MOSCOW, May 5, Andrey Simonenko. Russian figure skating coach Alexander Zhulin said that the dance duet Sarah Hurtado and Kirill Khalyavin, who worked in his group, decided to end their career. Hurtado and Khalyavin have been paired since 2016, at the 2018 Olympics they took 12th place, at the European Championships they were in the top ten four times, the best result — sixth place at the European Championship 2022. The skaters were not selected for the Beijing Games. «We talked to them after the Olympic Games, the guys said that they had decided to finish. Kirill (Khalyavin) took (his wife) Ksyusha Monko and his son, they left for Spain. As far as I know, they plan to perform in shows and to train. But life is an unpredictable thing. Now a huge number of duets are finishing, plus Russian couples are not allowed to international tournaments, so I do not exclude that they can replay their plans. In any case, I have excellent relations with them and wish all the very best to them,» Zhulin said. Until 2016, Khalyavin played for Russia in tandem with Ksenia Monko, the duo won the 2011 World Junior Championships, twice won the junior Grand Prix final. However, at the adult level, Monko and Khalyavin made it to the European and World Championships only in the 2014/15 season, where they took eighth and tenth places, respectively.
