St. Petersburg governor Valentina Matvienko had a meeting yesterday in the Academy of Figure Skating with the city’s skaters and coaches who represented Russia at international competitions and Olympic Games this season. Alongside with summing-up of the season’s results and discussing future prospects a plesant and long-awaited event took place at the meeting. As the 2009 World Junior Champion and this season’s two-time Grand Prix medalist Alena Leonova was awarded the rank of Master of Sport of International Class. We’d like to congratulate her on the well-deserved recognition of her athletic feats!
