Figure skating, Russian championship – 2022, free program (women, couples) – online broadcast, December 25
Alexei Zheleznyakov, the choreographer of the Eteri Tutberidze group, spoke about the change in Sofia Muravyova’s assessments after the short program at the Russian Championship. And also writes the words of the wife of Evgeni Plushenko, Yana Rudkovskaya.
“It’s funny, the main expert in the world of figure skating is Yana Rudkovskaya. She is a technical specialist, a judge, and everything else. Even Evgeni Plushenko remained silent and did not comment on the situation. But the reader, and the reaper, and the player on the pipe is Yana Rudkovskaya. It’s funny to watch it all. There are technical rules, regulations: a mistake was made and recorded. The judges and the Federation, what would be a scandal if there was no evidence that this mistake was made. They determine the degree of responsibility for the entire situation and understand how it should be according to the rules.
Yes, Eduard Aksenov filed a protest and it is right that he did it. Rules are rules. Why should we move away from them? The same situations have already happened at other starts, people were swapped on the podium. What Yana Rudkovskaya says about lawyers just sounds silly and funny.
Let’s be objective, Anya Shcherbakova, although she is my student, was two heads higher than Muravyova in skating, in emotions, in everything. It was great skating in the short program. The situation is ordinary, this is a proven technical error, which is not the fault of either Tutberidze, Plushenko, Muravyov, or Shcherbakov. The judges overlooked at one point. Then, when they filed a protest, I understand that they reviewed everything and realized that there was a technical error, that according to the regulations, they should be fined by one point. Everything is according to the rules, everything is fair. I ask the fans not to look for any underwater currents and stones here, ”Zheleznyakov quoted Sport-Express as saying.