2021 Russian Figure Skating Championships
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1–5 February 2021 (J)
Krasnoyarsk (J)
| 2021 Russian Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | National championship |
| Date: | 23–27 December 2020 (S) 1–5 February 2021 (J) |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Location: | Chelyabinsk (S) Krasnoyarsk (J) |
| Host: | Figure Skating Federation of Russia |
| Venue: | Traktor Ice Arena (S) Crystal Ice Arena (J) |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Mikhail Kolyada (S) Evgeni Semenenko (J) | |
| Ladies' singles: Anna Shcherbakova (S) Sofia Akateva (J) | |
| Pairs: Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov (S) Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev (J) | |
| Ice dance: Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin (S) Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov (J) | |
| Previous: 2020 Russian Championships | |
| Next: 2022 Russian Championships | |
The 2021 Russian Figure Skating Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по фигурному катанию на коньках 2021) were held from 23 to 27 December 2020 in Chelyabinsk. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The results were among the criteria used to select the Russian team for the 2021 World Championships.
Controversy
During the 2020–21 season, Russian skaters competed in domestic qualifying events for national championships at various age levels. The Russian Cup series will lead to three events – the Russian Championships, the Russian Junior Championships, and the Russian Cup Final.[1][2]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were limited international competitive opportunities and all skaters were required to qualify through the Russian Cup series. The Figure Skating Federation of Russia initially did not award exemptions for injury, illness, or skaters who trained abroad.[3] On 16 November, FFKKR president Alexander Gorshkov announced a review of the qualification process after several national team members were unable to meet the two event qualification requirement.[4]
| Date | Event | Type | Location | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–22 September 2020 | Russian Cup – Stage I | Qualifier | Syzran, Samara Oblast | Details |
| 10–13 October 2020 | Russian Cup – Stage II | Moscow | Details | |
| 23–27 October 2020 | Russian Cup – Stage III | Sochi, Krasnodar Krai | Details | |
| 8–12 November 2020 | Russian Cup – Stage IV | Kazan, Tatarstan | Details | |
| 5–8 December 2020 | Russian Cup – Stage V | Moscow | Details | |
| 23–27 December 2020 | Russian Championships | Final | Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast | Details |
| 1–5 February 2021 | Russian Junior Championships | Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Details | |
| 26 February – 2 March 2021 | Russian Cup Final | Moscow | Details | |
| 10–14 March 2021 | Russian Youth Championships – Younger Age | Saransk, Mordovia | Details | |
| 1–5 April 2021 | Russian Youth Championships – Elder Age | Sochi, Krasnodar Krai | Details |
In December 2020, the Russian Federation drew criticism for its decision to host several competitions with an audience present, despite the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Russia and the increasing number of its national team members who tested positive for COVID-19.[5] Several skaters, including reigning European and national champions Dmitri Aliev and Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov, as well as reigning European champion Alena Kostornaia, withdrew from the Russian Cup series and/or Championships due to contracting the virus.[6][7][8]
Medals summary
Senior Championships
The 2021 Russian Championships were held in Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast from 23 to 27 December 2020.[1]
There were two separate bases for qualification:
- Qualification based on inclusion in official pre-season national team roster.[9]
- Qualification based on Russian Cup series' results.
