TALLINN, January 13, Sergey Yaremenko. Figure skater Kamila Valieva said she believes Georgian athlete Maurice Kvitelashvili is his own and supports him on a par with Russian couples and men. Kvitelashvili was born in Moscow and trains in the group of Eteri Tutberidze. On Wednesday, he scored 92.76 points and placed fourth in the short program at the European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn. The first three places are occupied by the Russians Andrey Mozalev, Mark Kondratyuk and Evgeny Semenenko.
" We still have training and free programs. We cheer for them at the hotel in order to reduce contacts with others and not spill our feelings. We will cheer for the couples, for our boys and for Maurice (Kvitelashvili) — we believe that he is ours. We’ll cheer, but at a distance", Valieva said at a press conference.
Alexandra Trusova noted that at the World Championships in Stockholm in March 2021 she went to cheer for Russian skaters. «At the World Championships, Anya and I ( Shcherbakova) went to see the performance of the boys, to support them, but most often the girls finish last, so we don’t have time to watch anything and anyone, «Trusova said.