The Beijing Games contender’s choreographer made an appeal after she became European figure skating champion
Winter Olympics hopeful Kamila Valieva survived a fall to take the European title in a clean sweep for Russian stars – and her coach sent a message to followers of the Russian team after watching the 15-year-old storm to glory.
Russian national champion Valieva recovered from hitting the ice on her triple axel attempt and delivered a Salchow and a combination of a flip and a triple toe loop to beat compatriot Anna Shcherbakova by a mammoth 22 points at the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn.
The 17-year-old world champion beat fellow Russian Alexandra Trusova, who hit back from falling twice during her free skate.
“I can say that it’s a work in progress skate – not everything worked out,” Valieva reflected. “I couldn’t switch off some of my emotions and that prevented me [from being at my best]. I will try to skate [more] calmly.”
📺 With a powerful skate Kamila Valieva leaps to the top of the podium at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪 #EuroFigure #FigureSkating pic.twitter.com/VEwJmGukAi
— ISU Figure Skating (@ISU_Figure) January 15, 2022
#euroskate2022Tallinn #EuroFigure Women medallists:
🥇Kamila VALIEVA 🇷🇺 259.06
🥈Anna SHCHERBAKOVA 🇷🇺 237.42
🥉Alexandra TRUSOVA 🇷🇺 234.36