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In Sochi Olympic Ice Sports Palace “Iceberg” on Thursday kicks off the championship of Russia figure skating. As the result will be determined by two members of the European Championship in Stockholm in each of the four disciplines.
The championship of Russia in Sochi is a kind of “watershed” of the season, the first of which was completed 10 days ago Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, Spain . Tournament in Sochi will be qualifying for the European Championships, starting on January 26 in the Swedish capital, while the post-Olympic season will crown the World Championships in Shanghai in late March.
Gold and silver medalists in each of the four types of national championship will receive trips to Stockholm. According to the head of Figure Skating Federation of Russia / FFKKR / Alexander Gorshkov, the final squad for the European Championship will be decided in mid-January. Third, participants from Russia, according to Gorshkov, will be approved by the executive committee of the federation after discussing the coaching board.
The fight for tickets to Stockholm to Sochi goes serious, especially in the women’s figure skating, where just four athletes claim to victory in national championship – Julia Lipnitskaya, winner of the Grand Prix in Barcelona Tuktamysheva Elizabeth, Anna and Elena Pogorilaya Radionova. Skips the national championship Sochi Olympic champion in figure skating Adelina Sotnikova, which, if you have time to get in shape by the end of January will certainly be included in the squad for the European Championship.
In the men’s figure skating two trips to Stockholm should play Grand Finalists -with Maxim Kovtun and Sergei Voronov, Barcelona became the third. Sensation may be present as an experienced Konstantin Menchov and very young Adya Pitkeev and Alexander Petrov, and Arthur Gachinsky.
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