Athletistic / Figure skating. Tatiana Tarasova, honored figure skating coach of the USSR, compared successful Russian and Japanese figure skaters in men’s single skating. According to the expert, the Japanese are currently superior to the Russians.

The day before, November 26, the 6th stage of the Russian Grand Prix ended in Moscow. The winner was Vladislav Dikidzhi, the second place was taken by Mark Kondratyuk, and Daniil Samsonov closed the top three. The day before, the Japanese Yuma Kagiyama had won a stage of the international Grand Prix series in Osaka (Japan). The second was another Japanese, Shoma Uno, and the Swiss Lucas Brichgi closed the top three.

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“Our guys tried. I don’t want to say their last name one way or another. The boys got better, I looked at who was doing quadruple jumps. Not many people did it, but we have to strive for that. I just came home and watched the Japanese I was a little shaken because I think they are one point better than our guys. They still have time to show this desire at the Russian Championship,” Tarasova quotes RIA Novosti.


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