Figure skater Elizaveta Nugumanova, in a conversation with , said that the disappearance of Anna Pogorilaya from the lists of tournament participants according to the programs of the show was scandalous.
Earlier, the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) announced that Pogorilaya would be replaced by 2020 European champion Dmitry Aliyev. The replacement was made “due to the discrepancy between the expected number of entrants and the number previously reported (request dated February 22, 2023), on the basis of which the entrant was selected to participate in the tournament.”
“The disappearance of Anna Pogorilaya from the lists without comment is scandalous, because she was preparing for the tournament, she had to play, everything should be ok, but it turned out, as always,” Nugumanova told .
Olympic men’s figure skating champion Yagudin won the show program tournament in Moscow on his 43rd birthday. The second place was taken by the pair of figure skaters Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov (19.17), the third was Anna Shcherbakova (19.08).
Source : MatchTV
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