Anastasiia Shabotova

Anastasiia Sergeevna Shabotova (Russian: Анастасия Сергеевна Шаботова; Ukrainian: Анастасія Сергіївна Шаботова; born 17 January 2006) is a Russian-Ukrainian figure skater who represents Ukraine in ladies' singles. She is the 2020 Ukrainian national champion on the senior and junior levels and the 2020 Ice Star junior champion. She finished 20th at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

Anastasiia Shabotova
Shabotova in 2019
Personal information
Native nameАнастасия Сергеевна Шаботова
Full nameAnastasiia Sergeevna Shabotova
Alternative namesAnastasia
Country represented Ukraine
Former country(ies) represented Russia
Born (2006-01-17) 17 January 2006
Moscow, Russia
Home townKiev, Ukraine
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in)
CoachSvetlana Panova
Tatiana Moiseeva
Marina Amirkhanova
Former coachRafael Arutyunyan
Irina Strahova
ChoreographerIlona Protasenia
Elena Romanovskaya
Nadezda Kanaeva
Skating clubSport School "Leader"
Former skating clubSnow Leopards Sports School
Training locationsMoscow, Russia
Began skating2009
ISU personal best scores
Combined total144.85
2020 Junior Worlds
Short program31.08
2020 Junior Worlds
Free skate92.17
2020 Junior Worlds

Personal life

Shabotova was born in Moscow, Russia on 17 January 2006. Her mother, Irina, is Ukrainian and her maternal grandparents continue to live in Ukraine.[1]

Doping comments controversy

On 21 January 2019, in an Instagram live question-and-answer session with her followers, then 13-year-old Shabotova claimed: "How to perform consistently? Drink a lot of dope and you perform stably. That's all. You just need to drink the right dope."[2] When asked if the skaters at Khrustalny (skaters coached by Eteri Tutberidze, Daniil Gleikhengauz, and Sergei Dudakov, including 2018 Olympic Champion Alina Zagitova) were doping, Shabotova responded: "Of course they do."[3] In response, Tutberidze told media that she was disappointed that younger skaters viewed doping as the key to success, rather than putting in hard work on the ice.[2]

Shabotova's comments led to her being cyberbullied by the Russian figure skating community.[1] Representatives of the Sambo-70 club, home of Khrustalny, demanded punishment for her and many coaches and prominent figures around the sport regarded her as a persona non grata.[2] However, several fellow athletes and fans came to Shabotova's defense, including two-time World Champion Irina Slutskaya.[3]

Figure Skating Federation of Russia president Aleksandr Gorshkov and Shabotova's coach, Svetlana Panova, both dismissed Shabotova's comments as nonsense. They attributed her comments to her youth and naivety, as well as being asked leading questions.[4] Panova disciplined the skater over her comments, but expressed that she did not wish to see Shabotova seriously punished for comments obviously meant in jest.[3] Shabotova's mother also insisted that her daughter did not understand the severity of her comments and was repeating words she may have incorrectly interpreted from gossip around her, and implied that her daughter did not know the difference between doping and taking vitamin supplements.[5] As punishment for her words, her mother confiscated her smartphone. She then asked that Shabotova's career not be ruined over her careless comments.[5]

Russian Anti-Doping Agency head Yuri Ganus promised to hold an explanatory conversation with Shabotova and announced that RUSADA was investigating whether there was any truth to her comments.[2][6] Representatives of the Moscow City Sports Department also spoke to Shabotova about the validity of her comments.[7]

Shabotova later posted a video on her Instagram account to apologize, stating that: "I said something stupid, maybe because I lost in my latest competition. I didn't think they'd misunderstand me."[3]

Career

Early career

Shabotova began skating in 2009 under Irina Strahova in Moscow at the Moskvich School.[2] She moved to train Svetlana Panova and Tatiana Moiseeva at the Snow Leopards Sports School in the 2017–18 season. Shabotova had limited domestic success in Russia, with her highest result being 14th at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships.[8][7]

On 23 May 2019, Shabotova's request to switch nationalities from Russia to represent her mother's native Ukraine was unanimously approved by the executive committee of the Moscow Federation of Figure Skating.[6]

2019–2020 season

Shabotova spent the summer training with Rafael Arutyunyan in the United States, while keeping Panova as her head coach.[1] In August, Ukrainian national team head coach Marina Amirkhanova invited her to Ukrainian test skates, where she performed several triple axel jumps.[1] Despite being age eligible for international competition, Shabotova was unable to compete on the Junior Grand Prix due to delays from the International Skating Union in processing her nationality transfer.[1][7]

