Friday, February 6, 2009

2009 European Figure Skating Championships

2009 European Figure Skating Championships
20.1.2009 – 25.1.2009
Helsinki, Finland

Official site

Entries/Schedule/Results

Pairs Results
1Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY

GER
199.0721
2Yuko KAWAGUCHI / Alexander SMIRNOV

RUS
182.7732
3Maria MUKHORTOVA / Maxim TRANKOV

RUS
182.0714
4Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Stanislav MOROZOV

UKR
171.3443
5Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Nodari MAISURADZE

RUS
147.8455
6Nicole DELLA MONICA / Yannick KOCON

ITA
135.3386
7Erica RISSEEUW / Robert PAXTON

GBR
129.78107
8Maylin HAUSCH / Daniel WENDE

GER
129.6798
9Adeline CANAC / Maximin COIA

FRA
129.06710
10Vanessa JAMES / Yannick BONHEUR

FRA
127.71129

Men Results
1Brian JOUBERT

FRA
232.0112
2Samuel CONTESTI

ITA
220.9233
3Kevin VAN DER PERREN

BEL
219.3644
4Yannick PONSERO

FRA
219.3091
5Alban PREAUBERT

FRA
212.2255
6Tomas VERNER

CZE
207.9827
7Andrei LUTAI

RUS
200.5786
8Kristoffer BERNTSSON

SWE
186.15710
9Sergei VORONOV

RUS
184.96613
10Michal BREZINA

CZE
183.19178

Ice Dance Results
1Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI

RUS
196.91111
2Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI

ITA
186.17224
3Sinead KERR / John KERR

GBR
185.20333
4Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT

FRA
184.84442
5Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE

ITA
172.67765
6Pernelle CARRON / Matthieu JOST

FRA
168.03657
7Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergei VERBILLO

UKR
160.62996
8Ekaterina RUBLEVA / Ivan SHEFER

RUS
156.4312109
9Kristin FRASER / Igor LUKANIN

AZE
156.00111110
10Katherine COPELY / Deividas STAGNIUNAS

LTU
155.571588

Ladies Results
1Laura LEPISTÖ

FIN
167.3212
2Carolina KOSTNER

ITA
165.4231
3Susanna PÖYKIÖ

FIN
156.3123
4Alena LEONOVA

RUS
143.99114
5Kiira KORPI

FIN
139.0176
6Katarina GERBOLDT

RUS
137.0558
7Annette DYTRT

GER
136.98125
8Julia SEBESTYEN

HUN
134.47147
9Jenna MCCORKELL

GBR
131.42412
10Tugba KARADEMIR

TUR
130.85910

I know, I know, it happened last month and I'm late but I was sick during the Euros and I spent the entire week in bed watching skating, which is good I guess as opposed to staying in bed without skating.

A few random comments regarding the competitions:
Pairs:
- Maria MUKHORTOVA / Maxim TRANKOV - still can't take the pressure and fail to deliver during the LP
- Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Stanislav MOROZOV - are still improving, I'm impressed how far they got considering where they started
- Yuko KAWAGUCHI / Alexander SMIRNOV - what is it with the Russians and their fascination for clown numbers?

Men:
- Brian JOUBERT - I was happy to see him win, he was slightly better during the SP, changing the LP was a good idea, I didn't like the other one he used this season. I was a little disappointed to see him play it safe during the LP, I would have liked to see a real fight.
- Samuel CONTESTI - he was the highlights of the entire competition for me, I loved his cowboy program
- Kevin VAN DER PERREN - happy to see him on the podium again, not crazy about the skeleton costume
- Yannick PONSERO - getting better too, impressing LP
- Alban PREAUBERT - not sure what to say, not crazy about his style and I never liked his programs much
- Tomas VERNER - loved both of his programs, sad to see the meltdown during the LP
- Kristoffer BERNTSSON - it's confirmed once again, he's better during the SP and always had problems with the LP

Ice Dance:
- Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI - the OD neon outfit is still making me cringe, I liked them, well, well enough for first place
- Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI - good God I hated all of their costumes, and they didn't convince me with their programs either
- Sinead KERR / John KERR - absolutely loved them though they looked sort of tensed during the FS
- Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT - didn't like their costumes and clowns again? *shudders*
- Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE - I like them, they look sweet and innocent

Ladies:
- Laura LEPISTÖ - she delivered a solid performance
- Carolina KOSTNER - loved her costumes but for some reason she fails to convince me
- Susanna PÖYKIÖ - it was nice to see her do well again
- Kiira KORPI - I would have liked to see her perform better

As for the Gala, nothing outstanding really... no, can't remember anything.

See you at the Worlds! (on the couch of course ;))

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