“I owed myself a short program after the Russian championship in Krasnoyarsk, but even after this rental I owed. In general, I think that I was able to get together, Axel - it was an absurd mistake, I did not expect it myself. I am happy to play here, there was no excitement during the rental, only before him, ”TASS quoted Danielyan as saying.

He noted that he does not interfere with the status of one of the youngest participants in the continental championship.

“On the contrary, it’s nice, a very valuable experience - to enter among adults and watch them skate,” added the 16-year-old skater.

Following the results of his short program rental, Danielyan scored 84.63 points and took third place. Athletes will present the free program on January 23.

Earlier it was reported that Dmitry Aliyev named his main rival in the European Figure Skating Championships.