Figure skater Daniel Samsonov said he plans to complicate his program as the season progresses, doing more quadruple jumps.
On Sunday, Samsonov took third place in the third stage of the Russian Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk, scoring 275.94 points in the total of two programs. Nikolai Ugozhaev won (292.56), second being Pyotr Gumennik (282.88).
– A good result for me, especially with such competition, the whole second warm-up was the strongest guys. You look at them and understand that you can’t give up, you have to reach for them. I couldn’t let my staff down, I hope I managed to please the staff. The main thing is that I managed to show clean skating, because during the skating tests and the championships in Moscow, almost nothing happened in the free program. And the medal is just a nice bonus.
After the short program, I realized that it would be easier for me to move on to the free program, since I was not in the top three. I approached this start calmly, closing the short program was a little difficult, but I wanted to have fun, which I did.
— Are you planning to complicate the elements?
— Due to unforeseen circumstances, I changed the program a little here, but I will definitely do so in the future. If I want to fight for three or six at the Russian Championship, then I need to follow the rest and do as many quads as possible.
— Will this bronze give you confidence?
— I don’t want to make any guesses, I hope that I will have enough strength to compete at the Moscow stadium, and tomorrow I will be in training. Then I will work on the quadruple lutz and return to the Russian championship, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Samsonov’s words.
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