Bronze medalist at the World Championships Elena Radionova in a conversation with , she named the skater Vladislav Dikidji the main discovery of the season.
The adult figure skating season ended on March 9, the final was the tournament of the Russian Challenge show program. On Thursday, 19-year-old Dikiji posted a video on his Telegram channel in which he performs a clean Axel 4.5 in training.
— What surprised you this season?
— The season turned out to be interesting and bright. The main discovery is Vladislav Dikidzhi, he came into action and had a successful season. We’ll see how he performs next season, but in any case, he’s a promising guy, he recently did a quadruple Axel in training. I would like him to skate at this level for more than one season,” Radionova told .
In the 2023/24 season, Dikiji won silver at the Russian Championship, won two stages of the country’s Grand Prix and became third in the series finale.
The first skater in history to perform a quadruple axel in an official competition was American representative Ilya Malinin.
Source : MatchTV

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