Olympic champion in team tournament Ekaterina Bobrova believes that the French figure skater Kevin Aymoz showed a lack of respect towards the public during the European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Aymoz did not qualify for the free skate at the last tournament, finishing second to last, 31st place.
– Incredible skating in the short program from Kevin Aymoz – the last in terms of technique… It was something with something. Yes, people have different characters, but people who play sports have certain notes of their developed character – it’s surpassing yourself, never giving up, moving forward. Without these character traits, you will not be able to perform at this level. Now, Kevin has shown us that he lacks this character. Maybe there’s something we don’t know. Maybe he has some kind of injury, maybe something is going on in his life. But to stop skating like that… I honestly admit that for me personally, as an athlete, it is a lack of respect for the spectator.
I love him as a skater, he has incredible skating and with impeccable performances, we have admired his programs this season. Yes, something went wrong, yes, the first jump was botched, but when he didn’t do a trick, he was straightening his curls, I had the impression that he was thinking: ” I don’t want to enter the free program. It’s like he gave up, no matter how much he skated in the free skate, he no longer got what he came for at the European Championships and burned it in the fire. But he decided to make a nice point with the path to the fourth level at +4.
Most of all, I feel sorry for the coach in this whole situation. All the work she did was thrown in the trash,” Bobrova was quoted as saying by “Championship”.
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