MOSCOW, January 16 Russian Minister of Sports Oleg Matytsin considers the results of the European Championship triumphant in figure skating for the national team. The competition ended on Saturday, the Russians won nine awards out of 12 possible. «Congratulations to the Russian figure skating team on their brilliant performance at the European Championships in Tallinn!» In pair skating, our athletes took all three steps of the podium and demonstrated that they have no equal in Europe!The last tournament was an important test of strength for the Russian team before the Olympic Games in Beijing, the team coped with this test perfectly.Congratulations on the triumph of our athletes at the European Championships , coaches of Russian figure skaters, as well as the Russian Figure Skating Federation!I wish the Russian figure skating team to keep this victorious and mood at the final stage of preparation for the 2022 Games. «Kamila Valieva won the women's singles skating, Anna Shcherbakova was the second, Alexandra Trusova was the third. In men, Mark Kondratyuk was the strongest. On the podium after the competition of sports couples were the Russians Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov, Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, Alexandra Boikova and Dmitry Kozlovsky. Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov won among the dancers, Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin became the second. The Olympic Games in Beijing will be held on February 4-20.
