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Russian athletes won medal count at the WFSC 

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Russian athletes won medal count at the WFSC 


24.03.2019

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Russian athletes became winners of World Figure Skating Championships  in cumulative medal count. World Championships took place in Saitama, Japan, RIA Novosti reports.  

Russians got 5 awards, including one golden, two silver, two bronze medals. Americans took the second place, and chinese and French athletes took the third.

As we reported, Alina Zagitova won gold medal of the World Championships in figure skating. She became the youngest winner of the World Championship in women's single skating over the past two decades. The tournament takes place in Japan. 

Zagitova reached the top of the podium at the age of 16. She also became the first Russian woman who won all titles in women's figure skating: on the Olympics, World and European Championships and the Grand Prix series finals. Russian figure skater scored more than 155 points in free program. In total, she scored more than 237 points.

Another representative of our country Evgenia Medvedeva won bronze medal. 

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