MOSCOW, June 2, Andrey Simonenko. Honored coach of Russia Svetlana Sokolovskaya reported , that she accepted the silver medalist of the Russian Championship among juniors last season, figure skater Sofya Samodelkina, into her group. Earlier, a source reported that Samodelkina left the group of Sergei Davydov and moved to Sokolovskaya. The figure skater is 15 years old, she is a medalist of the Grand Prix stages among juniors, the winner of the stages of the Russian Cup. At the adult championship of Russia last season, she took fifth place. The athlete owns quadruple jumps and an axel in three and a half turns, which she repeatedly performed at competitions. «Of course, I took Sophia. For me, this is a very big responsibility. When Sofa left Lilia Biktagirova five years ago as a 10-year-old child, who works with me in one team, she jumped under-twisted triples, and she returns already as a girl, a different height, weight, status. They did a great job with Sergey, he did a lot for Sophia, «said Sokolovskaya. In mid-April, Samodelkina performed in a show dedicated to the anniversary honored coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova, but due to a leg injury she did not perform jumps. “Naturally, I immediately checked all the shots on the leg, Sofya performed at the Ilya Averbukh show, but she couldn’t jump. Now, after the holidays, we are slowly rolling in, on June 6 we fly to the training camp in Kislovodsk. The maximum of what depends on me and on my team, we we will do it for Sophia, the main thing is health and not to hurry. The age of 15-17 years is difficult for girls,» Sokolovskaya stressed.
