First day of the Russian Figure Championship! Let’s start with the world dance record? LIVE

First day of the Russian Figure Championship! Let’s start with the world dance record? LIVE

December 20, 2023, 21:15 Moscow time

First, a break from Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin awaits us, and then short programs of singles and sports couples will be shown.

On December 21, the Russian Figure Skating Championships begin in Chelyabinsk. Under the conditions of the international ban, the tournament is not a qualifying tournament for the European and world championships, but remains the most important for Russian skaters.

The first day of competition will be opened by the dancers and we can expect scores from Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin that are at least close to the world record. The current Russian champions Elizaveta Khudayberdieva and Yegor Bazin, as well as Irina Khavronina and David Narizhny, Elizaveta Shanaeva and Pavel Drozd will try to impose the competition.

Then the men will enter into combat, and all the strongest will enter into action: the two-time winner of the Grand Prix stages Vladislav Dikidzhi, Piotr Gumennik, who scored 300 points, the current champion Evgeniy Semenenko, as well as Dmitry Aliev, Matvey Vetlugin . , Alexander Samarin, Roman Savosin and others.

The last spectators will see sports couples on the ice: for the first time this season, Alexandra Boykova and Dmitry Kozlovsky will compete head to head with their former teammates Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov. There will be a serious fight for third place and Alena Kostornaya and Georgy Kunitsa are unlikely to compete for it.

Here is the full schedule and list of participants:

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All rentals will be broadcast live via the Okko online cinema and the Channel One website.

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