"I even have a double responsibility!" Arina Tkachuk on performing at Sky Grace — 2023

Russian national team gymnast Arina Tkachuk shared her emotions from her performance at the third international Sky Grace-2023 tournament in Beijing:

"It seems to me this is a kind of a friendly tournament and the atmosphere therefore is very warm and light. Everything is going great, I believe. I probably have even double responsibility because my coach trained the silver medalist of the Olympics that represented the Republic of Belarus," Arina said.

The athlete also assessed her competition results and talked about the support of her coach.

"I was upset by the score of 31.5 points. I didn’t succeed, and at that time my result was fifth. The first throw in the first element failed. Then everything was smooth and good. I think that a gymnast from Uzbekistan and all gymnasts of Russian and Belarusian national teams, except two leaders Alina Harnasko and Lala Kramarenko, are my competition. I definitely feel support from my coach. This is very helpful when somebody is emotionally involved instead of me," she said.

Watch the live broadcast of Sky Grace-2023 on the official Academy website.