Figure skater Anna Shcherbakova, in an interview with Match TV, admitted that until the last moment she did not know who would be put in the team tournament at the Olympics, and really wanted to take part in it.
Shcherbakova on Tuesday showed the second result in the short program at the singles competition - 80.20 points. This score was a personal record for the reigning world champion. Shcherbakova was the only one of the Russians who skated the short program without errors.
Lost gold in biathlon and Valieva's leadership. Results of the day at the Olympics Olympics 2022 In the team tournament, in which the Russian team won gold medals, Kamila Valieva performed in single skating, who skated both the short program and the free program. Valieva also leads the individual tournament after Tuesday's competition.
“Did you want to get into the team tournament? Perhaps the answer is obvious. I'm not happy with this decision. Probably, now it is very important to tune in to a free program and not lose your chance here. And, perhaps, only after the Olympic Games I realize how I feel about this. Of course, until the last thought, what would be the solution. But there is no guarantee that the federation has made such a decision,” Shcherbakova said.
Shcherbakova with a personal record skated a short program at the Olympics 2022 Olympics Another representative of the Russian team at the Games, Alexandra Trusova, also admitted that she wanted to take part in the team tournament. But skipping the competition did not affect her in any way, the athlete assured.
“Of course, I wanted to participate in the command. But it didn't affect me at all. This is not my decision. I found out about him already here, ”Sport-Express quotes Trusova.
After the end of the team tournament, it became known that a banned substance, trimetazidine, was found in Valieva’s doping test, taken back in December last year (used to treat cardiological problems, but has been banned from athletes since 2015).
Valieva had to seek admission to the personal tournament in Beijing through the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Skating Union (ISU) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) filed appeals against the figure skater's admission to the Games, but the CAS exit panel took the side of RUSADA and allowed Valieva to compete in the individual tournament.
As the head of the IOC disciplinary commission Denis Oswald said on Tuesday, Valieva said during a CAS meeting that the banned substance got into her body from the medicine her grandfather used. That is, household “pollution” has occurred. However, later the IOC press service said that Oswald retold media reports, but he himself was not at the meeting.
The Fonbet betting company considers Anna Shcherbakova one of the main contenders for the Olympic gold in a singles tournament. Her chances of winning are estimated with a coefficient of 3.80. Only Kamila Valieva stands above Shcherbakova, whose odds for winning are 1.35.
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