Yana Rudkovskaya, wife of two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko, said that figure skating in Russia has maintained its level. He shared his opinion with him metaratings.ru.
“I am very glad and happy that despite the fact that all international competitions were taken away from us, figure skating in Russia not only exists, but remains at the world level. “I know that everyone abroad is watching the Russian championships and biting their elbows because the girls showed a serious skating performance,” the producer said.
According to the results of the women’s singles tournament at the Russian Championship held in Chelyabinsk, Adelia Petrosyan came first with 246.53 points. Sofia Muravyova took second place with 239.4 points. Kamila Valieva, who was the leader after the short program, took third place with 237.99 points.
Evgeniy Semenenko came first in the men’s singles competition. In dance, Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin were recognized as champions. Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov won the sports pairs tournament.
The national championship ended with an awards ceremony and demonstrations on December 24.
The International Skating Union (ISU) suspended athletes from both countries from competitions. The last major tournament for the Russians was the Olympic Games in Beijing in February 2022.
Previously Valieva carried out Demonstration performance of a song from “The Boy’s Word”.