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BEVERLEY SMITH
Mississauga, Ont. — Globe and Mail Update
Published Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 6:26PM EDT
Last updated Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 9:31PM EDT
She’s tiny, a Russian upstart, a prodigy, a marvel and very very young.
Elizaveta Tuktamisheva of Russia took a wild big step into the international spotlight on Saturday when she won the gold medal at the Skate Canada in only her first appearance at a senior international event.
Battling a nine-hour time difference from home and admitting to a bit of jet lag, Tuktamisheva’s youth overcame all, apparently, admitting to a tiny bit of nerves, but you wouldn’t know it. She recognizes there is pressure at home to excel before the Sochi Olympics, looming in 2014, and there is pressure on her for her already stellar career as a junior international skater. But Tuktamisheva says she just doesn’t think about it, hides any knee-knocking and charges on. She steps up to a microphone like an old pro. She speaks English rather well.
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