“Dikidzhi has an inner fire, but he lacks a solid program” – Bestemyanova

From a Russian figure skater Vladislav Dikidji he has an inner fire and a competitive side, but he needs a good program, like other Russian figure skaters, Olympic figure skating champion Natalya Bestemyanova told .

On Sunday, Dikiji won the Russian Grand Prix in Moscow. He was in third place in the protocol after the first day of competition, but became the best in free skating (188.33 points) and in total (282.81). Mark Kondratyuk took second place in the men’s tournament (275.25), Daniil Samsonov took third place (255.13).

– You know, I don’t think Vladislav fought with Kondratyuk. He fought against himself and won. Dikiji did what he could and deserved first place. But let’s look a little towards the future: let’s say our guys are released, they will participate in international competitions. Will it be able to combat such programs on a global level? We need to make programs! The guy is cool, but the program is not. But in general, a wonderful skater grows up, he has the inner fire that he so needs, you can feel it. Dikiji has a competitive side, but he needs a good program.

— Do you think that the emerging rivalry between Dikidzhi and Kondratyuk will be able to offer us competition that we do not have due to the inaccessibility to international competitions?

— We are not discussing anything new. Sport is a competition. But why are you talking only about Dikidzhi and Kondratyuk? There are a lot of good guys: Pyotr Gumennik, Alexander Samarin and Dmitry Aliev will make it to the Russian championship,” Bestemyanova told the correspondent.

In early November, 19-year-old Dikidzhi also won the Russian Grand Prix in Kazan, then withdrew from the tournament in Samara due to illness.