1970 Prize of Moscow News

1970 Prize of Moscow News December 17 20 1970-71 Moscow Sergei Chetverukhin URS Marina Titova URS Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin URS Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov URS 1969 Prize of Moscow News 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 Nation 1 Sergei Chetverukhin 2 Sergey Volkov 3 Vladimir Kovalev 4 Yuri Ovchinnikov 5 Zdenek Pazdirek 6Vladimir Kuksinsky ... Ladies Rank Name Nation 1 Marina Titova 2 Simone Gräfe 3 Gundi Niesen 4 Natalia Ovchinnikova 5 6 Liana Drahova ... Pairs Rank Name Nation 1 Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin 2 Galina Karelina / Georgi Proskurin 3 Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov 4 Tatiana Sharanova / Anatoli Evdokimov 5 Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger 6 Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann 7 Marlies Radunsky / Rolf Österreich 8 Annette Kansy / Axel Salzmann ... DNF Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov Ice dancing Rank Name Nation 1 Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov 2 Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin 3 Elena Zharkova / Gennadi Karponosov 4 Diana Skotnicka / Martin Skotnicky 5 Svetlana Alexeeva / Alexander Boichuk 6 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov ... References 1970 Prize of Moscow News Rudé právo Archive 1970 Prize of Moscow News Neues Deutschland Archive Category:Prize of Moscow News Category:1970 in Soviet sport Prize of Moscow News Category:1970 in Moscow Category:December 1970 in the Soviet Union