In October 2019, Shabotova made her international debut at Ice Star, winning the junior gold medal over Niina Petrokina of Estonia and former Russian teammate Kamila Sultanmagomedova.[7] Shabotova then won the silver medal at the Volvo Open Cup in November, behind Russian Ksenia Sinitsyna and ahead of Maria Bolsheva of Latvia.[9]

At the 2020 Ukrainian Championships in December, Shabotova won the senior gold medal by over 46 points ahead of Taisiya Spesivtseva and Anastasia Gozhva.[10] In her free skating program, she unsuccessfully attempted a triple axel. In February, Shabotova again won gold at the 2020 Ukrainian Junior Championships, this time ahead of Dariya Kotenko and Mariia Andriichuk.[11] She finished her season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, finishing 20th overall after placing 17th in the short program and 20th in the free skating. She again unsuccessfully attempted a triple axel jump in the free skating.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[12]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Ukraine
International: Junior[13]
Event 2019–20
Junior Worlds20th
Ice Star1st
Volvo Open Cup2nd
National[13]
Ukrainian Champ.1st
Ukrainian Junior Champ.1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: J = Junior

For Russia
National[8]
Event 2018–19
Russian Junior Champ.14th

Detailed results

Junior results
2019–2020 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–8 March 2020 2020 World Junior Championships Junior 17
52.68		 20
92.17		 20
144.85
4–6 February 2020 2020 Ukrainian Junior Championships Junior 1
60.47		 1
118.52		 1
178.99
17–19 December 2019 2020 Ukrainian Championships Senior 1
66.80		 1
122.43		 1
189.23
5–10 November 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup Junior 1
62.40		 2
105.41		 2
167.81
14–17 October 2019 2019 Ice Star Junior 1
58.73		 1
116.03		 1
174.76
2018–2019 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
31 Jan. – 4 Feb. 2019 2019 Russian Junior Championships Junior 15
57.13		 14
111.32		 14
168.45

References
  1. Dymov, Vyacheslav (16 October 2019). "Она говорила о допинге в Хрустальном, после чего стала выступать за Украину. Как дела у той самой Анастасии Шаботовой?" [She talked about doping in Khrustalny, after which she began to play for Ukraine. How's that Anastasia Shabotova doing?]. Sports Day by Day (in Russian).
  2. Tokarev, Georgy (22 August 2019). "В копилку Украины: фигуристка из России исполнила тройной аксель" [In the piggy bank of Ukraine: a figure skater from Russia performed a triple axel] (in Russian). Gazeta.Ru.
  3. Luxmoore, Matthew (22 January 2019). "'Of Course They Take It': Russian Teen Figure Skater Regrets Claims Of Widespread Doping". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
  4. Bespalova, Ekaterina (8 July 2019). "Шаботова в сборной Украины: наказание за "правильный допинг" или стратегия?" [Shabotova in the Ukrainian national team: a punishment for "correct doping" or a strategy?] (in Russian). Sport Express.
  5. "Мама фигуристки, сказавшей о пользе допинга: она не понимает, в чём её обвиняют" [The mother of the skater who spoke about the benefits of doping: she does not understand what she is accused of]. Championat (in Russian). 21 January 2019.
  6. "Рассказавшая о "правильном допинге" фигуристка сможет выступать за Украину" [The skater who has told about "right doping" will be able to play for Ukraine] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 8 July 2019.
  7. "Русская фигуристка Шаботова будет выступать за Украину. Она говорила о допинге в группе Тутберидзе" [Russian figure skater Shabotova will compete for Ukraine. She talked about doping in the Tutberidze group]. Sport24 (in Russian). 8 July 2019.
  8. "Шаботова Анастасия Сергеевна" [Shabotova Anastasiia Sergeevna]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 9 July 2019.
  9. "Анастасия Шаботова выиграла короткую программу на Volvo Open Cup в Риге" [Anastasia Shabotova won the short program at the Volvo Open Cup in Riga]. SportOnline.ua (in Russian). 8 November 2019.
  10. "Фигуристка, рассказавшая о правильном допинге в группе Тутберидзе, стала чемпионкой Украины" [The figure skater who spoke about the correct doping in the Tutberidze group became the champion of Ukraine] (in Russian). Eurosport. 20 December 2019.
  11. "Скандальная российская фигуристка отобралась на юниорский ЧМ от Украины" [The scandalous Russian figure skater was selected for the Junior World Championships from Ukraine]. iSport.ua (in Russian). 5 February 2020.
  12. "Anastasiia SHABOTOVA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020.
  13. "Anastasiia SHABOTOVA: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
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