Claim: Alexei Sitnikov, together with Zlobina, ranked in seventh place in the 2007–08 GP NHK Trophy (an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series); then ranked in fifth place in the 2008–09 Nebelhorn.
Evidence: GP NHK Trophy 7th The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Nebelhorn 5th