Unfortunately, Savchenko sprained her right ankle when she fell on the throw triple Axel. They scored a total of 210.59.
“I felt a sharp pain, but I tried to continue (the best I could),” said Savchenko. “I just had to.”
While the pair elements, such as lifts and spins, were strong, the team decided not to go for the quad throw Salchow under these circumstances. Nevertheless, Savchenko stepped out of the landing of a triple throw Salchow. The usually tough skater was in tears in the mixed zone, barely able to speak. A bit later, she felt better, but was limping at the victory ceremony and had to withdraw from the exhibition gala.
“We need to check out the injury at home to find out whether the injury is serious or if it is only a strain that will be okay after a few days,” coach Alexander Koenig said.
Massot looked very nervous in the long program, but he pointed out that he enjoyed skating in France again.
“I think we got a very good welcome here,” said the French-born skater. “It was amazing to skate here. It was really hard to do two competitions in a row, physically, but more so in the head. I did bad mistakes in the beginning of the program, but I came back and we did good lifts.”
for that quad sal attempt right at the end of their program. These two are not messing around.
I hope her injury is not serious.
