MOSCOW, February 4 Ice dancers Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin will fly to the Olympic Games in Beijing on February 6, the father of the figure skater Andrey Bukin said. Earlier, the press attache of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) Olga Yermolina said that Stepanova and Bukin would go to the Chinese capital in accordance with their individual plan.
"My son is now engaged in an individual program, now they are in Novogorsk. They fly to Beijing on February 6th. They are ready to fight to the last", — Andrey Bukin said on the TV channel "Russia 1".
Olympic competitions in ice dancing will start on February 12. The team figure skating tournament has started. Russian skaters are second after the first day of competition with 26 points. The top three are also Americans (28) and Chinese (21).