MOSCOW, September 22 – RIA Novosti. Champions of the Olympic team tournament of the Games in Beijing Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov, ice dancing, will miss The first half of the 2022/23 season.

On Thursday, Sinitsina and Katsalapov were excluded from the Russian national team’s test skating, which will be held in Moscow on September 24-25.

“But it also took a lot of strength. We’re on the ice all the time: training, ice shows. So we keep our form at 100%, but we felt like we wanted to start again, both mentally and physically. So after consulting each other, coaches and relatives, to relax and recuperate. “We also have a long-awaited event in our lives, our wedding, very soon! Focus on that as much as possible, enjoy the preparation of every moment of the day. Take time for each other. We hope you will understand and support our decision,” he added.

Sinitsina is 27, Katsalapov is 31 years old. The skaters have been performing together since 2014 and became world champions in duet (2021), two-time European champions (2020, 2022), Beijing Olympic Games champion in team competitions (2022), silver medalist of the Beijing Games. ice dancing, winners of the world team championship (2021).