
The Russian figure skaters could beat everyone at the World Championships in Montpellier, they are much stronger than Kaori Sakamoto, who won first place in the short program. This was announced to RBC Sport by Tatyana Tarasova, Honored Coach of the USSR in figure skating.
“Among those who rode, the Japanese was the best. But we have the experience of the Olympic Games, if our girls went on the ice, she would not have a chance to win first place. She did everything cleanly, but this is a rental twenty years ago, all the elements were made, but there were no elements of the highest complexity, and our girls strive, they also do the highest complexity, they develop in technical perfection. Of course, they would be the first everywhere. The Japanese skated well, but not at a high level, of course, ”said Tarasova.
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Kaori Sakamoto showed the best result in the short program in the singles competition at the World Figure Skating Championships, which started in Montpellier. The bronze medalist of the Beijing Olympic Games in the individual and team tournaments showed the result of 80.32 points.
The singles free program will be presented on March 25.
The current world and Olympic champion in singles is Russian Anna Shcherbakova. Russian athletes do not take part in the world championship due to suspension from international competitions.
The competitive part of the tournament will last until March 26.