The skater of Shcherbakova won a strong -willed victory on Skate America, breaking the ovation of the Americans

Russian Anna Shcherbakova, conducting the debut season in adult figure skating, won the Skate America, the first stage of the Grand Prix series in the American Las Vegas.

After the short program, the current champion of Russia went on the fourth , but for renting an arbitrary program, the 15-year-old ward Eteri Tutberidze received 160.16 points and 227.76 points in the amount of two rentals, which allowed her to get around all competitors.

After a wonderful arbitrary rental of Anna, the audience in the stands applauded the Russian woman standing. Indeed, the debutant of the adult series of the Grand Prix, the skater of the "Crystalny" entered a new page in the history of world figure skating, demonstrating what no one had done before it. She became the first to perform two quadruple Lutz in the program , one of which is in a cascade.

Great Comeback from Anna Shcherbakova as She Jumped High To Reach The Top of the Podium.

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"The student of the coach Eteri Tutberidze won a convincing victory in the United States, expanding our idea of ​​the limits of human capabilities," the press service of the figure skating Federation notes.

The second place was taken by American Brady Tennell (216.14 points). Another Russian woman - the world and European champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (205.97) - became the third, and Stanislav Konstantinova (143.39) took the penultimate, 11th place.

In total, at the first stage of the Grand Prix series in the United States, Russian skaters won five medals - one gold, two silver and two bronze. Anna Shcherbakova was the winner of the competition. Silver at Daria Pavlyuchenko / Denis Khodykin (paired skating) and Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin (dancing on ice). Bronze medals were won by the loners of Elizaveta Tuktamyshev and Dmitry Aliyev.

The next stage of the Grand Prix will be held in Canada from October 25 to 27.