Beijing (AP) – The Russian Alexandra Trusowa felt that the judges had lost a possible gold medal after the Olympic women’s freestyle.
“I hate this sport. I will never go on the ice again,” the 17-year-old Russian figure skater shouted angrily at the edge of the ice ring. Despite five quadruple jumps, she was only awarded silver. Her training partner Anna Shcherbakova became Olympic champion. After the doping whirlwind of the past few days, Kamila Valiewa finished fourth behind the Japanese bronze medalist Kaori Sakamoto.
“I’m happy to have made the five quadruples but upset with the result,” Trusowa said. However, she later explained her outburst as very emotional and answered questions about whether she was serious: “We’ll see.” She defiantly refused to start at the World Championships in Montpellier in March. “We’ll see,” Trusowa said again.