“Many skaters at the European Championships do not reach the level of the Russian Championships” – Tarasova

Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova told that the leaders of the men’s singles tournament of the European Championship do not reach the level of skaters who competed at the Russian Championship.

After the short program of the tournament in Kaunas (Lithuania), Frenchman Adam Xiao Him Fa is in the lead with 94.13 points. According to the results of the short program of the Russian Championship, which took place in December, the top three looked like this: Vladislav Dikidzhi scored 102.70 points, Evgeny Semenenko – 101.19, Dmitry Aliev – 99.20.

— Experts say that the level of the leaders of the European Championship does not reach that of the Russian Championship. Do you agree?

— At the Russian Championships, six or seven people jump two quads in a short program. And at the European Championship, many do not reach the level of the Russian Championship, technically they lose, ”Tarasova told .

Russian figure skaters have not participated in tournaments under the auspices of the International Skating Union since March 2022 due to the situation in Ukraine.