“SHE DIDN’T JUST SKATE FOR HER COACH. 🥹⛸️ — SHE THANKED THE MAN SHE CALLS HER ‘SECOND FATHER’ IN THE MOST HEARTFELT TRIBUTE OF THE NIGHT.” At Alexei Mishin’s 85th anniversary gala in St. Petersburg, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva delivered an emotional performance celebrating the legendary coach who has guided her for nearly two decades. After captivating the audience with her trademark artistry, the former world champion took the microphone to thank Mishin, calling him her “second father” and crediting him not only for her greatest victories on the ice, but for shaping the person she has become.
The Empress Honors the Professor: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Delivers Emotional Tribute at Alexei Mishin’s 85th Jubilee If Pyotr Gumennik represents the soaring future of Alexei Mishin’s coaching legacy, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva represents its beating heart. At the grand March 2026 ice gala “Mishin – 85: A Celebration on Ice” at St. Petersburg’s Yubileyny Sports Palace, the figure … Read more