ALMATY, October 9. /TASS/. Russian figure skater Alexandra Ignatova, nee Trusova, won the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 2026 in Almaty on Friday.

In the ISU Challenger Series event, Ignatova scored 226.01 points overall (77.39 for short program and 148.62 for free program). South Korean Kim Yu-jae finished in second place with 209.20 points (75.99 + 133.21), and Kazakhstan's Sofia Samodelkina took bronze with 204.36 points (69.45 + 134.91).

Two other Russian figure skaters, Maria Zakharova who earned 188.77 points (58.29 + 129.48) and Dina Khusnutdinova with 185.70 points (63.09 + 122.61), took fifth and seventh places, respectively.