Olympic champion in figure skating Alexei Yagudin spoke about the rivalry between Russian figure skaters Anna Shcherbakova and Maya Khromykh at the stage of the Grand Prix series in Turin, Italy.
«Having several quads on paper, it’s not a fact that you will make them,» TASS quotes Yagudin as saying. – Everything will depend on how much you master the psyche to do all this. Everything is unpredictable, you can be stronger in training, and then go out and web site be defeated. The ice is slippery, and only the final result will put everything in its place, but we believe that our skaters will cope with everything. «
In his opinion, the results of the «Grand Prix» in Turin will not affect the performances at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing in 2022 in any way.
«Now we are talking with you about the stage of the championship series» Grand Prix «, but this season all our thoughts are only about the Olympic Games. And even if now the favorites have a misfire, web site at this stage it will in no way affect the possible alignment in Beijing. «
Recall that Shcherbakova and Khromykh are the only skaters who have included quadruple jumps in their free programs at the Grand Prix stage.
Stage «Grand Prix» in Turin will take place from 5 to 7 November.
