2013 Russian Figure Skating Championships

The 2013 Russian Figure Skating Championships () was held from 25 to 28 December 2012 in Sochi. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The results are among the criteria used to select Russia's teams sent to the 2013 World Championships and 2013 European Championships.

Competitions Date Event Type Location 24–28 December 2012 2013 Russian Championships Final Sochi, Krasnodar Krai 31 January – 3 February 2013 2013 Russian Junior Championships Final Saransk, Mordovia 16–19 February 2013 2013 Russian Cup Final Final Tver, Tver Oblast 19–23 March 2013 2013 Russian Youth Championships – Younger Age Final Stary Oskol, Belgorod Oblast 1–4 April 2013 2013 Russian Youth Championships – Elder Age Final Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Medalists of most important competitions Senior Championships Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Evgeni Plushenko Sergei Voronov Konstantin Menshov Ladies Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Elena Radionova Adelina Sotnikova Pairs Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Ice dancing Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko Junior Championships Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Mikhail Kolyada Alexander Samarin Alexander Petrov Ladies Elena Radionova Serafima Sakhanovich Maria Sotskova Pairs Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Kamilla Gainetdinova / Ivan Bich Ice dancing Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov Cup Final Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Konstantin Menshov Sergei Voronov Vladislav Sezganov Ladies Alena Leonova Polina Agafonova Nikol Gosviani Pairs Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Kristina Astakhova / Maxim Kurdyukov Natalia Mitina / Yuri Shevchuk Ice dancing Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Valeria Loseva / Denis Lunin Junior men Alexei Genya Murad Kurbanov Moris Kvitelashvili Junior ladies Serafima Sakhanovich Julia Li Ulyana Titushkina Junior pairs Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev Anastasia A. Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov Oksana Nagalaty / Maxim Bobrov Junior ice dancing Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov Kristina Baklanova / Andrei Bagin Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko Youth Championships – Elder Age Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Vladislav Tarasenko Adian Pitkeev Andrei Lazukin Ladies Evgenia Medvedeva Maria Sotskova Natalia Ogoreltseva Pairs Oksana Nagalaty / Maxim Bobrov Anastasia Poluianova / Stepan Korotkov Maria Chuzhanova / Denis Mintsev Ice dancing Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov Youth Championships – Younger Age Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Alexei Krasnozhon Stanislav Andryunin Daniil Bernadiner Ladies Alexandra Proklova Natalia Ogoreltseva Anastasia Kolomiets Pairs No pairs' discipline Ice dancing No Ice dancing discipline

Senior Championships The list of entries was announced on 13 December 2012. Yulia Lipnitskaya, Polina Shelepen, and Uliana Titushkina withdrew from the ladies' event to recover from injuries and were replaced by the three reserves, Tatiana Fedoseeva, Julia Li, and Nikol Gosviani. Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov withdrew from the pairs' event. Aleksandr Gorshkov said that Larionov had boot problems and could not endanger his partner. They were replaced by Anastasia A. Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov. Artem Borodulin withdrew from the men's event and was replaced by Adian Pitkeev. Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov withdrew from the ice dancing event but were not replaced due to a lack of reserves. Officials decided to test a new security system involving a background check at the event. A couple of minor earthquakes occurred in Sochi but not during any skating. One occurred before the event. Another quake occurred at 2:30 am on 26 December – its epicenter was more than 150 kilometers (93 miles) away in the Black Sea.

Evgeni Plushenko took the lead in the men's short program, with Sergei Voronov and Maxim Kovtun in second and third respectively. Plushenko also placed first in the free skating and took his 10th national title, while Voronov took silver and Konstantin Menshov the bronze.

Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev were first in the short dance, followed by Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov and Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin. Bobrova / Soloviev also placed first in the free dance and won their third national title, while Ilinykh / Katsalapov repeated as silver medalists and Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko as bronze medalists.

