World champion among junior 2018 Alexei Erokhov in the commentary to the FFKKR website told about what happened after the final of the Russian Cup, why he couldn’t speak at the junior world championship in Zagreb, what mode they are training now and what task the skater sets himself .
The last start of Alexei Erokhov this season was the performance in the Russian Cup final in Veliky Novgorod, the Athlete rolled only a short program and withdrew from the competition due to injury.
“After the final of the Cup of Russia, we returned to Moscow, turned to doctors, who said that I had a relapse of a previous injury - a stressful fracture of my leg. Because of this, they forbade me to ride, and it is clear that I could not go to Zagreb, the junior world championship.
Do not ride a month and a half. Engaged only in physical therapy and in the gym. It seems all healed. Out on the ice. Week slipped. A couple of days jumped. But he felt pain again. Did an MRI. It turned out that the injury did not heal. I had to be treated.
Now I can give a little exercise, but it is undesirable to jump until June. Just before the start of our collection in Novogorsk.Therefore, while doing only slip and in the gym.
In this situation, we have not dealt with new programs. I do not know what the coaches will offer, but I would leave the free program of this season. I like her, and I didn’t ride it many times because I missed the start due to injuries. So, if the coaches agree, I would change only the short program. I have a relatively short idea, but I will not speak in advance. This needs to be discussed with the trainers. Now the main thing for me is to recover, so that nothing will bother me, so that at the training session I can already begin training in full.
Of course, this season was not easy for me.When I learned about the injury, I immediately set myself up that I simply would not give up. This is just a trauma. Many people had injuries, and more serious, but they still returned to the sport and continued to compete. So there was no thought of ending a sports career at all. If I had done this, I would have remained innuendo, and then I would very much regret that I did not realize all that I can. And I want to go to the end.
As for studying, now I am recovering at the institute, because I missed this year, was on academic leave. Before the June gathering I close the session, turn to the second year, continue my studies. The task for the next season is to select the main team for the national team and fight for vouchers for the main international competitions. We start the season, most likely, with the "B competition." This year, I probably will not have the Grand Prix, so we need to start at other competitions, ”said Alexey Erokhov.
Olga YERMOLINA, Tatyana FLADE