MOSCOW, November 23. /TASS/. /TASS/. Russian figure skaters Alexandra Boykova and Dmitry Kozlovsky are leading after the short program for pair skating at the Grenoble stage of ISU (Internaitonal Skating Union) Grand Prix.

The Russian athletes earned 68.83 points. They are followed by North Korea's Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik (67.18 points) and France's Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres (65.24 points).

This is the first adult season for Bikova and Kozlovsky. They previously won silver medals at the 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and bronze medals at the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final.

Pairs will present their free skating programs on Saturday.