All three Russians skated very well in the short program at the Olympics, although there were shortcomings. This was announced to RBC Sport by Tatyana Tarasova, Honored Coach of the USSR in figure skating.
“All our girls are smart. There were shortcomings, but all skated well. Anya Shcherbakova performed her program perfectly, Kamila Valieva managed to concentrate on her program and won first place. Let Sasha Trusova not be upset by the fourth place, the free program is ahead. It doesn’t matter that she fell off the axel, she needs to continue doing it, ”said Tarasova.
Valieva takes the lead after the short program at the Olympics 2022 Olympics Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva leads after the short program at the Beijing Olympics. Despite a landing error after the triple Axel, she received a score of 82.16 points for her performance.
The second is Russian Anna Shcherbakova (80.20 points), the third is Japanese Kaori Sakamoto (79.84). Another Russian woman Alexandra Trusova is still in fourth place, she scored 74.60 points.
Competitions in the free program will be held on Thursday, February 17. They will start at 13:00 Moscow time.
Valieva as part of the Russian team won the team tournament at the Beijing Olympics. After the end of the competition, it became known that in her doping test, taken back in December last year, they found a prohibited substance - trimetazidine (used to treat cardiac problems, but banned from athletes since 2015). She had to seek the right to participate in the individual championship through sports arbitration.
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