MOSCOW, Oct 22 Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov take first place in the competition sports couples after the short program at the first stage of the Russian Grand Prix, which takes place in Moscow. Tarasova and Morozov scored 86.08 points for their performance. The second place is occupied by Natalia Khabibullina and Ilya Knyazhuk (77.87 points), the third place is taken by Daria Boyarintseva and Roman Pleshkov (73.51). The couple's free program will be presented on Sunday. The start is at 16:45 Moscow time. The Grand Prix series includes six tournaments, which will be hosted by Moscow (twice), Sochi, Kazan, Samara and Perm.
