Russian figure skater Dmitry Aliev talked about the new generation who started doing quadruple jumps at an earlier age. His words are quoted Sports24.
“Sasha Samarin and I are the only remaining children of the 90s, the rest are younger. Nowadays they start jumping quad jumps early, just like Mark Kondratyuk. It is easier for those who have a body like a young potato. We already have foulbrood. But it’s nice to win in such a company, first of all, you prove to yourself that you can do other things too,” said Aliyev.
29 October Aliyev became the winner He won the third stage of the Russian Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk with 260.07 points.
Aliyev is the 2020 European champion, he also won the Russian championship in the same year.
The International Skating Union (ISU) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from competitions. In the 2022/23 season, they focused on domestic competitions (Russian Grand Prix stages and the national championship). Although the issue of the return of Russian athletes was brought up at the ISU meeting held in October, it was not brought to the agenda.
Previously Tatyana Tarasova explained Tutberidze’s student’s failure at the Grand Prix stage.