The Russian national figure skating team won ahead of schedule in the team tournament of the Olympic Games in Beijing. This is reported by the correspondent of “Lenta.ru”.
After the dancers Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov took second place in the free program and brought the team nine points, the lead of the Russians ceased to allow rivals to claim gold. On account of the domestic team before the performance of the singles – 64 points. The US team has 58 points, the Japanese have 54.
In addition to Sinitsina and Katsalapov, the Russian national team at the tournament was represented by single skaters Mark Kondratyuk and Kamila Valieva, as well as a sports couple Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov.
This gold figure skating team Olympic tournament was the second in history for Russia. For the first time, the national team won the Games in Sochi in 2014. In Pyeongchang, four years later, the Russians became second, losing to the Canadians.
Source: Lenta
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