Beautiful programs, ultra-si and interesting interviews – this is all about the girls’ performances at the junior stage of the Russian Grand Prix in Ufa. Interview with winner Margarita Bazylyuk is available Here. In this article we publish a conversation with the silver and bronze medalists.
Alena Prineva reminds many fans of Alexandra Trusov – facial features and a beautiful quadruple lutz. In Ufa, the figure skater from CSKA succeeded in this ultra-si element one time out of two – the cascade with a triple sheepskin coat came out clean.
— What can you say about your performance? – first question to Alena.
— In principle, I’m happy with my performance. I’ll work on it and everything will be better. The cascades at the end of the program will be cleaner. I will try to continue to show my best.
— Do fans note that you no longer skate like a junior, but show full-fledged adult skating?
— I see how they write this on social networks. But they don’t tell me this personally – I’m still in the juniors, but I don’t really focus on this yet, I’m still far from reaching the adults. I ride for fun, I like it.
—Your programs are great. Who put it?
— Choreographer Artem Fedorchenko. I am very grateful to him for such good productions. He puts on difficult programs, you have to try to nail them! I respect him.
– Do you call me by name and patronymic?
– No, haha. Artem. Just Artem.
— On social networks you are compared a lot with Sasha Trusova…
– In general, I don’t care whether they compare me or not. Yes, the facial features are a little similar. But there is no such thing as writing “Prineva and Trusova are twins.” But I came across collages where Sasha and I were at the same age.
— Your quadruple lutz is as cool as Sasha’s.
– But it needs to be stabilized a little and shown much better at competitions.
— Are there any idols in figure skating?
– Our girls. There are quite a lot of them. I’ll highlight the Olympic trio – Kamila Valieva, Sasha Trusova and Anya Shcherbakova. I really like them. I try to go into competitions as calmly as they do and do my best.
— Did you communicate with any of them?
– Not yet. But I saw Sasha live. I have a photo with her!
Kira Trofimova, a graduate of Plushenko’s Angels, scored 194.53 points and won a bronze medal. The figure skater is distinguished by her emotions and the beauty of her programs. Some fans compared her to Alena Kostornaya. It turned out that the European champion helped Kira with staging programs.
— How would you rate the performance? — question to Kira.
— Quite a good performance, I was very worried, because after the short one I was in third place and I wanted to keep it. There are some blemishes in the box office that need to be corrected, but I think the show was a success.
I chose the music; I’ve wanted it for a long time, ever since that season. I really like skating to it, I don’t think it’s too early for me.
— How was the work with Alena Kostornaya, who staged the programs?
— I really enjoyed working, she choreographs unique things, I enjoyed working with her as a choreographer. We worked on both programs, more on the short one.
— What exactly were you working on?
– And over the hands, and over the emotions, and over the artistry. The program itself was not changed radically, they moved their hands and filled the empty spaces with beautiful things.
— Which skater inspires you?
— Alena Kostornaya, also Evgeniy Viktorovich Plushenko, I look up to my head coach. I look up to Evgenia Medvedev, I really like the way she skates. Very beautiful. Alexandra Trusova is very impressed by her range of jumps in the program. I look up to a lot of people, so I can’t list them all at once.
— Would you risk switching to pair skating, following Kostornaya’s example?
– No (smiles). I don’t want to go into pair skating, I really like singles. To be honest, I’m afraid to ride in pairs. I don’t know why this is so, Alena shared her experience with us, saying that it is not as scary as everyone thinks. But I still don’t want to (smiles)
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2023-10-13 15:05:00
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