2020 RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

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2020 RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Dec 24, 2019 22:03:02 GMT

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The 2020 Russian Championships take place in the Platinum Arena in Krasnoyarsk, Dec. 25-29. Russia amended its senior eligibility rules in 2018, permitting junior skaters who are eligible to move up to the senior ranks the following season to compete at the senior level at nationals. The 2020 Russian Championships is the main qualifying competition to earn a place at the European and/or World Championships.

This year, Russia′s national network Channel 1 will live stream the competition worldwide with host Ted Barton calling all the action. This stream will not be available in Japan. A direct link to watch this competition will be posted once it becomes available.

There will be some familiar names missing from the rosters this year. On Dec. 13, Alina Zagitova announced she is taking a break from competing but will continue to train and skate in shows. Mikhail Kolyada is also out as he continues to recover from a nasal operation he underwent in late October. Ksenia Stolbova and Andrey Novosolev have been forced to withdraw due to a leg injury Novosolev suffered in a training accident. Viktoria Vasilieva and the pairs team of Diana Mukhametzianova and Ilya Morozov have been assigned to the Youth Olympic Games and will not compete in Krasnoyarsk.

Maria Sotskova, Roman Savosin, Alexander Petrov, Artur Dmitriev, Jr., ice dancers Betina Popova and Sergei Mozgov and the pairs team of Natalia Zabiiako and Alexander Enbert have also withdrawn, with most citing health issues as the reason. Mozgov is recovering from a back injury and Enbert is still receiving treatment for a heart-related condition.

Russia will field a full complement of skaters (three in each discipline) to the European Championships. Three ladies, pairs and ice dance teams and two men will be selected for the 2020 World Championships.

Seven of the top-ranked ladies will likely battle it out for one the three berths on those teams: Alena Kostornaia, Anna Shcherbakova, Alexandra Trusova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Evgenia Medvedeva and Sofia Samodurova.

The men in contention for places on the Europeans and World teams include Dmitri Aliev, Alexander Samarin, Sergei Voronov and Andrei Lazukin. This will be the first head-to-head for the senior men against two junior stars, Andrei Mozalev, 16. and Daniil Samsonov, 14, who placed second and third, respectively, at the Junior Grand Prix Final in early December.

A trio of pairs teams are a pretty solid bet to claim the berths at Europeans and Worlds: Anastasia Mishina/Aleksandr Galliamov, bronze medalists at the Grand Prix Final, Aleksandra Boikova/Dmitrii Kozlovskii, and Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov.

In ice dance, the three spots will likely go to Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin and Tiffani Zagorski/Johnathan Guerreiro.

EVENT SCHEDULE (Russian)

Thu. Dec. 26
Men′s Short: 14:00-16:30
Rhythm Dance: 16:50-18:50
Pairs Short: 20:15-22:15

Fri. Dec. 27
Free Dance:13:30-15:55
Men′s Free:16:15-19:05
Ladies Short:19:30-22:00

Sat. Dec. 28
Pairs Free:16:30-18:40
Ladies Free:19:00-21:50

Sun. Dec. 29
Medal Ceremonies:12:00-12:45
Exhibition Gala:13:00-15:30
(All times local)

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2020 RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Dec 26, 2019 22:09:20 GMT

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It’s almost a week before the New Year, and for fans of figure skating, the holiday is already beginning. The best skaters of Russia from December 26 to 28 in Krasnoyarsk will lead the fight for medals of the national championship and trips to the main starts. The upcoming tournament will be special, and it's not just about the crazy level of competition. Preparations for the Russian championship have never been held in such a tense and frankly scandalous atmosphere.

Like all recent seasons, passions rage around women's skating. Two weeks before the Russian championship, a pause in the career was announced de jure by the best skater of the world Alina Zagitova, and recently there were rumors about the removal and de facto the strongest single player on the planet. Perhaps it’s just beneficial for someone to escalate the situation.

Zagitova removed herself
Even before the start of the season, the women's championship of Russia was announced as the most difficult and competitive tournament in history. The Grand Prix series confirmed that six figure skaters can claim the pedestal of the national championship at once, each of which would be an unequivocal favorite of the European Championship. Yes, and the current champion of the continent Sofya Samodurova too early to discount.

However, the superiority of Kostornaya, Trusova and Shcherbakova over the others during the first part of the season was so obvious that most experts did not believe that any of them would be left without a medal. Apparently, Zagitova realized this, unexpectedly interrupting her career. Alina, without suspecting it, revealed abscesses in our figure skating. The conflict between Tutberidze and Plushenko has reached such a scale that even the president’s press secretary had to comment on it.

