1970 Prize of Moscow News

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1970 Prize of Moscow News
Date:December 17 – 20
Season:1970-71
Location:Moscow
Champions
Men's singles:
 Sergei Chetverukhin (URS)
Ladies' singles:
 Marina Titova (URS)
Pair skating:
 Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin (URS)
Ice dance:
 Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov (URS)
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1971 Prize of Moscow News

The 1970 Prize of Moscow News was the fifth edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held December 17–20, 1970. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. Soviets swept the men's podium, with Sergei Chetverukhin defeating Sergey Volkov for the title. Marina Titova took the ladies' title ahead of skaters from East and West Germany. Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin won the pairs title ahead of Olympic champions Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov. Soviets also swept the ice dancing podium, led by World champions Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov.

Men[]

Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Sergei Chetverukhin  Soviet Union
2 Sergey Volkov  Soviet Union
3 Vladimir Kovalev  Soviet Union
4 Yuri Ovchinnikov  Soviet Union
5 Zdenek Pazdirek  Czechoslovakia
6  Soviet Union
...

Ladies[]

Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Marina Titova  Soviet Union
2  East Germany
3  West Germany
4 Natalia Ovchinnikova  Soviet Union
5
6 Liana Drahova  Czechoslovakia
...

Pairs[]

Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin  Soviet Union
2 Galina Karelina / Georgi Proskurin  Soviet Union
3 Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov  Soviet Union
4 Tatiana Sharanova / Anatoli Evdokimov  Soviet Union
5 Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger  West Germany
6 Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann  East Germany
7 / Rolf Österreich  East Germany
8 Annette Kansy / Axel Salzmann  East Germany
...
DNF Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov  Soviet Union

Ice dancing[]

Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov  Soviet Union
2 Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin  Soviet Union
3 Elena Zharkova / Gennadi Karponosov  Soviet Union
4 Diana Skotnicka / Martin Skotnicky  Czechoslovakia
5 Svetlana Alexeeva / Alexander Boichuk  Soviet Union
6 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov  Soviet Union
...

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "1970 Prize of Moscow News". Rudé právo Archive.
  2. ^ a b c d "1970 Prize of Moscow News". Neues Deutschland Archive.
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