Russian figure skater, silver medalist in the 2018 Olympic Games team competition Alexander Enbert, evaluated the results of American Ilya Malinin in the men’s singles skating at the World Championships in Japan. Malinin finished third, surpassed by Korean Cha Jun Hwan, and Japanese Sema Uno became world champion. Enbert noted that 18-year-old Malinin is imposing competition on his more experienced and elite rivals.
“As I recall, Ilya Malinin was technically first in both the short and free programs, but Cha and Uno’s second grades were so high that they blocked Malinin’s technical scores. On the one hand, this is not a big surprise because the Korean is a seasoned athlete who has been top-ranked at world championships. And second place is nothing out of the ordinary. It happened.
Anyway, Ilya imposed the competition on more experienced and famous athletes – although I think he is famous all over the world now. The competition was interesting, the men’s singles skating at the World Championships turned out to be cool, ”said Enbert socialbites.ca.
Former Honored Coach of Russia in figure skating Inna Goncharenko spoke About Sema Uno’s victory at the World Championship.
Source: Gazeta
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