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Post by Admin on Jan 28, 2019 19:39:29 GMT
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France won their fifth consecutive European title at the 2019 European Figure Skating Championships with 10 points to spare. Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin of Russia captured the silver while Italy’s Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri earned the bronze. Papadakis and Cizeron were strong in their routine to music by Rachael Yamagata, earning high grades of execution (GOE) on every element. The 2018 Olympic silver medalists were awarded level 4s for their twizzles and one-foot step sequences, as well as the lifts and diagonal steps. They earned a new season’s best of 133.19 for a first place finish in the free dance and overall (217.98). “We are really happy,” said Cizeron. “That skate was almost technically perfect. The crowd was really uplifting and we couldn’t be more grateful to them and to be surrounded by our amazing team. We remember this arena from Junior Worlds and I remember it seemed really huge then. It still seems pretty big now, but the crowd really lifted us and helped our performance.”
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Post by Admin on Jan 30, 2019 18:38:56 GMT
Team members brought home six championship medals. The real sensation of the European Championship was, of course, Sofia Samodurova - the debutant of the adult season. She won the highest award for impeccable performance, beating the Olympic champion Alina Zagitova (her second place). In the air harbor of St. Petersburg, the fans presented her with flowers and thanked for the medal, and Sophia herself admitted that for her, too, this result was a complete surprise. “I believed in success, I did not even hope for the first place. I went to Minsk, tuning in for clean rent, did not think about the place. The most difficult thing was to tune in for skating. So far at the moment this is the most significant victory for me and, I hope that I will only get better and better,” Sofia Samodurova said. “How many mothers never look. It was very unexpected for us, probably, for many fans and for coaches, we did not expect this,” Sofia Samodurova’s mother, Alena Samodurova, admits . The sports couples distinguished themselves twice more - silver in Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov and bronze in Alexandra Boykova and Dmitry Kozlovsky. Alexander Stepanova and Ivan Bukin were second in the dance. And also - Alexander Samarin has silver among men. The results of the European Championship will affect the decision of the Federation and the coaching staff on the composition of our team, which will go to the world championships, which will be held in March in Japan.
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