Skaters Elizaveta Osokina And Artem Gritsaenko said their performance in the second stage of the Russian Grand Prix was affected by the small number of competitors.
On Sunday, Osokina/Gritsaenko won silver in the pairs competition at the second stage of the Russian Grand Prix in Kazan, scoring 206.10 points in the two-program total. The victory was won by Alexandra Boykova and Dmitry Kozlovsky (232.71). Natalya Khabibullina and Ilya Knyazhuk withdrew from the competition due to an injury to their partner.
Gritsaenko: We should have scored more points here. They told us that they skated better than yesterday. Apparently I’m a little mentally tired, I don’t have the courage. I didn’t have enough strength, so I lowered the support. But these are just excuses. We have decided to compete next year in one stage.
Mixed emotions. On one hand we are last, on the other we are second. Maybe that got in the way. We care more about points than places. And the fact that we are the last of the two does not concern us,” reports the correspondent of , reporting Gritsaenko’s words.
“I feel like no one pushed me.” You understand that you are already in the prices,” Osokina added.
Osokina/Gritsaenko are the winners of the first stage of the Russian Grand Prix this season.
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