The skater of Medvedev surprised her coaches with the end of a record performance

The current world and European champion Yevgeny Medvedeva won the Russian figure skating championship in Chelyabinsk, having received a general estimate above the world record.

In addition to the declared elements, including a cascade of triple flip and triple sheepskin coat, triple lutz, a cascade of double axel and two double sheepskin coats and a double axel, the athlete decided to put a victorious point of a new, unplanned, from triple Salkhov and two triple tulules.

“The coaches were surprised at what I did, I would even say that they were shocked now,” Medvedeva said after the speech. “But I already had such a plan in my head, although I didn’t think that I could realize it here in Chelyabinsk. I just felt the strength in myself and did it. And since it turned out to be here, I’ll try at the European Championship.”

Thus, according to the results of the two programs , the winner of the Grand Prix 2016 final scored 233.57 points, which is higher than the world achievement (228.56) of the set Kim Yu PO, but the world record will not be counted due to the regional status of the competition.

In short and arbitrary programs, the Russian woman scored 80.08 and 153.49 points, respectively, which exceeds her own world records (79.21 and 150.10), but achievements will also not be counted.

The second at the Russian championship was Alina Zagitova (221.21), Maria Sotskova (219.90) took third place. The bronze medalist of the 2016 World and European Championships, Anna Pogorilaya (215.62) became the fourth.