2010 European Figure Skating Championships

TALLINN - The history of figure skating stretches back to prehistoric times, as archeological evidence of the activity shows. Figure skating is one branch of ice skating, a sport which has divided itself into several separate activities since its prehistoric beginnings.

The exact time and process by which humans first learned to ice skate is not known, though archeologists believe the activity was widespread. The convenience and efficiency of ice skating to cross large, icy areas is shown in archeological evidence by the finding of primitive animal bone ice skates in places such as Russia, Scandinavia, Great Britain, Germany and Switzerland.

While people have been ice skating for centuries, figure skating in its current form originated in the mid-19th century. The first skates were made from animal bones and attached to the feet with leather straps. People used skates as a way of crossing frozen lakes and rivers in the winter. In the 1850s, figure skating started when skaters started trying various spins and jumps on ice.

“A Treatise on Skating” (1772) by Englishman Robert Jones is the first known account of figure skating. Back then competitions were held in “English style” of skating, which was stiff and formal and bears little resemblance to modern figure skating. American skater Jackson Haines, who is considered the “father of modern figure skating,” introduced a new style of skating in the mid-1860s. This style, which incorporated free and expressive techniques, became known as the “international style.” Although popular in Europe, Haines’ style of skating was not widely adopted in the United States until long after his death.

Despite the somewhat cold weather and short winter days Tallinn invites everybody to one of the most exciting sporting events in Europe - European Figure Skating Championships 2010, where the performances of European top skaters will fill you with excitement and warm up your heart. Organizers of the event hope that the Championships will spin your emotions and you will leave the show with unforgettable memories.

The Estonian Skating Union and its athletes and trainers have recently opened the 2010 EC season in Tallinn at Town Hall Square. The European Skating Championships will be held in Tallinn on Jan. 19- 24, which means Estonia’s skating team will get an opportunity to organize and to participate in an international competition, which is one of the most important and most viewed professional sports events in the world.

The EC 2010 is an exceptional opportunity to see Europe’s best ice skaters competing and witness the performances of future Olympic medalists. “Tallinn 2010 EC is in the spotlight in front of an international audience, as European Championships is followed by the Winter Olympics, which means the EC is the last chance for qualification,” said vice - president of the Estonian Skating Union Margus Hernits. “160 professional athletes and over 200 journalists are expected in Tallinn, along with 100 million spectators all over the world,” he added.

“Tallinn 2010 EC is comparable to Eurovision in its size. This gives Estonia and Tallinn an opportunity to improve its reputation and also gives a boost to the development of ice skating in Estonia,” says president of the Estonian Skating Union Maire Arm.

Estonian champion Elena Glebova in women’s short program, Viktor Romanenkov in men’s short program, Maria Sergejeva and Ilja Glebov in the pairs’ short program and Cailtlin Mallory and Kristian Rand in ice dance are expected to represent Estonia at the championships.

Head coach of the Estonian skating team Anna Levandi says that ice skating in Estonia has gone through large developments in the past few years, both as a professional sport and as a hobby. “We have a fantastic team of coaches, strong athletes and incredible enthusiasm. Estonian athletes have given great performances in both international arenas and in front of the home crowd,” she added.

Vice mayor of Tallinn Kaia Jappinen noted that the city cannot underestimate an opportunity to draw the attention of such a large number of people around the world and host this many guests throughout the event. All the competitions will be held in Saku Suurhall, but the practices will take place in the Premia Ice Hall.

(01/14/2010) - The skating may be as hot as the weather is cold as Estonia hosts its first ISU championship when the 2010 European Figure Skating Championships open in Tallinn next week. This will be the final tuneup for the Olympic Winter Games for the skaters, some of whose participation in the Games is dependent on their performances at Europeans.

Ladies
Among the 2006 Olympians who are fighting for a chance to return to the Games are Italy's Carolina Kostner, the two-time European ladies champion who was beaten at Italian nationals by Valentina Marchei and must place higher than Marchei to make it to Vancouver.

Kostner, the highest ranked European lady in the icenetwork.com world rankings at number five, has faltered this season after placing only 12th at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships, a year after she won the silver medal at worlds.

Another tough battle looms among the Finnish ladies, who again have more top ladies than Olympic spots. Defending European champion Laura Lepisto, ranked seventh in the world, faces off against the two ladies who represented Finland in the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Those two ladies, Kiira Korpi and Susanna Poykio, are ranked 13th and 20th respectively in the icenetwork.com world rankings.

Poykio placed 13th in the 2006 Olympics while Korpi finished 16th. Both Korpi and Poykio have also scored well at previous European Championships with Poykio winning the silver medal in 2005 and the bronze in 2009, while Korpi won the bronze medal in 2007 and has finished in the top six the past four years.

