Figure Skating news - Young Russian pair cause figure skating upset

BySportsbeat

Updated 23/11/2018 at 23:01 GMT

Young Russian pair Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii produced an upset at the Internationaux de France in Grenoble on Friday, winning the Pairs Short Program against the odds.

Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii

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The pre-competition favourites from France, Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres, finished third while Tae Ok Ryom and Ju Sik Kim of the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea were second.

Boikova and Kozlovskii landed a side-by-side triple Salchow, triple twist, throw triple Salchow as well as a level-four spin and step sequence.

The 2017 World Junior silver medallists, who are competing in their first full senior season, posted a season's best of 68.83 points.

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"Our performance was good, but I feel myself not in the right place right now, sitting here with these great sportsmen," Kozlovskii said.

After topping the podium his partner Boikova commented: "I feel comfortable and I think this is our place, but tomorrow is the free skating and we need to do our job.

"We were a bit sad when we were fourth at Skate Canada, but we were motivated to work even harder. Maybe it was good that we were fourth."

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