World champions in ice dancing Victoria Sinitsina - Nikita Katsalapov are withdrawing from the Russian Championships in St. Petersburg. During the training, the partner was injured, because of which the students of Alexander Zhulin will not be able to perform with the free program.
After the rhythm dance Sinitsina - Katsalapov led, scoring
93.61 points."Friends, many people already know that we withdrew from the free program. It's a forced decision. I want to explain it.
In the morning at training, we skated great, soared above the ice and got high. But at the end of the ride, I realized that if I did another lift today, I wouldn't be 100% full of it again. An old back injury worsened and we were scared that I would fall out again for three weeks. That was already the case. But before the Olympics, this simply cannot be allowed.
Therefore, it was decided to withdraw from today's competitions. We are very sorry that this happened. It's really a very difficult decision because we're just in great shape! We demonstrated that yesterday. All the referees, coaches, spectators saw it. We've gotten a lot of great feedback. And we knew we could take that medal. We came for her.
But that's how it turned out. It's nobody's fault. I've done everything in my power and will continue to do so, and more, as always.
Today we really wanted to show how we improved our free program, we really wanted to roll it out. But it happened as it happened. Starting tomorrow, I will be rebuilding my back to be in shape for the main starts.
Guys, there is always unreal support from you, but now we really need it! As never before," Katsalapov wrote on Instagram.
Photo by Julia KOMAROVA
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