Zakroev about tears after the students’ performance in the Chechen Republic: “Usually I don’t show emotions, but here I couldn’t hold back”

Egor Zakroev, coach of Pavel Slyusarenko’s group, in a conversation with , explained why he cried after the performance of the skaters Ekaterina Chikmareva And Matveya Yanchenkova at the Russian Championship.

At the Russian Championship, Chikmareva and Yanchenkov became bronze medalists in the pair sports competition. Based on the sum of the two programs, the skaters obtained 227.97 points. Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov won, Alexandra Boykova and Dmitry Kozlovsky took silver.

— After Chikmareva and Yanchenkov’s free program, you shed a tear in “Kiss and cry”. It looked touching. Do these emotions come from the guys’ performance or from the end of the tournament?

– Actually, I am a strong person. But at that time of our performance as a couple, my emotional state went to its lowest point, at one point I felt stoned. During Katya’s ride with Matvey, everything went so badly that my blood began to boil and I couldn’t stand it.

— Were those tears of joy?

– Certainly. When Katya and Motya performed, they cried with joy. But I wouldn’t have cried if there hadn’t been an emotional upheaval. If everyone skated well, I would just be happy. However, these unforeseen circumstances undermined the emotional bottom. We understood that Katya and Matvey needed to skate cleanly, because we no longer had pairs capable of competing with Khabibullina and Knyazhuk. Either here and now or not during this Russian championship. “I usually don’t show my emotions, but here I couldn’t hold back,” Zakroev told .