Figure skater Kondratyuk on the free skate at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi: “In the end, it was hard, it wasn’t physically enough”

Beijing Olympic champion in team figure skating Mark Kondratyuk said he did not have enough physical preparation for the box office of a free program during the second leg of the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi.

On Sunday, Kondratyuk won the second leg of the Russian Grand Prix series, scoring a total of 279 points for two rentals.

– On the other hand, I haven’t seen my rental yet. If he really touched me, I’m happy. I didn’t have much time to take it all apart. Everything is in progress. Ilya Averbukh delivered this program to me about three weeks ago. I think it will be refined and rolled. Today was tough at the end.

How was the music chosen? She was lying in the garbage cans for the future. We knew it was there and it was cool, it could be used. We remembered it and decided to take it. Why did you decide to change the free program? It was a collective decision. Including Svetlana Vladimirovna (Sokolovskaya). There were recommendations from the federation. We decided to try something else.

Not physically enough today. We probably expected that. The fall of the salchow and the error on the stunt are the result of a program that was not fully deployed.

How did the idea of ​​working with Averbukh come about? Immediately after the rentals, circumstances were such that a new program was needed. We decided to ask him for help. I liked the previous program. The rental at Megasport left a lot to be desired. I decided to go bankrupt. I felt I could do it. I thought the trial skates were the best option to try my luck – no points, no places. But, the bet did not work. Maybe if this rental had been good, everything would have turned out differently,” Kondratyuk told reporters.