maria osadnik mikhail karasev channel one. the day before the cup of the first channel in figure skating started the best figure skaters of the world, hot sports excitement incredible intensity of passions there are already first results details about our colleague igor prudnikov with participants in the most interesting and unusual figure skating format skating and gathered on the same ice our main stars, who showed the audience. what is the real beauty and complexity of the opening day of the stumps of the first channel cup, we enjoyed a unique jumping tournament, which all the fans were looking forward to. i was waiting for the first channel cup and i think that this is a very interesting and unusual event. we are really looking forward to having fun, so that the skaters will definitely enjoy it. we will support them, we are especially glad that this year there will be competitions for couples too, because such elements will be seen alive. it 's a beautiful sight as a captain. here are the olympic champions. beijing, the blue team is led by mark kondratyuk, the red team anna shcherbak