World Figure Skating Championships in Montpellier: Minerva Hase and Nolan Seegert within striking distance after a short program

In the absence of the top favorites from Russia, who are suspended because of the Ukraine war, US couples Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier took the lead ahead of Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy Leduc and Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kohara of Japan.

The audience gave Sofija Holitschenko and Artem Darensky a particularly warm round of applause. The Ukrainian couple had not been able to train since the Olympics because of the war at home. The 20-year-old was only allowed to leave the country thanks to a special permit. Below 14 couples are the EM-15. initially in 13th place.

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Already in the afternoon, Nicole Schott had a brilliant start in the women’s individual competition with the best short program of her career.

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