Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva won the free program at the team tournament of the Olympic Games in Beijing. This is reported by the correspondent of “Lenta.ru”.
For her rental, the athlete received 178.92 points. During the performance, she fell from the quadruple sheepskin coat. Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto finished second with 148.66 points. Canada’s Madeleine Skiza is in third place with 132.04 points.
Together with the Russian team, Valieva became the Olympic champion. On account of the domestic team – 74 points. The US team has 65 points, the Japanese – 63. The Russians secured an early victory in the tournament after the performance of 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.
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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