Russian national team head coach Svetlana Moiseeva said she was not against “soft refereeing” at the Friendship Games, but the main thing was to understand that such competitions cannot be directly compared to the World Cup.
Ruslan Ternovoy received all 10s for one of the jumps at the Friendship Games in Kazan. He won tower competitions in “individual” and “synchronous” with Alexander Bondar.
– These competitions differed from the Russian championship and radically, – Moiseeva told reporters. – First, it was the second consecutive start. Those who did not come to the Russian Championship in good shape performed better here. Those who sounded both at the Russian Championship and here are Ruslan Ternovoy and Alexander Bondar. They even improved their results not only in points, but also in jumps. We can’t blame everything on soft refereeing. Their scores are fantastic, I have never seen such high scores in synchronized jumps, but they showed very good jumps.
There were some interesting jumps on the women’s three-metre springboard yesterday, the mixed doubles performed well. Yes, we have questions about women’s synchronized diving, Nikita Shleikher’s injury made itself felt – the main contender in the fight for victory in synchronized did not happen.
I was very happy with the juniors. At the Russian Championships, they perform with adults and get a little lost. Here, when they clashed, they showed such leaps! Not one, but several per series. This was facilitated by the solemn atmosphere, which many saw for the first time. They weren’t scared, they showed up. We discovered new names, new hopes.
– Soft arbitrage is actively discussed. Someone says it can have a different effect. What do you think about it?
“You know, this tactic works in China. In their national competitions, no matter how they jump, they give no less than 8.5 points. They show their athletes how strong they are and instill in them the winning spirit. I’m glad the judges gave those ratings. Ten in the Russian championship is a rarity. Someone says, now you give them these ratings, and they’ll come and be surprised. No, in the Russian Championship the refereeing is much stricter and you can compare the results, they are different. I’m not opposed to guys getting grades at the Friendship Games now, if that inspires them to jump even better.
– Can you tell me if you can participate in the world championships with these estimates?
“We cannot know. The numbers are good. Ternovoy and Bondar would have won the World Championship with such a sum, but it must be understood that the situation is completely different in the World Championship.
– That is, the current performance of Bondar and Ternovoy is only a guide – we can jump like that.
“Yes, you can say that. “We can jump like that” and we have to make sure that we can show such jumps at major international competitions.
Source : MatchTV
