Back in the years leading up to the Beijing Winter Olympics, Kamila Valieva was known as one of the most talented figure skaters, and even the granddaughter of the artist Pablo Picasso Diana was full of praise for her. Many thought that this favorite of famous coach Etri Tutberidze would get the gold medal in women's singles skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics when she was 15 years old, and although some unexpected off-ice factors led to a less-than-ideal performance than expected, Vallieva became even more famous after the competition in February this year. She now has over one million social network subscribers, and she's only 16 years old. On her birthday, Valieva was congratulated not only by her own coaching staff, but also by friends from the worlds of gymnastics, music, theater, and even Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Etri Tutberidze coaching team traditionally puts happy birthday wishes in a poem, so Valieva received this greeting: Happy birthday, Kamila! May your life be filled with warmth! Happiness, health and strength will always be with you! All successes and victories on the ice!
And in the official group "VKontakte" of the coaching team of Tutberidze, Valliyeva is called "a small but strong person".
Valliyeva spent her birthday in the Kremlin, where she met with the winners and winners of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Camilla managed to waltz with skier Veronika Stepanova, who also apologized to Valieva for being too harsh on her about the drug-related Winter Olympics. Valieva posed for a photo with European Champion Anastasia Mishina in the Kremlin's Andreyev Hall and drank a soda while meeting the Russian president. The 16-year-old figure skater was not given champagne due to her age. Valieva was awarded the Order of Friendship, which she received at the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
On the same day, the silver medalists of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Alexandra Trusova and Evgeny Tarasov/Vladimir Morozov, who were also present in the Kremlin, had to be sent to Nizhny Novgorod to participate in the program "Champions on Ice". Valieva did not go there, and the night before she was not on the final list of performers.
How Valieva spent the night remains a mystery - she probably celebrated her birthday in the company of family and friends. Throughout the day, Khrushtani's classmates, figure skaters from other coaching groups, gymnasts, musicians and actors congratulated her on social networks. Georgian men's singles skating champion Maurits Kvitelashvili posted an interesting video related to Valieva, a clip of the figure skater editing a number of scenes from her time at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. "For the grandchildren," Valieva also replied to a question from Kvitelashvili, who jokingly referred to her as her grandmother.
TV show host and actress Alla Mikheeva called Valieva a diamond, Evgenia Medvedeva shared an adorable photo with Valieva, and the figure skater's best friend, dancer Eva Uvarova, asked people from different regions to record a short video of the birthday girl and compile it into a big congratulations. "Artists" Lara Kramarenko, Ekaterina Selezneva and Darya Sergeyeva, gymnast Angelina Melnikova, dancers Alexei Mechetny, Ali Khairulin and Ildar Gainudinov, honorary Russian artist Yegor Druzhinin and Bulgarian singer Christian Kostov left their blessings for Valieva.
Chinese ice fans also have a touching nickname for Valieva. Valieva's fans come not only from Russia, but also from other countries. On Chinese social media microblogging, Valieva even has a cute nickname "K Bao" - fans use a combination of the first letter of the figure skater's name and the Chinese character "Bao". " combination of the first letter of the figure skater's name and the Chinese character "Bao".