Russian skater Lazarev wins junior Grand Prix in China
Russian junior figure skater Lev Lazarev won the ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Xi'an, China, scoring 250.21 points. He was followed by New Zealander Li Yanghao and Japanese skater Daiya Ebihara in second and third place.
Consensus
- Lev Lazarev won the junior Grand Prix event in Xi'an, China.
- The event is part of the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.
- The competition took place on August 22.
- Lazarev scored 250.21 total points (86.76 in the short program, 163.45 in the free skate).
- Li Yanghao from New Zealand finished second with 230.89 points.
- Daiya Ebihara from Japan finished third with 219.76 points.
- Russian athletes competed in a neutral status.
- This was the first international ISU junior event for Russian skaters since their exclusion in March 2022.
- The ISU allowed Russian athletes to compete in a neutral status starting from the 2026/27 season.
- Maria Feofelova and Artem Valov won the ice dance event.
- Sofia Dzepka won the women's singles event.
- The pair skating free skate was scheduled for August 22.
Points of divergence
- Lazarev performed five quadruple jumps in the free program at the Russian junior championship, and this was his debut in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. — fontanka
- Lazarev executed a quad flip, quad Lutz, quad toe loop, and a quad Lutz-triple Salchow-double Axel combination in the free program. — fontanka
- Lazarev made a mistake on the exit of one quad Lutz but still maintained a large lead. — fontanka
- Sofia Dzepka scored 213.28 points (72.74 in the short program, 140.54 in the free skate). — vm
- Maria Feofelova and Artem Valov scored 99.06 in the free dance and 162.16 overall. — vm
- Maria Feofelova and Artem Valov earned 99.06 points in the free dance and 162.26 overall. — vesti
- Zoe Bianchi and Daniel Basilé from Italy won silver in ice dance with 154.25 points. — vm
- The ice dance event was held the day before the men's final. — vesti
Coverage (5 sources)
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