Assessment of Trusova and courage of Shcherbakova: what was discussed after the short program among women in the Czech Republic in figure skating

“You need to ask the judges what they see there”

The fans waited with great interest to compete among women at the Russian Figure Skating Championship in Chelyabinsk.

The country's championship has become another opportunity to observe the confrontation between the teams of Eteri Tutberidze and Evgeni Plushenko, and a number of skaters are claiming medals.

Anna Shcherbakova will defend the title, who became the first in the Chechen Republic in Krasnoyarsk a year ago.

However, the athlete came to the tournament after suffering pneumonia, and therefore the rivals, in particular 14-year-old Kamila Valieva and Alexandra Trusova, had additional chances.

Despite her health problems, Shcherbakova showed real sports courage and managed to win the short program with a score of 80.31 points, having cleanly completed all the jumping elements.

In general, she was satisfied with her performance.

“There was a mistake, but now I have no time for it, all thoughts about the free program.

This day is a thing of the past.

I would not want to talk about health.

I am going to perform and will try to show my maximum at the moment.

I didn't want to withdraw from this tournament at all.

Before the short program, I did not feel very well, but when I went out on the ice, I felt the support of the audience, and everything vanished as if by hand, ”Shcherbakova quotes“ Championship ”.

Another pupil of Tutberidze, Valieva, could have outstripped the medalist of the European Championship, but she made a gross mistake, tore off the triple axel.

Nevertheless, Camila received a high mark (79.99), which allowed her to take second place.

“I fell on an axel, I think this is my slight hesitation in approach, but in training everything worked out.

I often try to skate to the end, even if the axel did not work out, not even to the music, "TASS quotes Valieva.

Also, the young athlete admitted that she was not going to put the axel in an arbitrary program, and promised to “calmly” skate it.

But the main topic for discussion was not even the fall of Valieva, but the score for the hire of Trusova.

Plushenko's ward skated her program perfectly, not making a single mistake.

The delighted coach even asked the fans to applaud with gestures.

However, after the scores from the judges were highlighted on the scoreboard (75.76), Plushenko only showed his thumb down.

This mark was not enough for the athlete even to get into the top three in the short program.

She took fourth place, passing ahead of another pupil of Tutberidze, Daria Usacheva.

“We need to ask the judges what they see there.

I think that the best was the rental, I got all the rotations.

Great skating, ”Plushenko noted.

“The rib is great on the flip, the lutz-toe loop is wonderful.

It remains only to jump out of the dress.

Where is it better?

The increase is serious.

Judge, let them judge.

Let's think further.

We have another day tomorrow, we are working, "R-Sport quotes Plushenko.

Trusova herself admitted that she was satisfied with her rental, and also explained why she did not include a triple axel in the program.

“I wanted to skate clean.

For some reason, I can't jump with a triple axel now, so I was double.

I will try to do my job well in the free skate, ”Trusova promised.

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva became the only skater besides Valieva who was not afraid to perform a triple axel in the short program.

However, she also performed the element not without error.

As a result, an experienced athlete who recently had a coronavirus only ranked fifth with 73.56 points.

“I did everything I could.

Thanks for the great support.

Until I burst into tears, ”the athlete wrote in her Instagram story.

In turn, Usacheva also did not do without a blot - she stumbled on the path of steps.

However, this did not prevent her from taking third place (76.72).

“In general, everything is not bad, I am glad that I collected and did all the jumps, it was a shame when I jumped off the edge on the track.

I tried to pull out the program, I hope it worked.

Training before the Russian championship turned out to be successful - I worked, tried to correct mistakes, roll out programs.

I think I have come to this start ready, ”the 14-year-old figure skater summed up the performance.

"Yes, maybe Sasha was a little screwed up, but they didn't sue"

The short program did not leave the experts indifferent either.

So, the Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin admitted that all the skaters made a decent impression on him, although he was surprised by the large number of mistakes on the steps.

“In general, there is a fairly fair distribution of girls in the standings.

I would like, of course, to see a purely executed triple axel from Valieva.

And so everyone fought and all the fellows, ”said Yagudin.

According to the Olympic champion, the free program on Saturday should be even more interesting, since the gaps between the athletes are minimal.

“The results are pretty tight after the short program, so tomorrow we will have an intriguing free program.

When the gaps are huge, it is much more difficult to close them.

And tomorrow we have to see a fierce struggle for the podium of the Russian championship, ”added Yagudin.

In turn, Olympic champion Natalya Bestemyanova said that the judges gave Trusova a completely fair assessment, although Plushenko thinks otherwise.

“I may seem subjective, but when Trusova does not jump the elements of ultra-si, for me some kind of nerve leaves her skates.

Perhaps this is because I expect such elements from her.

But, in my opinion, today this place is her.

And I still want to see the elements of "ultra-si" from her, she is famous for this, we expect them from her, "Bestemyanova explained.

Also, the Olympic champion praised Shcherbakova for her courage.

According to her, the fact that Anna did not withdraw from the tournament after suffering pneumonia is worth a lot.

“Shcherbakova skated today so that if we didn’t know that Anya recently had an illness, we would not have understood this.

A lot of skaters got sick - only Liza Tuktamysheva, Sasha Stepanova, Vanya Bukin got out.

But they go out and ride, and it's amazing to have such an incentive to get out of the disease.

I very much welcome it when, for the sake of a goal, people ... make their body move, "Bestemyanova added.

Silver medalist of the World Championship Alena Leonova also expressed the opinion that Trusova received a fairly fair assessment for the short program.

“Yes, maybe Sasha was a little bit tight, but they didn’t sue.

She also did everything she could, showed her maximum.

Everyone's grades are absolutely adequate.

Kamila has a magical skating, she took it with her trips, her jumps were given advantages for a reason, "Leonova emphasized.

However, according to her, in the free program, skaters who have recently had an illness will have a harder time, since they may not have enough strength.

“Trusova's lag is about five points and it can be won back, especially considering her content.

Yes, they were going to make it easier, not to play a large number of quads, but they will still be.

If we compare Trusova with Usacheva, then she will not jump quads, but in this regard, it may be even harder for Sasha.

She will understand that the third place is close.

Now the main thing is to get together mentally, so that ... she calmly went out and skated, "- quotes the words of Leonova" Sport-Express ".