Peter Gumennik won a short program at the Russian Grand Prix in St. Petersburg

Figure skater Peter Gumennik became the best in the short program at the second stage of the Russian Grand Prix Nevsky Ice in St. Petersburg. For his rental, he received 108.49 points.

The struggle for leadership unfolded between Peter Gumennik and Vladislav Dikidzhi. As a result, the advantage of the St. Petersburg athlete was only 0.66 points - Dikidzhi scored 107.83 and was located on the second line. Gleb Lutfullin closed the top three with a score of 98.44 points.

According to the judge’s minutes, Gumennik performed the most technically complex set among all participants. He cleanly executed a cascade of quadruple flip and triple toe loop, solo quadruple lutz and triple axel. All three rotations and the step track were evaluated by the arbiters at the maximum fourth level.

Dikiji at his box office jumped a cascade of quadruple lutz and triple toe loop, as well as a solo quadruple salch and triple axel. Lutfullin scored a quadruple rittberger and a cascade of quadruple salchow and triple toe loop.

The winner of the stage will be determined on October 25 by the sum of two programs. Arbitrary rentals of men will begin at 13:00 Moscow time.

Recall that the Nevsky Ice is the second stage of the Russian Grand Prix. The first stage was taken by Kazan, where the victory was celebrated by Evgeny Semenenko.