Feeling the imminent end of the season, the skaters are getting better. The participants of the Russian Grand Prix final delight journalists not only with vivid interviews, but also with gifts.
single skater Anna Frolova appeared in the mixed zone with the words: “Who wants ice cream?”
Sport24 correspondent Konstantin Lesik answered in the affirmative and received the coveted dessert.
After the end of the interview, Frolova offered ice cream to other journalists with the words: “There is still some, I can go.” But media workers behaved modestly and decided not to strain the skater.
Andrey Mozalev went further. Fans made the figure skater rain from foxes (a reference to the work “The Little Prince”), and he decided to give some of the toys to media workers and security guards. Mozalev appeared in the press center with a large bag and began distributing fox cubs to everyone. Here he is – Santa Claus in St. Petersburg.
Skaters in the mixed zone were generally positive. For example, the leader after the short program Mark Kondratyuk posed with the dragon Toothless and shared his emotions.
“Very nice to be back. I hope tomorrow will be the same. Everything is fine with the form. Yesterday there was a certain jitter. After performing at the European Championships and the Olympics, it seemed that I would no longer have jitters. It turns out that if you do not speak for a while, the excitement still appears.
We arrived in St. Petersburg a little earlier, prepared with the team of Evgeny Rukavitsyn, thanks to them for giving us shelter. Five of the 12 participants in the Grand Prix final skated on the same ice – it’s great to feel such a competitive atmosphere, ” Kondratyuk says.
What other leaders of the Grand Prix Final said.
Petr Gumennik (2nd place)
“Satisfied with the performance. There must have been a bug somewhere. And according to the second assessment, I rolled as much as I could. And glad about it.
I’ve been sick a lot this season. Maybe due to the fact that the load is large. After the recovery, it was hard to ride, then I got sick again … There were some problems with the immune system. But now I’m healthy!
Concerts? It does not interfere, I do not spend a lot of time on this, but I get pleasure. Ready to play the piano to one of my colleagues at the ice show. Who will agree.
I will watch the World Cup. But only Ilya Malinin surprised me this season. Without Hanyu and Chen it became a little less exciting, and with us (the Russians) it would be much better.
Makar Ignatov (3rd place)
“I’ve done everything. If you dig deeper, you can look at the rotation, whether everything worked out with it.
A little short of 100 points? Okay, no big deal. Those are just numbers.
I was the first substitute for this tournament. Even after the championship in St. Petersburg there was a conversation that we are getting ready. So we have been practicing all this time.
My parents, the girl and all the viewers are rooting for me today.
