The return of Kaganovskaya - Angelopol and the triumph of Mishina - Gallyamov

The beginning of the first competitive day of the First Channel Cup was preceded by the presentation of the teams and a funny dance battle.

Alina Zagitova looked noticeably more relaxed and calmer before the start of the tournament.

But Evgenia Medvedeva, who just opposed Zagitova two years ago, this time, quite unexpectedly, became the leader along with Dmitry Khrustalev.

It was assumed that this role would go to the injured Mark Kondratyuk, according to which the organizers promised a surprise for the fans, but he eventually went to communicate with people in the stands to make a vlog for the social networks of Channel One.

Finally, Alexei Yagudin and Maxim Maxaim Trankov received the status of a press attache for the bands.

Short programs were preceded by demonstration performances of dancers on ice, which this time did not count.

The main event was the return of Vasilisa Kaganovskaya - Valery Angelopol, who missed the December national championship due to the illness of their partner.

They showed an excellent performance and looked, perhaps, even brighter than the current champions of Russia Elizaveta Khudaiberdiyeva - Yegor Bazin.

Following on the ice came the strongest sports couples of the country.

And in this form, there were no equal Anastasia Mishina - Alexander Gallyamov.

If at the recent Czech Republic they took an offensive second place, losing less than a point to Alexandra Boikova - Dmitry Kozlovsky, this time they were ahead of them by more than four.

Representatives of the "Red Machine" demonstrated perfect skating and did not make the slightest mistake.

They did a great job with a triple twist, a triple flip throw, and a parallel triple salchow.

As a result, the judges rated their performance at the highest 86.09.

The main competitors, on the contrary, made a rough blot.

Boikova failed to land from a triple flip, which led to a significant reduction in the score.

Not without errors and other duets.

So, the most experienced Evgenia Tarasova - Vladimir Morozov began the rental with the fact that the girl touched the ice on landing from a parallel triple sheepskin coat.

Then she barely resisted the ejection from the triple rittberger.

Young Yasmina Kadyrova - Valery Kolesov performed better, but their technical arsenal was weaker, and therefore they closed the table.

The failure of Semenenko and Gumennik and the failure of Aliyev

Among the men, the fans were waiting with great interest for the confrontation between Evgeny Semenenko and Petr Gumennik, because they scored an equal number of points in the Czech Republic in Krasnoyarsk, and the first one outstripped the opponent only in additional indicators.

It was they who were supposed to close the short program and served as a kind of cherry on the cake.

However, the performance of the favorites on the first competitive day frankly disappointed.

Whether the difficult winter session at universities or the friendly status of the competition affected young people, they looked, to put it mildly, weaker than at the recent national championship.

Goose completely failed debut.

In the starting combination, he, together with the quadruple salchow, performed a toe loop in only two turns.

This was followed by a fall from another quad - a rittberger.

It remained only to rejoice at the beautiful triple axel.

But the final score left no reason for optimism - 86.56.

With this result, Peter was only sixth.

Semenenko finished one line higher.

The reigning champion immediately touched the ice when landing from a quadruple toe loop, and in the combination he made only a double salchow.

After that, Eugene did not make any more mistakes, but he failed to rise above the fifth line.

Nevertheless, he promised Yagudin on Sunday to complete all the elements purely in the free program.

But Andrei Mozalev pleased those present.

Kirill Davydenko's ward managed to rehabilitate himself for an unsuccessful performance in the Czech Republic, where he took sixth position.

The 19-year-old skater presented probably the best performance of the current season.

He coped with the combination of a quad salchow + triple toe loop, and with a triple axel, and with a solo quadruple toe loop.

The judges appreciated the rental and put an incredible 104.36 points.

The young man was almost 10 ahead of the nearest pursuer.

Thanks to his excellent result, "They won't catch up with us" even took the lead for the first time.

Gleb Lutfullin and Makar Ignatov, who took to the ice at the very beginning, were also pleasantly surprised.

Ward of Alexei Mishin cleanly made two quads at once, sheepskin coat and salchow and deserved an ovation from the stands.

