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Five year old Mila skating her way to the top

 

Young ice-skater Lyudmila Zykova may only be five years old but she has already set her sights on the very pinnacle of ice-dancing.

Mila, as she is known, is a Year One student at GEMS Royal Dubai School in the UAE and is already skating her way to stardom, winning countless competitions across the UAE on the way.

As a determined youngster, Mila took up the sport back home in Kazakhstan before her family moved to Dubai. Her parents tried to get her involved all sorts of sports and activities, but Mila’s then three-year-old heart was clearly set on skating,

illustrating the resolve and focus that has set her on the way to the very top in the sport. Her dedicated coach Svetlana Volkova, who has 28 years of experience as a choreographer-director, is confident young Mila is just setting out on a journey that can see her compete with the best in the worl

“The progress is clear to see,” says Svetlana. “I have been coaching for a long time and when you compare her progress with that of the top skaters in the world — such as Alexandra Trusova, who is now 16 — Mila is already at that same level they were at five and six. So her future looks so bright to be one of the best skaters in the world.”

 

Now settled in the UAE, Mila trains six days a week to develop and improve her skills. Her day begins at 5.30am with stretching and ice time, she then hits the ice again in the afternoon after school.

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“When she was three, she was watching the skating on the television and she said: ‘That is what I want to do’,” explains her mother Tanya. “It was purely her decision. We were afraid she was too small at three, but she was determined so we set her up with coaching and she simply thrived and we are seeing the results.

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