Russia finally has a legitimate contender for the ladies gold medal at the European Championships for the first time since Irina Slutskaya and Maria Butyrskaya dominated the event in the late 1990s and early 2000s with ten wins in eleven years.

Alena Leonova, the 2009 world junior ladies titlist, finished just off the podium in fourth place at Europeans last season. Leonova, who has jumped to eighth in the icenetwork.com world rankings, medaled at two ISU Grand Prix events this season and placed sixth at the ISU Grand Prix Final. She was the only European lady to qualify for the event. Leonova has yet to win in Russia, but was seventh at the World Figure Skating Championships last season.

Leonova will be joined by 2009 Russian ladies champion, Ksenia Makarova, who finished fourth at the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final this season but has not competed as a senior internationally.

Hungary's Julia Sebestyen, who will be participating in her fourth Olympics, is looking for a chance to repeat her success at the European Championships, which she won in 2004. Sebestyen, ranked 17th in the world, has had her best season since that year, winning a bronze medal at Skate America.

Switzerland's Sarah Meier will also be making a comeback after missing most of last season with a herniated disk. Meier, a two-time silver medalist at Europeans, has finished in the top ten at the World Championships for the last four years and placed eighth at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games.

Men
The men's competition should be among the most interesting, as two men who have won eight of the last ten gold medals at Europeans try to fight off several hot young skaters.

France's defending champion, Brian Joubert, is the highest ranked man in the event at fourth place in the icenetwork.com world rankings. Joubert, who missed the ISU Grand Prix Final and French nationals due to a foot injury, will be trying to win his fourth European men's title. Joubert won the NHK Trophy but only placed fourth at Trophee Eric Bompard in France.

Joubert will be joined on the French team by Yannick Ponsero, the 2008 French champion, who is ranked tenth. Ponsero, who placed fourth at last year's European Championships, was fifth at both of his Grand Prix events this season.

Alban Preaubert, who placed fifth at Europeans last season, will also take the ice for France. Preaubert, ranked 13th in the world, won a bronze medal at Skate Canada but finished only seventh at the French Grand Prix.

Florent Amodio, the 2009 French champion who is ranked 17th in the world, will not compete in Estonia.

Tomas Verner of the Czech Republic, ranked sixth in the world rankings, will try to regain the European men's title that he won in 2008. Verner, who was fourth at last season's World Figure Skating Championships, won a silver at Trophee Eric Bompard but only placed sixth at Skate America this fall.

Verner finished sixth at the ISU Grand Prix Final, making the event as an alternate after Joubert pulled out due to injury.

Joining Verner on the Czech team is 2009 world junior men's silver medalist Michal Brezina, ranked 12th in the icenetwork.com world rankings. Brezina finished just behind Verner in the ISU Grand Prix standings with a bronze medal at the NHK Trophy and a fourth place finish at HomeSense Skate Canada, then beat Verner to win his first Czech national senior men's title.

Russia's 2006 Olympic champion, Evgeni Plushenko, returns to the European Championships after a four-year absence. Plushenko, who had retired from competitive skating after his win in Torino, has five European titles to his credit. A sixth gold in Tallinn would tie Plushenko with Willy Bockl for the third most wins by a man at the European Championships behind only legends Ulrich Salchow and Karl Schafer.

Plushenko, ranked 19th in the icenetwork.com world rankings, won both the Cup of Russia and Russian nationals in his only competitions since returning to the competitive scene.

He will be joined on the Russian team by Sergei Voronov, who is actually ranked higher than Plushenko in the 14th spot. Voronov was fourth at the European Championships in 2008 but only ninth last year. He won a bronze at the Cup of China this season, but was only sixth at Trophee Eric Bompard.

Another wild card for this year's championships will be Switzerland's Stephane Lambiel, who placed second to Plushenko at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Like Plushenko, Lambiel has been concentrating on professional shows and tours since October 2008.

Although he has never won at Europeans, Lambiel does have two silver medals from 2006 and 2008. Lambiel's only competition this season was the Olympic qualifier at the Nebelhorn Trophy, which he won.

Italy's Samuel Contesti, the surprise silver medalist at last year's European Championships, hopes to again be in the fight for the podium. Contesti, ranked 11th in the world, was fifth at the World Figure Skating Championships last season. He has not fared as well this year, placing fourth at the Cup of China and fifth at Skate Canada.

Belgium's Kevin van der Perren, who is ranked 16th in the world, won the bronze medal at Europeans in 2007 and 2009. He will make one more try for the podium after placing in the top seven for the past five years.

Germany's Stefan Lindemann, who won the bronze medal at worlds in 2004 and Europeans in 2005, is also returning to competition after missing most of two seasons with a series of injuries, but is not expected to contend for a medal.

