Figure skaters Anastasia Chernyshova and Vladislav Vilchik, who took second place at the Moscow stage of the Russian Junior Grand Prix in pair skating, said that this season the competition was higher than the previous one.
On Friday, Chernyshova and Vilchik finished second in the Moscow Grand Prix stage, scoring 179.95 points in the two-program total. The winners were Polina Shesheleva and Egor Karnaukhov (188.27), with third place finishers Veronika Merenkova and Danil Galimov (173.01).
— How would you rate your performance here?
Vilchik: You are probably already in good shape. Now we have to strengthen everything and skate more, improve our jumps.
— Last season, you made your debut as a couple and immediately took a leading position. Is it easier or more difficult to start this season with such a high bar?
Chernyshova: Objectively, there are now many more couples who skate very well. Last season the competition wasn’t like that.
Vilchik: If we take last season, then stable couples can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Now many pairs have increased. It’s cool, we’ll continue to try to compete with them. There is nothing wrong that last season we were first and this season we are second. It doesn’t matter, we are not robots. We are making new progress.
— What do you wish for this season?
Chernyshova: Victory.
Vilchik: Health.
Last season, Chernyshova and Vilchik won the Grand Prix and the Russian Championship and finished third in the Fed Cup final.
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