It was really nice. They’re athletes, too, and they understand how it is to skate, it was really nice that they all liked it, not just the Americans but the Canadian team and a few others. It was really inspiring.

Kamila Valieva

Kamila Valeryevna Valieva (Tatar: Камилә Вәлиева; Russian: Камила Валерьевна Валиева; born 26 April 2006) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2022 European champion, the 2021 Rostelecom Cup champion, the 2021 Skate Canada International champion, and the 2022 Russian national champion. Valieva is the current world record holder for the women's short program, free skating and total scores. She has set nine world records during her career. She is the first woman skater to break the 250- , 260- and 270- point thresholds in the total score, within one season, the first to break the 170- and 180- point thresholds in the free skate, and the first to break the 90- point thresholds in the short program. She is the second woman to land the quadruple toe loop after training partner and teammate Alexandra Trusova, the fourth woman to land a quadruple jump of any kind, the 16th woman to land a triple Axel, and the third woman to land a triple Axel and quadruple jump in the same program after Alysa Liu and training partner and teammate Sofia Akateva. On the junior level, Valieva is the 2020 World Junior champion, the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2020 Russian junior national champion. Valieva is also the 2021 Russian National silver medalist.

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