Olympic champion Sochi Adelina Sotnikova shared her forecast for the women's singles tournament at the 2022 Olympics, which will be held in Beijing.
The 24-year-old athlete, who has already completed her career, does not agree with the conclusions of a number of experts who read the first line of the podium Kamila Valieva … The silver medalist of the Russian Championship 2020 at the age of 14 is already performing a triple axel, quadruple sheepskin coat and salchow. She became the best among women at the Channel One Cup, which was held in Moscow in early February.
- Some people call Kamila the main contender for gold in Beijing-2022. I have a different opinion. Do not discount our more experienced skaters - Shcherbakova, Kostornaya and Trusova. I would not be surprised if not only Valieva but also someone else from yesterday's juniors shoots next season,”SE quotes Sotnikova as saying.
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Sotnikova noted that at international competitions, Valieva's skates will be judged stricter than home refereeing at the Channel One Cup (90.25 points for the short program and 179.19 for the free program). “So, in the place of Camila, I would not flatter myself,” added the Olympic champion.
Valieva is the current junior world champion. In the 2020/21 season, the Russian Figure Skating Federation allowed the junior to take part in several tournaments for adult athletes. As a result, Kamila won one of the stages of the Russian Cup, in the other she ended up second, and at the Russian Championship she won silver, losing only to the 3-time national champion Anna Shcherbakova.
