MOSCOW, March 28, Sergey Pogrebnyak. Silver medalist of the Olympic Games in dancing on ice Ilya Averbukh said that you should not compare the First Channel Cup and the World Figure Skating Championship. Earlier, the International Skating Union, against the backdrop of events in Ukraine, suspended Russian and Belarusian skaters from international competitions, which is why the athletes missed the World Championship, which was held in Montpellier (France). «I think it's not correct to compare the Channel One Cup and the World Championship. You don't need to play with it. The Cup held in Saransk is a wonderful show tournament with different rules. But you shouldn't put equality between these competitions,» Averbukh said. «I understand that our girls are the best in the world. They would take the entire podium at the World Championships. As for other types, we could also win in pair skating if the Chinese were absent. In ice dancing, I think the French are about would stand with their gold medals, and our men can’t fight the Japanese yet,” Averbukh added. During the World Championships, Russian skaters took part in the Channel One Cup. The victory in the tournament was won by the team of Anna Shcherbakova, who competed with the team of Mark Kondratyuk.
