MOSCOW, Jan 15, Oleg Bogatov. Winner of the gold medal at the European Figure skating in Tallinn, Russian Mark Kondratyuk, on the way to success, went through a real sports road, on which there were both despair and injuries, said Ilya Averbukh, silver medalist of the 2002 Olympic Games. On Friday, Kondratyuk became the winner of the European Championship in men's single skating. The athlete scored a total of 286.56 points (99.06 points for the short program and 187.50 for the free program). “I am very happy for Mark, he really deserves this victory,” Averbukh said. “Mark passed on the way to it real sports road — through talented performances, and despair, and injuries. This is a big victory, but I believe that it is not the most important in his career. His most important victories are yet to come. The European Championship is not the most prestigious tournament in the world figure skating, but Mark managed to win it on the first try. The title of European champion will now remain with him forever — this is very valuable.» there are more chances to go to the 2022 Olympics than compatriot Yevgeny Semenenko, who took fifth place (260.00; 99.04 + 160.96). I think that in total Mozalev has already twice in a row bypassed Semenenko. He showed a good performance in the short program and was first. And now, for me personally, there are more whists on the side of Mozalev than Semenenko. «The Winter Olympic Games will be held in Beijing on February 4-20. Russian figure skaters will go to the final pre-Olympic training camp in Krasnoyarsk on January 22.
