In women’s single skating, another injury, and again the figure skater of “Khrustalny”. Alena Kostornaya broke her wrist and withdrew from the Russian Championship, which will be held at the end of December in St. Petersburg. Experts talk about Kostornaya’s chances of going to Beijing 2022, and fans are outraged, accusing Eteri Tutberidze. MK-Sport will tell you how the world of figure skating reacted to Alena’s injury.
What happened?
The Russian Figure Skating Federation announced yesterday that European champion Alena Kostornaya will miss the Russian Championship, which will be held in St. Petersburg from 23 to 26 December. Recall that the national championship is a qualifying stage for the 2022 Olympics. But not all tickets to Beijing will be played out in St. Petersburg, as the FFKKR reported, the composition of the Russian Olympic team will be formed after the European Championship in Tallinn, scheduled for January 10-16.
Kostornaya’s missing CR is associated with a hand injury – the length of time in a cast does not allow her to take part in the tournament. The skater herself did not talk about the nature of the fracture:
“I won’t say anything. I am not allowed to comment on anything. “
Later, a photo appeared in which Kostornaya, with eyes full of tears, demonstrates a bandaged brush. The general director of the FFKKR Alexander Kogan said that the skater is prohibited from training for 20 days, which means that Alena’s last chance to jump into the carriage for Beijing 2022, taking part in the European Championship, is also questionable. True, not all experts think so.
What are they saying in the world of figure skating?
Kostornaya, like six other skaters from Russia, are competing for a place in the national team for the Olympics. Alena’s chances throughout the season were slightly less than those of the same Kamila Valieva, Anna Shcherbakova or Alexandra Trusova . The latter is also recovering from a leg injury – Russkaya Raketa had a stress fracture of the foot, but the skater will still perform at the Russian Championship. Certain chances were and Darya Usacheva , but she injured thigh just at the stage of the Grand Prix in Japan. Shcherbakova also began the season with an injury. That is, as many as four figure skaters Eteri Tutberidze faced problems in the Olympic season, and the fans see this as an unpleasant pattern.
Coach Alexander Zhulin volunteered to calm down all those who were not indifferent :
“Will this affect the preparation for the Olympics? So far, everything is very bad for Alena. I think that any additional selection and exclusion in the form of control rentals is impossible. I don’t want to associate the injuries of Tutberidze’s wards with each other and look for some kind of tendency in this. The series of traumas in “Khrustalny” is, rather, the will of chance. “
Alena Leonova believes that Kostornaya still has chances of getting into the Olympic team : “The coaching staff will analyze the situation, the results of the skates at the Russian Championship, and see who will get the third ticket to the European Championship. It’s too early to say anything, Alena still has some chances for the Olympic Games. “
But the choreographer Ilya Averbukh is not sure of this, as is the Olympic champion Natalya Bestemyanov a.
“For Alena, this is very bad, this injury puts an end to her chances of getting to the Olympics – she dropped out of the race ,” Bestemyanova said.
“Our main favorites to get to the Olympics following the results of the first half of the season were objectively Valieva, Shcherbakova, Trusova, Tuktamysheva. Alena, after all, was not included in this four, judging by the results at the Grand Prix stages. What is there to talk about? “- asked Averbukh.
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