championship of the planet. Since 2006, the skater has been training under the guidance of Mishin.

Mishin is an honored coach of Russia and the USSR. In 2021, he was honored with the International Skating Union (ISU) Life Achievement Award at the second ISU Skating Awards.

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