In kortprogammet she got 52,76 points and thus go the free program on Friday. Anita Östlund has mixed feelings about today’s race.
” It was great fun to get to go out on a big arena and it was a fun race. The atmosphere was amazing. I did not my best race, it clearly could have been better but I am glad that I am on, ” she says.
it is a miss. She tried a triple ögel, but it was instead a double. Ögel means that you jump up from the back rocky islet, then rotates one, two or three times and then land on the same foot as in upphoppet.
in answer to kitty, I am very disappointed, it cost a lot of points. I usually do it in training so it was hard. But the kitty had I been able to place me much higher, but it’s the kind of thing that happens, ” says 17-year-old.
Expectations for the race was to do their best and perform as well as in the training sessions but at the same time enjoy.
” I’m quite happy anyway, in addition to a kitty set the rest as it would. I’m on so I will focus on the long program and try to make up points there.
Anita Östlund here with their coach Andrea Dohany. Photo: Peter Claesson
in december because of a foot injury and has been fighting back but there is nothing that affected her upload.
” I couldn’t train for fully a while, but the last month I have been training at max. I tried to be well prepared for the EM and the damage is nothing that bothered me.
2018 was a successful year for Anita Östlund. In addition to a sixth in the started during the european CHAMPIONSHIPS in 2018, she has, despite her young age, also had time to participate in the OLYMPICS and the world CUP.
” I have developed the quality of rides which also looks at the point, I have focused very much on. But there is still much to improve, it comes to maturity in skiing, skating technique, jumps, really the whole package.
the Aim in the future is clear. The big focus for her is the OLYMPICS 2022 in Beijing, but also to participate in the other major championships in the future.
