Skaters Anastasia Mukhortova And Dmitry Evgenev They said they were competing primarily against themselves in the first stage of the Russian Grand Prix.
The first stage of the Russian Grand Prix began on Saturday in Magnitogorsk. The Mukhortova/Evgeniev duo scored 73.32 points for the short program and took first place. Second – Elizaveta Osokina / Artem Gritsaenko (70.28), third – Alisa Blinnikova / Alexey Karpov (62.95).
— You are leaders, what are your emotions?
Mukhortova: The emotions were pleasant, the audiences surprising. We did everything on the ice, but the number of points awarded to us is no longer our merit.
Evgenev: Now we will rejoice a little, but then we will prepare for tomorrow. Many thanks to Nastya for showing her strong athletic qualities and overcoming pain and inconvenience.
– Only four pairs. Do you feel like you’re the favorites here?
Mukhortova: To a certain extent, yes, there are couples of former juniors here, they are still missing something. The main thing was to face my difficulties.
Evgenev: Our main rivals are us, we are in competition with ourselves, with our cockroaches in our heads. Yes, Anastasia? (laughs)
Mukhortova: I say hello to all the cockroaches in my head.
— Is it convenient to start the season after the skating and tournament in St. Petersburg?
Evgenev: We have learned from bitter experience how difficult it is to compete for the first time in the season in mid-November. We are alive and well thanks to Alexei Tikhonov. Sometimes we were already knocked down by injuries and the workload. We have now settled into the season well and it is bearing fruit. It’s easier to get out after the skate tryouts and the memorial. Last year, during the first stage in Kazan, we were very nervous, we were shaking. “Here it’s a completely different matter,” reports the correspondent, according to Mukhortova/Evgeniev’s words.
The sporting couples will present their free program on Sunday.
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Source : MatchTV
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