All posts tagged "2009 Russian Nationals"
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Figure Skating News
Khokhlova and Novitski grab lead in Kazan
Approximately 73 skater (17 men, 14 ladies, 11 pairs and 10 ice dance couples) gathered in Kazan to compete for the medals...
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Sotnikova leads ladies at Russian Nationals
Adelina Sotnikova, a 12-year-old representative of CSKA Moscow Club, led the field in the ladies discipline. The student of Elena Vodorezova-Buyanova landed...
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Voronov first after short in Kazan
Defending champion Sergei Voronov rebounded after a less than perfect start of the season with his new short program set to lesser...
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Sotnikova wins Russian ladies title
The first discipline to determine the Champion was the Ladies event, which concluded on Friday afternoon with the Ladies Long Program. In...
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Mukhortova and Trankov lead pairs at Russian Nationals
Coming off a disastrous performance in long program at the Grand Prix Final, Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov delivered another clean run-through...
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Khokhlova and Novitski dominate at Russian Nationals
Jana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitski easily defended their overnight lead to finish first in the original dance, while teammates Ekaterina Rubleva and...
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Voronov defends title at 2009 Russian Nationals
Sergei Voronov defended his Russian National title with an impressive Tango performance in the Long Program. The 21-year-old opened with the a...
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Figure Skating News
Kawaguchi and Smirnov win gold at Russian Nationals
Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov defended their title, while Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov slipped to second place. Lubov Iliushechkina and Nodari...
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Khokhlova and Novitski win second national title in Kazan
Jana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitski won their second national title with a confident Free Dance. The team was a bit more cautious...
Did You Know?
Japan’s Rika Kihira became the first lady to land a triple Axel combination (triple Axel-triple toe) in an ISU international event (2017-18 Junior Grand Prix Final). She is also the youngest lady to land a triple Axel in competition (2016 JGP Slovenia) and the first lady to land 8 (fully rotated) triple jumps in the free skate at the (2016 JGP Slovenia). Discuss ladies and triple Axels! Who is working on them and who is your favorite? More on Rika Kihira here in the GS Forum.