Pairs
Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy are the only skaters competing in the European Figure Skating Championships who are currently ranked first in the icenetwork.com world rankings. The couple will be trying for their fourth consecutive gold medal at the event.

The two-time defending world champions have had an up and down season this year. Although they won both the Nebelhorn Trophy and Skate Canada, they finished third at both Trophee Eric Bompard and the ISU Grand Prix Final.

The Germans will again face the stiffest challenges from the Russian team of Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov, who are ranked fifth in the icenetwork.com world rankings and actually beat Savchenko and Szolkowy at Trophee Eric Bompard this season.

The Russians finished just behind the Germans with a silver medal at Skate Canada and a fourth at the ISU Grand Prix Final. Mukhortova and Trankov are no strangers to the podium at the European Championships where they won the silver in 2008 and the bronze in 2009.

Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov, ranked fourth in the world, are coming off their third straight win at Russian nationals. The team placed second to Savchenko and Szolkowy at last year's European Championship and won the bronze medal in 2008. The duo won two silver medals at the Cup of Russia and NHK Trophy this season, then finished fifth at the ISU Grand Prix Final.

Ukrainians Tatiana Volosozhar and Stanislav Morozov, the world's eighth ranked pair, have come close to the podium at the European Championships, finishing fifth twice and fourth the past two years. The five-time Ukrainian champions won a silver medal at Skate America and a bronze medal at the Cup of China on the Grand Prix circuit this season.

After that, the field is wide open. Great Britain's Stacey Kemp and David King, ranked 17th in the icenetwork.com world rankings, were sixth at the European Championships in 2008 but fell to 11th last season. The five-time British champions rebounded at Worlds to finish 13th, but have not reached the podium this season.

France's Adeline Canac and Maximin Coia, who are 19th in the world rankings, were ninth at last year's European Championships but were beaten at the French Nationals by Vanessa James and Yannick Bonheur, who were tenth at Europeans last season.

Italy's Nicole Della Monica and Yannick Kocon, ranked 20th in the world rankings, finished sixth last season at the European Championships, but were only 18th at the World Championships.

Ice Dancing
The ice dancing competition shapes up as a real battle between three couples that have won the gold medal in previous seasons but never repeated as champions. Several others are waiting to take the podium if they falter.

Russia's Jana Khoklova and Sergei Novitski, last season's winners, are the highest ranked couple at fourth place in the icenetwork.com world rankings. After that career highlight, they dropped to sixth at the World Figure Skating Championships after winning the bronze medal in 2008. Although they placed second at the Cup of China, they failed to qualify for this season's ISU Grand Prix Final.

The 2008 European ice dancing champions, Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, are ranked sixth in the world, but Shabalin has been hampered by injuries that have required surgery on both knees. Even so, the three-time Russian national champions won the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships and placed second at this season's ISU Grand Prix Final.

The third team to win the ice dancing championship at Europeans is France's Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder, who are currently ranked eighth in the icenetwork.com world rankings. The 2007 European, 2008 World and 2008-09 ISU Grand Prix Final champions missed last year's Europeans and Worlds as well as this year's Grand Prix series due first to Delobel's shoulder injury and then her pregnancy. (Editor's note: Delobel and Schoenfelder have withdrawn from the European Championships.)

France's Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat, ranked fifth in the world, narrowly missed the podium at last year's European Championships with a fourth-place finish and at Worlds, where they finished fifth.

This season, the couple won their first medal at the ISU Grand Prix Final, a bronze, after placing second at both Trophee Eric Bompard and HomeSense Skate Canada. But Bourzat has been bothered by a foot injury that kept the couple out of French Nationals.

Italy's Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali, who are ranked seventh in the world, won the silver medal at last year's European Championships and have been in the top eight for the last seven years. But they were only eighth at the World Championships after finishing fifth in 2008. This season, the couple won a bronze medal at the Cup of China but did not make the ISU Grand Prix Final.

Teammates Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte, ranked tenth in the world, did make their first ISU Grand Prix Final this season with silver medals at the Cup of Russia and Skate America. They finished fifth at the Final, the same placement that they had at last year's European Championships. The couple has been tenth at Worlds the past two seasons.

British dancers Sinead and John Kerr, who are ninth in the world rankings, won the bronze medal at last year's European Championships, their sixth straight year in the top ten. They were seventh at the World Championships. The seven-time British champions had their most successful ISU Grand Prix Season this year, winning a silver medal in Japan and a bronze medal in France to reach the ISU Grand Prix Final for the first time, finishing fourth.

