1971 Prize of Moscow News

The 1971 Prize of Moscow News was the sixth edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held November 25–28, 1971. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. Soviets swept the men's podium, led by Sergei Chetverukhin. The ladies' category was won by Marina Titova, who took the title for the second consecutive year. Olympic champions Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov won the pairs' title, defeating two pairs who had beaten them a year earlier. World champions Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov took gold in the ice dancing event for the third consecutive year.

1971 Prize of Moscow News
Date:November 25 – 28
Season:1971-72
Location:Moscow
Champions
Men's singles:
 Sergei Chetverukhin (URS)
Ladies' singles:
 Marina Titova (URS)
Pairs:
 Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov (URS)
Ice dance:
 Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov (URS)
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Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Sergei Chetverukhin   Soviet Union
2 Vladimir Kovalev   Soviet Union
3 Sergey Volkov   Soviet Union
4 Igor Bobrin   Soviet Union
5 Yutaka Higuchi   Japan
6 Bernd Wunderlich   East Germany
7 Jozef Žídek   Czechoslovakia
8 Zdeněk Pazdírek   Czechoslovakia
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Ladies

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Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Marina Titova   Soviet Union
2 Elena Kotova   Soviet Union
3 Steffi Knoll   East Germany
4 Cinzia Frosio   Italy
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Pairs

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Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov   Soviet Union
2 Liudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin   Soviet Union
3 Galina Karelina / Georgi Proskurin   Soviet Union
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6 Romy Kermer / Andreas Forner   East Germany
7 Sylvia Johne / Detlef Kurzweck   East Germany
8 Sylvia Konzack / Veit Kempe   East Germany
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Ice dancing

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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 Svetlana Alexeeva / Alexander Boichuk   Soviet Union
5 Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický   Czechoslovakia
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Results, Rudé právo Archive
  2. ^ a b c d Results, Neues Deutschland Archive