World and European figure skating champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva disagreed with the view that without Russian athletes there is no progress in international figure skating. The words of the athlete appear in the broadcast “Sports day by day”.
“There is progress in some disciplines. Of course, in men’s single skating – tremendous progress, because the young man displayed an almost transcendent element of ultra-complexity.
There are good dancers in dance. Maybe yes in doubles and single women, but I can’t say that there is not such a strong competition. The girls have had very few ultra-si attempts this season, but this does not mean that the competitions have become less interesting, ”said Tuktamysheva.
American figure skater Ilya Malinin became the first athlete in history to cleanly perform a quad axis at competitions, in the season that ended. Prior to this, attempts were made to bring down the element by two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu, but they were unsuccessful.
The International Skating Union (ISU) has suspended Russian skaters from participating in competitions under its auspices, following Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine. Russian athletes missed the 2022/23 season at the international level.
Tuktamysheva, world and European champion in 2015, silver medalist of the world championship in 2021. He won two stages of the Russian Grand Prix in the 2022/23 season and placed third in the final of the tournament. She also won a bronze medal at the national championship she.
The figure skater never managed to qualify for the Olympic Games. In the Russian Championship, the qualifying tournament for the 2022 Games, in the 2021/22 season, Tuktamysheva initially finished seventh and finished sixth when the result of the winner of the championship Kamila Valieva was canceled due to a positive doping test.
Formerly Tuktamysheva saidwhether it can do quad axle.