His competitor, although he completed the triple axel with an insulting knee landing, coped with the most difficult quadruple loop.

As a result, both unexpectedly got into the top three, ahead of much more eminent rivals.

And the biggest disappointment was the performance of Dmitry Aliyev.

The European champion fell from all three jumps: the quadruple salchow and sheepskin coat, and the triple axel.

After such an unsuccessful start, the athlete barely completed the program and seemed to be holding back tears with difficulty.

Despite the failure, the partners in "They Won't Catch Us" supported him as much as they could.

The same Valieva recalled that this could happen to anyone.

Valieva's emotions and Tuktamysheva's mistakes

For women, the main intrigue concerned just whether Valieva would go on the ice.

Initially, this was not planned, but the press service of the FFKKR was intrigued the day before.

The federation said: no one officially said that Camila would not skate.

However, in the end, the ward of Eteri Tutberidze was content with the role of captain and actively supported the wards.

And the short program, unfortunately, turned out to be overshadowed by an extremely unpleasant fall in her team.

At the beginning of the rental, Anastasia Zinina effortlessly coped with the double axel, but then, when entering the cascade, she landed very unsuccessfully on the ice.

It instantly became clear that the girl would not be able to continue.

She covered her face with her hands and wept.

The trainer immediately rushed to her.

And the excited Evgeni Plushenko asked the doctors to come to the rescue as soon as possible.

The victim managed to leave the ice only with outside help.

Absolutely all the participants were shocked.

And Valieva wished her colleague health, noting that this is the most important thing in life.

Later, the FFKKR reported that the girl should be taken to the hospital for examination.

Fortunately, she was content with the bruise and avoided more serious injuries.

Thus, "They Won't Catch Us", which already lagged behind the "Red Machine", were also left without Zinina's points.

But the organizers quickly made Solomon's decision.

The lowest score was deducted from the opponents, which was given to 15-year-old Veronika Yametova.

But after the fall of Zinina in the second rolling, the girls went into an incredible fight for places in the top three.

The first in the top four was the young Adelia Petrosyan and in a good way “teared” the audience.

Another figure skater from the Tutberidze group managed to completely abandon the unpleasant incident with her rival and gave out an excellent program.

The athlete seemed to be hovering over the ice and cleanly performed one difficult jump after another: triple axel and lutz, and a triple flip + triple toe loop cascade.

At the side, Petrosyan, with a smile on her face, fell into the arms of the coach and Daniil Gleikhengauz.

The judges also rated her performance at 83.80 points.

As a result, Adelia failed to get around only Sofya Muravyova.

Figure skater Evgenia Plushenko also gave a perfect skate.

His real decoration was an excellent triple axel.

After such a great start, she mastered the rest of the elements, including the triple flip and triple lutz + triple toe loop combo.

It remains only to admire how beautiful the athlete from "They Won't Catch Us" looked.

She secured a lead of more than a point over Petrosyan with 85.54 points.

However, the reigning champion of the country Sofya Akatieva and the most experienced Elizaveta Tuktamysheva could still get around her.

But neither one nor the other coped with this task, making mistakes.

The first one immediately fell on the exit from the triple axel and narrowly escaped injury.

Then she did everything cleanly, but it was already unrealistic to get to Muravyova.

The Empress, on the contrary, coped with the triple axel, which was not given to her during the rolling, but then looked by no means perfect.

For example, she attached only a double sheepskin coat to a cascade with a triple lutz, which caused Mishin's indignation.

In general, Tuktamysheva, as usual, enjoyed what was happening on the ice and gave it to the fans, but was content with a modest assessment - 74.32 points.

With her, she did not even manage to get into the top three.

Now in an arbitrary Elizabeth it will be extremely difficult to move young competitors with elements of ultra-si.

But the battle between the "Red Machine" and "They won't catch up with us" is just beginning.

An excellent result from Muravyova allowed the Blues to close the gap to a minimum - 738.31 against 745.68.

True, it is not yet entirely clear how the organizers will solve the problem with the absence of Zinina, who officially refused to continue the fight.