Leonova on legalizing somersaults: “I don’t see anything cool about it. I don’t understand the point of him being in the competition program.

Silver medalist at the 2012 World Championships in women’s singles Alena Leonova told that she saw no point in legalizing somersaults.

Previously, the International Skating Union (ISU) allowed the performance of somersaults in figure skating.

— For me, the somersault is an element of the show, I don’t understand the point of it being on the competition program. If it’s in the image, in the theme, in the music, fine, but it’s quite traumatic, I don’t know who will risk interpreting it. After all, we have neither artistic gymnastics nor athletics; figure skating should have an aesthetic, and these are pretty acrobatic skits.

I don’t see anything cool in that. Let’s see who will play and what it will look like. I repeat, in my opinion, it’s not super aesthetic, it will look athletic. And so the program is filled with jumps, swings, but here there is such an element, I don’t know how organic it will be, ”Leonova told .

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