Athletistic/ Figure skating. In recent years, more and more interesting figure skating tournaments have appeared. In particular, the Channel One Cup appeared in 2021. Initially, they replaced the European Championship, which was then canceled due to coronavirus. Then, after the Russians were excluded from international competitions, the tournament acquired even greater importance. The Channel One Cup is a team tournament. In previous years, red and blue teams fought each other, which had their own captains and names. We invite you to study how the tournament will take place this year.

Location

This year, the Channel One Cup will be held in St. Petersburg. This city will host the tournament for the first time. Previously, the Channel One Cup was held twice in Moscow. Also in 2022, Saransk hosted it. At the same time, in recent years, major tournaments have been held in St. Petersburg. These are the 2022 Russian Championship and the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final.

Teams and participants

This year there will not be two teams, but three. Their captains will be Anna Shcherbakova, Alina Zagitova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. The list of participants has also been announced

Dancing on ice

Alexandra Stepanova – Ivan Bukin
Elizaveta Khudayberdieva – Egor Bazin
Irina Khavronina – David Narizhny
Ekaterina Mironova – Evgeniy Ustenko
Sofia Shevchenko – Andrei Yejlov
Sofia Leontieva – Daniel Gorelkin

Men

Yevgeny Semenenko
Vladislav Dikidji
Dmitry Aliyev
Romain Savosin
Mark Kondratyuk
Daniel Samsonov
Pierre Gumennik
Matvey Vetlugine
Alexandre Samarin
Arseny Fedotov
Lev Lazarev
Ivan Ramzenkov

Sporty couples

Anastasia Michina — Alexander Gallyamov
Alexandra Boykova – Dmitri Kozlovsky
Ekaterina Chikmareva – Matvey Yanchenkov
Natalya Khabibullina – Ilya Knyazhuk
Yulia Artemyeva – Alexei Bryukhanov
Elizaveta Osokina – Artyom Gritsaenko

Women

Adélia Petrossian
Ksenia Sinitsyna
Anna Frolova
Veronica Yametova
Alina Gorbacheva
Daria Sadkova
Sofia Muravyova
Ksenia Gushchina
Maria Agayeva
Margarita Bazylyuk
Alisa Dvoeglazova
Lidiya Pleskacheva

Each team will consist of four singles skaters, four singles skaters, two sports pairs and two dance pairs. The tournament will take place in short and free programs. There will also be an element battle, a captain competition and a fan challenge.

Tournament Schedule

Friday March 1st

— Formal training
— Drawing ceremony

Saturday March 2

2:00 p.m.
— Opening ceremony and demonstrations
— Battle of the elements / Skills competition on ice

Short program

Sunday March 3

2:00 p.m.

— Captains competition
— Challenge with fans

Free program

Yaroslav Piatykh, Athletistic


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