Figure skater Sofia Samodelkina, who changed her Russian citizenship to Kazakh, said she had to lose weight to reach the top level. This was reported by “Championship” With a link to the official website of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
“I really want to bring back quadruple jumps. However, my first goal is to regain my “most special jumps”, the triple Axel and quadruple Salchow, which I have always jumped. But first you need to lose weight,” said Samodelkina.
Samodelkina changed her sports citizenship to Kazakhstan in the summer of 2023 and officially joined the Kazakhstan national team in the summer of 2024. Accordingly, the country’s national championship started for the first time after the mandatory quarantine when changing citizenship.
At the Russian Grand Prix in Samara in the 2022 season, Samodelkina won the short and freestyle programs ahead of Olympic medalists Alexandra Trusova and Ksenia Gushchina.
In March 2023, Samodelkina participated in the final of the Russian Grand Prix and qualified by taking first and second place in the stages. The athlete made many mistakes in both programs and ranked 11th in the final with 185.54 points.
Previously Tatyana Tarasova statedThat Samodelkina is not interested in the consequences.
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Source: Gazeta
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