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1971 Prize of Moscow News

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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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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.

Men

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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
...

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
...

References

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