The senior Championships were held in
Sochi for the second year in a row.
Anastasia Martiusheva /
Alexei Rogonov withdrew before the event due to injury and were replaced by alternates Anastasia A. Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov.
Maxim Trankov was a commentator for Russian TV. 31-year-old
Evgeni Plushenko, a ten-time national champion, was first in the men's short program by over five points ahead of 18-year-old
Maxim Kovtun, with
Sergei Voronov coming in third. In the free skate, Kovtun upset Plushenko to win his first national title, outscoring him by 11.09 points in the segment and 5.76 points overall. Voronov took the bronze, his sixth national medal. In fourth place overall was the 2011 national champion, 30-year-old
Konstantin Menshov, who had to climb from 10th after the short program, while 15-year-old
Adian Pitkeev finished fifth, 0.08 of a point ahead of
Artur Gachinski.
Mikhail Kolyada withdrew during the long program, unable to fix a problem with his laces. In the short dance, defending national champions
Ekaterina Bobrova /
Dmitri Soloviev scored 4.60 points more than second-placed
Elena Ilinykh /
Nikita Katsalapov. The 2012 World Junior champions,
Victoria Sinitsina /
Ruslan Zhiganshin, landed in third place, 0.48 of a point ahead of the defending Russian bronze medalists,
Ekaterina Riazanova /
Ilia Tkachenko. Bobrova / Soloviev also placed first in the free dance and won their fourth national title, defeating Ilinykh / Katsalapov by 7.29 points in the segment and 11.89 overall. The silver medalists both fell as a result of their blades clashing. Sinitsina / Zhiganshin took bronze—their first senior national medal—by outscoring Riazanova / Tkachenko by 1.13 points in the segment and 1.61 overall. The 2011 World Junior champions,
Ksenia Monko /
Kirill Khaliavin, finished in fifth place ahead of
Alexandra Stepanova /
Ivan Bukin, who won the same title in 2013.
Ksenia Stolbova /
Fedor Klimov earned a narrow victory in the pairs' short program, scoring 0.47 more than the 2012 national champions,
Vera Bazarova /
Yuri Larionov, while
Evgenia Tarasova /
Vladimir Morozov were five points back in third. The top two were nearly tied in the free skate, Bazarova / Larionov placing first by 0.02. Stolbova / Klimov finished first overall by 0.45 and won their first national title.
Maria Vigalova /
Egor Zakroev, competing as juniors internationally, moved up from fourth to take the bronze medal. The next four pairs clustered within 2.60 points of each other, led by
Julia Antipova /
Nodari Maisuradze who finished fourth for the second year in a row. Tarasova / Morozov dropped to eighth overall. Although she was hurt when they both fell during a lift near the end of their program, she was able to resume and complete the final element, a pair spin. The 2012 national champion
Adelina Sotnikova was first in the ladies' short program, 2.21 points ahead of
Yulia Lipnitskaya, while
Elena Radionova edged
Alena Leonova by 0.73 of a point for third position. Lipnitskaia narrowly won the free skate, just 0.25 separating her from Sotnikova. Her overall score was 1.96 less than Sotnikova who won her fourth national title while Lipnitskaia took her second silver medal. Radionova remained in third, winning bronze. 13-year-old Alexandra Proklova finished fourth, edging out Leonova who slipped to fifth with a seventh-place free skate. Defending national champion
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva finished 10th.
Schedule •
Tuesday, December 24 • 14:00 – Men's short • 16:45 – Opening ceremony • 17:45 – Pairs' short • 20:00 – Short dance •
Wednesday, December 25 • 14:00 – Ladies' short • 16:45 – Men's free • 20:00 – Free dance •
Thursday, December 26 • 16:00 – Pairs' free • 18:40 – Ladies' free •
Friday, December 27 • 13:00 – Medal ceremonies • 14:00 – Exhibitions
Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing ==Junior Championships==