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At the end of the men's short program was held in the afternoon at the European Championships in Budapest, the guys who are currently under the command have issued statements to the press, collected for us to live by Laura Sciarrillo.
Thursday 16 January 2014 6 minutes reading time
Fernandez: I've done a good job. C'' were a lot of people to cheer for me in the audience, it's almost strange to see how many fans are there to cheer with Spanish flags.
Voronov: I am very happy with my performance today. With the exception of spins, where I have not received the level I was hoping to get. I am however happy to be in second place for now.
Verner: I am very happy to be here with these two fantastic skaters. In years past I have always eliminated by only free, today I did a good Short and then tomorrow I will do a free just as good.
Application for Voronov: For years, I do not see you at the top of Europe. How much you love skating, how much motivation you needed to reach this level again?
Voronov: Obviously I really love skating. '' And also thanks to my coaches and the people close to me that I was able to get back to this level, and not only by myself.
Application for Verner: Looks like you're back at the top now. What can you tell us about that, how did you manage to recover the lost form?
Verner: Well, the last two years have been a real tragedy. After the last World Cup in London I had to make a decision to retire or go to the Olympics. I did not skate anymore. So I took some time to reflect and I realized that I still loved the sport, that I still wanted to skate. '' And that's why I'm here.
Question for Fernandez can do with ease two quads different. Are you going to put both in the short at the Olympics?
Fernandez: No, my current technical difficulties in the Short enough. And I also have three quads in the long ... I think it's pretty! (Laughs). Maybe another year we will try something new, but for now, for the Olympics, we will stick to this technical content.
The phone Verner sounds, and he commented, apologizing:
Tomas:'' And one of my ex-sponsor, of course, after these two disastrous years, it no longer is, but I'm glad that they are calling them now and call you back for sure, after the end of the press conference!
Question for Fernandez: How did you recover after a lackluster start to the season?
Fernandez: I'm back to using the shoes that I had the'' last year. Also, not going to the finals of the Grand Prix, I had time to fix things in my mind and in the programs. There were some things I did not do well in the Grand Prix, and I arranged to have them now.
Question for Fernandez: There are many Spanish media here, what it feels like to be at this level and do not have the'' media interest?
Fernandez: In fact there are media interested in skating. Every time I go back in Spain there are newspapers, radio etc that call me to do interviews with me. We must continue to fight to bring more attention to our sport.
I believe that a'' Olympic gold medal would help you for sure ...
I do not know! It is not such an easy thing, a win Olympic gold, and I'm not sure that the situation would change much.
Question for Fernandez: Your costume is indescribable. The music is Satan Takes A Holiday, an uncommon thing in skating. Because you and Brian have taken this route so unusual, that apparently turned out to be the winner?
Fernandez: abbiao had the idea'' by Robin Cousins. L'' was used as a performance several years ago, and no one had ever used the'' after so we decided to use it. I'm really happy to skate on this music! The costume is a little'' a mix of ideas from various people ... put together in a unique costume! (Everyone laughs). It was'' a'' Brian's idea and I loved it. Cousins ​​used the brace during the program, but I could not have, otherwise everyone would have said "Oh, again with those straps ..."
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