Vice-world champion in 2021 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva lived up to her nickname Empress. The St. Petersburg figure skater was in the lead at the Finlandia Trophy after a short program. Our Alena Kostornaya and Kamila Valieva are also in the top three.
The name of the champion became known when the girls skated a free program. Quadruple jumps are only in the arsenal of the world champion among juniors Kamila Valieva, who is holding her first full adult season. So the balance of power could change.
Well, the battle of triple axels in the short program was won by Tuktamysheva. She was the only one who performed this ultra-si element, gaining 81.53 points. This is Lisa’s personal record. European champion Alena Kostornaya did not fully restore the triple axel, so she did not enter the jump (78.61). Valieva, due to a fall from a trixel, took third place (74.93).
Mikhail Kolyada and Dmitry Aliev lost the gold to American Jason Brown, who does not own quads at all. Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov won the sports pair competition. Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov are second.
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