The Russian Championship suffered a significant loss – the silver medalist of the Olympic Games and last year’s Chechen Republic Alexander Trusova unexpectedly refused to participate in the competition.
The girl took part in the tournament draw on Wednesday, December 21 and actively shared photos from the event.
At that time, no one could have imagined that Trusova would withdraw from the competition for health reasons just because she looked great.
But the very next day, the skater showed signs of SARS. According to RIA Novosti, the girl felt seriously uncomfortable, but still did her scheduled morning training, where she even skipped the quad lutz – the hardest jump in figure skating, not counting the quad ax.
Presumably, the body weakened even more under the load. In the evening of the same day, Trusova unexpectedly missed the short men’s program in which her lover Mark Kondratyuk competed, although the couple always attended each other’s performances.
And on Friday night the girl fell ill.
“I am weak right now: Sasha’s fever is 39.4,” the athlete’s trainer Svetlana Sokolovskaya told TASS. The doctor was called at night. Everything necessary for treatment is being done, the doctors are always there.”
Coach also posted a photo of Trusova’s thermometer on her social network to confirm the athlete’s high fever.
According to RT, the doctor of the Russian national team, Alexander Ozerov, personally insisted that the figure skater be excluded from the competition.
And RIA Novosti correspondent Vlad Zhukov wrote on his Telegram channel that he had a fever on Thursday, December 22, when Trusova is currently doing her last training.
In Russia, there is an increase in the incidence of influenza, especially affecting athletes whose bodies are subjected to inhuman stress.
It is also prohibited to treat athletes with many conventional drugs, as they may contain substances prohibited by doping control.
So, due to the severe course of the disease, a promising couple Vasilisa Kaganovskaya and Valery Angelopol, as well as Irina Khavronina and Dario Chirizano (the girl had the flu before the tournament and fell ill during the competition), starred in the ice dance. From the Russian Championship. It turned out that Elizaveta Khudaiberdiyeva, who fell to the ground twice after the tournament, also had a severe flu on the eve of the demonstrations.
After Trusova’s removal, Kamila Valieva became the clear favorite of the Russian championship, with Sofia Samodelkina, Sofia Akatieva, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Sofia Muravyeva competing for gold.
Earlier, Trusova’s boyfriend Mark Kondratyuk withdrew from the Russian Championships, but for a different reason: He still worries about a back injury, as he spent some time in the hospital.
In the short program, the reigning champion of Russia performed clearly below his abilities, made many mistakes and suffered a fall. As a result, he took only 12th place out of 17, collecting 77.50 points.
“Am I afraid of worsening the injury? I think it’s already gotten worse. Of course it’s a gamble,” Kondratyuk said after the short program.