Samodelkina said skipping the season has one big disadvantage and many small advantages

Figure skater Sofia Samodelkina talked about the benefits of skipping the season.

— I would say that with one big disadvantage, which is the absence of any startup, there were many small advantages. It’s time to stabilize difficult jumps in order to approach them not as a doorway, but in a calm and confident mode, knowing that I have skated this set before.

It was time to treat the wounds without rushing. Naturally, they do not disappear, some untreated areas, one way or another, sometimes make themselves felt under load. But it’s one thing to constantly take painkillers, and another to be able to calmly wait, if an exacerbation occurs, to rest,” the skater said in an interview with RT.

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