Moskvina praised Boikova and Kozlovsky for performing the quadruple ejection

Honored coach of Russia in figure skating Tamara Moskvina, in an interview with , congratulated Alexander Boikov and Dmitry Kozlovsky for performing a quadruple throw.

In April, the reigning Russian champions in the sports couples competition, Boikova and Kozlovsky, successfully executed a quadruple throw at the Eteri Tutberidze show in Moscow.

– Last season, Boikova/Kozlovsky made a quadruple outing. Will ultra-c take root in pair skating and do any of your current students teach these elements?

– Elements like this – quadruple throws and quarter twists – have been practiced for a long time, even in competition. But due to the rules of the International Skating Union, which do not grant an additional bonus for performing such an element, these elements were no longer performed both in training and competition.

However, life goes on, athletes are looking for ways to win and stand out. Therefore, the performance of this element by Dima and Alexandra and other athletes attempting to perform complex elements is commendable. At the same time, as a coach, I always have to make sure that the complication of the programs is not traumatic.

– Is there a limit in figure skating for the development of elements? Every year the programs get more complicated.

– There is a limit. Because we not only have a technical sport with complex elements, but also a sport with an artistic side. The balance between artistic and sporting elements is mainly in the direction of the technical component, which must be artistically framed.

Many years ago no one thought men would do 5-6 quadruple jumps. Now there are more and more of them. It will be in other types of figure skating: in pairs for example. And in ice dancing, athletes perform multiple twists, although this was previously considered a difficult element. Everything changes in life, I am for development, for change, to seek and find new tricks, to maintain public interest in our sport,” Moskvina told .

In May, Boikova and Kozlovsky joined the Tutberidze group from the Moskvina group.