Skaters Ekaterina Chikmareva And Matvei Yanchenkov after taking second place in the short program at the Grand Prix stage in Moscow, they said that their main task for the season was to prepare for the Russian Championship.
On Saturday, Chikmareva/Yanchenkov took second place in the short program with 76.51 points. The winners were Alexandra Boykova/Dmitry Kozlovsky (81.20), third place went to Natalya Khabibullina/Ilya Knyazhuk (76.40).
—Matvey Yanchenkov (MY): What helped you perform with so much confidence? Training, mutual support, family and coaches helped us.
— Ekaterina Chikmareva (EC): When the public supports it, it motivates us to improve the program.
-MY: Is it realistic to reach Boykova and Kozlovsky? Time will show us. A wonderful couple, we are trying to reach them. We are getting closer to them, but we are still far away.
-ECH: This is our second year at the adult level. We will try to practice.
-MY: What is your goal for the season? Prepare for the Russian championship, play cleanly and everything will be fine. Is there a top 5 goal at the Russian Championship? Probably not.
-ECH: “We will skate cleanly, and then the judges will decide,” the correspondent reports the skaters’ words.
On November 26, the pairs will present free programs.
Source : MatchTV
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