Schedule
Listed in local time (UTC+05:00).[10]
| Day | Date | Start | Finish | Discipline | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | 24 December | 14:00 | 16:30 | Men | Short program |
| 16:50 | 18:55 | Ice dance | Rhythm dance | ||
| 19:15 | 19:45 | Opening ceremony | |||
| 20:00 | 21:45 | Pairs | Short program | ||
| Day 2 | 25 December | 13:30 | 15:55 | Ice dance | Free dance |
| 16:15 | 19:00 | Men | Free skating | ||
| 19:20 | 21:45 | Ladies | Short program | ||
| Day 3 | 26 December | 16:30 | 18:40 | Pairs | Free skating |
| 19:00 | 21:45 | Ladies | Free skating | ||
| Day 4 | 27 December | 13:00 | 13:45 | Victory ceremonies | |
| 14:00 | 16:30 | Exhibition gala |
Preliminary entries
The Figure Skating Federation of Russia published the official list of participants on 9 December 2020.[11]
Changes to preliminary entries
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 6 December |
Ice dance | Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov | Vlada Chashnikova / Zakhar Cherezov | Split | [12] |
| 19 October 6 December |
Ladies | Alina Zagitova | Stanislava Molchanova | Temporary break from competitions | [13] |
| 9 December | Men | Artur Danielian | Mark Kondratiuk | Recovery from ankle surgery | [14] |
| Ladies | Evgenia Medvedeva | Valeria Kostina | Recovery from back injury and severe lung damage | [15] | |
| Kseniia Sinitsyna | Stanislava Konstantinova | Recovery from leg injury and sickness | [16] | ||
| Ice dance | Ksenia Konkina / Pavel Drozd | Elizaveta Pasechnik / Egor Kolosovskii | [11] | ||
| 17 December | Men | Roman Savosin | Egor Murashov | COVID-19 | [17][18] |
| Alexey Erokhov | Maxim Petrov | Recovery from legs' injuries and rotavirus | [19][17] | ||
| Pairs | Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov | None | Injury (Kolesov) | [17][20] | |
| Ice dance | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Recovery from COVID-19 | [21][7] | ||
| 20 December | Men | Dmitri Aliev | [22][6] | ||
| 22 December | Ladies | Alena Kostornaia | Arina Onishchenko | [8][23] | |
| Valeria Shulskaya | None | COVID-19 | [24][25] |
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikhail Kolyada | 296.15 | 1 | 102.48 | 1 | 193.67 |
| 2 | Makar Ignatov | 265.37 | 2 | 98.30 | 3 | 167.07 |
| 3 | Mark Kondratiuk | 260.31 | 3 | 90.88 | 2 | 169.43 |
| 4 | Andrei Mozalev | 252.92 | 4 | 89.47 | 5 | 163.45 |
| 5 | Alexander Samarin | 251.38 | 5 | 87.96 | 6 | 163.42 |
| 6 | Anton Shulepov | 249.89 | 9 | 83.19 | 4 | 166.70 |
| 7 | Petr Gumennik | 247.47 | 8 | 84.93 | 7 | 162.54 |
| 8 | Artem Kovalev | 247.17 | 6 | 87.45 | 9 | 159.72 |
| 9 | Egor Rukhin | 240.17 | 12 | 78.99 | 8 | 161.18 |
| 10 | Artem Lezheev | 232.98 | 10 | 82.36 | 11 | 150.62 |
| 11 | Evgeni Semenenko | 228.47 | 11 | 79.86 | 12 | 148.61 |
| 12 | Artem Zotov | 227.66 | 14 | 74.39 | 10 | 153.27 |
| 13 | Egor Murashov | 226.14 | 7 | 86.13 | 13 | 140.01 |
| 14 | Ilya Yablokov | 214.15 | 13 | 77.38 | 14 | 136.77 |
| 15 | Maxim Varakin | 180.01 | 16 | 57.71 | 15 | 122.30 |
| 16 | Vladislav Katichev | 177.06 | 15 | 66.86 | 16 | 110.20 |
| 17 | Maxim Petrov | 158.76 | 17 | 52.86 | 17 | 105.90 |
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Shcherbakova | 264.10 | 1 | 80.31 | 1 | 183.79 |
