Shcherbakova named the skaters who inspired her as a child

Olympic figure skating champion Anna Shcherbakova said that when she was a child she was inspired by her compatriot Yulia Lipnitskaya and Japanese figure skater Mao Assad .

Asada is a 2010 Olympic silver medalist in single skating and a three-time world champion (2008, 2010, 2014). Lipnitskaya, as a member of the Russian team, won the team competition at the 2014 Games.

— In my childhood, there was a figure skater whose performances I really liked – the Japanese Mao Asada. At that time, jumps of more than three turns were very rare, but she combined very interesting programs with complex choreography and these multi-rotation jumps.

And of course I will nominate Yulia Lipnitskaya. At the age of 9, I joined Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze’s group, where Yulia was preparing for the Olympic Games. I watched her and her training with incredible admiration.

Is there an example for me in figure skating now? Of course, there is always room for improvement. But now I am already setting some goals for myself and trying to achieve them,” Shcherbakova said on children’s radio.