Sochi Olympic champion Adelina Sotnikova congratulated skaters with the end of the Russian championship. In competitions of women gold won the World and European champion Yevgeny Medvedev, silver - Alina Zagitovoy, bronze - Mary Sotskova. Sotnikova herself tweets about the current season.
"With the end of the championship of Russia! All congratulations! You're all just great !!! Every athlete!" - Sotnikova wrote in her Twitter.
Thursday, December 22. First, from 14.00 to 16.30 (hereinafter Moscow time) men skated short programs. With 16.45 on 18.45 Short program performed by pairs. From 19.30 to 20.15 will be held the official opening of the competition, and from 20.30 to 22.15 a rich program Thursday complete dance duets (short dance).
On Friday, 23 December, the battle will become among women - from 14.00 to 16.30 they will show short programs. Next, the program will perform random men (16.45-19.45) and from 20.00 to 21.45 with the dancers will perform free dance.
On Saturday, December 24 from 15.00 to 17.15 pairs' free programs and from 17.30 to 20.30 women's free programs will take place.
Finally, on December 25, on Sunday, from 13.00 to 13.45 there will be a ceremony of rewarding and completes the championship of Russia on figure skating demonstrations on Sunday (14.00-16.30).
Two-time Olympic medalist Alexander Zhulin, is currently working with Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov, summed up the results of the tournament.
- Michael Kolyada won the championship of Russia. What can we expect from him in the next international competitions? Do not you think that in his free skate there aren't enough quadruple jumps
- The guy is clearly growing. He already had two dokruchennyh quad lutz. However, while he sometimes falls on them, but carries a tall lutz on workouts and training. If he learns these jumps and adds two quadruple toe loop and Salchow, you will qualify for the highest place at any level. We Kolyada excellent skating and excellent sliding technique. It is slightly inferior to Yuzuru Hanyu and Patrick Chan, but it is quite competitive, especially if we talk about Europe.
- Let's move on to women. Evgenia Medvedeva - the phenomenon of figure skating?
- Of course. She's got everything for a good result. If the new season it is suitable in the same form - both physical and psychological - that now, it will be our main hope for an Olympic gold medal in Pyeongchang.
I would also like to say a few words about the runner Alina Zagitovoy. I'm in awe of her jumping technique. They are phenomenal. The girl simply delicious, seen fantastic potential. I think there are lots of rivalries at the senior level. It is a pity that age, it is not held to the international competitions. Her group worked very cool.
- It seems that the whole of the last warm-up was impressive ...
- Of course, completely grown-up Anna began working Pogorilaya. Strong and Maria Sotskova. I do not want to be on-site judges. But the first two places of questions asked, because here the role played technical assessments.
- How about the excess jumps of Medvedeva?
- I do not understand why this rule is introduced. If a man holds triple jumps - let him do! It's a pleasure to watch such programs. If the skaters jump three triple jumps in combination - open for them to perform one more jump to decorate skating. It's like someone now will start to jump fivefold, and it will not be counted. And sitting with the gray mouse and monitor only, there is an edge or not, understanding nothing in developments. We found some inner edge at Pogorilaya that all life sprang from the outside ...
Alina Zagitova, who became the silver medalist of the championship of Russia in the national competition, admitted that her legs were shaking from the excitement during the tournament in Chelyabinsk .
- I'm really grown mentally. I've got some competition experience. There were a lot of people, for me it was just a shock, my legs were shaking, and I do not know what to do. Itself by itself did not expect anything, but it did - Zagitova said. - I'm happy, I even emotions is not enough, do not know how to convey their joy!
Second place - it's just a no comment, I'm so glad. All that has been done by me was not in vain. But we must also continue to aim higher! I did not see Jenny Medvedeva's performance, but perhaps it's just super, what she has done so. The fact that we train together, greatly spurring me to aim higher. It motivates me.
14-year-old Zagitova sensationally won the silver in the adult Russian Championship. The winner was Yevgenia Medvedeva, who trains with the group Zagitovoy the famous coach Eteri Tutberidze. He closed the top three winners Maria Sotskova.