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After the short dance was held in the evening at the European Championships in Budapest, couples who are currently in command have issued statements to the press, collected for us live from Laura Sciarrillo.
Wednesday 15 January 2014 5 minutes reading time
Demand for Cappellini / Lanotte: the'' Last year you were in third place, you are now first, what do you think?
Cappellini / Lanotte: We trained very hard after the final grand prix. We have worked to achieve this solid performance and clean, but this does not affect the'' approach to the race tomorrow.
Application for Ilinykh / Katsalapov: Right here in Budapest you won your first gold in a grand prix junior, so it's your lucky city. Nikita, you seem disappointed, you are?
Katsalapov: No, they are not. We skated very well. We will try to keep the good feelings and motivations for tomorrow, to be able to skate as well.
Application for Coomes / Buckland: you have received a message from Torvill and Dean?
Coomes / Buckland: Not yet, but we played together last year and it'' s nice to feel supported by them.
Application for Coomes / Buckland: it seems that finally your accuracy and your unison you are paying off. Tonight you have been very accurate.
Coomes / Buckland: We're back in New Jersey after Bompard, we have worked hard for this race. We said no matter what happens we will do our best here.
Question for everyone: Bobrova / Soloviev and Pechalat / Bourzat not participate in the race, this has changed your expectations for this season?
Cappellini / Lanotte: do not change the way we train, since we compete not "physically" against our opponents, as skaters we must go beyond our own limitations. If someone retires, it does not change our preparation before a race.
Ilinykh / Katsalapov: I'' d agree, we do not care, we try to give our best in every case.
Coomes / Buckland: We have to train hard and do our work apart from others.
How do you rate your performance today?
Cappellini / Lanotte: We tried to give our best, it was not the easiest of performance throughout the season, we need to get in deep harmony and feel almost the same person, just so you can pull off good performance in situations such as this. In the end we felt better than that'' s the beginning of the program. I (Luke, ed), I was a little nervous'' to'' beginning, but it's part of the game.
Ilinykh / Katsalapov: Today, for us and the program was easy and solid. We feel good to skate here, the ice is perfect, even in training is great. Some error on the midline (level 2) c'' was but our feelings were good.
Coomes / Buckland: We've worked hard in training so we just wanted to enjoy the program. The ice was perfect and the audience was fantastic.
Application for Coomes / Buckland: everyone expected the current first two pairs as the main contenders for the title, but the fight for the bronze was quite open. You are surprised?
Coomes / Buckland: Yes, it is an open struggle. Today we focused only on the skate well, you have to focus only on the elements and groped not to think about anything else.
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