Pl. Name Nation TSS
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1 Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN RUS 42.78 21.56 21.22 8.55 8.30 8.50 8.65 0.00 #23
2 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS 37.87 18.80 19.07 7.70 7.50 7.65 7.65 0.00 #18
3 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA 37.47 18.08 19.39 7.90 7.55 7.70 7.90 0.00 #25
4 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR 36.76 18.16 18.60 7.50 7.35 7.45 7.45 0.00 #19
5 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA 36.36 17.64 18.72 7.55 7.35 7.60 7.50 0.00 #24
6 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA 35.93 17.94 17.99 7.10 7.10 7.25 7.40 0.00 #22
7 Alexandra ZARETSKY / Roman ZARETSKY ISR 34.63 17.22 17.41 7.00 6.90 6.90 7.05 0.00 #26
8 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS 33.33 17.16 16.17 6.55 6.30 6.50 6.55 0.00 #20
9 Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergei VERBILLO UKR 32.60 16.14 16.46 6.65 6.45 6.55 6.70 0.00 #27
10 Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Vladimir ZUEV UKR 32.15 16.42 15.73 6.30 6.05 6.35 6.55 0.00 #21
11 Nora HOFFMANN / Maxim ZAVOZIN HUN 31.53 16.30 15.23 6.15 5.85 6.25 6.20 0.00 #6
12 Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES FRA 29.96 15.64 14.32 5.80 5.55 5.85 5.75 0.00 #11
13 Christina BEIER / William BEIER GER 29.41 15.36 14.05 5.65 5.50 5.70 5.65 0.00 #15
14 Kira GEIL / Dmitri MATSJUK AUT 29.16 15.36 13.80 5.55 5.35 5.60 5.65 0.00 #7
15 Caitlin MALLORY / Kristjan RAND EST 29.16 15.30 13.86 5.55 5.40 5.60 5.70 0.00 #16
16 Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND GBR 28.63 15.36 13.27 5.30 5.25 5.40 5.30 0.00 #12
17 Zoe BLANC / Pierre-Loup BOUQUET FRA 27.82 14.60 13.22 5.40 5.05 5.30 5.45 0.00 #17
18 Kamila HAJKOVA / David VINCOUR CZE 25.88 13.42 12.46 5.10 4.70 5.00 5.20 0.00 #14
19 Federica TESTA / Christopher MIOR ITA 23.31 12.62 10.69 4.50 4.00 4.15 4.45 0.00 #13
20 Katelyn GOOD / Nikolaj SORENSEN DEN 22.84 12.64 10.20 4.25 3.80 4.15 4.15 0.00 #9
21 Nikola VISNOVA / Lukas CSOLLEY SVK 22.61 12.48 10.13 4.05 3.85 4.20 4.20 0.00 #4
22 Allison REED / Otar JAPARIDZE GEO 22.59 12.48 10.11 4.20 3.80 4.05 4.15 0.00 #1
23 Ramona ELSENER / Florian ROOST SUI 21.84 12.24 9.60 3.95 3.65 3.90 3.90 0.00 #10
24 Nikki GEORGIADIS / Graham HOCKLEY GRE 21.18 11.58 9.60 4.10 3.55 3.85 3.85 0.00 #8
25 Oksana KLIMOVA / Sasha PALOMÄKI FIN 20.99 11.66 9.33 3.85 3.55 3.80 3.75 0.00 #2
26 Lesia VALADZENKAVA / Vitali VAKUNOV BLR 17.08 9.32 7.76 3.25 2.95 3.05 3.15 0.00 #3
WDR Virginiya HOPTMAN / Pavel FILCHENKOV AZE #5

TALLINN, Estonia - Just weeks before the Vancouver Olympics, figure skaters Evgeni Plushenko and Stephane Lambiel will square off on the ice for the first time since winning gold and silver at the last Winter Games in Turin in 2006.

Plushenko and Lambiel, both making comebacks after injury layoffs, are competing at the European Figure Skating Championships this week in Tallinn. They will be up against European champion Brian Joubert.

The competition begins Tuesday with compulsory dance and the pairs short program, but the men's event that starts Wednesday is likely to be the highlight of the championships.

Plushenko and Lambiel returned to competition this season after long absences. Their performances this week should show whether they will be contenders at the Vancouver Games, which start Feb. 12.

Until late last year, the Russian hadn't competed since winning gold in Turin. His spectacular performance at the Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup silenced many doubters and he later easily won the Russian national championships, despite taking time off because of knee pain.

Lambiel, who finished second to Plushenko in Turin, is making his way back after a nagging groin injury prompted him to retire in 2008. The Swiss skater won this season's Nebelhorn Trophy, which many top stars skip, and his form is still questionable.

In Monday's practice of his free program, Lambiel's footwork was light and his spins fast, but he appeared hesitant on some jumps and took a tumble on what should have been a routine double.

