Russian figure skaters took seven medals at the European Championship – BBC News

Russian figure skaters won the unofficial team standings at the European Championships. The tournament ended in Slovakia. Total Russians 7 medals.

Stability – a sign of excellence. This is one of the favorite and most objective sports sayings, which perfectly characterizes, including the situation in figure skating. For many years the Russian national team at the European championships won two out of four gold medals. Tournament in Slovakia, this trend is not violated.

However, it all began for us exactly as we expected. Maxim Kovtun – for several years as the main hope of the Russian men’s figure skating – a serious mistake in the long program and missed the second, which took on the results of the short program. As a result, the skater leaves from Bratislava with a bronze medal. Too bad, but given that last year there were silver, is obtained as in that joke – the sediment remained. On the gold in the men’s singles count was virtually impossible – for the fourth time in a row by a wide margin the European champion was the Spaniard Javier Ferndandes.

In the women’s figure skating competition we just crazy, it is obvious to all our skater is beneficial . We expected that the first three places at the Euro will take our girls – the way it turned out. The only question was how eventually will be distributed on a pedestal, Russian figure skater. Distributed in the same way to the end of December, in the championship of Russia. Evgeny Medvedev, which holds the first season at senior level, and which made its debut at the continental championships, became the champion, silver Elena Radionova, bronze – Anna Pogorilaya.

The sport dancing situation is about the same as in the men’s singles . There were clear favorites, which confirmed this status – at first glance, do not really straining, Olympic champions – couple Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov – became four-time champion of Europe. At the end of the short program Maxim Trankov genuinely upset that not scored 80 points, and when he won the gold, no less sincerely Maxim said, their experience allows to win, even riding at less than full. And even before the tournament Tatiana said that their main rival – it themselves.

The third place in sports pairs – and Russia: Eugene Tarasov and Vladimir Morozov.

The fourth discipline – dancing ice. There are also no surprises. The favorites were the Italian and the French couple, they are also the first two places and painted. The French champions were Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cicero. Russians Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev are leaving Slovakia with decent bronze.

In the medal standings Russian national team confidently took the first place. Seven medals – two gold, silver and four bronze. Representatives of any other country in Bratislava did not win even two medals.

European Championship a clear advantage for the Russian figure skaters can be considered victorious. Ahead of the new test – at the turn of March and April in the American Boston will host the World Cup, there was already join the Americans and Asians, so the competition will be more serious than in Europe.

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