Figure skaters Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov said that all sports couples of the Russian team create serious competition.
The third stage of the Russian Grand Prix began on Saturday in Krasnoyarsk. Mishina/Gallyamov scored 78.69 points and took first place after the short program in the pairs sports competition. Second – Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgeniev (73.88), third – Alisa Blinnikova and Alexey Karpov (63.77).
— How do you find the situation of pair skating in the country and in the world?
Michina: This season there are fewer couples in the team, but all are strong, the competition remains.
— This is your first Grand Prix stage of the season, what do you think?
Galliamov: There are points to improve. Far from being an ideal rental. We will prepare for the Russian Championship, get in shape and iron out the intricacies at the box office.
The head and body are already getting used to the new program, the music and the competitive environment.
Michina: We are lucky to perform well in the latter stages. We already know something new about judges’ evaluations; we managed to earn some extra money, for example todes.
– How are you doing? It looks like they’re upset.
Galliamov: Everything is fine.
Michina: It’s too early to rejoice, I want to skate cleanly. We are just focused.
— Look at your competitors, compare the scores with Boykova and Kozlovsky?
Michina: It is wrong to compare scores from different competitions.
Galliamov: To avoid a gap of 15 points, they can sometimes give other points, but this is purely my view, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting the words of Mishina/Gallyamov.
The skaters will present their free program on Sunday.
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Source : MatchTV

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