“Another generation of figure skaters is growing up, which resembles Western athletes in terms of thinking” – Rukhin

Figure skater Yegor Rukhin in an interview with , he said that the current generation of athletes already has a different attitude towards competitions, more calmly perceiving the struggle at tournaments and appreciating performances.

At the second stage of the Omsk Grand Prix, Rukhin took 10th place (199.56 points). At the third stage of the series in Krasnoyarsk, the athlete became sixth (207.89).

— Has the national team lost the courage to compete? Skaters approach starts more relaxed, or something like that.

“Now athletes are starting to approach competitions differently. We perceive them more serenely. Another generation of figure skaters is growing up, which resembles Western athletes in terms of their level of thinking. I always looked at guys from other countries, they perceive competitions as vacations. The work in training has already been done, at the tournament we need to show ourselves, stand out from the competition and the public, ”Rukhin told .

Rukhin is a bronze medalist at the Russian Championship.