Junior MS in figure skating: Adam Hagara won a bronze medal
Debrecen. Adam Hagara, a Slovak representative in figure skating, has achieved another great success.
After its free ride At the Junior World Championships He won a bronze medal in Debrece, Hungary, repeating his placement a year ago.
A total of 233.93 points, which his new personal maximum. Gold won the Japanese Rio Nakata and Silver Seo Min-Kyu from the Republic of Korea.
Hagara ranked fifth with a mark of 80.89 points after a short program. To fight for one of the valuable metals, he needed a flawless ride and a point summary of his seasonal maximum.
After an excellent start of free ride, he showed a sovereign combination of jumps, moreover without a single visible error.
The referees rewarded him with a high mark of 153.04 points and since other competitors made a few mistakes after him, he was sure that this year's World Championship would leave with a precious metal.
« I am very happy to win a medal at the Junior World Championship for the second time. I hope to show everyone at the Senior World Championship and do what I wanted this season and it is to qualify for the Olympics, » he said after the race.
Video: Bronze Ride of Adam Hagar from 3:00:00 pm
Hagara gave a performance in free driving according to his wishes, although he did not feel 100 % after the disease and admitted he had problems with breathing.
« I am satisfied with free driving, even though I wasn't right because I was sick, I did everything I could. I went to the fullest, I can't give up.
I felt in the second half of the ride that it was already coming to me, I couldn't breathe. I tried to breathe terribly in Pirouet to breathe it. I went to the jumps, I jumped, that was the main. It was harder than ever, the bronze Slovak evaluated.
Václavík was offended by four positions compared to the short program, he finished in 19th place. « I would say that I will take from here the experience I usually did not have – a short program and the procedure. This is something I hope next time when I am here, so I will not have stress, » said Václavík in the video of the Slovak Figure Skate Association.
The podium placement was almost the same a year ago, just Nakata and Korean exchanged medal positions.
