All posts tagged "2017 Russian Nationals"
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4.1KFigure Skating NewsRussia’s Alina Zagitova prepares for senior debut
Alina Zagitova was the Russian “wunderkind” of the past season that easily dominated the junior ladies and took the Junior World title...
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1.0KFigure Skating NewsRussian Champion Kolyada readies for Europeans
Mikhail Kolyada was Russia’s male shooting star last season when he came in fourth in his debut at the 2016 ISU World...
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2.1KFigure Skating NewsMedvedeva defends national title with record-breaking score
2016 World champion Evgenia Medvedeva defended her Russian national title with a record-breaking score of 233.57 points despite performing an illegal combination...
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1.2KFigure Skating NewsStolbova and Klimov: “We got the job done”
Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, who withdrew from the autumn Grand Prix events with an injury, came back strong to win their...
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1.4KFigure Skating NewsSixth national title for Bobrova and Soloviev
Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev captured their sixth gold medal at the 2017 Russian National Championships. Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin won...
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1.1KFigure Skating NewsMikhail Kolyada wins first national title
The 2017 Russian National Championships is underway in Chelyabink, Russia, and the first set of medals awarded was in the Men’s division,...
Did You Know?
Maribel Vinson-Owen (October 12, 1911 – February 15, 1961) set the record for nine U.S. ladies’ figure skating titles which Michelle Kwan matched in 2005. As a single skater, she was the 1932 Olympic bronze medalist and a two-time World medalist (1928 silver, 1930 bronze). Vinson-Owen (as a coach) and her two daughters were part of the United States figure skating team that tragically died on Sabena Flight 548.