1970 Prize of Moscow News

1970 Prize of Moscow News
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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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	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
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DNF	Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov	Soviet Union

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
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