“Masha was in a hurry to jump, she was waiting for another performance from her” – Leonova about hiring figure skater Talalaikina in St. Petersburg

2012 World Figure Skating Cup silver medalist Alena Leonova told about the reasons for the unsuccessful performance Maria Talalaikina on the first day of the singles tournament of the St. Petersburg Championship.

Last season, Talalaikina decided to leave for Italy and play for the national team of this country. However, in September this year, the skater returned to Russia, explaining that she had not been able to obtain a residence permit in Italy. Talalaikina trains in Yevgeny Rukavitsyn’s group. This season of the program she was led by Alena Leonova.

On January 28, at the St. Petersburg Figure Skating Championship, women performed short programs. Ksenia Gushchina is in the lead, followed by Sofia Zakharova and Polina Sviridenko, Talalaikina is in 12th place.

– Today I took Masha Talalaikina to the ice. I expected a slightly different performance from him. But today’s failures, I think, are because it hasn’t started for a long time. Everyone knows what situation Masha had with the transition to another team. Now she really wants to show off, and there was great excitement. Masha was in a hurry with every jump, so it happened. You can say anything about the program when it is running cleanly. Today we won’t discuss, but Masha is still well made to fight!

Being already a coach, I worry more about my student than when I skated myself. I want everything to work out for him, but I can’t help anymore – everything is in the hands of the athlete himself.

Of the other girls, only Sonya Zakharov managed to watch live. She impresses me a lot as an athlete. I’m glad she skated well today. On the show I saw the rental of Ksenia Gushchina. I also really like the technical component – light jumps. Confidence and stability are visible.

In general, it will be interesting to watch the sequel tomorrow. Even taking into account the withdrawal of some participants, the composition is decent, as are the points that the girls who skated well get,” Leonova told .