Coach Alexander Zhulin explained why Olympic champion Kamila Valieva missed the Russian jumping championships. His words are quoted RIA News.
“Why should Valieva lose to Bazylyuk? That’s why I set out. Valieva is a very talented person, probably the most talented of everyone I have met. He needs motivation. It is hard to find.
There is a theme like this: Yes, the younger a person is, the more screwed he is. This used to be the case among girls too, but now it’s the same story with boys. But it is absolutely not a fact that Bazylyuk will continue to win in a few years,” said Zhulin.
Valieva missed the Russian vaulting championships due to health reasons.
The winner of the 2024 Russian jumping championship was Dmitry Kozlovsky’s team, in which Alexandra Boykova, Margarita Bazylyuk, Sofia Muravyova, Maria Gordeeva, Lev Lazarev, Evgeny Semenenko, Ivan Popov, Ekaterina Chikmareva, Matvey Yanchenkov and Dmitry Aliev competed.
For the victory, the winning team will receive 5 million rubles, and the losing team will receive 3 million.
European Championships where there were no Russian figure skaters before in the name “a shame.”