16-year-old Anna Shcherbakova won gold at the Russian Figure Skating Championship. She has become the winner of the national tournament for the third time.
Eteri Tutberidze's ward received 183.79 points for her free program, another 106.70 points for technique. In total, she scored 264.10 points.
Recently, the girl suffered from bilateral pneumonia and on the eve of the tournament admitted that she had not yet fully recovered from the consequences of the disease.
Silver and bronze at the championship in Chelyabinsk were won by Kamila Valieva (254.01 points) and Alexandra Trusova (246.37 points). Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov became the champions of Russia in the competition of sports couples. In second place are Alexandra Boikova and Dmitry Kozlovsky, and in third place are Daria Pavlyuchenko and Denis Khodykin.