“This year I decided not to take risks and skate with a set like at the Grand Prix, I hope that next year I will prepare a quadruple sheepskin coat, such a risk is not advisable at the Russian Championships,” the TASS figure skater quotes.

She expressed the hope that she would be able to skate the free program without blots.

26-year-old Tuktamysheva performed cleanly in the short program at the Russian Championships in Krasnoyarsk.

The figure skater takes the second intermediate place (82.98 points).

Sofya Akatieva is in the lead (85.59), the third place is occupied by Sofya Muravyova (79:96).

The women will present their free program on December 24th.

Earlier, Tuktamysheva spoke about her short program at the Russian Championships.