MOSCOW, February 3, Vasily Bogdanov. The Russian Olympic figure skating team has excellent chances for gold medals in the team tournament at the Beijing Games, said Alena Leonova, silver medalist of the 2012 World Championship in women's single skating. On Thursday, it was announced that single skater Mark Kondratyuk, dance duo Victoria Sinitsina will perform on the first competitive day of the Olympic team tournament/Nikita Katsalapov and sports couple Anastasia Mishina/Alexander Gallyamov. The figure skating team tournament at the Beijing Olympics starts on Friday. On this day, men and sports couples will perform short programs, and representatives of ice dancing will perform rhythmic dance. «Our first numbers were put on the short program, I think this is the right choice. I have no doubt that our guys should perform well and aim for gold medals. Who will be our main competitors? I think the main fight will unfold with the US team, «Leonova said.
