The European figure skating championships got underway today with the compulsory dance and pairs short programs.
In the dance portion, no surprise, with Russia's reigning world champions Domnina and Shabalin way out in front. In second is Russia's Khokhlova and Novitski, less than a point ahead of Italy's Faiella and Scali. Rounding out the top six are Great Britain's Kerr and Kerr, France's Pechalat and Bourzat, and Italy's Cappellini and Lanotte, respectively. Ice dancing will continue on Thursday with the Original Dance.
The pairs segment may be a bit surprising in how close the top three pairs are, with Savchenko and Szolkowy of Germany, the reigning world champs, less than a point ahead of Russia's Kavaguti and Smirnov and Mukhortova and Trankov. This is not good for Savchenko and Szolkowy, and they received a lower technical score than either Russian team. The free skate is tomorrow.
Full results after the jump.
Ice Dance Compulsories
| Pl. | Name | Nation | TSS = |
TES + |
PCS + |
SS | TI | PF | IN | Ded. - |
StN. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Pairs Short Program
| Pl. | Name | Nation | TSS = |
TES + |
PCS + |
SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Ded. - |
StN. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |