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Post by Admin on Jan 24, 2020 21:32:53 GMT
Another wonderful short program from Alena Kostornaia saw her take the lead at the European Figure Skating Championships in Graz, Austria. The 16-year-old Grand Prix Final winner was less than a point shy of her world record set last month in Turin to take a lead of seven points into Saturday's free skate. Anna Shcherbakova is second with Alexandra Trusova, the third member of the '3A' trained in Moscow by Eteri Tutberidze, completing the podium spots. With quad jumps counting in the free skate, unlike the short program, Shcherbakova and Trusova will be hopeful of closing the gap on Kostornaia who does not have quads in her arsenal. Kostornaia opened up with an excellent triple Axel followed by a triple Lutz and then a triple flip-triple toe loop combo in a scintillating routine. But it is her artistry which sets her apart from her rinkmates, and that counts hugely in her favour in the shorter skate. Kostornaia scored 84.92, just under a point off her world record, to take her now customary place at the head of affairs after the short program. Trusova was the penultimate skater to go, but the twice world junior champion doubled what should have been an opening triple Axel to fall behind on Technical Elements Score. She soon settled into her crowdpleasing routine though, landing a triple flip and then a spectacular triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination as she scored a season's best 74.95 to end the day in third.
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Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2020 14:15:15 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2020 18:14:14 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jan 26, 2020 18:38:54 GMT
Exhibition Gala | ISU European Figure Skating Championships | #EuroFigure
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Post by Admin on Jan 26, 2020 21:00:10 GMT
Sixteen-year-old Alena Kostornaia topped a Russian women's podium sweep at the European Figure Skating Championships on Friday as her country made it four golds in four events at the tournament. Kostornaia totalled 240.81 points, ahead of Anna Shcherbakova (237.76) and Alexandra Trusova (225.34) as the three skaters duplicated their finishes from the Grand Prix Finals in December. Shcherbakova and Trusova had the consolation of becoming the first figure skaters to complete quadruple jumps in the event. Despite that, the two 15-year-olds lost points after falling. Kostornaia, who led after the short programme on Friday, built her success on two triple Axels.
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