“Today there was an absolutely luxurious rental by Boykova and Kozlovsky, and it seemed that it couldn't be better.
But then Mishina and Gallyamov came out and skated better.
These are the main favorites in the fight against the Chinese for the gold in the Olympic Games, "TASS quotes Bestemyanova.
According to the 1988 Calgary Olympic champion, coach Tamara Moskvina is a great strategist who was able to bring athletes to such a high level.
For the first time in their careers, Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov won gold medals in the competition of sports pairs with a score of 243.74 points.
The second place was taken by Alexandra Boykova and Dmitry Kozlovsky (239.87).
The top three were closed by Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov (228.20).
Earlier, Tatyana Tarasova admired the performance of figure skaters at the Russian Championship.