BEIJING, February 3, Andrey Simonenko. Dancers Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin will leave to the capital of China in accordance with its individual plan, flights to Beijing fly daily, Olga Yermolina, press officer of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR), said. Earlier, Match TV reported that Stepanova and Bukin would not compete in the team tournament of the Olympic Games in figure skating, as they did not fly from Moscow to Beijing on February 2. At the same time, the free program of the team competitions of the Games will be held on February 7, and the application for it is submitted the day before. «Stepanova and Bukin are preparing according to their individual plan together with the coaches. And in accordance with this plan, they will fly to Beijing, where, in addition to Aeroflot, they fly daily planes of other companies,» Yermolina said. The Beijing Olympics will start on February 4. The figure skating team tournament will start on the same day.
