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tells how Adelia Petrosyan from the very first start declared her claims to the role of prima of the season.< br>
16-year-old student of Eteri Tutberidze Adelia Petrosyan won the first stage of the Russian Grand Prix series, which was held in Ufa, with a large advantage. She turned out to be stronger than her rivals by 24 points, which should be equivalent to the unit of measurement “by the head”. This result is a claim to leadership throughout the season, although Petrosyan’s performance was far from ideal. She even said that she would not celebrate such a victory — two falls from quadruple jumps in a free program could not please either the figure skater herself or her coaches.
Petrosyan had no rivals in Ufa. Maya Khromykh and Anastasia Zinina, who were initially announced and then disappeared from the lists, being in perfect condition and optimal shape, could at least somehow get closer to Adelia if she was mistaken. But everyone else didn't have a chance. Even 18-year-old Anna Frolova, who, under the guidance of new coach Evgeny Rukavitsyn, is experiencing a rebirth and is skating brighter than ever.
The secret of invincibility is simple: several quadruple jumps, even if performed incorrectly, create an impenetrable protective barrier around the skater. It is not surprising that figure skaters are ready to tirelessly go for quadruples and train them, often to the detriment of their health. This shield throws opponents without quadruples back to a distance of several tens of points.
In addition, Anna Frolova was not flawless in the free program either. She did not show her strongest set of jumps and lost points on non-jumping elements — in particular, she missed the last rotation in the slope.
Petrosyan gave two very different performances. At first, dashing and even a little reckless, as far as this word is applicable to a well-mannered girl, Michael Jackson in the short program. Embellished with a clean triple axel. Adelia took a risk, because if she fell, if she had not lost the short to Frolova, she would at least have lost the groundwork for the free program.
Well, the free program is a lyrical, but so far rather faceless program to the music of Leonid Levashkevich . At the same time, there are no claims either to Adelia or to the composer. The same music was beautifully revealed, for example, in Stanislava Konstantinova’s program in one of the previous seasons.
The impression from Petrosyan’s program turned out to be blurred not so much because of the two falls, but from the feeling of a general lack of development of the image.
There is not much time for reflection and work on programs — Adelia will perform at the next stage in Omsk this week. Initially, another student of Tutberidze, Sofya Akatieva, was expected there, but she is still recovering from a stress fracture in her foot. So Petrosyan, as the leader of the group at the moment and a functionally well-prepared athlete, will light the fuse of intrigue herself.
Waiting for her in Omsk Veronika Zhilina is a student of Evgeni Plushenko, who masters quadruple jumps. This, among other things, will also be a battle between two Jacksons — Veronica has his music in her free program.