Figure skating,
01 Mar, 17:24
Medvedeva, Zagitova and Yagudin will take part in the show program tournament
The Russian Figure Skating Federation has announced the list of participants in the tournament, which will be held on March 18 in Moscow. It included eight singles, eight singles and eight couples / duets, including Olympic and world champions
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Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) presented the list of participants in the upcoming tournament on show programs, which she organizes. Eight single skaters, eight single skaters and eight couples/duos will take part in it. The tournament will take place on March 18 in Moscow at Megasport.
Kamila Valieva, Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Solovyov, Tatyana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, Alina Zagitova, Mark Kondratyuk, Evgenia Medvedeva, Anastasia Mishina/Alexander Gallyamov, Victoria Sinitsyna/Nikita Katsalapov, Tatyana Totmyanina/ Maxim Marinin, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Anna Shcherbakova and Alexey Yagudin.
Plushenko requested ₽10 million for participation in the show program tournament
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The FFKKR also selected athletes according to the applications received. These are Sofia Akatieva, Matvey Vetlugin, Petr Gumennik, Makar Ignatov, Vasilisa Kaganovskaya/Valery Angelopol, Mikhail Kolyada, Andrey Mozalev, Anna Pogorilaya, Elena Rodionova, Evgeny Semenenko, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva/Egor Bazin. Sport24 informedthat there were more than 100 applications in total.
Current or former skaters born in 2007 and older, performing in any of the disciplines, were invited to participate. World and Olympic champions were admitted without pre-selection.
Each participant of the tournament will present an original demonstration number lasting from 2.5 to 3 minutes. There are no special requirements for technical elements, as well as restrictions on the use of props and costumes. Each athlete will receive 250 thousand rubles for training, and the prize fund of the tournament is 10 million rubles.