Figure skater Nikita Sarnovsky who won the Russian Grand Prix among juniors in St. Petersburg, recounted what he was told Evgeny Plushenko after rental.
A student of the Plushenko Academy of Angels, Sarnovsky won the competition with 250.16 points. Eduard Karartynyan was second (229.04), third was Gleb Kovtun (224.90).
— You said your goal was to win every tournament…
— The scale of this goal is slowly being fulfilled. I hope that the next departures will be better and better.
Here the content turned out to be stronger because I made a sheepskin coat and a second lutz for the counter. I did what was planned.
— How did you prepare for two consecutive stages?
— I didn’t listen at all. There were no other options. In the last two stages, the atmosphere was one of fighting.
— What did Yevgeny Viktorovich say after the skating?
– Well done, he fought for each element. His gesture at the end of the program for me to get up from the ice.
— Have you put all your energy into the program?
— I skated the free program much harder than a week ago. The day before, I received a one point deduction because I had fallen at the end of the program. Friday I got up and waited for the fall to come after the music ended.
— You didn’t put music in your short program. Didn’t that knock him out?
– A little. The adrenaline kicked in a bit, but that didn’t stop me.
— Are you psychologically stable?
– Not really. The main thing is to be psychologically and physically ready for departure.
-You seem confident…
– There is motivation.
– What is your size?
– 1 meter 84 centimeters. Now I’m not gaining much height, gradually. I gained a lot of height 3 years ago: 20 centimeters in one year.
I watch my weight very well. I have a weight with which I can jump well. If I exceed this weight it will affect my jumping.
— Do you think that show jumping is the basis of the program and that the rest can be developed?
— Yes, if you do jumps regularly, you gain confidence. The steps between jumps will be easier.
— You and Dmitry Mikhailov are working on the second assessment…
— In the summer, Dmitry Sergeevich and I slipped a lot, took a lot of steps. Every time I say we need a second grade, we’re going to get better. I am moving towards this gradually. If you are interested, it will not be boring, ”reports the correspondent.
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