Vladislav Dikidzhi, representing the team of Anna Shcherbakova, took first place with a score of 102.68 points.
Second place went to Evgeniy Semenenko (Zagitova's team) - 100.84 points, third place to Dmitry Aliev (Shcherbakova's team) - 89.15 points.
Thus, Shcherbakova’s team (63 points) are in the lead at the Channel One Cup after the first day of competition.
Zagitova’s team is second (55 points), Tuktamysheva’s team is third (53 points).
Previously, Ksenia Sinitsyna won the short program at the Channel One Cup.