Figure skater Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee competes on February 6 at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo:VCG

Talented Russian figure skater ­Kamila Valieva secured her first place with a high score in the Beijing Olympic Winter Games, where her sensational debut has attracted applause from audiences worldwide, with many calling her the "skating queen."

On Sunday morning, the 15-year-old Valieva's chilling performance earned herself a score of 90.18, ranking the highest in the ­women's short program segment of the team event, followed by 21-year-old Japanese Wakaba Higuchi (74.73) and 18-year-old Canadian Madeline Schizas (69.60). 

Valieva's stunning perfromace has pushed the Russian Olympic Committee to lead this team event, coupled with her 18-year-old teammate Mark Kondratiuk, after two days of the team events following the first day of competition on Friday.

Valieva has been pleased to attend the Beijing Olympic Winter Games at the young age of 15, The Paper reported on Sunday. "I'd like to feel that energy as so many athletes gather together here [at the Beijing Olympic Winter Games]," said the report.

"I really like to go to see the Great Wall if possible because it is said that all people coming to China should go."

"I am thrilled to be at the Olympic Games and I did everything I could ­today," she told reporters after the competition. 

"And I am very happy that I brought maximum amount of points to my team." 

Figure skater Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee competes on February 6 at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo:VCG

Before the Beijing 2022, Valieva attended 2021 Rostelecom Cup in Sochi, Russia, and finished with a new world record with a score of 185.29 in the free skate and an ­overall score of 272.71. She nailed all of her jumps perfectly during her free skate show "Bolero," including a quad Salchow and triple Axel.

Russians have won every ­women's gold medal at the European ­championships ever since 2014, with unbroken conveyor belt of young skating talents, such as Kamila Valieva.

In January, the 2022 ISU European Figure Skating Championships were held in Tallinn, Estonia. Russia crushed the competition again as Valieva took the ­European championship by a 22-point margin for a total of 259.06. ­Although she tumbled during a triple in the free skate, Valieva has beaten another world champion as well as her teammate Anna Shcherbakova (237.42) during the competition.

During the post-match interview for the 2022 ISU European Figure Skating ­Championships Valieva said that she didn't feel the pressure at all. And on the opposite she felt that was easier. 

"Maybe not easier but more inspiring. The atmosphere here is incredible. I don't try to achieve high scores, I am here for the clean skate," she said.

The talented star started her figure skating career in 2009 when she was just 3 years old. Being in a rather poor health condition, Valieva was sent by her parents to sport school. Yet years of exercise has turned Valieva into a world champion.

In 2012, Valieva' s parents decided to move to Moscow for their daughter's better training. Valieva was then sent to an Olympic preparatory sports school in the Russian capital and has been coached by former Russian figure skater Eteri Tutberidze, one the most successful and influential coaches in the world.

In 2013, Valieva for the first time launched her international career. Her ultra-high completion of the moves with barely any mistakes have made her one of the most high potential skaters to win the championship in Beijing Olympic Winter Games.

"At first, my mother called the rhythmic gymnastics section, but for this sport I was too small. It was easier to start doing figure skating," Valieva recalled in an online interview.

"The first practice at the rink was a real challenge: I was constantly falling, getting up, falling again - and in the evening I had fever. Even from my debut competition, I only remember that I was very cold while I was waiting for the award ceremony."