By performing in the short program at the Russian Figure Skating Championship in Krasnoyarsk, Pyotr Gumennik made a significant bid for the first medal at major tournaments.
Previously, he managed to delight the audience and surprise the experts only at the ISU Grand Prix stage in Moscow in November 2020 and the Challengers in Alma-Ata and Warsaw a year earlier.
However, it cannot be said that the current performance was a big revelation, because at the national championship a year ago he managed to enter the top five.
However, the stability that the pupil of Veronika Daineko has been demonstrating lately suggests that the skater has taken a huge step forward during this time.
Gumennik now has a victory at the fourth stage of the Russian Grand Prix in Moscow, as well as a bronze medal at the second in Sochi.
Peter performed the short program in Krasnoyarsk flawlessly and became the only one of all the participants who overcame the bar of 100 points for the rental, and he did it for the first time in his career.
He pleased the audience with one of the most difficult sets of jumps: a combination of a quadruple salchow and a triple toe loop, a four-turn loop, and a triple salchow.
After the announcement of record scores, Daineko could not contain her emotions and burst into tears in the kiss-and-cry zone.
The goose, by his own admission, did not expect such a reaction from the mentor, since this had never happened before.
“I am glad that everything was done in the best possible way.
After each rental, there are usually mistakes, you start to regret that something is wrong, but now you don’t have to think.
I saw that someone scored 99 something with a clean one, and I thought that I have a rittberger, it is more difficult than a sheepskin coat, you can get out with a clean performance for 100 points.
104 is even more than my expectations, ”the skater shared with reporters after the performance.
Pleased the audience with the cleanest performance of the short program and Evgeny Semenenko.
At the box office under "Adagio" a pupil of Alexei Mishin did three elements of ultra-c at once: a quarter toe loop in a cascade with a triple, a quad-salchow, and also a triple axel.
All - for decent pluses from the judges.
“I think that in the short program I managed, all the elements were performed, according to the sensations, at a good level.
Is it a shame that not 100 points?
It's a shame - not a shame, the main thing for me is to skate, and it's up to the judges to decide what points to give.
With health, everything is more or less, ”Evgeny, who occupies an intermediate second line, succinctly commented on the results of the performance.
An inspirational performance to the composition of the legendary rock band Led Zeppelin was demonstrated by another representative of the St. Petersburg school, Andrey Mozalev, who lost less than a point to Semenenko.
The judges saw only one small blot in the student of Kirill Davydenko - underrotation in the cascade of “quadruple salchow - triple sheepskin coat”, but this did not blur the athlete’s bright emotions from a successful performance.
“I missed you a lot, every year I look forward to the Russian championship.
Very cool start, I like it.
How did you set up?
I tried not to think about anything.
Being here, I try to forget that I am at the Russian Championship.
But this is already just before the start, so that there is no excitement.
It's a shame that a little bit to sotochki was not enough.
I thought I'd take it.
But everything will be decided in a free program.
I came here for gold, ”said the ex-world champion among juniors.
Another ward of Mishin, Matvey Vetlugin, who unexpectedly broke into the top five with not the most difficult content, really surprised many with the performance to the waltz of Dmitry Shostakovich.
He performed a triple axel, a quadruple sheepskin coat and a combination of triple lutz and rittberger.
According to him, he also does not plan to complicate the free program, despite the opportunity to compete for awards.
“There will be one fourth tomorrow.
I don’t think that I am one step away from the medal, my goals are a little lower.
If I do, I’ll tell you,” Vetlugin said.
Probably, the audience expected more from the Beijing Olympic champion in the team tournament Mark Kondratyuk, but this time the athlete failed to show the skating of the level to which everyone is accustomed.
The reason for this is the consequences of an injury from which he has not yet recovered.
After the Grand Prix in Samara, Mark ended up in the hospital due to back problems.
As a result, all the key elements of the short story turned out to be with flaws of varying severity.
During the execution of the quadruple salchow, Kondratyuk allowed a step-out, missed the exit from the triple axel, made a mistake on the rotation, and, to top it off, fell after performing a combination of triple lutz and sheepskin coat.
in the mixed zone, Mark admitted that a week ago he was not at all sure whether he could perform in Krasnoyarsk.
“Health is better than it was.
But the pain is present, and quite strong.
The first quad did yesterday.
Am I afraid of worsening the injury?
I think she's already aggravated.
Performing here is a gamble, but also more interesting.
When I watched the jumping tournament from the hospital, it was a pity that I was not there.
I have to skate if I can jump at least something, ”said the skater, who takes 12th place after the short program.
Among those who can count on higher places in the free program are Gleb Lutfullin and Dmitry Aliev.
A student of Alexei Mishin broke the starting cascade, falling from a quadruple sheepskin coat.
After that, he tried to correct the situation by “hooking” a triple loop to the salchow in four turns, and also doing a great triple Axel.
However, this was not enough to rise above tenth place.
Nearby, on the ninth line, is the ex-European champion, who made a number of small blots.
Dmitry missed the exit from the quadruple salchow and from the triple axel, hesitantly performed the step sequence.
“The rental is not perfect, but I'm actually glad that there was excitement, stress, which was not observed at other tournaments of the season.
However, I still managed to enter the jumps.
Yes, with errors, but these are quads.
I am not lost in the air, in flight, in space.
Tomorrow you just need to be more confident, show a clean program.
Today, according to emotions, according to mood, it seemed to be driving well.
But, of course, there were blots, and these blots lead to the fact that you lose 9-10, or even more points, ”explained Yevgeny Rukavitsyn’s ward.
Athletes will present their free program to spectators and judges on Friday, December 23.