In the short program of the World Figure Skating Championship ongoing in Saitama, Japan Armenia’s representative Slavik Hayrapetyan placed 31st among 35 participants. With such a result he didn’t get right to participate in the free skating.
Earlier, Armenia’s representative in the women’s struggle Anastasia Galustyan hadn’t overcome the qualification round having showed the penultimate result of the short program, 47.75 points.