The skater Sotnikova is the leader after the short program of the European Championship

Russian skater Adelina Sotnikova leads after a short program at the European Pre -Olympic Championship, which started the day before in the Hungarian Budapest.

Its result is 70.73 points. In second place is another representative of Russia, Julia Lipnitskaya (69.97), and the existing European champion, Italian Carolina Costner (68.97), occupies the third line. Another Russian woman Alena Leonova with a result of 64.09 points is located in fourth position.

In the competitions of dancers on ice, leadership was captured by the Italians Anna Kappellini and Luke Lanotta (69.58). Only four hundredths of them are lag behind the domestic duet Elena Ilynei/Nikita Katsalapov with a personal record - 69.54. On third place, the judges were placed by the British Penny Kums and Nicholas Bakland (61.76).

Two more Russian duets - Victoria Sinitsina/Ruslan Zhiganshin (60.63) and Ekaterina Ryazanova/Ilya Tkachenko (60.35) - are located on the fourth and fifth lines, respectively.

Speech in the arbitrary program of the lonelines will be held on January 17, and dancers will continue the struggle for medals on Thursday evening.