Joubert wasn't at the early practice because the French contingent was arriving later in the day. His practice routines should show how well he's recovered from foot surgery that forced him to drop out of December's Grand Prix Final.

In the women's event, Finland's Laura Lepisto aims to defend her title. Her main rival looks to be Alena Leonova, whose Grand Prix silver and bronze this season have raised Russian hopes of regaining their former stature in women's skating after several lean years.

Two-time European champion Carolina Kostner of Italy could challenge both despite disappointing Grand Prix showings. Julia Sebestyen of Hungary, another former champion, could also feature on the podium after winning bronze at this season's Skate America.

In pairs, Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy are going for a fourth straight European title to add to their two world championships. Russians Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov, who beat the Germans at Trophee Bompard, also feature along with compatriots Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov.

World champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin head the ice dancing field, along with fellow Russians Jana Khoklova and Sergei Novistski, who will be defending their European title.

Pl. Name Nation TSS
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1 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY GER 74.12 40.92 33.20 8.20 8.05 8.40 8.40 8.45 0.00 #17
2 Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS 73.92 41.44 32.48 8.10 7.90 8.20 8.20 8.20 0.00 #14
3 Maria MUKHORTOVA / Maxim TRANKOV RUS 73.54 41.02 32.52 8.20 7.90 8.15 8.20 8.20 0.00 #19
4 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Stanislav MOROZOV UKR 67.60 39.24 28.36 7.35 6.75 7.15 7.15 7.05 0.00 #15
5 Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV RUS 55.84 30.96 24.88 6.30 5.95 6.25 6.35 6.25 0.00 #7
6 Nicole DELLA MONICA / Yannick KOCON ITA 52.64 30.92 22.72 5.95 5.40 5.80 5.60 5.65 1.00 #20
7 Vanessa JAMES / Yannick BONHEUR FRA 52.04 30.20 21.84 5.50 5.10 5.55 5.50 5.65 0.00 #11
8 Adeline CANAC / Maximin COIA FRA 51.24 28.40 22.84 5.85 5.40 5.75 5.75 5.80 0.00 #21
9 Maylin HAUSCH / Daniel WENDE GER 50.66 28.22 22.44 5.65 5.35 5.70 5.60 5.75 0.00 #12
10 Joanna SULEJ / Mateusz CHRUSCINSKI POL 48.38 28.94 19.44 4.90 4.65 4.95 4.90 4.90 0.00 #10
11 Anais MORAND / Antoine DORSAZ SUI 47.88 27.96 19.92 5.15 4.70 5.15 4.90 5.00 0.00 #13
12 Maria SERGEJEVA / Ilja GLEBOV EST 47.60 27.20 20.40 5.30 4.75 5.15 5.10 5.20 0.00 #18
13 Stacey KEMP / David KING GBR 45.26 24.46 20.80 5.35 5.00 5.20 5.25 5.20 0.00 #16
14 Erica RISSEEUW / Robert PAXTON GBR 43.50 23.58 19.92 5.10 4.70 5.00 5.05 5.05 0.00 #9
15 Nina IVANOVA / Filip ZALEVSKI BUL 38.56 24.32 14.24 3.85 3.30 3.60 3.55 3.50 0.00 #1
16 Jessica CRENSHAW / Chad TSAGRIS GRE 36.60 20.64 17.96 4.60 4.05 4.60 4.55 4.65 2.00 #8
17 Lubov BAKIROVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK BLR 36.18 21.66 15.52 4.15 3.65 3.95 3.95 3.70 1.00 #3
18 Danielle MONTALBANO / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI ISR 30.90 17.94 14.96 3.95 3.65 3.60 3.80 3.70 2.00 #4
19 Gabriela CERMANOVA / Martin HANULAK SVK 30.04 14.56 15.48 4.15 3.65 3.85 3.90 3.80 0.00 #6
20 Victoria HECHT / Christopher TREFIL HUN 29.34 14.46 14.88 3.70 3.50 3.70 3.80 3.90 0.00 #2
WDR Marika ZANFORLIN / Federico DEGLI ESPOSTI ITA #5

Savchenko, Szolkowy win pairs short at Europeans: Kavaguti, Smirnov less than a point behind in second - by J. Barry Mittan, IceNetwork News

Figure skating-Domnina and Shabalin sparkle with few sequins - Source, Reuters Sports

