“I felt how her pain was transmitted through the screen” – Bobrova on Valieva’s free program

Olympic champion Ekaterina Bobrova spoke about her emotions from the figure skater’s free program Kamila Valieva in the current season.

– What is the advantage of this program from Valieva – she launches it consciously, she knows what she is doing. She’s got all these arms, jumps, turns she’s going to – she’s going from here (points to chest). She knows what she’s doing and she’s living it all over again in this program. And it always impresses. Truth and truth – that’s what the viewer likes. Because you can’t fool the public. The public is not stupid. They can see: the program, intricate elements, beautiful hands, quite aesthetically. But when you skate from here (point to the chest) – that’s, you know, the difference.

And here, in figure skating, it is very important. And I don’t compare rentals to the Grand Prix. I mean about the test pads. Because it was the first splash of this program, she really wanted to show it. There were pure triples, and that thought of a quadruple or not a quadruple didn’t interfere, it completely kicked it out on its own. Well folks tell me I think 90% felt it. Someone cried. I couldn’t sit still, as I felt how her pain was transmitted through the TV screen – the phone in my case. When you skate like that, it’s a historic program.

The question is: will she be able to continue this program at the same level? The fact that they did, honestly, my sincere thanks. Everybody: “Why is she pushed back in these Olympics?”. She is not small. If something was completely difficult for her, she would have told the coaches, they would have discussed it. Later, in an interview, Valieva said it was her conscious desire. If so, class.

I don’t know what Camila goes through and what she thinks about when she skates, but what a great explosion it is. She can’t go out and publicly – I don’t know, maybe she doesn’t mean it – say, “You’re all idiots, what did you do to me? I didn’t deserve that!” What else to say in that outburst? She can’t say that, for obvious reasons. Although, even if she doesn’t, deep down, it would make sense to anyone. , because she was simply destroyed at the Olympics. And now, on horseback, she can do it. With this skating, she can shout: “Fools, what have you done to me? – quote Bobrova ” Championship”.

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