MOSCOW, January 12, Oleg Bogatov. Russian figure skater Andrey Mozalev will take part in the Olympics 2022, if in a face-to-face dispute at the European Championships in Tallinn he outstrips another candidate for a trip to Beijing — compatriot Yevgeny Semenenko, said the silver medalist of the 2002 Ice dancing Ilya Averbukh. Mozalev took the lead on Wednesday after a short program, having received 99 , 76 points. Russian Mark Kondratyuk (99.06) and Evgeny Semenenko (99.04) also became prize-winners. “It's great that we have such a men's podium at the European Championship, we have long wanted this,” said Averbukh. “At the European Championship, our men are always Such a result could be admitted, but the fact that our entire pedestal is ours is a great success and the result of a good performance. It is very important for Mozalev that he became the first, before he could not open the competition with a victory in the short program. good luck to him. I am also happy for Mark Kondratyuk and Yevgeny Semenenko. » , then, I think, he will go to the Olympic Games. «The skaters will present their free program on Friday.
