“I was overwhelmed by the idea that I had to skate clean. After the fall, I tried to skate as beautifully as possible” – figure skater Samsonov

Figure skater Daniel Samsonov said that during the short program at the Russian Championships in Chelyabinsk, he was pressed by the idea that he just needed to skate cleanly.

On Thursday, Samsonov received 86.97 points for his short program.

— It’s a shame, because since the stage in Moscow, for two or three weeks, I have never missed a quadruple Salchow. In all rentals. This morning I tried the program, I did the Salchow perfectly, but it didn’t work with the Axel. Axel walked hard, there were falls. It’s a shame that today the opposite has happened. I looked at the guys who were first, I understood what to do. You just had to skate cleanly. Maybe this put me under pressure and I started to get nervous. The start was difficult, but it’s a shame that if I had done the Salchow I would have been second.

Tomorrow is another full day, I want to correct my free program, I want to show it the right way. Let’s see what happens. I will do my best, the desire is great. When the fall came, I got up empty-headed and got a little lost in my steps. I had to give the public a part of myself to be remembered, I tried to skate as beautifully as possible,” the correspondent reports about Samsonov.

The men will present their free skate on Friday.