Trankov: “For me, 40-year-old Stellato-Dudek is not a phenomenon. If they remove jumps and supports, then you will be able to skate until 50 years old.

Olympic figure skating champion Maxim Trankov told that the 40-year-old Canadian figure skater Diana Stellato-Dudek is not a phenomenon for him.

Stellato-Dudek, paired with Maxime Deschamps, won gold at the World Championships in Montreal in March. Based on the results of two rentals, the couple received 221.56 points. As noted on the ISU website, the Canadian became the oldest world champion.

“In the current situation, for me Diana Stellato-Dudek is not a phenomenon. Firstly, such is the competition, and secondly, it occurred in its own country. For me, in terms of skating, the Hungarians (Pavlova/Svyatchenko) are world champions, two programs are executed cleanly, with complex elements, with the whole. But that’s how pairs skating works. Now it will be even easier, if jumps and supports are removed, then you can skate until the age of 50.

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