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📜INTERVIEW | Alexandra Trusova after the Cup of China 2026 Sasha talks about her performance, the nerves before competing, her satisfaction with the result, her plans in China and her upcoming trip to the United States for her next Grand Prix event. — How are you? Was it very difficult? “It was as difficult as I expected. I would even say that, surprisingly, physically, I handled the trip better than I did in Kazakhstan. Of course, I was much more nervous. I feel like I get more and more nervous with every competition. I think it should be the other way around, but that's not how it is. Still, I'm happy that everything worked out. Now we're preparing for the United States.” — What were you most worried about? Did you have anything on your mind after the short program? “Yes, of course. Especially the spins. I tried to count the rotations and stay as centered as possible for as long as possible. Well, thank God, all of them were counted.” — Are you happy with the result, or were you expecting more from yourself? “Of course I'm happy. I'm really glad I managed to score more points. I'll work harder to try to earn as many points as possible at every competition.” — What's next? Is there anything you'd like to do while you're in China? “There are plenty of things to do, but I'll probably run out of time. Tomorrow we have the exhibition gala, and the day after tomorrow I'm already leaving for the airport at 7 a.m. They recommended visiting the aquarium and several shopping malls. There are so many beautiful places here in general. They also mentioned that we could go to the beach because the weather is nice. But I don't know what to choose because I'm really tired. I want to get some proper sleep since all the training sessions were quite early. So I don't know what we'll have time for, but I sincerely hope we'll manage to visit at least one place.” — When are you flying to the United States? “We're leaving on the 9th. We'll head to the airport at 7 a.m. Our flight is at 1 p.m., but first we have to travel to Hong Kong. From there, we have a direct flight to Seattle. We'll then train there for several days before the official practice sessions begin. We hope and believe that everything will go at least as well as it did here, or even better.” “Thank you all so much for your support! Bye, everyone!”