Russian Pairs dominated the Short Program with European Champions Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov finishing ahead of 2014 Olympic silver medalists Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov at the Rostelecom Cup on Friday.
Three-time World Championship medalists Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (USA) edged home-crowd favourites Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) by 0.97 points.
USA’s Nathan Chen jumped into the lead as the ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup opened with the Men’s Short Program on Friday in Moscow.
The discipline hashtags are #FigureSkating #SpeedSkating #ShortTrackSkating and #SynchroSkating
Reigning World Champions Evgenia Medvedeva (RUS) and Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) start their Grand Prix season 2017/18 at Rostelecom Cup in Moscow (RUS) on Friday.
The World's top figure skaters will kick off the hot phase of the Olympic season by competing in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series.
Skaters from Australia, Canada, Japan, Russia and the USA have qualified for the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Nagoya (JPN) in December.
Manfred Schnelldorfer took part in 10 European Championships, 6 World Championships & 2 Olympic Games.
Mr. Hans Gerschwiler Five-time Swiss national Champion passed away
This is the turning point in the sport's aspect of competitive Figure Skating. The era of double jumps has begun appearing only now and then at first.
The two-time Olympic Champion in Pair skating, Liudmila Belousova passed away on September, 2017 at the age of 81.
The remaining entries for the Single & Pair Skating and the Ice Dance competitions at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games (OWG) have been allocated after the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany, held on September 28-30, 2017. (in addition to Communication No. 2093)
Eighteen ISU members have qualified quota places for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 in Pyeongchang, Korea, at the designated qualifying event Nebelhorn Trophy 2017 in Oberstdorf, Germany.
Australia’s Kailani Craine skated to gold as Nebelhorn Trophy wrapped up Saturday in Oberstdorf, Germany. All three medallists earned an Olympic spot.
Penny Coomes/Nicholas Buckland of Great Britain returned in style to win the Nebelhorn Trophy and top the list of Olympic qualifiers.