Sasha's interview with Sovsport:
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Alexander Petrov: no special desire to compete with Plushenko
16-year-old skater Alexander Petrov in a conversation with a reporter from Spb.Sovsport.ru shared his opinion about the performance at the European Championships and talked about future plans for the season.
Made your first appearance at the European Championships, felt the seriousness of the adult competition?
- I would not say so. I have experienced the maturity of these tournaments when I made my debut in the Russian championship. Then I was, it seems, 13 years old. So in Bratislava nothing new discovered, everything was as usual.
The final eighth place to find yourself a good result?
- Of course. Given that I did not have a quadruple jump, I think that I did well, clean.
As now rate your state, what are your plans for the near future?
- On March 3 will go with Liza Tuktamysheva to a senior "B" class competition in Hungary. Then in the 20s [23rd March to be exact] is the Russian Youth Olympics. This, apparently, is thus far everything, currently it is very difficult to predict anything. If we evaluate the season, I'm happy with it.
You used to train in Alexei Mishin's group together with Evgeni Plushenko. Now is the desire to compete with him, as it was in some competition before?
- If he will take part, of course it would be nice. But there is no special desire. At every start I compete with myself, my program. As such, the rivalry between me and Plushenko, there is none."
http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/886169
The two competitions he is referring to:
http://www.sportorszag.hu/index.php?page=competition&pw=9&lang=eng Sportland Trophy
http://www.fskate.ru/results/tour/1427.html Spartakiad Youth Russia (Russian Youth Olympics)
indeed! It put a smile on my face.Good luck, Sasha - knock'em dead!
