The 2002 Olympic champion in men’s skating, Alexei Yagudin, together with Channel One, became the winner of the Russian Challenge show program tournament organized by the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) for the first time.
The matches were held on March 18 at the Megasport Sports Palace in Moscow. Many titled Russian figure skaters who have completed their careers and athletes who continue their careers have joined them.
Yagudin, who performed at the tournament on his birthday (March 18, he turned 43), sang a series for Jacques Brel’s composition Ne me quitte pas, achieved the highest score – 20 – and won the cash prize. 5 million rubles.
Second place was taken by the dance duet of Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov, which scored 19.17 points from the members of the jury. The third was Anna Shcherbakova (19.08).
The prize money for silver is 3 million rubles, for bronze – 1 million rubles.
“socialbites.ca” spent Text online broadcast of the competition.
Recall that the International Skating Union (ISU) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from the competition. The ISU explained this decision with the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This decision was approved at the ISU congress in early June. It has an indeterminate structure.
In order for Russian skaters not to lose their competitive practice, the Russian Figure Skating Federation has created a number of new tournaments, including the Russian Grand Prix, the national jumping championship and demonstration programs.
Formerly a sports psychologist, Russia’s international class master of sports in figure skating Victoria Borzenkova announcedwhy figure skater Kamila Valieva continued her career.