Figure skater Mitrofanov – about the new partner: “Efimova is cool, skates well”

American figure skater Micha Mitrofanov in an interview with , he praised his new partner Alisa Efimova .

On June 18, Efimova told that Mitrofanov would become her new partner.

– Why did you associate with Alisa Efimova?

– I met Alice when she worked with Tamara Moskvina in St. Petersburg. We trained there for three weeks with a former partner. When I found out they were in a relationship with Ruben [Бломмартом] broke up, wrote in the messenger, offered to try to team up with me.

Alice is cool, she skates well. The adaptation will take time, in July it will only be a month since we started working together. However, we have good communication, we both speak Russian, the coaches also speak Russian.

– Have you already thought of other partners?

– There were other options, but Alice was the best fit according to our data – body, height. We found each other quickly, and while everything is going well, we immediately felt each other.

Did you help her adjust?

Yes, I help as much as I can. Alice is a great person, an independent person, only respect for her,” Mitrofanov said in an interview with .

Efimova was born in Finland, where she started her career as a single skater. Since 2014 she played for Russia in a pair with Alexander Korovin, in 2020 she joined the German national team and joined forces with Ruben Blommaert. In March this year, after the World Cup, Blommaert announced his retirement.