1972 Prize of Moscow News

The 1972 Prize of Moscow News was the seventh edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held December 9–13, 1972. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. Sergei Chetverukhin won the men's title for the third consecutive year. Canada's Cathy Lee Irwin took the ladies' title ahead of West Germany's Isabel de Navarre and the Soviet Union's Tatiana Oleneva. Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov defeated Olympic champions Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov for gold in the pairs' category. In the ice dancing category, world champions Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov won their fourth gold medal at the event.

1972 Prize of Moscow News
Date:December 09 – 13
Season:1972-73
Location:Moscow
Champions
Men's singles:
 Sergei Chetverukhin (URS)
Ladies' singles:
 Cathy-Lee Irwin (CAN)
Pair skating:
 Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov (URS)
Ice dance:
 Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov (URS)
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Men

Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Sergei Chetverukhin Soviet Union
2 Sergei Volgushev Soviet Union
3 Bernd Wunderlich East Germany
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Ladies

Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Cathy Lee Irwin Canada
2 Isabel de Navarre West Germany
3 Tatiana Oleneva Soviet Union
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Pairs

Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov Soviet Union
2 Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov Soviet Union
3 Marina Leonidova / Vladimir Bogolyubov Soviet Union
...

Ice dancing

Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov Soviet Union
2 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov Soviet Union
3 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov Soviet Union
4 Marian Murray / Glenn Moore Canada
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References

  1. "1972 Prize of Moscow News". Rudé právo Archive.
  2. "1972 Prize of Moscow News". Neues Deutschland Archive.
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