“Championship” Award: who will become the King and Queen of Figure Skating in 2023?

“Championship” Award: who will become the King and Queen of Figure Skating in 2023?

Valeria Kukaleva November 23, 2023, 19:15 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.

We start voting on the “Skating Move” telegram channel!

“Championship” together with the “Skating Move” podcast launch an annual grand prize: choose the King and Queen of the figures of 2023!

“Skate Stroke” will discover the true choice of figure skating fans: a month of important polls is coming. And after summing up the results, the “Championship” will solemnly congratulate the winners and present them with a beautiful and memorable prize.

Who participates and in what format?

The editors selected 24 of the most famous figure skaters (including those who have already completed their careers) who took to the ice in competitions or participated as heroes of shows and demonstrations in 2023.

Figures of the King and Queen – 2023

The popular vote will take place in several stages: skaters and figure skaters separately.

Four groups of six people. The top two each advance to the semifinals; two semi-finals each have four participants. The best two advance to the final; In the final vote, subscribers will choose the King and Queen from among four skaters.

The honorable coach of the USSR, Tatyana Tarasova, shared her assumptions about the outcome of the award in a conversation with “Championship” correspondent Yegor Kabak:

“If you choose among all men, then, of course, Roma Kostomarov. There’s not even anything to talk about here. Among the girls, Sofia Akatieva is the best because she won the Russian championship. You can also highlight Alina Zagitova, because she is visible everywhere. Of course, I will also highlight Liza Tuktamysheva. Young women admire her and admire her because she has been plowing for many years and shows surprising results.”

1988 Olympic champion Natalya Bestemyanova named Kamila Valieva and Peter Gumennik.

We have started voting for the first groups of participants on the “Skating Move” telegram channel! Which of our nominees will be the most memorable in 2023?

Group 1, women

Alina Zagitova — performed in ice shows, appeared as Marilyn Monroe in a show tournament, led her team to victory in the Channel One Cup as captain, launched her own brand and is actively developing her media career;Elizaveta Tuktamysheva — In the final of the Russian Grand Prix he entered the top three, performed brilliantly in the ice shows of Evgeni Plushenko, Ilya Averbukh and Tatiana Navka. She took master classes with his coach Alexei Mishin in Mexico and in the fall announced a pause in her career;Anastasia Mishina — added the silver from the final of the Russian Grand Prix, as well as the gold medals from the Grand Prix stages in Omsk and Kazan;Sofia Akatieva — the reigning Russian champion had a fascinating performance in the exhibition tournament, but suffered a stress fracture in the off-season, so she has not yet returned to competition. She performed only in the short program on the test skates;tatiana navka — the 2006 Olympic champion continues to shine on the ice, organizing colorful shows in which she herself participates. She recently announced another premiere: the fairy tale “Evenings on the Farm”, based on Gogol’s story;Ekaterina Bobrova — the host of the podcast “Skating Stroke” in 2023 performed brilliantly at a show program tournament with her regular partner Dmitry Solovyov, and then decided to go on an adventure and, for the sake of amateur competitions, formed a pair with her husband Andrei Deputat, who skated in pairs, not ice dancing

Group 1, men

Evgeni Plushenko – Russia’s most titled figure skater shines on the ice both in his shows (he organized a tour of Russia, performed in China) and as a coach: he led Veronika Zhilina to victory in the Junior Grand Prix final and boldly denounced the judge. By the way, in Moscow in 2023 the construction of a new arena for his academy was completed;Peter Gumennik – winner of the Russian Grand Prix final, a brave and creative skater who is not afraid to play rock music and play the piano on the ice. This season he insisted on a program with Rammstein music and he got it right: he took bronze on the Krasnoyarsk stage and excelled in Samara, being the first in Russia to score more than 300 points in two programs;Vladimir Morozov – Together with Evgeniy Tarasova, she managed to win bronze in the final of the Russian Grand Prix and participate in the Russian Challenge show program tournament. She skated in several shows and in November the couple announced her retirement;Arseny Fedotov – a daring and talented student of Eteri Tutberidze, a great football fan. He became the Russian champion among juniors, took gold in the junior finals of the Russian Grand Prix and in the Student Spartakiad. The new season began with a victory in the Junior Grand Prix stage;Andrei Mozalev — won second place in the Channel One Cup and participated in the show program tournament. In the 2023/2024 season, she won bronze at the stage of the Russian Grand Prix in Ufa and gold at the second stage of the St. Petersburg Cup;Gleb Lutfullin – a young talent from Alexei Mishin’s group, who is not only good at jumping. Last season he sensationally beat the experienced Mikhail Kolyada in the Grand Prix, and this year he came third in the Grand Prix stage in Kazan.

The survey will close at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, November 27. Don’t forget to vote!