Apollinariia Panfilova
[1] Panfilova/Rylov made their international debut in early September 2017 at the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) competition in Riga where they won the gold medal.Their results qualified them for the 2017–18 JGP Final in Nagoya, Japan, where they won the silver medal after placing first in the short program and third in the free skate.They won the event by a 15-point margin over Russian teammates and silver medalists Akhanteva/Kolesov and set a new personal best in the short program (68.21), missing the junior world record held by Kostiukovich/Ialin by just 0.10 points.At their second Junior Grand Prix assignment, 2019 JGP Poland held in Gdańsk, Panfilova/Rylov continued their success with another first-place finish.At this event, they broke the junior world records for both the short program (70.97) and the combined total score (192.73) by setting new personal bests in all three segments.By winning both of their events and earning a perfect 30 total qualifying points, Panfilova/Rylov advanced to their third consecutive Junior Grand Prix Final as the top-seeded team.Due to their finish, Panfilova/Rylov were named third alternates to the Russian team for the 2020 European Figure Skating Championships.[13] In an interview with Golden Skate on June 2, 2020, Apollinariia and Dmitry announced their plan to move to seniors for the 2020–21 season, as well as reinforced their commitment to including side-by-side triple jumps in their programs moving forward – a technical feat the team struggled to accomplish in juniors.[14] Panfilova/Rylov missed the senior Russian test skates and the early stages of the Cup of Russia series due to Rylov's undergoing a tonsillectomy.[15] They made their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, where they placed third in the short program despite out-of-sync spins.[20] In December, Sliusarenko reported that Panfilova/Rylov had resumed skating together, but would not be able to compete during the season as it would require another three months for Rylov to be allowed to perform lifts and throws.