Yelizaveta Tuktamysheva upsets teens for Rostelecom Cup title

Yelizaveta Tuktamysheva, a 23-year-old who won the 2015 World title, ended a year-plus streak of international titles for young Russian teens at the Rostelecom Cup on Saturday.

Tuktamysheva landed a pair of triple Axels and rallied past the world’s top skater, 17-year-old Aliona Kostornaya, at the Grand Prix Series event in Moscow.

She became the oldest woman to win Rostelecom Cup, usually a showcase for Russia’s top woman, since 2012, before the nation began a run of seven straight seasons with the world’s top skater.

Last year, Kostornaya and then-15-year-olds Aleksandra Trusova and Anna Shcherbakova swept every major title. They jumped in front of Tuktamysheva, plus Olympic gold and silver…