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He was double world champion, won Olympic silver and says he has zero patience. In Beijing, St'ephane Lambiel is now the coach of a medal favourite.

St'ephane Lambiel, Beijing are your second games as coach. Was it always clear to you that you would become a coach one day?

No, I couldn't have imagined that, especially when I was still a runner. I admired my coach Peter Gr"utter for his patience. I do not have them. For me, everything always has to work immediately. I thought it wasn't possible for me to go to the ice rink every day and develop something step by step with students.

When did it turn?

The time is different today. The older I got, the more my perspective changed - away from the athlete to the coach.

You're a double world champion, winning silver in Turin in 2006 and fourth in Vancouver in 2010, after which you retired. Was it just the shows for now?

Not only. I've also had the opportunity to teach seminars for the International and Japan Skating Federations. I realized how much fun it is to share the passion for figure skating. I really enjoyed it, it was interesting.

When did you start working with anyone on the ice?

Back in 2010, I wrote choreographies for Daisuke Takahashi, who won bronze in Vancouver, but also for Denis Ten, who came third in Sochi in 2014 (he died in a robbery in 2018, ed.). The shows, seminars and working with the runners meant a lot of freedom, I was able to try out a lot. And after a few years I knew that I really wanted to stay in figure skating, it's just in my blood.

How did your skating school in Champ'ery come about?

In 2014 I was in Sochi as a consultant for the IOC, where I also gave lectures. That's when I realized that nobody from Switzerland would run. That was a disappointment for me - after everything that Sarah Meier and I have achieved. And because I'm also a bit aggressive, I wanted to change that, and I wanted to do it now.

And immediately meant immediately?

Yes, Christopher Trevisan, with whom I have a company, and I decided that we would open a school. We started in 2014 with a summer camp, after that it was clear that we should continue.

Sarah Meier and you were exceptional talents. Were you sure that there is enough talent in Switzerland that just needs to be discovered?

I think we have a lot of talents. But it is difficult for each individual to find the right way that he can use his talent. Jumping to today, I find it so difficult to develop a passion in the Corona pandemic. Everything has gotten complicated. And I find it has become more difficult to dream. Figure skating has always triggered a lot of dreams for me - that's how I developed.

How has your school developed?

I had students straight away, not many, but that had the advantage that I was able to work a lot with them. For me it was important that I was in Valais and in a healthy environment. Now she is eight years old, the second Olympic cycle is already over. I'm very happy with how we did it.

Do you choose your students, or do they approach you?

you ask me. Everyone can come, but everyone can also leave. I don't tie anyone. Working with my top runners Shoma Uno, the bronze winner from Pyeongchang, or Deniss Vasiljevs and Koshiro Shimada, it all came naturally. Deniss listened to a presentation from me at the Youth Olympic Games in 2016, when I also organized my show in Geneva. When I then asked if anyone would like to run there, he was the only one who immediately raised his hand. Two weeks after the shows, his coach asked me to write the choreography for him. After an injury, he then switched to Champ'ery entirely.

How did the Japanese Shoma Uno find you?

That was very similar. I already knew Shoma Uno, I saw him live for the first time in 2012 at the Youth Olympic Games. The Japanese head of competitive sports introduced him to me and also asked if I would run the summer camps for the juniors for the Japanese association. I did that, Shoma and Koshiro were there. I immediately saw the potential of Shoma. We have always been in contact since then. In 2019 he separated from the trainer, tried it alone for more than half a year and then asked if he could come to Valais.

Where does your special relationship with Japan come from? Even as a runner you had a huge fan base in Japan, a website in Japanese too...

(thinks) …I don't really know. My first competition in Japan was a Junior Grand Prix in 1999. I was 14 and won my first medal in such a competition in Nagano.

Is that what led to this bond?

My memories of this hall and this competition are still there. And my first impression was: Wow, they are so funny, so different. My mother is Portuguese and shows so many emotions, is completely hysterical and always has to hug me, anyway we touch a lot in our family. And then these Japanese - everything so cold and contactless, hardly any emotions. I couldn't imagine living like this.

Could it be that the Japanese fell in love with you precisely because you exuded so many emotions and radiated passion?

Yes, maybe it was exotic for both sides.

How did the relationship develop?

I have a lot of contacts to Japan, every December I'm at the national championships there. It's always at Christmas, so I've been celebrating Christmas in Japan for years. (laughs)

You are now in Beijing with Shoma Uno and Deniss Vasiljevs. Alexia Paganini, the US-Swiss, also starts. She trained with you for a longer period of time, but then moved to Zurich. How so?

Alexia came to Champ'ery at the beginning of the 2020 pandemic, when the ice rinks were closing in New York. All members of the national squad receive so-called credits from the association, which they can redeem for hours with the national coach. And that's me since 2020. That was a good solution for her and also for me, so that I could get to know her properly. I was very happy about her 4th place at the EM in 2020, so it was an honor for me.

A culture shock?

Of course it was a huge contrast for her, New York and the remoteness of the Valais Alps. But I think she enjoyed it. We then did the 2020/21 season together, I thought it was on the right track. But when she came 25th, she missed the final at the World Championships – of course that wasn't what we expected.

Then she lost trust?

I really believe the way was right. The steps she had taken mattered to her. Doubts arose as to how to proceed. It was important to me that we have a line and follow it. But their doubts were too great and their ideas different from mine. That's why we broke up, but not in a fight. She is now training in Zurich.

You used to work in Zurich more often, and still do today?

Partial. Or the runners come to Champ'ery, such as Naoki Rossi from Zumikon, he is very special. He's only 14, has an interesting personality but is still a little messy.

Do you compare the students to themselves at that age?

No, I'm not trying to compare. I was a disaster, (laughs) I don't know how Peter Gr"utter put up with me.

Why a disaster?

I was way too emotional and impatient. That was probably an advantage for me, but impossible for him. Working with a runner like that every day is so exhausting for a coach. That's why I don't want to compare, I wasn't the best student.

You obviously like being a coach now.

Yes, as I said at the beginning, the times are simply different from 15 years ago. The result used to be so important to me. Today I see it a little differently. Today the result is more of a way than just a point.

One is the athlete's perspective, the other is the coach's perspective.

I agree. My perspective has changed.

Do you still work with your former staff, with Peter Gr"utter and choreographer Salom'e Brunner?

yes, very tight Both are at the summer camps and Peter Gr"utter comes to us every Wednesday and works with the youngest. He's the best, really the best in the world on the basics. He has a gift for explaining difficult things simply. And when everyone wants to do lots of spins straight away, Mr. Gr"utter takes the time to make the complex simple.

You say Mr. Gr"utter, even after 30 years?

Yes, I say Mr. Gr"utter. He is my mentor. And it will stay that way.

(P.S. С мистером Грюттером он лукавит, уже достаточно давно - лет 10 точно - он его называет Питер)

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