Russia (bbabo.net), - Kamila Valieva confidently won the short program at the Russian Figure Skating Championship, which takes place in St. Petersburg. Among the top three are also Evgenia Plushenko's student Sofia Muravyova and Anna Shcherbakova, who, like Valieva, trains in Eteri Tutberidze's group.

Valieva, who has an axel of 3.5 turns in her arsenal, skated flawlessly and scored 90.38 points, surpassing her own official world record (87.42 points).

The current world champion and three-time champion of Russia Anna Shcherbakova, even with a clean run, is still only the third (81.46 points). In addition to Valieva, Sofya Muravyova, who also performed the ultra-s element - triple axel (81.87), passed her quite a bit.

The leaders of the women's team, the prize-winners of the 2021 World Cup, Alexandra Trusova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, unfortunately, fell from the triple axel in the short program, so they dropped in the standings. In addition, Lisa doubled the second jump in the cascade. Before the free program, Trusova takes fifth place (74.21 points), Tuktamysheva - seventh (71.28).

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