Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova commented on the leadership of Russian Kamila Valieva in the short program at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. Her words are quoted by Championship.com.
“Yes, Camila made a mistake today. There is nothing terrible! I saw her tears. Gathered after so many nerves, did everything. She is a brilliant girl, ”said Tarasova. She added that all the Russians performed excellently, and the places in front of the free program were distributed as they should.
Valieva became the leader in the short program earlier on February 15. For her rental, the 15-year-old athlete received 82.16 points. In second place is another Russian Anna Shcherbakova with 80.20 points. Third place went to Japanese Kaori Sakamoto with 79.84 points. Alexandra Trusova finished fourth with 74.60 points.
The skater’s free program will be shown on February 17. The start of the competition is at 13:00 Moscow time. The Beijing Olympic Games will last until February 20.
Source: Lenta
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