“Russian joker” Evgeni Semenenko celebrates break-through season

When 17-year-old Evgeni Semenenko took to the ice for the Short Program at the 2021 ISU World Figure Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, the very first major championship of his life, a Russian official joked: “Here comes our joker.” The man was right. Semenenko proved he had nerves of steel when he delivered two flawless programs with two quadruple jumps in each and finished eighth his debut at this event. Who is this teenager from St. Petersburg who played a decisive role in giving