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'' The last press conference of the Trophée Eric Bompard is the one of the girls on the podium of the women's race invididuale, it is Adelina Sotnikova, Ashley Wagner and Anna Pogorilaya of which we present the statements.
Saturday 16 November 2013 6 minutes reading time
Wagner: Tonight was a good night. I was happy to ripropormi after Skate America where I have not been perfect. I was happy with my levels, I have room for improvement, the combination of three jumps did not work.
Wagner, you made a lot of progress this season and Your programs are different from those of the alter girls.
Wagner: This year, for the short program I wanted to propose something that not many skaters oosano, something more sexy but not too sexy. I wanted to express strength and femininity at the same time and found that the old rock for me as a skater and works perfectly defines my style of skating. As for the free I wanted to tell a story. Wilson built it but it is not the usual "Romeo and Juliet" that you are used to seeing. I need programs that entertain me too and not only the public, so you also have fun while I work out.
Yours is a "Romeo and Juliet" happy?
Wagner: Yes and no. It is not a happy story by definition. I try to focus more on the passion of Juliet. The a lot of terrible things happen, but I will not interpret a victim for 4 minutes program as I did at Skate America. So I worked a lot on the "strong" Juliet, this time I wanted to interpret it for the woman who is fair, what is willing to do and how far it can go to take what he wants.
But in the end, you smile.
Wagner: I smiled because I thought "I landed almost all the jumps." In fact I like a little 'drama right to the end.
Sotnikova, you're better than yesterday and you've qualified for the Grand Prix.
Sotnikova: Yes finally I skated the free'd never skated before, I am overwhelmed by emotions, this is the first time in two years that I run a free totally clean. They are in the final grand prix and it is a great achievement for me, for the first time since I've been in senior.
Pogorilaya, how do you feel about the qualification for the final and Axel?
Pogorilaya: E 'was a fantastic program, I was under a lot of pressure and I was myself to put that pressure on him. It happened all the colors, the workouts were not going well, the heating was bad, but the program I was fine, I ran all the jumps. Some jumps were not landed very well, so it was not simply the combination attack.
You won your first grand prix and were not thinking about the Olympics. Now that you've got two medals grand prix, you changed your mind about the chance to qualify?
Pogorilaya: I have not changed my mind, I still think that my program was not very good this time, I skated worse than the previous race.
You seem to have some difficulty breathing towards the end of the program. It 's just a matter of physical performance or perhaps you suffer from asthma?
Pogorilaya: Because I had to fight every step of the landing, I had to force myself much more than I do normally. When you begin to have difficulty on a jump but not on three, four or five it becomes difficult to skate the program until the end and expressing emotions. I was almost crying at the end, I could not breathe, you have seen .. it was too much. It 'been able to bear all this sci-fi. Russian girls: State advancing to the final grand prix. What does it mean for you as a competitor coaster? Sotnikova: Yes, we are both in the final. Personally I think it's a great thing, for me it took a lot to get into the finals and I'm very proud. Russian women are very strong, perhaps even another girl is going to make, Julia Lipnitskaya. So fight against each other and against all other.
Pogorilaya: I'm really happy to have centered the final at my first attempt Lipnitskaya just like last year. Think of competing against athletes like you and Mao Asada did not even seem real, I'm speechless.
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