The performance of Anna Shcherbakova and Alena Kostornaya in the free program as part of the Grand Prix stage in France became a history of overcoming.

At the very beginning of their skates, both Russian women made falls: the current world champion - on a quadruple lutz, and her friend - on a triple axel.

Despite a bad start, the girls showed amazing willpower and staunch character.

The audience no longer saw a single, even small, blot from them.

Specialists were also delighted with the courage of the skaters.

Most of them supported the athletes.

So, the Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin refused to call the fall of the world champion a mistake.

In his opinion, she "just slipped a leg."

“I said on the air that it’s cool when, after an unexpected and unsuccessful fall, a person walks and does a quadruple flip.

Anya has repeatedly demonstrated, not in words, but in deeds, that she is a real fighter.

During the warm-up I saw her do it very easily.

Also, Shcherbakova is doing well with the lutz.

Nothing terrible happened, just an accident.

Everything else is at the highest level, "- quotes Yagudin's words" Championship ".

As for Kostornaya, according to the expert, an unsuccessful push-off led to the fact that the skater “went to flight, and not upward”.

“When I see a fall, I can tell right away whether she has some element or not.

Kostornaya has a triple axel.

I see.

If not for such a repulsion, the axel would have been made.

We are very proud of our girls.

I sincerely wish the boys to watch their performances and understand what wrestling is, "Championship" quotes Yagudin.

The famous coach Tatyana Tarasova also refrained from criticism, but only praised the Russians for the fact that, having made mistakes, they did not break down, but ideally brought the work to the end.

“I am delighted with our girls.

They are real heroes.

I am very proud of them.

After a fall like Shcherbakova's, standing up and doing a quadruple flip is something fantastic.

I have never seen this before and I am afraid that I will not see it again.

Only Anya is able to show such a level.

Kostornaya is also very good.

She skated perfectly, despite the fall ”, - quotes the Sport24 specialist.

However, she admitted that she did not understand Kostornaya's program, put under the composition of the famous American singer Billie Eilish.

“They all love and listen to her.

But listening is one thing, and skating a program is another.

I always say that there is something I do not understand in modern music.

It is very difficult to watch this program.

I understand it.

But Alena's short New York, New York is simply gorgeous, ”Tarasova added.

One of the few who allowed criticism of the girls was Alexander Zhulin.

According to him, Kostornaya performed jumps as if "with the last bit of strength", which led to the fall, and she skated the program itself not in the best way.

“I was most upset that she showed very strongly that after the triple axel everything was over.

She skated the program, just doing a favor, because of this the program did not come from the word "at all".

There were just jumps, and even the music was Billie Eilish.

If you do it, then you have to do it with some idea, concept, and there is just a set of elements to the music.

May my close friend, from my point of view, friend Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze, do not take offense at me, since I always speak in the forehead, since I have the right, I have been for many years already, ”the specialist complained.

But for Shcherbakova, he did not regret words of praise, amazed how, after a painful landing on the ice, she instantly managed to pull herself together.

“Anna is a genius, a monster.

With such a fall - a quadruple lutz: this is for all the boys, in general, everyone should see.

The man fell from the very first element, but fell so that it was possible not to collect the bones, and then made a quadruple flip, collected for the whole program, and even with emotions and history.

This is my favorite program this year.

Honor and praise.

She's just an amazing girl, "Zhulin emphasized.

Inna Goncharenko, another coach, believes that it is impossible to judge the girls harshly at the moment, since both are just gaining shape: Shcherbakova has recently recovered from an injury, and Kostornaya is recovering after returning to the previous group.

“Alena looked much better than at the previous stage, in terms of expressiveness and presentation.

Skated well short.

Yes, I fell in the free program, but this is a triple axel.

Everything else is done perfectly at high speed.

These are the starts for running programs, the girls are adding.

Perhaps, before the fall of Shcherbakova, something fell under the skate - this happens.

Anya once again showed her character.

Despite the curiosity, then there was a clean quadruple flip and first place, "- quotes the words of Goncharenko TASS.

She also appreciated the performance of Ksenia Sinitsyna, who finished fourth, just over six points behind the bronze medalist Wakaba Higuchi.

According to the expert, the Russian woman received well-deserved marks, making small blots.

“In comparison with the Japanese figure skater, who took third place, Xenia did not have a triple axel, the Japanese showed more confident skating.

But Ksyusha is a clever girl, she skated cleanly, kept up well, but there were minor flaws, they noted that they were under-rotated.

For a debut, the skating is very good: she skated both short and free without gross mistakes, ”Goncharenko emphasized.

Finally, the Olympic champion Natalya Bestemyanova also noted the fortitude and character of the Russian women, who did not flinch after the annoying and painful falls.

“Anya is a person, not a robot.

She so wanted to do two quads for the first time in the season, but the first jump fell through.

Further rental of the program showed that this is the figure skater who can be counted on.

She is a fighter and a heroine.

A unique quadruple flip, a proprietary cascade of triple lutz - triple rittberger - everything was done perfectly, ”Bestemyanova explained.