Olympics-Valieva leads Russian figure skating team dominated by teens

FILE PHOTO: Figure Skating - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - 2021 Rostelecom Cup - The Iceberg Skating Palace, Sochi, Russia - November 28, 2021 Russian Figure Skating Federation's Kamila Valieva in action during the gala REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

MOSCOW (Reuters) - European champion Kamila Valieva will lead a Russian figure skating team at the Beijing Olympics next month that is dominated by a bunch of talented teenagers who will be eager to obliterate the opposition.

The 15-year-old Valieva, who holds world records for the women's short program, free skate and combined total, led a Russian sweep of the medals in the women's singles at last week's European championships and they will be favourites to repeat the feat in Beijing.