Figure skater Irina Khavronina said she and her partner David Narizhny needed time to feel better and improve the quality of skating.
Khavronina and Narizhny, with a score of 201.16 points, took second place in the pair dance competition on the stage of the Russian Grand Prix in Samara. Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva and Yegor Bazin won the competition (208.99), Sofia Leontyeva and Daniil Gorelkin won bronze (190.39).
— At this stage, we skated much more calmly, it was even easier. The rental was more moving than in Ufa. We need time to skate even better. We were only able to see the city from the windows of a bus and a taxi. The audience received us very well, it was very nice to perform here,” said Khavronina.
— We felt more relaxed than during our last stop. In general, we performed better in Samara. In this program, we edited a section, changed the track, added an expression so that the show looked monolithic with the music, ”reports the correspondent of , according to Narizhny’s words.
The next stage of the Russian Grand Prix will be held in Moscow from November 25-26.
Source : MatchTV

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