“It will be interesting to watch”: figure skater Trusova will take part in the Athletics Week in Moscow

Alexandra Trusova will take part in the Athletics Week, which will be held from June 7 to 13 at Luzhniki.

Earlier, she already spoke about her desire to try a new sport: the silver medalist of the Olympic Games, in particular, spoke on this topic at a master class in Ryazan.

“I would like to compete in the high jump, or the long jump, or the pole vault.

Where you just need to jump, ”said the athlete.

But no one could have imagined that her words would turn into reality so quickly.

The VFLA also clarified to RIA Novosti that Trusova would take part in long jump competitions.

As Irina Privalova, acting president of the VFLA, said, the skaters have very good physical training, so the girl should not have problems with training.

“I can confirm that Trusova will participate in the competition.

And in fact, representatives of this sport have excellent track and field training.

I myself came after figure skating, so I ran well and jumped thanks to the specifics of training.

Therefore, I welcome Sasha's desire.

And taking this opportunity, I invite everyone to athletics - it will be interesting to see, ”said the Olympic champion in an interview with RT.

According to Privalova, the decision was made jointly with the skater, and Sasha's performance in the tournament should help her prepare for the new season.

“Naturally, if a person did not want, he would not agree.

So that's why it matched.

And she herself expressed a desire, plus now it's summer.

Preparations are underway for the new season.

I think that performance in athletics and training will help her in her main activity, in figure skating.

If we now have football player Alexei Smertin applying for a marathon, why can't Sasha Trusova run or jump, ”added the head of the VFLA.

The decision to invite one of the figure skating stars to the track and field competitions is a great way to lure spectators into the stands, who are still reluctant to go to tournaments in this sport after a series of doping scandals.

The absence of fans was recently noticed by the Olympic champion Maria Lasitskene.

“The All-Russian Federation needs to work very hard towards attracting media and advertising to the competitions.

A lot is said about this, but, in my opinion, this is done only on paper.

They came up with an analogue of the Diamond League, in which there are only memorials and the same empty stadiums.

We have so many sites, we have so many talented people who can and want to do it.

For some reason it passes us by.

Once again, I would like to ask.

We still have to jump not at funerals, but at holidays, ”the TASS athlete said after the Russian Team Championship in Sochi, which took place at the end of May.

Thus, as can be seen from Trusova's invitation, the VFLA leadership listened to the words of Lasitskene, and there will now be increased attention to the Athletics Week in Moscow.

As Privalova noted, this is the first step towards returning the audience to the stands.

Should affect the attendance and venue of the tournament.

“I think Sasha's participation will increase interest in competitions.

We are expecting a large number of children with their parents.

Hopefully, this will give impetus to the development of athletics.

It will also be affected by the fact that the sport has finally returned to Moscow.

Since for many years we have not held major competitions in the capital.

And here is the start.

In any case, to go a long way, you need to take the first step, ”said the head of the ARAF.

In the world of figure skating, not everyone was happy with Sasha's decision.

The head of the FFKKR, Alexander Gorshkov, was surprised by the news of Trusova's participation in the athletics tournament. 

"Oh my God.

I hear about it for the first time.

I don’t know what went through her head, I can’t say anything.

Now my head is full of others, ”RIA Novosti quoted Gorshkov as saying. 

And the choreographer and coach Ilya Averbukh supported the athlete's undertaking.

In his opinion, this will cheer her up in the offseason and help athletics. 

"It is very good.

Sasha is a girl with a great sports character.

I think she's interested.

She loves to take on new heights.

In addition, Trusova's participation supports athletics, a sport that was the first to suffer from all kinds of sanctions.

I see only positives in this.

I wish Sasha to avoid injuries and show the maximum result, ”Averbukh said in an interview with the Championship.   

Does not see anything wrong with the experiment and the bronze medalist of the world championship Anna Pogorilaya.

The main thing, according to the athlete, is that excessive physical activity does not affect coordination.

“We have general physical training in figure skating.

In the summer time it is running and long jump.

There is nothing surprising.

Any sport combines several types.

We don't just skate.

Another question is whether this will directly affect figure skating.

We have a difficult coordination sport, and if somewhere there is more emphasis on physics, speed, strength, then coordination may be lost.

Although, on the other hand, for quadruple jumps, this may be not bad.

In addition, we now have such a season when you can experiment, ”the figure skater said in an interview with RT.