Russian ice dancing champions Khudaiberdieva and Bazin have retired.

Russian ice dancing champions Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva and Egor Bazin have decided to end their careers. Alexander Zhulin, the coach of the duo, told about this on April 21.

"Lisa and Egor have finished their careers. Very good and talented athletes, I respect their opinion — they wanted to finish, so this is the decision," TASS quoted him as saying.

According to Zhulin, it always becomes a pity when athletes of this level decide to end their careers. Khudaiberdiyeva is 22 years old, and Bazin is 29 years old. They became champions of Russia in 2023.

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