The greatness of Valieva, resentment for Tuktamysheva and Trusova's comeback: what was discussed after the free program of figure skaters in the Czech Republic

The championship that went down in history

The free program in the women's competition at the Russian Championship did not leave indifferent any figure skating fan both in the country itself and abroad.

Olympic champion Ekaterina Bobrova predicted a month and a half ago that the whole world would follow the girls' tournament, and now it is obvious that this was not an exaggeration.

At the finished championship, which experts have already called the greatest, not only the three participants in the upcoming Olympic Games were determined, but the history of world sports was forged.

In St. Petersburg, there was a place for everything: annoying mistakes and courageous overcoming of oneself, dramatic falls and spectacular comebacks, tears of happiness and disappointment, delight and collapse of hopes.

As the world champion Maria Butyrskaya noted, the championship was in no way inferior to the Olympics in terms of the intensity of passions.

And Olympic champion Eric Radford, describing his impressions of the performance of Russian girls, probably listed all the enthusiastic epithets that he could think of: extraordinary, sublime, extraordinary, incredible, inspiring and stunning.

"Our girls are from another planet, you have to love them and enjoy each rental"

The word "space" began to evaluate the performance of Russian figure skaters not in the current season.

But it was precisely with the ascent of the star Kamila Valieva to the sports horizon that it sounded so often and persistently.

The national championship was no exception, in which student Eteri Tutberidze scored an incredible amount of points - 283.48, ahead of the silver medalist Alexander Trusova by almost 35 points.

“During these days, the history of world figure skating has been rewritten.

These three days and the performance of our girls are space.

Valieva gets higher and higher scores each time.

But records and marks are not that important.

Most important is the medal with which you leave the tournament.

You can win Olympic gold with both 283 and 210. The main thing is value.

Yes, it's the cherry on top.

But the cake itself is a medal, "Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin told the Championship.

In turn, the prize-winner of the championship of the planet Alyona Leonova noted that she did not have enough epithets to describe the winner.

“This is just something unreal!

Above the mountains, above everything.

Valieva is just space.

The greatest happiness is that Kamila is two or three heads taller than the rest.

This means that we have a certain guarantee at the Olympic Games that she will perform just as brilliantly and please everyone, ”the expert emphasized.

The famous trainer Inna Goncharenko separately noted the psychological stability of the 15-year-old figure skater, who, as a leader, following the results of the short program, performed with an arbitrary skate of the latter, after all the competitors.

“I am very impressed by Camila's performance.

She had a rather difficult last starting number.

This is a test when all the rivals have appeared in front of you.

The girl approached this start in a very good not only sports, but also psychological shape.

Just done, she showed something cosmic.

I want her to be able to hold on to all this, so that at the Olympic Games everyone can see the performance as well.

If it turns out this way, this is a potential Olympic champion, today there was Olympic skating, ”- quotes the words of the Sport24 specialist.

Honored coach of Russia Tatyana Tarasova did not single out Valieva separately, but thanked each of the skaters for the great fight.

"To tears!

Our girls are from another planet, you have to love them and enjoy each rental.

Such a Russian championship is stronger than any world championship, they are very strong in our country.

I don't even want to single out anyone.

Many thanks to all of them for this holiday, ”she said.

"Trusova managed to show what she is capable of"

American journalist Philip Hersh wrote that Valieva is “from another world”, and, of course, she once again demonstrated her uniqueness and exclusivity, but who did the almost incredible in the final of the championship was Alexandra Trusova.

A spectacular comeback is just about her.

The Russian rocket, barely recovering from a fracture of the foot, cleanly performed three quadruple jumps, although, unlike the short program, it did not experiment with the ill-fated triple axel.

This allowed her to rise from fifth place to second and guarantee herself a place in the Olympic team.

"Sasha managed to show what she is capable of," - commented on the performance of the 17-year-old figure skater Tarasova.

Trusova herself admitted that she was pleased with the result, although she hoped to show better skating.

“Of course, I wanted to skate much better both the short program and the free program.

I will work, I hope everything will improve before the European Championship, ”the figure skater said at a press conference.

