Bronze medalist of the Russian Figure Skating Championship Katharina Gerboldt told that Alexandra Boykova And Dmitri Kozlovsky are aware of the risk linked to the insertion of a quadruple throw in the competition program.
On Saturday, the skaters scored 228.20 points at the Panin-Kolomenkin Memorial in St. Petersburg and took second place in the pairs competition. In the free skate, the duo performed a quadruple throw with a step-out (landing error).
— Is it worth introducing quadruple ejection into the program in current conditions?
“I think they are quite experienced athletes and they weigh all the risks when introducing such an element, and they fully understand that in addition to this element there is a whole program that also needs to be executed effectively Therefore, I think they did it consciously and, probably, it makes sense.
— Will they be able to skate the program cleanly with this element in the future?
“They know better whether it will work or not.” But I think if they include it, then in training there are options for clean skates with this complex element,” Herboldt told .
Boykova and Kozlovsky are two-time Russian champions, European champions and World Championship bronze medalists.
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