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva took the lead in the ladies' short program ahead of three-time champion Adelina Sotnikova and Elena Radionova. Tuktamysheva fell ill before the free skating and her coach Alexei Mishin initially indicated that she would withdraw, but later she and her team decided she would compete. Tuktamysheva said, "I might find myself in an even worse situation in the future. I have to know how to handle it, so we decided to skate." She won her first national title, while Radionova won silver in her second appearance at the event and Sotnikova took the bronze.

Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov placed first in the pairs' short program, ahead of Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov. Volosozhar / Trankov won their second national title, Kavaguti / Smirnov won silver, and Stolbova / Klimov the bronze.

Russia's team for the 2013 European Championships was announced on 28 December: Men: Plushenko, Voronov, Kovtun Ladies: Tuktamysheva, Sotnikova, Gosviani Pairs: Volosozhar / Trankov, Kavaguti / Smirnov, Bazarova / Larionov Ice dancing: Bobrova / Soloviev, Ilinykh / Katsalapov, Riazanova / Tkachenko The president of the Russian skating federation, Aleksandr Gorshkov, said the results of the European Championships and Russian Cup Final would be considered in selecting the team to the 2013 World Championships.

Schedule Tuesday, December 25 14:00–14:30 – Opening ceremony 14:45–16:15 – Short dance 16:30–18:30 – Pairs' short 18:45–21:15 – Men's short Wednesday, December 26 14:00–16:30 – Ladies' short 16:45–19:45 – Men's free 20:00–22:00 – Free dance Thursday, December 27 16:00–18:25 – Pairs' free 18:40–21:30 – Ladies' free Friday, December 28 14:00–14:30 – Medal ceremonies 14:45–17:15 – Exhibitions

Results Men Rank Name Region Total points SP FS 1 Evgeni Plushenko SPB 265.94 1 91.68 1 174.26 2 Sergei Voronov MSK 254.06 2 87.69 2 166.37 3 Konstantin Menshov SBP 228.88 6 73.88 3 155.00 4 Artur Gachinski SPB 227.46 4 74.58 4 152.88 5 Maxim Kovtun MSK 225.02 3 75.38 5 149.64 6 Vladislav Sezganov SPB 209.78 9 65.81 6 143.97 7 Mikhail Kolyada SPB 208.96 5 74.46 9 134.50 8 Alexander Samarin MSK 205.35 10 65.34 7 140.01 9 Artur Dmitriev Jr. MSK 204.24 7 73.78 11 130.46 10 Alexander Petrov SPB 203.57 8 67.83 8 135.74 11 Mark Shakhmatov MSK 192.30 12 61.36 10 130.94 12 Zhan Bush SPB 190.15 11 62.60 12 127.55 13 Andrei Lazukin SPB 184.54 16 60.51 13 124.13 14 Alexei Genya MOB 182.89 14 60.66 14 122.23 15 Adian Pitkeev MSK 179.54 15 60.65 15 118.89 16 Artem Lezheez SPB 174.86 17 59.63 16 115.23 17 Feodosiy Efremenkov MSK 173.04 18 59.01 17 114.03 18 Vladislav Smirnov SPB 161.05 13 60.95 18 100.10

Ladies Rank Name Region Total points SP FS 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva SPB 196.57 1 69.50 1 127.07 2 Elena Radionova MSK 191.26 3 64.58 2 126.68 3 Adelina Sotnikova MSK 190.75 2 66.99 3 123.76 4 Serafima Sakhanovich SPB 177.37 9 56.50 4 120.87 5 Anna Pogorilaya MSK 176.58 5 60.45 5 116.13 6 Nikol Gosviani SPB 170.67 8 57.77 6 112.90 7 Alena Leonova MSK 169.64 6 59.64 8 110.00 8 Ksenia Makarova SPB 163.83 12 53.36 7 110.47 9 Alsu Kayumova MSK 163.51 10 53.89 9 109.62 10 Polina Korobeynikova MSK 163.04 4 60.85 11 102.19 11 Maria Stavitskaia SPB 161.49 11 53.40 10 108.09 12 Evgenia Gerasimova SPB 156.05 7 59.57 14 96.48 13 Natalia Ogoreltseva SPI 150.88 14 51.16 12 99.72 14 Elizaveta Yushenko MSK 149.77 13 51.40 13 98.37 15 Julia Li MSK 142.43 16 47.56 15 94.87 16 Alina Maximova MSK 138.02 15 50.66 17 87.36 17 Sofia Biryukova MSK 135.69 17 46.98 16 88.71 18 Tatiana Fedoseeva MSK 129.41 18 44.71 18 84.70

