Kamila Valieva delivered a flawless short program to put the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in the driving seat in the figure skating team event at the Beijing Winter Games, as they finished day two with a three-point lead over the United States.
The 15-year-old, who won the European championships last month in a Russian podium sweep, scored 90.18 points on Sunday, 0.27 short of her own world record, before the event went into its final phase, with Mark Kondratiuk's solid free skate earning the ROC another nine points for a total of 45.
