OREANDA-NEWS  Russian figure skater Pyotr Gumennik performed in the short program at the Kinoshita Group Cup international tournament in Tokyo. This is reported by the correspondent of " <url>".

Humennik fell twice during the rental. The athlete was unable to perform a cascade of a quadruple flip and a triple sheepskin coat, making a "butterfly" and allowing a fall, then fell from a quadruple lutz. For his rental, the Russian received 65.54 and took the 13th place.

His compatriot Vladislav Dikidzhi ranks second after the short program with 88.79 points. Japanese Rio Nakata is in the lead (96.48), his compatriot Shun Sato is third (85.71).

The Challenger Series is being held in Tokyo from September 4 to 6. Russian figure skaters perform in a neutral status. At the tournament, Dikiji replaced compatriot Mark Kondratyuk, whose neutral status was revoked by the International Skating Union.