The European Championships quietly concluded last weekend with the ladies free skate. Carolina Kostner of Italy took the crown - not sure what this means for her Olympics but it was definitely quite a breakthrough victory for her. Finland's Laura Lepisto was in second, while Georgia's spunky Elene Gedevanishvili was in third.
Russia's Alena Leonova was way down in seventh, it appears she peaked early in the season. I would place the European ladies on par with the Americans in the terms of medal threats at the Olympics...I would expect they'll have to capitalize on the errors of Yu-na Kim, the Japanese skaters, or Joannie Rochette.
Full results after the jump:
FPl. | Name | Nation | Points | SP | FS | |||
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1 | Carolina KOSTNER |
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173.46 | 1 | 1 | |||
2 | Laura LEPISTÖ |
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166.37 | 3 | 3 | |||
3 | Elene GEDEVANISHVILI |
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164.54 | 4 | 2 | |||
4 | Kiira KORPI |
|
163.68 | 2 | 5 | |||
5 | Sarah MEIER |
|
157.44 | 8 | 4 | |||
6 | Julia SEBESTYEN |
|
156.77 | 6 | 6 | |||
7 | Alena LEONOVA |
|
153.57 | 5 | 7 | |||
8 | Valentina MARCHEI |
|
149.46 | 7 | 8 | |||
9 | Ksenia MAKAROVA |
|
146.85 | 9 | 9 | |||
10 | Elena GLEBOVA |
|
138.93 | 13 | 10 | |||
11 | Viktoria HELGESSON |
|
137.10 | 12 | 12 | |||
12 | Tugba KARADEMIR |
|
136.42 | 10 | 13 | |||
13 | Oksana GOZEVA |
|
135.39 | 14 | 11 | |||
14 | Jenna MCCORKELL |
|
128.06 | 11 | 17 | |||
15 | Ivana REITMAYEROVA |
|
125.31 | 15 | 14 | |||
16 | Sarah HECKEN |
|
121.79 | 16 | 16 | |||
17 | Sonia LAFUENTE |
|
121.15 | 17 | 15 | |||
18 | Natalia POPOVA |
|
113.35 | 20 | 18 | |||
19 | Teodora POSTIC |
|
113.35 | 19 | 19 | |||
WD | Susanna PÖYKIÖ |
|
18 | |||||
21 | Tamar KATZ |
|
FNR | 21 | ||||
22 | Katsiarina PAKHAMOVICH |
|
FNR | 22 | ||||
23 | Karly ROBERTSON |
|
FNR | 23 | ||||
24 | Shira WILLNER |
|
FNR | 24 | ||||
25 | Miriam ZIEGLER |
|
FNR | 25 | ||||
26 | Mirna LIBRIC |
|
FNR | 26 | ||||
27 | Martina BOCEK |
|
FNR | 27 | ||||
28 | Manouk GIJSMAN |
|
FNR | 28 | ||||
29 | Erle HARSTAD |
|
FNR | 29 | ||||
30 | Birce ATABEY |
|
FNR | 30 | ||||
31 | Katherine HADFORD |
|
FNR | 31 | ||||
32 | Karina JOHNSON |
|
FNR | 32 | ||||
33 | Isabelle PIEMAN |
|
FNR | 33 | ||||
34 | Fleur MAXWELL |
|
FNR | 34 | ||||
35 | Beatrice ROZINSKAITE |
|
FNR | 35 | ||||
36 | Clara PETERS |
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FNR | 36 | ||||
37 | Sabina PAQUIER |
|
FNR | 37 | ||||
38 | Marina SEEH |
|
FNR | 38 | ||||
39 | Zanna PUGACA |
|
FNR | 39 | ||||
40 | Sonia RADEVA |
|
FNR | 40 | ||||
41 | Maria PAPASOTIRIOU |
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FNR | 41 |