MOSCOW, Oct. 29 Russian figure skater Dario Chirisano called extreme in situation with the injury of Annabelle Morozova after a collision with Elizaveta Shanaeva, their partners Igor Eremenko and Pavel Drozd.
During the warm-up before the rhythm dance at the third stage of the Russian Grand Prix series in Krasnoyarsk, Morozova received a cut on her leg after a collision with Shanaeva. The athlete performed a performance and later received stitches. Morozova and Eremenko missed the free dance.
“»A five-minute warm-up, however, is one of the not the easiest things to do at competitions, I’ll tell you from my own experience. Especially when there are a lot of strong couples on the ice. The fact that the guys crashed like that, of course, is terrible, but I can’t say that «Someone's side is more to blame for this than the other. It's a sporting moment, this happens, no one is to blame. But if you still want to leave someone on the extreme side, then you can safely say this to both partners, because their main task is to protect them from such moments. Again — competitions, five minutes, anything can happen, no one is to blame,» Chirisano wrote in his Telegram channel.
«The fact that you may not immediately notice that a serious injury was inflicted, you can believe it. Adrenaline, mood. But the fact that the injury was more serious than just a scratch was known at least after a five-minute warm-up, after skating — «certainly. To say after the performance that Lisa didn’t notice anything is not very good,» the skater added.
In November last year, Shanaeva announced “personal scores” with the duet of Morozova and David Narizhny, with whom she skated earlier.
“»I understand, there was a situation with a change of partner, I went through it myself. I understand how difficult it is. Perhaps not the most friendly relationship, but you still need to remain human and respect each other in any situation. Especially in one that due to the mutual fault of two couples (mainly partners), the injury was caused by seven stitches,” concluded Chirisano.