Pl. Name Nation TSS
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1 Evgeni PLUSHENKO RUS 91.30 51.10 40.20 8.10 7.55 8.15 8.05 8.35 0.00 #21
2 Brian JOUBERT FRA 88.55 47.80 40.75 8.25 7.85 8.30 8.05 8.30 0.00 #38
3 Yannick PONSERO FRA 82.40 46.00 36.40 7.50 6.90 7.45 7.25 7.30 0.00 #31
4 Michal BREZINA CZE 79.60 45.40 34.20 6.95 6.60 6.90 6.80 6.95 0.00 #30
5 Stephane LAMBIEL SUI 77.75 37.00 40.75 8.20 7.85 8.15 8.15 8.40 0.00 #34
6 Alban PREAUBERT FRA 76.37 41.12 35.25 6.90 6.70 7.00 7.25 7.40 0.00 #37
7 Samuel CONTESTI ITA 75.90 41.30 34.60 6.90 6.55 7.00 7.00 7.15 0.00 #35
8 Tomas VERNER CZE 72.75 35.60 37.15 7.50 7.20 7.45 7.40 7.60 0.00 #36
9 Stefan LINDEMANN GER 70.19 39.24 30.95 6.55 5.75 6.30 6.05 6.30 0.00 #18
10 Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE 69.20 38.20 31.00 6.30 5.95 6.20 6.15 6.40 0.00 #24
11 Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL 67.72 34.82 32.90 6.65 6.35 6.70 6.55 6.65 0.00 #32
12 Adrian SCHULTHEISS SWE 66.55 34.00 32.55 6.70 6.15 6.50 6.55 6.65 0.00 #33
13 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP 66.50 36.30 30.20 6.10 5.90 6.15 5.95 6.10 0.00 #22
14 Anton KOVALEVSKI UKR 65.20 35.50 29.70 5.95 5.65 6.05 5.95 6.10 0.00 #20
15 Viktor PFEIFER AUT 63.42 33.22 30.20 6.15 5.75 6.10 5.95 6.25 0.00 #23
16 Paolo BACCHINI ITA 60.90 32.30 29.60 6.00 5.70 6.00 5.80 6.10 1.00 #27
17 Sergei VORONOV RUS 60.27 27.52 32.75 6.80 6.35 6.40 6.50 6.70 0.00 #29
18 Zoltan KELEMEN ROU 59.40 36.50 22.90 4.70 4.40 4.60 4.60 4.60 0.00 #12
19 Jorik HENDRICKX BEL 58.70 34.00 24.70 5.00 4.70 5.10 4.90 5.00 0.00 #16
20 Gregor URBAS SLO 56.90 29.00 27.90 5.80 5.40 5.50 5.55 5.65 0.00 #28
21 Maciej CIEPLUCHA POL 56.45 30.10 26.35 5.40 5.05 5.40 5.15 5.35 0.00 #19
22 Ari-Pekka NURMENKARI FIN 53.55 30.40 24.15 5.00 4.60 4.95 4.75 4.85 1.00 #14
23 Karel ZELENKA ITA 53.09 25.24 27.85 5.70 5.40 5.50 5.65 5.60 0.00 #25
24 Peter REITMAYER SVK 51.35 24.50 26.85 5.50 5.15 5.45 5.25 5.50 0.00 #26
25 Maxim SHIPOV ISR 51.21 30.86 21.35 4.45 3.95 4.25 4.30 4.40 1.00 #6
26 Boris MARTINEC CRO 50.49 28.04 22.45 4.55 4.20 4.60 4.50 4.60 0.00 #15
27 Matthew PARR GBR 49.02 28.42 20.60 4.35 3.90 4.20 4.05 4.10 0.00 #4
28 Damjan OSTOJIC BIH 47.96 28.56 19.40 4.15 3.40 3.95 3.90 4.00 0.00 #5
29 Viktor ROMANENKOV EST 47.60 25.20 22.40 4.60 4.25 4.65 4.35 4.55 0.00 #17
30 Alexandr KAZAKOV BLR 45.97 22.72 23.25 4.95 4.45 4.60 4.70 4.55 0.00 #13
31 Kutay ERYOLDAS TUR 37.40 19.20 19.20 3.85 3.75 3.75 3.90 3.95 1.00 #3
32 Boyito MULDER NED 36.38 18.48 17.90 3.75 3.40 3.55 3.60 3.60 0.00 #9
33 Marton MARKO HUN 35.32 19.12 17.20 3.60 3.25 3.55 3.35 3.45 1.00 #7
34 Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU 34.49 16.64 18.85 4.10 3.50 3.80 3.70 3.75 1.00 #1
35 Girts JEKABSONS LAT 32.67 15.32 18.35 3.90 3.45 3.70 3.70 3.60 1.00 #8
36 Georgi KENCHADZE BUL 32.02 14.52 17.50 3.70 3.35 3.45 3.45 3.55 0.00 #2
37 Pierre BALIAN ARM 31.82 16.42 17.40 3.70 3.25 3.50 3.45 3.50 2.00 #10
WDR Joffrey BOURDON MNE #11

Pl. Name Nation TSS
= TES
+ PCS
+ SS TR PE CH IN Ded.
- StN.

