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St. Petersburg skaters claim Grand Prix medals in China

St. Petersburg skaters confidently started at the Grand Prix in figure skating in the Chinese Shenzhen. They perform in the indoor arena of the Universiade sports center, which seats 18,000 spectators. For comparison, this is almost one and a half times more than in the St. Petersburg Ice Palace. According to the results of short programs, the guys claim the tournament medals, the press service of the Figure Skating Federation of St. Petersburg reported.

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St. Petersburg skaters claim Grand Prix medals in China

St. Petersburg skaters confidently started at the Grand Prix in figure skating in the Chinese Shenzhen. They perform in the indoor arena of the Universiade sports center, which seats 18,000 spectators. For comparison, this is almost one and a half times more than in the St. Petersburg Ice Palace. According to the results of short programs, the guys claim the tournament medals, the press service of the Figure Skating Federation of St. Petersburg reported.

In the competitions of sports couples, first place according to the results of the short program was taken by Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Galliamov. Tamara Moskvina’s students cleanly rolled back the short program and scored 74.69 points, ahead of their closest rivals.

In men’s singles skating, the third place was taken by Evgeny Semenenko, who trains under the guidance of Alexei Mishin, with a score of 99.72 points. Following him in fourth place is another St. Petersburger, the ward of Oleg Tataurov Vladislav Dikidzhi, who scored 98.86 points.

The final distribution of awards will be determined after arbitrary programs.

Source: Московский комсомолец ↗

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