Pairs Rank Name Region Total points SP FS 1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov MSK 228.92 1 78.69 1 150.23 2 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov SPB 207.37 2 70.19 2 137.18 3 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov SPB 195.46 3 67.78 3 127.68 4 Julia Antipova / Nodari Maisuradze MSK 178.80 6 56.96 4 121.84 5 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov MSK 164.29 8 52.93 5 111.36 6 Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov MSK 161.88 5 57.65 8 104.23 7 Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat MSK 161.76 4 58.30 9 103.46 8 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin MSK 160.03 7 54.30 6 105.73 9 Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev PRM 154.38 10 51.92 10 102.46 10 Kristina Astakhova / Maxim Kurdyukov MSK 153.78 11 49.00 7 104.78 11 Ekaterina Petaikina / Konstantin Bezmaternikh MSK 145.42 9 52.91 11 92.51 12 Anastasia A. Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov PRM 116.79 12 36.26 12 80.53

Ice dancing Rank Name Region Total points SD FD 1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev MSK 174.72 1 68.05 1 106.76 2 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov MSK 171.67 2 66.14 2 105.53 3 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko MOB 163.87 5 59.88 3 103.99 4 Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin MSK 155.63 3 61.90 5 93.73 5 Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin MSK 153.97 4 60.03 4 93.94 6 Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro MSK 143.11 6 57.19 6 85.92 7 Valeria Starygina / Ivan Volobuiev MSK 126.99 7 48.32 7 78.67 8 Tatiana Baturintseva / Andrei Nevskiy MOB 95.35 8 36.24 8 59.11 9 Daria Seminikhina / Jan Glazkov SMR 88.06 9 31.15 9 56.91

Junior Championships The 2013 Russian Junior Championships were held from 31 January to 3 February 2013 in Saransk.

Mikhail Kolyada won the junior men's title while Alexander Samarin and Alexander Petrov won silver and bronze respectively.

JGP Final champion Elena Radionova won the junior ladies' event ahead of Serafima Sakhanovich and Maria Sotskova, both of whom were age-ineligible for junior internationals. 2012 World Junior champion Yulia Lipnitskaya finished 5th in her first competition since recovering from a concussion.

JGP Final champions Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin took the junior pairs' title, with silver going to Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, who had finished ahead of them at the senior Russian Championships. The winners attempted no side-by-side triples but the silver and bronze medalists successfully performed at least one set. Kamilla Gainetdinova / Ivan Bich landed a SBS triple lutz, double toe combination at the start of their program and SBS triple toes after the half-way mark. They beat the JGP Final bronze medalists, Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev, for the bronze. JGP Final silver medalists Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat withdrew due to Davankova's leg injury.

JGP Final champions Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin withdrew due to Bukin's sinusitis. They were automatically named in the Russian team to Junior Worlds. In their absence, Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin won the junior ice dancing title ahead of Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin and Anna Yanovskaia / Sergey Mozgov.

The team to the 2013 World Junior Championships was announced on 5 February 2013. Men: Kolyada, Samarin Ladies: Radionova, Lipnitskaia, Pogorilaya Pairs: Fedorova / Miroshkin, Tarasova / Morozov, Gainetdinova / Bich Ice dancing: Zenkova / Sinitsin, Kosigina / Moroshkin, Stepanova / Bukin

Results Men