Former famous Russian figure skater Alena Leonova, who won silver medals at the national championship twice and broke a record by participating in this competition 13 times in a row, said in her comment to socialbites.ca that there are favorites in the free program. According to the results of the short program, the first duets will be the sports pairs that will keep their places.
“I think everything will remain unchanged, plus or minus. I expect clean performances from the competition leaders. In fact, I would probably be even more interested in watching the fight outside the top three. What will happen there? It seems to me that we also have a lot of interesting couples that you can watch and look for your favorites,” says Leonova.
After the short program, Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov took the lead with 83.01 points. Then come Alexandra Boykova, Dmitry Kozlovsky (78.95), Ekaterina Chekmareva and Matvey Yanchenkov (76.42), Yulia Artemyeva and Alexey Bryukhanov (75.85), Elizaveta Osokina and Artem Gritsaenko (75.68).
previously named favorites Russian Figure Skating Championships in women’s free program.