Figure skater Volodin said he dedicated his Grand Prix victory to his grandmother

Figure skater Nikita Volodin, in a conversation with , said that he dedicated his victory in the 2023 ISU Grand Prix Final to his grandmother.

In December, Volodin and Minerva Hase, representing Germany, won the ISU Grand Prix Final in Beijing. Based on the sum of the two programs, the athletes obtained 206.43 points. Italians Sara Conti and Niccolò Macchii finished second, while Canadians Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps took third place.

— Which of your loved ones supported you during a turbulent period? It is very difficult to face difficulties without the support of your family.

— My grandmother is passionate about sports. In difficult times, she always told me that we would find a partner, that there was no need to end things, everything would work out. Since I was a child, my grandmother gave me a core of motivation.

— What did she say after the Grand Prix final?

– “I didn’t doubt you at all.”

– She cried ?

– Naturally. She said she was praying for me.

— Did you dedicate the victory to him?

– Of course she does. Grandma’s name is Elena Nikolaevna,” Volodin told .