Adelina Sotnikova literally beamed with happiness at her friend’s birthday. But her husband looked embarrassed.
Adelina Sotnikova / Photo: © Personal archive of Adelina Sotnikova
Sochi Olympic champion Adelina Sotnikova, after retiring from her career, often got into scandals, but did not give up trying to build personal happiness. The girl proudly brought her chosen one into the light.
Dmitry clearly felt awkward, but Adeline beamed with pleasure.
“Is this an April Fool’s joke?”
The first Russian Olympic champion in women’s single figure skating, Adelina Sotnikova, after her triumph in Sochi, rarely reminded herself of her success on the ice. She was out of action for some time due to injury, then returned, but no longer achieved big victories. After the 2015/16 season, the athlete could only be seen in various ice shows, and in 2020 the girl officially announced her retirement from her professional career.
It cannot be said that after leaving the sport no one remembered Sotnikova, but still, since the famous Sochi victory, figure skating fans have had many new idols. Fortunately, the Russians regularly continued to win medals at all major international tournaments.
In the fall of 2022, Adeline stunned many by announcing that she had a child. Almost none of the fans even knew that the skater was pregnant.
— I bought a test. I waited and waited and waited, I saw… not two stripes, there was a cross there – and that’s it, I was in shock. She cried with joy. My beloved was shocked. I told him after two or three weeks because I didn’t know how to tell him what his reaction would be. When I told him in April, he asked: “Is this an April Fool’s joke?” I say: “No, April 1 has already passed, this is not a joke.” He: “Maybe you’re confusing something, maybe the test was wrong, maybe you’ll do another one?” “He didn’t expect to find out this,” Adeline later told the Tatarka FM YouTube channel.
Tennis player Dmitry
After the flow of congratulations subsided, the most curious began to wonder who the baby’s father was? Adeline not only hid her pregnancy, but also successfully hid her love relationships from prying eyes. Having announced the birth of her son Adrian, the Olympic champion never got around to declassifying the name of her lover. However, Sotnikova gave a few hints to those who wanted to play the guessing game: an athlete named Dmitry, height 191 cm, tennis player.
You could guess for quite a long time; you can’t run after every tennis player with a height meter. But in the age of the Internet, curiosity is much easier to satisfy. Those who were concerned quickly figured out that tennis player Dmitry of suitable height was Kazakh Popko. The 26-year-old native of St. Petersburg is not among the top representatives of his sport: several times he unsuccessfully tried to qualify for Grand Slam tournaments, and did not rise above 162nd position in the ATP rankings. But Adeline clearly did not evaluate her chosen one by the importance of the titles he won.
Adelina Sotnikova with her family / Photo: © Personal archive of Adelina Sotnikova
After some time, Sotnikova gave up the idea of hiding her husband’s identity. If in March she limited herself to tips, then in May she already shared pictures and videos from a joint vacation trip. And the other day the figure skater decided to take an even bolder step – she went out with her chosen one for the first time. A video of a couple at the birthday party of blogger Elena Sazhina appeared on social networks. The young man looked embarrassed and tense, and Adeline helped him take the correct position for photography, literally moving him by the waist.
Surely Dmitry will get used to social life if he regularly attends such events with Adeline. The main thing is that a start has been made.
2023-09-12 13:18:43
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