MOSCOW, January 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russians Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov took their third successive European ice dance gold medal in Lyons, France Friday. The duo ended with a score of 202.32 over the three phases of competition. Ukraine's Yelena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov won the silver with 196.73 points.
Lithuania's Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas took the bronze with 196.18.
Navka and Kostomarov's victory was the third for the Russian team after Irina Slutskaya won her record seventh European title Thursday and the defending champions Tatyana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin won the pairs free skating Wednesday.
