The championship of Russia in figure skating ended in Krasnoyarsk. Sports.ru presents a summary of the main events of the tournament.
1. The first medals were played in ice dancing, where we have new flagships – victory (also with two falls) were won by Elizaveta Khudaiberdiyeva and Yegor Bazin.
2. Khudaiberdiyeva burst into tears after the free dance, and then confessedthat he wasn’t ready for so much criticism. Bazin She saidthat skaters skate for themselves and for the coach sent duet critics in the dustbin of history.
3. For men after the short program He acted last year’s champion Mark Kondratyuk – his back let him down. But this is not the only withdrawal during the tournament: Alexandra Trusova he felt bad, and the temperature on the eve of the women’s tournament rose to 39.4. Now it seems everything is fine.
Due to illness, Irina Khavronina and Dario Chirizano did not perform at balls (although they skated a rhythmic dance), and Vasilisa Kaganovskaya and Valery Angelopol.
4. Despite the absence of Kondratyuk and Mikhail Kolyada (he did not come due to an exacerbation of sinusitis), an incredible intrigue broke out in the men’s tournament. results they were so dense that the winner and silver medalist scored the same number of points. According to additional indicators (victory in free program), Evgeny Semenenko won – this is his first victory at the Russian Championships. Peter Gumennik is the second.
5. Couples have their own drama. World champions Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov were in the lead after the short, but in the free skate Nastya made a mistake in the waterfall. It cost him gold. The first – Alexandra Boykova and Dmitry Kozlovsky, they have already won the championship of Russia – three years ago and in Krasnoyarsk too. Mishina painfully accepted defeat: she cried for more than a minute.
6. The Girls Have a New Champion – gold for 15-year-old Sofia Akatieva. Student Eteri Tutberidze jumped a triple axel in the short program and two quadruples in the free program. On the second day, Sophia fell off the trixel and very scaredbut two quads was enough to win.
7. Silver – Kamila Valieva. It could have been gold if it weren’t for her. left without a jump in the short program. But in the free program she skipped two clean quadruple sheepskin coats.
8. In the final of the program on the Olympics Valiev he was not wearing a hood. After explained it is like this: “I think it is no longer necessary. You don’t have to hide your face.”
9. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva won bronze. Lisa’s success is about records and numbers. She is 11 years older than the winner and last time before this tournament she was on the podium of the Russian championship 8 years ago (then it was last podium adult figure skater).
10. This tournament is 15th in Tuktamysheva’s career. 16 times no one competed at the Russian championship, but Liza, it seems, ready for a record.
Why was the new ice dancing champion crying? Emotions after the victory, which no one doubted
Why Khudaiberdiyeva and Bazin fall but win? There are only two explanations – and both sad
