张瑞阳：训练得到了回报，接下来希望提升难度
MS Sport｜2025中国杯采访整理
### 从青年组走向成年组
新赛季，张瑞阳首先想改变的是自己的节目风格。
“我希望能够转变一下风格，演绎风格更加成熟的节目，算是从青年到成年的一个转变。”
相比过去青年组时期的节目，她希望自己在肢体表达和节目细节上都有进一步提升。
而在自由滑中，她选择了《西贡小姐》。
张瑞阳很喜欢其中的编排步法，因为这一部分能够很好地呈现音乐本身的故事性。
“我的自由滑和短节目形成了比较鲜明的风格对比。去挑战和磨合不同风格的节目，能让我更全面地成长和进步。”
### “训练得到了回报”
中国杯短节目，张瑞阳得到61.71分。
进入自由滑，她在《西贡小姐》的音乐中完成了相对稳定的一套节目。旋转和步法全部取得最高定级，自由滑得到117.83分，刷新当时个人自由滑最佳成绩。
最终，她以179.54分获得女单第七名。
比赛结束后，张瑞阳对自己的表现比较满意。
她觉得，之前训练中的投入终于在比赛里看到了回报。
对刚刚进入成年组的她而言，这场比赛带来的另一项收获，是进一步积累了面对国际大赛的经验。
### 为了完整度，主动调整难度
这场中国杯，张瑞阳并没有一味追求更高的技术配置。
此前的米兰冬奥资格赛中，她的自由滑前两个跳跃完成得并不理想。来到中国杯，她和团队选择调整跳跃配置，希望首先保证整套节目的稳定和完整。
这也是她现阶段对比赛的理解：
先把节目完整地滑出来，再去挑战更高的难度。
从最终效果来看，这次调整取得了不错的结果。
但张瑞阳也很清楚，降低风险并不是长期目标。
在接下来的训练中，她希望一方面继续提高稳定性，另一方面逐渐把技术难度提升回来。
对于一名刚刚进入成年组的年轻选手来说，这也是她正在寻找的平衡——
难度、稳定性，以及完整呈现一套节目的能力。
从一个月前为中国队拿到米兰冬奥会女单席位，到第一次站上大奖赛中国杯的赛场，张瑞阳正在快速经历成年组比赛带来的一切。
而中国杯之后，她给出的方向很明确：
先稳定下来，然后继续向更高的难度走。
English Translation
Translated from the Chinese article published by MS Sport Media.
Zhang Ruiyang: Finding Consistency Before Raising the Difficulty
MS Sport | Interview notes from the 2025 Cup of China
Moving from juniors to seniors
One of Zhang Ruiyang’s first priorities for the new season was a change of style.
“I wanted to try something different and present more mature programs—a transition, in a way, from juniors to seniors.”
She hopes to develop both her movement and her attention to detail beyond the programs she skated as a junior.
For the free skate, she chose *Miss Saigon*. She particularly enjoys the choreographic sequence, where she feels she can bring out the music’s storytelling.
“My free skate and short program are quite different in style. Challenging myself with different styles and learning to make them work will help me become a more complete skater.”
“The training has paid off”
Zhang scored 61.71 in the Cup of China short program.
She followed it with a relatively steady free skate to *Miss Saigon*. All her spins and the step sequence received the highest level, and her 117.83 points set a personal best for the free skate at the time.
Her total of 179.54 placed her seventh in the women’s event.
Afterwards, she was broadly satisfied. She felt that the work she had put into training was beginning to show in competition. For a skater newly arrived at senior level, the experience of another major international event was valuable in itself.
Adjusting the layout for a more complete performance
At Cup of China, Zhang did not pursue technical difficulty at any cost.
The first two jumping passes in her free skate at the earlier Milan Olympic qualifier had not gone as planned. For Cup of China, she and her team adjusted the layout to give priority to consistency and the program as a whole.
That reflects how she currently approaches competition:
First deliver the complete program; then build towards greater difficulty.
The adjustment produced a positive result, but reducing risk is not her long-term objective. She wants to keep improving consistency while gradually restoring the technical difficulty.
For a young skater taking her first steps in seniors, the balance is still taking shape: difficulty, reliability and the ability to present a complete performance.
Only a month after securing an Olympic women’s quota place for China, she was making her first appearance at the Cup of China Grand Prix. Senior competition is bringing new experiences in quick succession.
Her direction after this event is clear:
Find stability, then keep raising the standard.
