OREANDA-NEWS Russian figure skater Nikita Katsalapov, who performs with Victoria Sinitsina, spoke about the conflict with the American couple Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue during the rhythm dance warm-up in the team tournament of the Olympic Games-2022. His words are quoted by RIA "Novosti".

The Russian noted that they were the first to start making their bundle, and the Americans saw them and had to give in to avoid a collision. Katsalapov added that five pairs skate during the warm-up, and therefore athletes often swear because of this.

"I don't even remember whether it was in English or Russian, but I said something. Somehow it accumulated, boiled over," Katsalapov shared. He noted that the situation continued all day. "It all remains only on the ice, there are no problems outside of it, they are cool guys," the figure skater explained.

Sinitsina and Katsalapov took the second place according to the results of the rhythm dance. They lost to the American pair by 1.5 points. The first were Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue (86.56 points). Italians Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri rounded out the top three (83.83 points).

A day earlier, "BETCITY" analysts assessed the chances of the national teams at the Beijing Olympics. According to experts, Norway will take the first place in the medal standings. By a wide margin, the German national team follows, then - ROC.