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400-meter relay team kissing after receiving their gold medals made headlines on the final day of the World Track and Field Championships. Unidentified Russian track team sources denied that it was, according to Sky News. Firova and Ryzhova’s kiss on the podium wasn’t their first that day. Russian women’s track team also kissed on the track after the victory, as shown in the photo on the right.

It also wasn’t the only kiss by Russians on the podium. Pretty much the entire four-woman team exchanged pecks, as you can see in this video. Then there are the two Swedish athletes who painted their nails in rainbow colors. Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko, who has said the law will be enforced at the Sochi Olympics in February, said Sunday the law won’t infringe on the private lives of those at the Olympics.

In my view, Western media, media outside Russia, give more attention to this than we do in Russia. Russia’s Team Paradise emerged victorious on Saturday at the World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Finland, though, managed to land both Marigold Ice Unity and the Helsinki Rockettes on the podium with silver and bronze, respectively. Team Paradise led the field after the short program and scored 147. 26 points in the free skate for 234.

38 points overall and the gold medal. Paradise team captain Anna Shkurdai commented via the ISU. When we took this music, we realized it wasn’t going to be an easy task. It is indeed a very well-known movie and music in Russia and in the rest of the world and we tried to bring across the atmosphere of a ball the best way possible and I think we did that. A slim margin separated silver and bronze, as Marigold Ice Unity finished with 228. 70 points and the Helsinki Rockettes earned 228. We feel very happy about the final result and the crowd was just amazing.

Marigold team captain Sofia Ahti said, despite her team’s fall in the artistic line element. The Massachusetts-based Haydenettes finished sixth with 216. 54 points and the New York-based Skyliners finished in eighth with 204. Figure Skating Pass’ on NBC Sports Gold. ISU Grand Prix and championship event, as well as domestic U. Figure Skating events throughout the season. Skaters from the United States put together their fourth win at World Team Trophy overnight Saturday in Fukuoka, Japan.

Nathan Chen and Vincent Zhou did their part earlier in the competition, finished first and second in both the short program and the free skate. Then Saturday, Bradie Tennell and Mariah Bell placed second and fifth in the free skate to clinch the title for the U. The ladies’ competition featured two more triple Axel attempts: Grand Prix Final and Four Continents champion Rika Kihira of Japan fell on her attempt, but 2015 world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva of Russia completed a clean triple Axel. Japan finished second on home ice with 104 points, while Russia earned bronze with 102 points.

Everyone on our team skated beautifully and I couldn’t be more proud. This is a great way to end our season and the Japanese crowd was so supportive. The three-day competition is held every odd year. Teams from the United States have earned medals in all six editions of the event. Pro swim league to debut in U. With another gold, Krikorian keeps U. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.