Figure skating coach Elena Sokolova, who trained the dancing couple Ekaterina Mironova and Evgeniy Ustenko, analyzed the incident as follows in an interview with socialbites.ca: collision Annabelle Morozov and Elizaveta Shanaeva are preparing for the rhythm dance. Shanaeva accidentally cut her opponent’s leg with her skate. Morozov received stitches and his duet was withdrawn from the free dance.
Later it became known that Morozov and his partner Igor Eremenko made a decision. change sports citizenship And I will play for France.
“During the warm-up, everyone keeps busy on their own. “Neither I nor my students noticed anything during this process,” he said. “We realized that everything was very serious only after the warm-up was over and Igor Eremenko carried Annabelle in his arms.”
Despite this incident, the coach stated that there was no point in reducing the number of couples in the warm-up (there are currently five).
“I think this will not change the situation significantly. Reducing the number of pairs in the warm-up means fewer pairs participating in the main competitions. We already have a lot of competition this season.
Dancers need to control their bodies and skates so well that they need to look 360 degrees and learn to avoid such situations. In sports couples, everything is more difficult, because there are overhead elements, and if you make your partner stretch out his arms and someone flies into you, it is a disaster. “There was an absurd accident here,” Sokolova said.
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