Mind Over Matter: Ksenia Sinitsyna on the Psychological Challenges of Landing the Flip

Russian figure skater **Ksenia Sinitsyna** shared her thoughts on why she doesn’t always manage to execute the flip successfully, noting that she performs the element well during practice.

**“I can’t help but ask you about the flip. It didn’t go very well at the last competitions. What was the issue?”**
— “Honestly, I don’t know. I believe all problems are in the mind. Everything was fine during training, but then something shifted, and I had a mental block with the flip. It turned into this misunderstanding. Well, I hope I’ve learned my lessons, and we will continue to work on it,” Sinitsyna stated in an interview with Championship correspondent Margarita Salnikova.

Earlier, Ksenia Sinitsyna secured victory in the women’s competition at the Moscow Championship, finishing with a total score of 209.38 points.