In her opinion, there is still time until the next tournament to work on the existing shortcomings and try to “reach out” to her teammate Valieva.

“I started to regain my form a little over a month ago.

Now I am not at all in the best.

To begin with, I will try to skate cleanly, improve everything - skating, jumping.

We need to work on the triple axel.

While he was unstable, there were mistakes in training and in competitions, ”she added.

"Tuktamysheva should have won the free program against Shcherbakova"

In figure skating, there is a concept of “raising the hall”.

This is when an athlete gives such a phenomenal performance that all spectators get up from their seats to express their admiration.

This is exactly the kind of skating that world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva showed on Saturday, who the day before, after an unsuccessful short program, promised to give all of herself in an arbitrary.

She did not disappoint the fans, giving out the historic, as Yevgeny Medvedev called it, rental.

The stands of "Yubileiny" were in a frenzied delight.

“This, it seems to me, has never happened.

For the first time I felt such emotions when so many people are rooting for you, ”said the athlete on the air of Channel One.

But for an almost flawless rental with two triple axels, Lisa received a rather modest 153.12 points, which is lower than her personal record. The final seventh place means for the veteran of the national figure skating, who performed at the 14th national championship, not getting to the Olympics. But Anna Shcherbakova, who fell while performing a quadruple flip and made a lutz-ritberger cascade with a blot, received 158.10 points for her rental, which raised questions from experts. So, Goncharenko said that the current champion of the planet was weaker than her level.

“I expected much more from Anna.

I think the program was not at all perfect for her.

Not only did the fall, there were also minor mistakes.

On the eve of the Olympic Games, of course, she does not need to perform like this.

But we know that Anna is a fighter, a hard worker, a girl that is wise beyond her years.

I think she will make every effort to correct this situation, ”the honored coach of Russia emphasized.

And the Olympic champion Natalya Bestemyanova compared the performance of Shcherbakova and Tuktamysheva and came to the conclusion that the pupil of Alexei Mishina skated better than the ward Tutberidze.

“I was very surprised by the story with Tuktamysheva.

She should have won the free program against Shcherbakova today, it seems to me.

She was better in terms of elements, ”she told TASS.

In turn, the American journalist David Kane called the advantage of the reigning world champion over an experienced compatriot in five points absurd.

In his opinion, it is surprising how Shcherbakova guaranteed herself a bronze medal without completing either quadruple jumps or triple axel.

But Alexei Yagudin, on the contrary, spoke out more harshly towards Elizabeth.

He believes that it is pointless for her to compete with Valieva, Trusova and Shcherbakova today.

“Mishin said after the short program that this is life.

Liza is a world champion, European and Russian champion, and has participated in this tournament 14 times.

But now people ride differently.

Not only the three winners, but also Sofia Muravyova, and Sofia Samodelkina, and Adelia Petrosyan.

And also Sofia Akatieva was not there.

This is a different level, "- quotes the Olympic champion" Championship ".

Tarasova is of the same opinion.

Although at the same time she admitted that she was worried about Tuktamysheva.

“I was really rooting for her, but it's hard for Liza to compete with Valieva and Trusova, who perform difficult jumps.

When the entire ice rink supports you, it is, of course, better than when they whistle at you.

Supporting people is a big deal.

They just won't get sick, ”said the specialist.

Leonova also sympathized with Elizabeth, noting that the mistake in the short program the day before was to blame.

But, in her opinion, the final results of the championship are absolutely natural.

“Now everything is deserved, everyone is in place.

It's a shame that Tuktamysheva did not make it to the Olympic team and will only remain in reserve, but it was incredibly pleasant to watch her.

She coped with it - for which many thanks to her.

We will wait for Lisa on the ice at big tournaments.

I hope we will see her at the world championship, ”said the vice-champion of the world.

According to the regulations of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, a place in the national team is guaranteed only for athletes who took first and second places at the national championship.

The owner of the third ticket to international competitions is determined by the coaching council.

“The decision on the composition for the European Championship will be made on Sunday by the executive committee, I can’t say anything before that,” said the president of the FFKKR Alexander Gorshkov.