KAZAN, July 18, Adela Ziatdinova. Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova said that figure skater Sofya Samodelkina, who won the summer championship of Kazakhstan, with such skating cannot compete for medals at the Olympic Games in the future.
The Kazakhstan Championship ended on Wednesday, the athlete scored 161.43 points based on the results of two programs and took first place. For Samodelkina, this tournament was the first after changing her sports citizenship from Russian to Kazakh.
“»What Olympic medals? With such skating, they take last places and don’t give medals. No, it’s impossible to see prospects for the future in her,» Tarasova said.
Samodelkina is 17 years old, she has won gold and silver at the Russian Grand Prix stages. In May, it became known that the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) allowed Samodelkina to join the Kazakhstan national team. The figure skater masters several types of ultra-si. Her coach is Evgeni Plushenko.