Figure skater Elena Kostyleva told that she suffered an injury this summer and only returned to the ice two weeks ago.
Kostyleva won the All-Russian competition “In memory of the Olympic champion S. Grinkov” with a score of 227.85 points. Valeria Lukashova took second place (203.28), third Lidiya Pleskacheva (202.20).
In March, the skater joined the Evgeni Plushenko Academy.
“I could have prepared for the competition better, but it’s not bad for this start of the season. In the off-season, we organized programs. First, a short program with Alena Kostornaya, Evgeniy Viktorovich said that he didn’t really like it, so they continued with Nikita Mikhailov. The free program was performed directly by Nikita Mikhailov.
I did a lot of quad lutz jumps, I got injured and we went on vacation to the sea. I came back only two weeks ago and during these two weeks I managed to prepare for the Moscow Region Championship. To perform well on stage [Гран‑при]played in these competitions. Now everything is fine with my health, I am training fully.
“We have abandoned the Lutz for now because we decided to first perform a stable execution of three quadruples, and we will restore the triple Axel. We want to perform it at competitions in a free program, maybe a short program. What is your goal for the season? Jump a quadruple Salchow in the second half of the program, insert a triple Axel,” Kostyleva told .
Kostyleva, 12, is the winner of the Russian figure skating championship among junior athletes.
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