Yagudin believes that Russia lags behind the leading countries in men’s single skating
Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin assessed the prospects of Russian figure skaters for Olympic medals at the 2022 Games in Beijing.
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“We have never really said lately that everything is fine in the national men’s single skating. Bronze of the Olympics – this is unrealistic. To get into the top three, we need everything to work out, which we have never seen lately. And one of the leaders needs to be very wrong. But in our team, I do not see applicants even for bronze. Misha Kolyada is a genius and good in terms of components, but I have not yet seen a single tournament from him, so that everything was right backhand. We have long had a sadness in men’s skating. Dima Aliyev is also good in components, he has a quadruple lutz. When our people try to do three quads in a free program, it often fails. And the opponents have four or five. Unfortunately, male singles are now one step lower than in the leading countries, ”Yagudin said. Sport24…
The Olympic Games in Beijing will be held from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Earlier it was reported that Mishina and Gallyamov won the Russian Figure Skating Cup stage.