Skaters Sofia Leontieva And Daniel Gorelkin practicing ice dancing, told that they had not thought about specific locations before the Russian Championship.
At the Championships in Chelyabinsk, Leontyeva and Gorelkin took fifth place, the duo scored 193.87 points in total from two programs. The winners of the tournament were Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin.
Sophia: We wanted to confirm our stay with the national team. We were in the reserve, where we entered the juniors, and now we wanted to qualify for the main team. We pursued the goal of skating clean, powerful and showing everything we do in training.
Daniel: We had no expectations from the Russian Championship. It was the first time we participated in this tournament. We were interested in what the national championship looked like. We were very happy with this start, the tournament in Chelyabinsk was memorable for us.
— By analyzing the composition of your opponents, have you guessed which place you could take?
Sophie: We opted for clean performances, we didn’t think about the locations.
— Are you finally satisfied with the result?
Daniel: Yes very.
Source : MatchTV
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