On February 7, the youth competition of the Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships ended in Saransk. The winner of the competition was figure skater Arseny Fedotov. According to the results of short and free programs, it received 269.04 points.
According to the results of short and free program skating, athlete Lev Lazarev (259.28 points) took second place. Ivan Ramzenkov came third with 234.03 points.
The girls will take to the ice with their free program on February 7th. Margarita Bazylyuk became the leader after the first performance.
Fedotov also won the gold medal at the Russian Junior Championships held in Perm last year.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appealed to international sports federations, recommending that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions. For this reason, the International Skating Union (ISU) suspended athletes from both countries from competitions.
Previously Rodnina statedThat Valieva cannot be considered an Olympic champion.