Figure Skating - World Championships 2016
Flavio Valle
At the end of the men's free program of the World Figure Skating Championships, the athletes medalists have met the media at the press room of the TD Garden in Boston. Between a chat and the 'other, you & egrave; became aware of the physical problems of Javier Fernandez, but & egrave; It became evident as well Yuzuru Hanyu and Boyang Jin have been struggling with difficulties & agrave; similar, albeit at different times.
Saturday 2 April 2016 9 minutes reading time
Javier FERNANDEZ - not & egrave; It has been an easy day and month & egrave; It was even worse because of a couple of injuries. I could not train n & egrave; Yesterday, n & egrave; in the morning. Today I resorted all''infermeria and I have to say that it gave me a big hand allowing me to skate. I knew that the 'only chance & agrave; to beat Yuzuru was to create the best program of my life, without missing anything. Of course we face a race knowing that we have not had many problems & egrave; simple. I tried to mantenene my mind free from bad thoughts and said to myself: "This & egrave; the 'last race of the season and after what will be & agrave; sar & agrave;".
I have no answer on how he managed to win despite the 'injury. Sometimes we feel equally strong and fade into the background the problems we had previously perch & egrave; his desire to skate & egrave; even more & ugrave; strong. I convinced himself that I could get on track without pain and without getting tired. I did not know really what he had done Hanyu before me. Before each race & egrave; focused on s & egrave; same. We work every day to be ready to play in the best competitions and we must have the ability & agrave; to face every trial trying to express ourselves at the top of the potential. I entered the track knowing that you have an absolute need to skate a clean program and at the end I succeeded.
Regarding my injury, I can say that they are struggling with un''infiammazione heel, but nothing to worry about. I used some sort of padding to protect the sore area and I resorted to an ultrasound therapy. I would like to publicly thank Brian Orser. His & egrave; with us every single day. And '' always ready to help and no matter if we are in a good mood or a bad mood or if we have made a good workout rather than bad. He wants the best for us and push us to progress day by day. To be here alongside Yuzuru & egrave; something special. We train together at the Cricket Club of Toronto and no matter who is first or second. With Brian we built something important and & egrave; great to be here together.
If someone had told me a few years ago that I would have won four European and two World Championships in a row I would have simply replied: "You're completely nuts."
Yuzuru Hanyu - I have some difficulty & agrave; to explain my state of 'mind. I feel a bit '' of regret for how & egrave; He went the free program, but I'm really happy for what was done by Javi. On the one hand, I know I'm happy, but dall''altro sorry for what I did. I would like to skate again my program. Before hitting the track was definitely quiet, but not & egrave; the fact of being easy to ensure automatically a good performance. Of course, & egrave; important to have the best physical condition as well as & egrave; mental and I think it is the balance between the two components to make a difference. I think I have found this balance and the 'I clearly felt the way he skated. During the test I felt great nervousness. I did not run as I should quadruple salchow in the second half & agrave; and I also made a mistake on the triple axel, one of my best jumps. For this I am very sorry. Leaving aside the free program, I can say I was protagnista a good performance in the short program and perci memorize options I want to feel proud at least for this reason.
Boyang JIN - Regarding my performance today, I can say that has not been well & igrave; bad. The 'landing the quadruple lutz not & egrave; I was good, but I was able to quickly regain concentration and to achieve without major problems other difficult elements that I planned. In the run-up to the World Cup I could not train like I wanted. Only since I arrived in the US I returned to work at full capacity. For that, I'm quite satisfied with the performance in the free program. I know I have much to learn from the world champion and by whom & egrave; He finished second. Facing them in the course of the season I realized so many things and I think that in the future there is the possibility & agrave; even learn something more & ugrave ;. Athletes who beat me have much more & ugrave; experience than me and know how to express themselves better on occasions that count. In the future will work memorize options to acquire their texture.
The fact of performing the four quadruple jumps the 'I lived far from beginning as a challenge. I have begun to address the first, I have acquired good command and are passed to the second, and then focus on the third. I '' was a challenge between me and the quad, I knew it would be very risky, but I like to experiment and I love the competition.
I am very happy to have become the first Chinese figure skater to win a World Championship medal. Today's result was for me an enormous specific weight and has allowed me to understand what to do in the upcoming season. I allener memorize options ;, in fact, even more & ugrave; hard to achieve better performance and grow in terms of results.
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