Kamila Valiyeva became World Champion among juniors, Dar'ya Usachyova - Silver medalist
Kamila Valiyeva (227.30) became the World Champion among juniors, Dar'ya Usachyova (207.74) - Silver medalist, American Alisa Liu (204.83) won Bronze, Maya Khromykh (198.24) - fourth.
Kamila Valiyeva, the leader after the short program, did not leave her rivals a chance after skating her free program. The skater performed in her free program two quadruple Toeloops, the first one made with an error on the exit, the second in a cascade with a double Toeloop. All other elements, jumping and non-jumping, were performed in the pluses, on the 4th level. The Russian skater was ahead of the rest of her rivals by a substantial margin, gaining 227.30 points over two programs.
- In principle, I'm glad I got my act together. There was a small blot on the first Toeloop. But I'm glad that I gathered myself on the second Toeloop and then skated the program out with all the jumps. I am glad that at every start of the season I took first places. This is joyful ... Today, before the competition, I was always thinking about the free program, about jumping, a little nervous. I went for my warm-up, I thought: warm-up is excellent. And when I got to the start, I felt a little excitement, but when I got into the initial position - there was nowhere to go. This season, of course, I have matured, but there is always something to work on and I will work. But now I want to rest most of all. My dream, like all athletes, is to become an Olympic Champion. But in figure skating I always want to cleanly skate my programs, and there everything will be decided, ” Kamila admitted.
Having skated her program and after hearing her grades, Kamila did not immediately went to the journalists, she watched the skating run of Dasha Usachyova, with whom she trains in the same group. Later, Dasha will tell that they talk a lot about figure skating, but in life everything turns out differently. You can compete on ice, but at the rink to maintain normal friendly relations.
Dar'ya Usachyova was the last to start among the participants. The athlete performed a confident skating run. Only on the flip in the cascade did the judges put a dubious edge. This season, Dasha was third in the Championship of Russia and the Junior Final of the Grand Prix. At these Junior World Championships, the athlete managed to climb a notch.
- It rolled back cleanly, but the cascade could have been better and again it was a bit squeezed, but on the whole everything worked out. I think this was my best skating run ... The whole season I've always been a little lacking, I think this is a flaw in training. It seems to me that in competitions, first of all, you don’t need to think about failures, that something can happen. I try not to do this and set myself up for a clean, confident performance. If you compare me at the beginning of the season and now, because of some setbacks at the beginning, I began to work a little more in training and everything worked out. I began to skate cleaner, internally I became more confident.
Dar'ya finished ahead of American Alysa Liu, who in the free program did two triple Axels, but fell on her quadruple Lutz. Thanks to this serious content, Alysa rose from 4th place after her short program to the final third. And she was happy, unlike Ha Ying Lee from Korea, whose skating run didn't work out. The athlete who was second was so upset that she could not even give an interview after her performance.
Maya Khromykh, who, like the other Russians, made her debut at these World Championships, went for a quadruple jump for the first time. This was the first attempt of the quadruople Salchov at an international tournament. Salchov almost turned out, but with an error on the exit. The skater did all the other elements cleanly.
- Salchov almost turned out, but overall I am satisfied. If the quadruple was clean, it would be even better ... This season was not easy for me, there were many different problems. But if I'm here, then I managed. The most difficult thing for me was preparing for the National Championship in order to qualify for the World Championship. Then not everything worked out, but I tried very hard. There were different moments this season. And when it was very hard for me, my jumping didn't work, Eteri Georgiyevna supported, talked to me, said that she believes in me and that everyone has a chance. Found the right words ... Eteri Georgiyevna - strong and demanding. But she really likes to joke too. If you come to training, you will see not only serious faces, but also smiles. Without it, just no way.
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