A native of St. Petersburg, coach Maria Kasumova, in an interview with a correspondent, said that even as a child she was happy to organize figure skating tournaments in her city.
On Sunday, Russian national team head coach Elena Chaikovskaya confirmed to that the Russian Grand Prix final has been moved from Sochi to Saint Petersburg. Competitions for adults will take place from March 3 to 5, for juniors from March 1 to 3.
– The final in St. Petersburg is wonderful, because the same skater children live there and they will be happy to see the skating stars live.
My favorite town! As a child, I was happy when competitions were held in St. Petersburg.
I suggest everyone from other cities in Russia to come to St. Petersburg for the final, and at the same time have a walk! Kasumova told .
Born and raised in St. Petersburg, Maria Kasumova competed for the local synchronized skating team Paradise for several years. Then she started coaching, was Kamila Valieva’s choreographer until her transfer to the Eteri Tutberidze group. Now he trains in the group of Svetlana Panova.
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Source : MatchTV

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