1 Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS 139.23 69.31 69.92 8.60 8.55 8.80 8.85 8.90 0.00 #14
2 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY GER 137.60 66.88 70.72 8.80 8.65 8.90 8.80 9.05 0.00 #16
3 Maria MUKHORTOVA / Maxim TRANKOV RUS 128.49 64.65 63.84 8.20 7.70 8.00 8.05 7.95 0.00 #13
4 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Stanislav MOROZOV UKR 120.23 62.59 58.64 7.75 7.10 7.30 7.40 7.10 1.00 #15
5 Nicole DELLA MONICA / Yannick KOCON ITA 104.16 57.00 48.16 6.40 5.85 6.00 6.00 5.85 1.00 #12
6 Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV RUS 104.00 56.04 48.96 6.50 5.75 6.20 6.15 6.00 1.00 #9
7 Vanessa JAMES / Yannick BONHEUR FRA 99.24 51.40 47.84 6.00 5.70 6.00 6.00 6.20 0.00 #11
8 Anais MORAND / Antoine DORSAZ SUI 97.07 54.19 42.88 5.55 5.20 5.45 5.40 5.20 0.00 #6
9 Maylin HAUSCH / Daniel WENDE GER 92.10 50.74 43.36 5.75 5.15 5.45 5.45 5.30 2.00 #7
10 Stacey KEMP / David KING GBR 92.03 50.75 41.28 5.20 4.90 5.25 5.25 5.20 0.00 #4
11 Adeline CANAC / Maximin COIA FRA 88.49 46.49 44.00 5.70 5.40 5.40 5.60 5.40 2.00 #10
12 Erica RISSEEUW / Robert PAXTON GBR 86.59 47.19 40.40 5.15 4.80 5.15 5.05 5.10 1.00 #1
13 Maria SERGEJEVA / Ilja GLEBOV EST 81.86 43.86 38.00 4.95 4.60 4.70 4.85 4.65 0.00 #5
14 Jessica CRENSHAW / Chad TSAGRIS GRE 78.99 44.03 36.96 4.65 4.50 4.60 4.75 4.60 2.00 #2
15 Joanna SULEJ / Mateusz CHRUSCINSKI POL 76.41 38.73 37.68 4.90 4.60 4.65 4.85 4.55 0.00 #8
16 Nina IVANOVA / Filip ZALEVSKI BUL 67.75 37.71 31.04 4.20 3.70 3.90 3.90 3.70 1.00 #3



FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS

1 Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
RUS
213.15 2 1
2 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY
GER
211.72 1 2
3 Maria MUKHORTOVA / Maxim TRANKOV
RUS
202.03 3 3
4 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Stanislav MOROZOV
UKR
187.83 4 4
5 Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV
RUS
159.84 5 6
6 Nicole DELLA MONICA / Yannick KOCON
ITA
156.80 6 5
7 Vanessa JAMES / Yannick BONHEUR
FRA
151.28 7 7
8 Anais MORAND / Antoine DORSAZ
SUI
144.95 11 8
9 Maylin HAUSCH / Daniel WENDE
GER
142.76 9 9
10 Adeline CANAC / Maximin COIA
FRA
139.73 8 11
11 Stacey KEMP / David KING
GBR
137.29 13 10
12 Erica RISSEEUW / Robert PAXTON
GBR
130.09 14 12
13 Maria SERGEJEVA / Ilja GLEBOV
EST
129.46 12 13
14 Joanna SULEJ / Mateusz CHRUSCINSKI
POL
124.79 10 15
15 Jessica CRENSHAW / Chad TSAGRIS
GRE
115.59 16 14
16 Nina IVANOVA / Filip ZALEVSKI
BUL
106.31 15 16

Pl. Name Nation TSS
= TES
+ PCS
+ SS TR PE CH IN Ded.
- StN.

