Russian figure skater Vladislav Dikidzhi won the Kinoshita Cup tournament in Tokyo

Russian figure skater Vladislav Dikidzhi became the winner of the Challenger series tournament Kinoshita Cup, which takes place in Tokyo.

For the free program, Dikiji received 176.89 points, gaining a total of 265.68 points. Japanese Shun Sato took second place (255.92). Third was another Russian figure skater, Evgeniy Semenenko (253.30). 2026 Olympic Games participant Petr Gumennik (236.25) was sixth.

Dikidzhi competed at the tournament instead of Mark Kondratyuk. Earlier, a source close to the International Skating Union (ISU) told RIA Novosti that the organization had temporarily revoked Kondratyuk’s neutral status.