“Just a crack, no fracture.” Coach Kovaleva – about the skater’s injury

Coach Alexander Volkov told that his pupil’s injury Artem Kovalev does not pose a serious hazard and the skater will perform on the trial skates.

The 20-year-old figure skater has previously spoken of a stress fracture in his left tibia, showing the results of a medical examination, which pointed to the proper diagnosis.

– Our group recently finished training camp and immersed in training, we are in good spirits. Artem and I haven’t decided where he will perform next season yet. The FFKKR will distribute us to tournaments after test skates.

We are actively preparing for the season. The injury is minor. They just wrote “stress fracture” in the conclusion – the computer of the medical institution issued such a diagnosis. In fact, just a crack, there is no fracture. It sounds scary, but it’s actually nonsense. Artem is training on the ice in front of me right now. We only slightly reduced the load for the next two weeks, removed one element from the left leg, and now it does it from the right leg.

So thank you to all the fans for your concern and words of support! Rentals will be fine, Artem and I will definitely play there,” Volkov told .

Last season, Kovalev took fifth place in the Russian Championship and won bronze at the Perm Grand Prix stage.

The Russian national team test skates will take place in Moscow on September 16-17.