+ Skating +

Coach: Nikolai Morozov
Choreographer: Nikolai Morozov
Training Center: International Skating Center of Connecticut (Simsbury)
Club: Sport Military Club, Odessa
Former Coaches: Tatiana Tarasova & Maya Usova,Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov, Alexander Tumanovski, G. Yonova, G. Starkov
Former Choreographer: Natalia Linichuk (97, 99-02) Vassili Makhrim (98-99), Olga Peshenina & A. Kranvais (95-96)

+ Training notes:

+ At the ISCC, Elena and Ruslan train daily from Monday through Friday and are usually finished for the day by 5 or 6 pm. They have the weekends off. This schedule is different from the training schedule they had in Newark, DE where they trained 6 days per week with Sundays off and with training hours often split with a morning and late night session.

+ Key notes:

+ After the 1996-97 season, Elena and Ruslan's rink in Odessa closed. Elena and Ruslan then moved to the US to train with Linichuk & Karponosov. Before moving, they had been coached by Alexander Tumanovski.

+ From 1997-2002, Elena and Ruslan trained with Linichuk and Karponosov at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware. With few exceptions, their programs were usually choreographed by Natalia Linichuk.

+ In April 2002, Elena and Ruslan made the decision to leave Linichuk and Delaware and move to Connecticut to train under Tatiana Tarasova.

+ In November 2002, the coaching partnership of Tatiana Tarasova & Nikolai Morozov came to an abrupt end. Facing a difficult decision, Elena and Ruslan made the choice to stay with Tarasova and changed their training rink to the ISCC rink in Simsbury.

+ In April 2003, Elena and Ruslan decided to return to training in Newington under coach Nikolai Morozov.

+ In December 2004, Elena and Ruslan's juvenile team, Sara Bailey and Chase Brogan finished fourth at the US Junior National Championships. Though the Bailey/Brogan partnership dissolved, Elena and Ruslan continue to coach Bailey and her new partner Zach Donohue.

+ In Spring/Summer 2005, Ruslan has been choreographing programs for several US ice dancing teams, including Kimmerly Lauten and Augie Hill.

+ In September 2005, Elena and Ruslan moved with their training group from the Connecticut Skating Center in Newington to the International Skating Center of Connecticut in Simsbury.