1 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 65.80 36.00 29.80 7.40 7.10 7.55 7.45 7.75 0.00 #35
2 Kiira KORPI FIN 64.26 36.50 27.76 6.90 6.70 7.10 6.90 7.10 0.00 #37
3 Laura LEPISTÖ FIN 62.96 34.60 28.36 7.10 6.95 7.15 7.00 7.25 0.00 #42
4 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO 60.82 33.70 27.12 6.70 6.55 6.90 6.85 6.90 0.00 #36
5 Alena LEONOVA RUS 58.26 32.10 27.16 6.80 6.60 6.95 6.70 6.90 1.00 #33
6 Julia SEBESTYEN HUN 57.44 31.20 26.24 6.65 6.25 6.70 6.50 6.70 0.00 #34
7 Valentina MARCHEI ITA 55.34 32.30 23.04 5.90 5.60 5.85 5.65 5.80 0.00 #25
8 Sarah MEIER SUI 54.86 28.22 26.64 6.60 6.45 6.85 6.60 6.80 0.00 #32
9 Ksenia MAKAROVA RUS 54.06 30.82 23.24 5.90 5.50 6.00 5.75 5.90 0.00 #26
10 Tugba KARADEMIR TUR 53.88 32.60 21.28 5.30 5.20 5.40 5.30 5.40 0.00 #23
11 Jenna MCCORKELL GBR 53.80 31.00 22.80 5.90 5.55 5.75 5.60 5.70 0.00 #38
12 Viktoria HELGESSON SWE 50.86 29.70 21.16 5.20 5.15 5.40 5.25 5.45 0.00 #24
13 Elena GLEBOVA EST 50.10 26.90 23.20 5.80 5.50 6.00 5.70 6.00 0.00 #40
14 Oksana GOZEVA RUS 47.26 27.10 21.16 5.35 5.15 5.35 5.30 5.30 1.00 #28
15 Ivana REITMAYEROVA SVK 47.06 28.10 18.96 4.90 4.60 4.85 4.65 4.70 0.00 #29
16 Sarah HECKEN GER 46.34 25.02 21.32 5.50 5.15 5.30 5.30 5.40 0.00 #39
17 Sonia LAFUENTE ESP 45.26 25.58 19.68 4.80 4.75 5.10 4.95 5.00 0.00 #31
18 Susanna PÖYKIÖ FIN 44.68 19.80 24.88 6.50 6.00 6.25 6.25 6.10 0.00 #41
19 Teodora POSTIC SLO 44.46 26.10 18.36 4.70 4.45 4.60 4.55 4.65 0.00 #22
20 Natalia POPOVA UKR 44.30 27.70 16.60 4.30 3.85 4.20 4.10 4.30 0.00 #7
21 Tamar KATZ ISR 43.70 23.62 20.08 5.15 4.85 5.10 5.00 5.00 0.00 #30
22 Katsiarina PAKHAMOVICH BLR 43.54 26.30 17.24 4.40 4.15 4.40 4.25 4.35 0.00 #16
23 Karly ROBERTSON GBR 41.74 25.62 16.12 4.15 3.80 4.15 3.95 4.10 0.00 #17
24 Shira WILLNER GER 38.10 22.70 16.40 4.35 3.95 4.15 4.05 4.00 1.00 #21
25 Miriam ZIEGLER AUT 36.06 18.30 18.76 4.80 4.55 4.85 4.60 4.65 1.00 #27
26 Mirna LIBRIC CRO 35.74 20.66 15.08 3.80 3.50 3.80 3.85 3.90 0.00 #14
27 Martina BOCEK CZE 35.08 20.00 16.08 4.25 3.80 4.10 3.95 4.00 1.00 #13
28 Manouk GIJSMAN NED 34.96 20.12 15.84 3.95 3.85 4.15 3.85 4.00 1.00 #19
29 Erle HARSTAD NOR 34.82 20.74 15.08 3.90 3.50 3.85 3.75 3.85 1.00 #18
30 Birce ATABEY TUR 33.76 21.12 13.64 3.55 3.25 3.45 3.35 3.45 1.00 #10
31 Katherine HADFORD HUN 32.66 16.90 15.76 4.00 3.70 4.15 3.90 3.95 0.00 #15
32 Karina JOHNSON DEN 32.16 18.24 14.92 3.85 3.55 3.75 3.80 3.70 1.00 #11
33 Isabelle PIEMAN BEL 30.32 15.52 15.80 3.90 3.80 4.05 4.00 4.00 1.00 #20
34 Fleur MAXWELL LUX 30.18 14.38 16.80 4.15 4.00 4.25 4.20 4.40 1.00 #8
35 Beatrice ROZINSKAITE LTU 29.60 17.00 13.60 3.60 3.10 3.50 3.35 3.45 1.00 #2
36 Clara PETERS IRL 29.42 15.74 13.68 3.40 3.25 3.35 3.45 3.65 0.00 #9
37 Sabina PAQUIER ROU 29.38 17.34 13.04 3.55 3.05 3.25 3.30 3.15 1.00 #3
38 Marina SEEH SRB 29.32 16.12 13.20 3.25 3.05 3.50 3.30 3.40 0.00 #5
39 Zanna PUGACA LAT 29.04 16.92 13.12 3.45 3.15 3.25 3.30 3.25 1.00 #4
40 Sonia RADEVA BUL 26.64 13.84 14.80 3.90 3.50 3.80 3.70 3.60 2.00 #12
41 Maria PAPASOTIRIOU GRE 23.02 9.98 13.04 3.25 3.10 3.45 3.20 3.30 0.00 #1
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