Kostorna’s participation is in question?
For clarification of the relationship and discussion of Zagitova’s act, the fans seemed to have forgotten about the upcoming Russian championship. They recalled when they started talking on the Internet about the possible refusal of Alena Kostornaya to participate. The reason for the rumors was a post in the "telegram" of the journalist Vasily Konov, who wrote that the speech of Alena in Krasnoyarsk was in question.

Kostornaya may not perform at the Russian Figure Skating Championship
The reaction of the fans was not long in coming. Many users complained that Zagitova hastened with a pause in her career. The Federation of Figure Skating of Russia also got it, which was suspected of wanting to "drag" Evgeny Medvedeva to the main competitions. But the most important thing in this situation is not the consequences of Kostornaya's possible failure, but the very fact of her absence.

December 26,
10:00. Men. Short program
12:50. Dancing on Ice. Rhythm dance
16:15. Sports couples. Short program

December 27,
9:30. Dancing on Ice. Free dance
12:15. Men. Free program
15:30. Women. Short program

December 28,
12:30. Sports couples. Free program
15:00. Women. Free program.

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2020 RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Dec 27, 2019 1:44:00 GMT

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Until the most anticipated tournament of the year, there is less time left. Participants in the women's singles competition held an official training.

Alena Kostornaya, Evgenia Medvedeva, Sofia Samodurova, Alexandra Trusova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Anna Shcherbakova - in the video of Channel One from Krasnoyarsk.

Are the top three winners known?
There were no comments from the side of the Tutberidze team and the athlete herself. Fans of Alena breathed a sigh of relief when she, along with other skaters, flew to Krasnoyarsk. It is unequivocal to say that Kostornaya will compete until it is impossible, but there are no visible prerequisites for its removal. At the same time, in order to fight for the victory, Alena needs to approach the Russian championship in the optimal form, so the rumors about her health problems are in any case alarming. True, it is possible that information about Kostornaya was thrown for the sake of escalating the situation or simply attracting interest in competitions.

The main rivals of Kostornaya - Shcherbakova and Trusova - were preparing for the championship in silence. For Sasha, the initial conditions are the same throughout the season - a clean short program and three successful quadruples in an arbitrary guarantee her victory in any tournament. She reiterated the triple axel in the short program, but the stability of the 15-year-old skater is clearly not enough.

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2020 RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Dec 27, 2019 6:34:45 GMT

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Ice dance. Free dance. 2020 Russian Figure Skating Championships/Танцы на льду. Произвольный танец

Channel One gives fans all over the world a terrific opportunity to follow 2020 Russian Figure Skating Championships live with a commentary from the sport’s leading anchor and commentator Ted Barton.

Makar Ignatov took a surprising narrow lead in the Men’s Short Program as the Russian National Championships opened Thursday in Krasnoyarsk. Juniors Andrei Mozalev and Petr Gumennik placed second and third, but the top men are virtually tied at 88-point range. Favorites Dmitri Aliev and Alexander Samarin made errors and will need to show good Free Skates in order to catch up on Friday.

Ignatov produced a quadruple Salchow-triple toeloop combination and nice triple Axel in his routine to “In This Shirt” by The Irrepressibles, but he stumbled out of the quadruple toeloop and his spins were slow. The Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist picked up 88.88 points.

“Some things were good today, some things were not so good. I could have skated better. The free skate is still to come and I hope it will be better,” said the 19-year-old from St. Petersburg. “It is a surprise (to be in first place) but the short program is just about a third of the result and nothing is decided yet.”

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2020 RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Dec 27, 2019 21:53:08 GMT

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The second competition day at the Russian Figure Skating Championship ended with a short program for single women.

Aliyev won the championship of Russia for the first time, Sinitsina and Katsalapov defended the title
Alena Kostornaya took the lead, gaining an unattainable amount of 89.86 points - she performed a triple axel and exceeded her own world record by 4.41 points. The second place was taken by Anna Shcherbakova (79.93 points), the third - by Alexander Trusova, who did not jump the triple axel (76.46 points).

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva landed the triple axel in triples and received 75.74 points from the judges - this is fourth place. Following was Evgenia Medvedeva: she overcame problems with a broken skate, did not disrupt a single jump and scored 71.08 points.

Kostornaya would have won a short program in men, and women receive components with an underestimated coefficient.
The world record will not be taken into account, since the Russian championship is not held under the auspices of ISU.
The girls will play the medals tomorrow, December 27th. Eurosport.ru will conduct a text broadcast of the strongest workouts.

Last Edit: Dec 27, 2019 21:53:37 GMT by Admin