“The St. Petersburg Championships was perfect for Tuktamysheva to try out the quadruple toe loop” – Enbert

Silver medalist at the Pyeongchang Olympics Alexandre Enbert in a conversation with , he expressed the opinion that the St. Petersburg figure skating championship could be an ideal place for Elisabeth Tuktamysheva to try a quadruple toe loop.

On the day of the short program rental on January 28, the figure skater’s name disappeared from the list of participants. Coach Tatyana Mishina later told Sport24 that the athlete’s participation in the tournament was not initially planned. Ksenia Gushchina won the city championship, Polina Sviridenko took second place, Daria Osipova took third place.

– For Lisa, this tournament could be calm enough to attempt the quadruple toe loop. She cooks it and the city championship is perfect for trying something new. But it turned out that it happened. In the Grand Prix final, it will be psychologically more difficult to try new elements. At the St. Petersburg championship, Tuktamysheva would have no obvious competitors, she would be free from worries. In the final there will be a serious fight. I would say this is not the best place to experiment. But Lisa and Alexei Nikolaevich [Мишиным] more visible. I’m sure sooner or later we’ll still see a quadruple sheepskin coat in her performance,” Enbert told .

Tuktamysheva, 26, is the world and European champion in individual skating.