2012 World Championship silver medalist Alena Leonova spoke highly of Dmitry Aliyev’s performance at the Show Programs Tournament and expressed puzzlement that the figure skater took such a low line.
“I had questions about the refereeing. It seems that some athletes were sued. They shot everything on their own, but the ratings were underestimated. This mainly concerns Dima Aliyev. This athlete is talented and can roll for an aortic rupture just what he did But the ratings… To be honest, I wanted to turn off the TV after that, but I watched it because other numbers were interesting,” he said. she declared.
Dmitry Aliyev took 22nd place and a possible 24. Alexei Yagudin became the winner of the Show Programs Tournament.