Evgenia Medvedeva: “At the GP Final, you could see women’s short programs where all three jumps were failed. It’s sad. I’m sure that when we return, we will show everyone who the leader is.”
Translation of Evgenia Medvedeva’s comments about level of women’s single skating in the world.
original source: TASS
Here’s a translation of Evgenia Medvedeva’s comment that the level of women’s singles figure skating worldwide has declined.
“Evgenia Medvedeva: I comment on international competitions, and if we talk about women single skating, the level has, of course, dropped. There are significantly fewer ultra-C elements, far fewer clean performances.
I think, firstly, everyone is emotionally exhausted. I can only observe it from the outside and speculate about what might be happening. Currently, Russian girls are not competing on the international stage, and this can lead to a certain relaxation.
As a sports person, I adhere to the opinion that it doesn’t matter whether you have competitors or not – you need to keep yourself in good shape and at least cleanly execute the declared content.
At the Grand Prix Final, you could see the women’s short program and there were performances where all three jumps out of three were failed. It’s sad.
I am sure that when we return, we will show everyone who the leader is.”
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That was a dig at Levito. However, she fails to take into account that Russian women were never leaders in figure skating until that nationwide cheating program began, so she can have a seat.
Sure, show leadership with no help from drugs. This has been a problem with some Russian competitors in many sports.