Skater from Kazakhstan, Elizabeth Tursynbayeva, won the silver at the World Championships on March 22, 2019 in Japanese Saitame. In the free program, she performed the fourth Salchow for the first time in the history of figure skating.
Elizabeth Tursynbayeva performed to song of Lara Fabian – Adagio and small excerpt of Denis Ten’s song “She won’t be mine”.
Kazakhstan figure skater Elizabeth Tursynbayeva dedicated a demonstration performance at the World Championships in Japan to Denis Ten.
Her father said that the skaters were intimately familiar. The news of the Ten’s death last July was a great tragedy for the whole family. According to Baitak Tursynbayev, the idea to put a number dedicated to the memory of a figure skater belongs to Eteri Tutberizde and Daniil Gleichaus.
On the sum of two programs, Tursynbayeva scored 224.76 points, which earned her silver. The victory was celebrated by Alina Zagitova from Russia – 237.50. The bronze medal was won by Evgeny Medvedev (Russia) – 223.80.
In addition, she is the 2019 World silver medalist, the 2018 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2017 CS Ice Star champion, the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy silver medalist, the 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist, the 2019 Winter Universiade silver medalist, and a three-time Kazakhstani national champion (2015-2017). She placed 12th at the 2017 Winter Olympics.
Elizabeth Tursynbayeva is the first female skater to land a quadruple jump in senior competition.
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