Egor Zakroev, coach of Pavel Slyusarenko’s group, told that the skaters Ekaterina Chikmareva And Matvei Yanchenkov missed the national team’s pre-season skates due to a serious fall by his partner.
At the Russian Championships held in Chelyabinsk, Chikmareva and Yanchenkov became bronze medalists in the pair sports competition. Based on the sum of the two programs, the athletes obtained 227.97 points.
“Personally, it seemed to me that Matvey was skating “both for himself and for this guy.” Before his skate, he saw on TV that Yulia had made a mistake on the loop. Katya and Matvey came out and skated for our three pairs. We’ve waited a very long time for this clean version; it was not possible to show it due to various circumstances.
— Katya and Matvey started preparing for the season late because of their partner’s injury?
“They missed a lot, they started preparing on August 1st. Matvey had a problem with his knee, because of which he could not fully train and perform elements in pairs. He could slide, but he couldn’t jump or do overhead presses. Matvey did not miss training, he was in good physical shape, but we could not give him a serious load. We want our couples to skate as long as possible so that they have enough health and motivation, so as not to force things when there are health problems.
I’ll tell you a little secret. Katya and Matvey missed the skating tests due to a serious fall from a twist. Katya landed unsuccessfully, her nervous preparation for the season took its toll,” Zakroev told .
Source : MatchTV
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