Russian Figure Skating Championship starts in Sochi

This is a chance for figure skaters to qualify in European Championship 2015.

25.Dec.14 3:02 PM
By Irina Klyachina
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Russian Figure Skating Championship starts in Sochi

Russian Figure Skating Championship started yesterday in the 24th of December in Sochi. It will last till 28th of December. Best Russian figure skaters will take part in this competition. They will have a chance to qualify in European Championship 2015. Gold and silver prizewinners will get their place in the starting line-up while third places will be chosen by the coach staff.

In accordance with the latest information all fans of figure skating will be able to see duet performances of such popular sportsmen as Kseniya Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, Yevgeniya Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov, Vera Bazarova and Andrey Deputat, Natalia Zabiyaka and Yuri Larionov. Overall 11 duos will take part in this competition.

Men’s single performance will include Maxim Kovtun, Konstantin Menshov, Gordey Gorshkov, Andrey Gachinsky and other 14 participants.

18 sportsmen will also take part in Women’s single competition including such popular figure skaters as Yuliya Lipnitskaya, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Elena Radionova, Alena Leonova.

At the same time 10 couples will take part in dancing competition. They include Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov, Elena Ilina and Ruslan Zhiganshin, Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin, Kseniya Monko and Kirill Halyavin.

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