Russian figure skater Elizabeth Tuktamysheva spoke about the preparations for the European Championships.
"As long as every day is obtained in different ways - like, trying to collect a triple axel, do jump in different states, but still my thought that its inclusion in the program for such an important start, as the European Championship - too risky step.
At first I did not believe I could do immediately axel, because I remember my first steps in the study of this element, and it seemed to me that once again will repeat the old story. But, apparently, I became stronger, and all got a little easier.
In the short program, I do a cascade of two triple toe and triple Lutz, and as these elements are not me so hard, add to them a triple axel is more or less impossible. It's all really just need a little time practicing "- quoted Tuktamysheva" R-Sport. "