Grigoreva and Artiushchenko finish 11th at Budapest Trophy

Vasilisa Grigoreva and Evgenii Artiushchenko finished 11th in ice dance at the Challenger Series event in Budapest. The Russian duo scored 163.00 points across the two programs.

They earned 61.57 points in the rhythm dance and 101.43 in the free dance. Milana Kuzmina and Dmitrii Studenikin placed 12th with 157.29 points, comprising 59.44 in the rhythm dance and 96.85 in the free dance.

Czech siblings Natalie Taschlerova and Filip Taschler won with 185.66 points, scoring 76.25 and 109.41 in the two programs. Spain's Olivia Smart and Tim Dieck were second with 185.09 (79.42 and 105.67), while Finland's Yuka Orihara and Juho Pirinen took third with 182.73 (74.10 and 108.63).

The Russian skaters are competing as neutral athletes. The Budapest event concludes on October 18.