MOSCOW, Oct 23, Svetlana Bonopartova. 2002 Olympic silver medalist Ilya Averbukh said that the 2022 Olympic champion in the team competition Kamila Valieva had no competitors at the first stage of the Russian Grand Prix. The first stage takes place in Moscow. In women's single skating, Valieva became the winner with a score of 244.66 points. The second place was taken by Sofya Akatieva (236.68), the third — by Anastasia Zinina (200.43). «Of course, Camila was the main favorite of this tournament. It's great that she continues her career, performs, I think she will soon restore all the jumps. But Camila had no equal at this tournament, that's for sure.It is clear that Camila is still only returning to that excellent form that she had last year, when she shone impeccably at every tournament, not everything worked out only at the Olympics.We know that Camila included a fantastic triple axel and several quads. Already now she has tried to perform one quadruple, which suggests that with regard to test skates, she sets herself the task of returning to the form that she had before. And it's great, «said Averbukh.» Sonya Akatyeva is a very talented girl, but, firstly, she is still quite young.Also, in addition to jumps, there are still a lot of elements in figure skating, such as components, rotations, step sequences that Kamila Valieva performs is the best in the world,» the specialist added. The second stage of the Grand Prix will be held in Sochi on October 28-30, in particular, Alexandra Trusova, Adelia Petrosyan and Sofia Samodelkina will take part in it.