| 2 | Kamila Valieva | 254.01 | 2 | 79.99 | 2 | 174.02 |
| 3 | Alexandra Trusova | 246.37 | 4 | 75.76 | 3 | 170.61 |
| 4 | Daria Usacheva | 230.56 | 3 | 76.72 | 4 | 153.84 |
| 5 | Maya Khromykh | 211.91 | 7 | 72.93 | 5 | 138.98 |
| 6 | Elizaveta Nugumanova | 204.63 | 6 | 73.26 | 9 | 131.37 |
| 7 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | 204.25 | 5 | 73.56 | 10 | 130.69 |
| 8 | Ksenia Tsibinova | 203.56 | 9 | 68.84 | 6 | 134.72 |
| 9 | Maria Talalaikina | 197.32 | 11 | 63.89 | 7 | 133.43 |
| 10 | Sofia Samodurova | 196.28 | 10 | 67.70 | 11 | 128.58 |
| 11 | Anna Frolova | 187.13 | 16 | 53.70 | 8 | 133.43 |
| 12 | Anastasiia Guliakova | 185.75 | 8 | 70.24 | 14 | 115.51 |
| 13 | Stanislava Molchanova | 184.64 | 12 | 61.98 | 12 | 122.66 |
| 14 | Anastasia Tarakanova | 175.58 | 15 | 55.98 | 13 | 119.60 |
| 15 | Arina Onishchenko | 169.17 | 14 | 56.34 | 15 | 112.83 |
| 16 | Stanislava Konstantinova | 168.33 | 13 | 61.55 | 17 | 106.78 |
| 17 | Valeria Kostina | 161.43 | 17 | 50.67 | 16 | 110.76 |
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | 228.23 | 1 | 80.65 | 1 | 147.58 |
| 2 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | 224.99 | 2 | 77.48 | 2 | 147.51 |
| 3 | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | 221.39 | 3 | 77.01 | 3 | 144.38 |
| 4 | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | 211.95 | 5 | 73.25 | 4 | 138.70 |
| 5 | Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov | 207.03 | 4 | 74.51 | 5 | 132.52 |
| 6 | Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko | 196.04 | 6 | 68.69 | 7 | 127.35 |
| 7 | Karina Akopova / Nikita Rakhmanin | 194.77 | 8 | 65.44 | 6 | 129.33 |
| 8 | Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev | 189.76 | 9 | 63.69 | 8 | 126.07 |
| 9 | Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov | 189.64 | 7 | 65.45 | 10 | 124.19 |
| 10 | Anastasia Balabanova / Alexei Sviatchenko | 188.91 | 10 | 63.56 | 9 | 125.35 |
| 11 | Diana Mukhametzianova / Ilya Mironov | 173.20 | 11 | 60.96 | 11 | 112.24 |
Ice dance
| Rank | Name | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | 220.16 | 1 | 87.28 | 1 | 132.88 |
| 2 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | 210.94 | 2 | 84.02 | 2 | 126.92 |
| 3 | Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin | 196.97 | 3 | 80.19 | 4 | 116.78 |
| 4 | Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko | 194.29 | 5 | 77.83 | 5 | 116.46 |
| 5 | Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin | 192.68 | 4 | 78.01 | 6 | 114.67 |
| 6 | Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin | 182.86 | 7 | 62.17 | 3 | 120.69 |
| 7 | Svetlana Lizunova / Alexander Vakhnov | 165.48 | 6 | 64.50 | 7 | 100.98 |
| 8 | Ekaterina Mironova / Evgenii Ustenko | 160.71 | 8 | 62.08 | 8 | 98.63 |
| 9 | Sofia Kartashova / Ilya Karpov | 153.01 | 9 | 60.31 | 10 | 92.70 |
| 10 | Vlada Pavlenina / Aleksandr Aleksanyan | 152.44 | 10 | 59.19 | 9 | 93.25 |
| 11 | Julia Tultseva / Anatoliy Belovodchenko | 143.03 | 11 | 58.34 | 11 | 84.69 |
| 12 | Elizaveta Kirillova / Mark Chegodaev | 124.50 | 13 | 46.53 | 12 | 77.97 |
| 13 | Elizaveta Pasechnik / Egor Kolosovskii | 123.64 | 12 | 48.82 | 14 | 74.82 |
| 14 | Vlada Chashnikova / Zakhar Cherezov | 115.96 | 14 | 41.09 | 13 | 74.87 |