Olympic champion in ice dancing Tatyana Navka commented on the judging of the team figure skating tournament at the Beijing Games. Her words are quoted by RBC.
According to the ex-athlete, judges from the United States are biased towards the Russians. “The Americans are our main competitors in the team competition. Judges from the United States will do everything to lower our skaters, ”Navka said.
At the same time, she admitted that Russian athletes made mistakes during their performances on the first day of the competition. The former figure skater added that the strongest will still win.
On February 4, the American judge gave the Russian sports couple Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov 81.12 points for the short program, while the other judges scored more than 82 points. She estimated the Chinese couple Sui Wenjing and Han Cong by 3.7 points more than the Russians . For other judges, the advantage in favor of two-time world champions did not exceed 0.8 points. As a result, the Chinese became the first, Mishina and Gallyamov – the second.
Honored Coach of Russia Tatyana Tarasova also commented on the results of the first day of competition in the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympics. She urged to calm down and not to consider the gap between the Russians and the Americans as terrible.
After three types of program (short program for men and sports couples, rhythm dance for dance duets), the Russian team takes second place in the standings with 26 points. The US team is leading with 28 points.
Source: Lenta
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