Figure skater Edouard Karartynian who became second at the Russian Grand Prix among juniors in St. Petersburg, said he was very nervous before the competition.
Karartynyan took second place with 229.04 points. Nikita Sarnovsky won (250.16), Gleb Kovtun took bronze (224.90).
— I had positive emotions from the short program, but mixed emotions from the free program. The result was stable jumps for me, but it’s a shame for others. Apparently, doubts arose, maybe that’s why it didn’t work. Even though I can do everything, I do everything in training. Because of the anxiety that sometimes bothers me and which I find difficult to cope with, my legs start to shake. I try to work on it so I don’t worry.
— In the free program, did you want to swap the quads?
— We changed the Salchow for a sheepskin coat because it is stable for me. I was very surprised that it was only double. I very rarely tear it off.
— The main obstacle is your emotionality?
– Probably yes, because the excitement is immense. I don’t know what it is. Just a competition, a celebration. And I feel like I’m at the Olympics.
— How do you deal with anxiety?
“I try to stop thinking about the competition and do other things. The more I think about performance, the more I worry.
– What can you congratulate yourself on?
— I can congratulate myself on the fourth level rotations. In the last stage, my rotations were second and third level. For me, the second level is somehow shameful. My spins are good, I have always won on them.
After the last stage, we worked a lot on spins, because you can lose a lot of points there. Every hundredth can affect your result.
— You have a solid group. Is it motivating?
— Of course, I don’t want to be late. But I don’t look at others, I only look after myself. When I look at others, I think they are better and I am worse. Lately I have stopped looking at others, I only focus on myself, because I want good results. I won’t say that I doubt myself a lot.
— What are your hobbies?
— I don’t particularly listen to music, I rarely draw. “I like to communicate with people and lead an active lifestyle,” reports the correspondent of , according to Karartynyan’s words.
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