Russian figure skaters Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Alina Zagitova and Anna Shcherbakova will be team captains at the Channel One Cup. This was reported by first channel.
The team tournament will be held on March 2-3, 2024 in St. It will take place in St. Petersburg. The draw will be held on March 1.
In addition to the gold medal at the Games, Zagitova won gold at the 2019 World Championships and gold and silver medals at the 2018 and 2019 European championships. Zagitova is the second figure skater in world history after Kim Young Ah, who managed to win all championships in Russian singles and world figure skating.
In the 2023/24 season, Tuktamysheva announced that she was taking a break from her professional career. Last season, the skater became the winner of the 4th stage of the Russian Grand Prix in Moscow and the 6th stage in Perm.
Shcherbakova is the 2021 world champion, winner of the World Team Figure Skating Championships (2021), two-time silver medalist of the European Championships (2020). Shcherbakova won the Russian Championship three times in 2019, 2020 and 2021. She won the silver medal at the national championship in 2022.
Previously Shcherbakova said Olympic secret.