National junior champion in 2008 and now coach Katharina Gerboldt named favorites for the upcoming Russian Men’s Individual Figure Skating Championship.
— Mark Kondratyuk will be one of the favorites, but there were a lot of guys who showed good content. Some people were able to refuse cleanly, others were not. But, in any case, there are many guys who will fight for the title of champion of Russia and get into the top three. Of course, Petr Gumennik will try to compete with Mark, Sasha Samarin… Five or six skaters will try to place in the top three. Dima Aliyev too. He is certainly not stable, but he has often shown that he knows how to pull himself together at the right time. And Alexei Nikolaevich [Мишина] very strong guys, they showed good skating at the Grand Prix. That’s why I say that many guys will fight for the title of champion of Russia. I think the tournament will be interesting in this fight, and whoever is more emotionally stable will win,” Gerboldt quotes Gazeta.Ru.
The Russian Championship will take place in Chelyabinsk from December 21 to 24. The current national champion is Evgeniy Semenenko.
Gazeta.ru
Source : MatchTV
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