Victoria Sinitsina (top) and Nikita Katsalapov of ROC perform during the figure skating team event ice dance free dance at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Olympic Committee team proved their prowess in figure skating when they sailed to the team event title at Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games here on Monday
The ROC finished first in two of the three competitions featured in the free skating on Monday - the pairs and women's singles, and second in ice dancing to collect a total of 29 points on Monday. They had nine points from the men's singles free skating held on Sunday.
Overall, the Russians scored 74 points in total from the four categories, nine points clear of silver-medalists the United States, who had 65. Japan won the bronze with 63 points. ■
Victoria Sinitsina (top) and Nikita Katsalapov of ROC perform during the figure skating team event ice dance free dance at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
Victoria Sinitsina (R) and Nikita Katsalapov of ROC perform during the figure skating team event ice dance free dance at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)
Victoria Sinitsina (R) and Nikita Katsalapov of ROC perform during the figure skating team event ice dance free dance at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
Madison Chock (R) and Evan Bates of the United States react after the figure skating team event ice dance free dance at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)
Madison Chock (R) and Evan Bates of the United States perform during the figure skating team event ice dance free dance at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)
Komatsubara Misato (R) and Koleto Tim of Japan perform during the figure skating team event ice dance free dance at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
Komatsubara Misato (R) and Koleto Tim of Japan perform during the figure skating team event ice dance free dance at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)
