Some clippings from the various interviews:
“ Of course I'm upset. But after the Russian Championship, where I burst into tears, everyone told me that this shouldn't happen - I held on. It turned out that at the last two starts, for some reason I could not get my skating together. I think the point is in psychology. I just really want to do everything. I’m not afraid to jump quadruple jumps. I always loved it and love to do it. I like to perform with more complex content. If I declare 3 quads in the program, I have no right to make a mistake, I need to skate out everything cleanly, and with 5 quads, it’s easier for me to cope psychologically. I will not say that I am tired. It's just that my form is not the best now. After the holidays, I haven't yet fully recovered. And, as I already said, I can’t get myself together. But this is not a reason to skate badly ”, commented Sasha Trusova.
“ It was not possible to have a clean skating run, because the sensations that usually occur after successful performances were a little different this time. But I will strive to skate without errors at my next starts ”, Anna Shcherbakova admitted.
“ I didn’t think with such a skating run, with an error, I would be first. At the end of the program, I probably relaxed a bit, performed my most difficult, and it happened.
What emotions do I feel now? Very tired. There is simply no strength left. And I want to say that all that I have achieved, I owe to my coaches. They invested a lot of work into me. And I am very grateful to all my coaches. ”, Alyona Kostornaya admitted.
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From:
https://fsrussia.ru/news/4882-alena...dali-vo-vsekh-chetyrekh-vidakh-programmy.html
I read in another interview Aleksandra felt more stress doing this reduced program than going all out in her quintuple quad attempts. But it seems she is learning from the experience and ready to develop herself in other directions, but probably after World Championships.
About her being substituted by the coaching council? For medaling in Montreal, I still have more faith in Aleksandra's skills, athleticism, conditioning, tenacity, ambition and mind set, than in Tuktamysheva jumping 'va banque' in her otherwise shallow program.
We'll see how the next 4-5 weeks progress, before the World Championships team is finalised.
Just as I am writing this, messages from YT pop up that Aleksandra is freely jumping triksels and quads in the gala training session. Brave and gutsy girl she is indeed. Maybe she'll put them in her EX, otherwise perhaps in the skills battle, if the ice isn't being spoiled by streamers.
Here is the FFKKR official interview right after EX training with Aleksandra:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76bq8jUyXnk , Aleksandra all calm and attentive, her plait draped over her shoulder.
She is at a crossroads, she and her trainers emphasised the need for clean skating, but Aleksandra herself still very much likes to play 'ice breaker', clearing her own path and leaving all others in her wake. Otherwise, she answered all questions regarding to skating, training and future composed and measured, not giving much away.
She went loose when Olga asked into the wellbeing of the pets ;-)
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