Bobrova / Soloviev also placed first in the free dance and won their third national title, while Ilinykh / Katsalapov repeated as silver medalists and Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko as bronze medalists. Įkaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev were first in the short dance, followed by Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov and Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin. Plushenko also placed first in the free skating and took his 10th national title, while Voronov took silver and Konstantin Menshov the bronze. Įvgeni Plushenko took the lead in the men's short program, with Sergei Voronov and Maxim Kovtun in second and third respectively. Another quake occurred at 2:30 am on 26 December – its epicenter was more than 150 kilometers (93 miles) away in the Black Sea. A couple of minor earthquakes occurred in Sochi but not during any skating. Officials decided to test a new security system involving a background check at the event. Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov withdrew from the ice dancing event but were not replaced due to a lack of reserves. Artem Borodulin withdrew from the men's event and was replaced by Adian Pitkeev. Aleksandr Gorshkov said that Larionov had boot problems and could not endanger his partner. Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov withdrew from the pairs' event. Yulia Lipnitskaya, Polina Shelepen, and Uliana Titushkina withdrew from the ladies' event to recover from injuries and were replaced by the three reserves, Tatiana Fedoseeva, Julia Li, and Nikol Gosviani. The list of entries was announced on 13 December 2012. Medalists of most important competitions Senior Championships