MOSCOW, Jan 15 Dance duets perform at the European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn with arbitrary programs. According to the results of the first competitive day, the current world champions Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov are in the lead, who received 87.89 points for rhythm dance. The other representatives of Russia Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin (86.45) are second, showing the best result in points scored in rhythm dance in their careers. Rounding out the top three are Italians Charlene Gignard and Marco Fabbri (83.35). Another Russian duet, Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin, is on the intermediate eighth place (73.32). www.youtube.com/embed/FIy9EHEYZsw» webkitallowfullscreen=»webkitAllowFullScreen» mozallowfullscreen=»mozallowfullscreen» allowfullscreen=»allowFullScreen» frameborder=»0″>Russian couples performance time (Moscow time): 16:43 — Davis/Smolkin 17:38 — Stepanova/Bukin 17:46 — Sinitsina/Katsalapov Later on Saturday, the single skaters will skate the free program.
