Shcherbakova: “It is difficult to describe in words what I felt during Malinina’s performance. The quadruple axel explodes”

Olympic champion Anna Shcherbakova shared his thoughts on the World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal.

The tournament took place earlier in March. American representative Ilya Malinin won the world championship for the first time. During the free program, the 19-year-old skater performed six quadruple jumps, including a quadruple Axel. He set a world record for points scored in the free skate (227.79). The Japanese won the gold medal among the singles skaters. Kaori Sakamoto .

— Impressions of the 2024 World Cup?

— I would really like Kaori Sakamoto’s free skating. And her program, and how she skated it. I was supporting Ilya Malinin, so I watched his performance with special attention. It will be difficult to describe in words what I felt then. I was very happy to have watched it live, without knowing the result or the distribution. The quadruple axel is incredible,” Shcherbakova said on “Everything for the Match” on .

Malinin was born in the United States to the family of figure skaters Tatyana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who competed for Uzbekistan.

Source : MatchTV

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