Greetings from the President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation on ice skating Olympic champion Alexander Gorshkov
Dear friends! I am sincerely glad to welcome athletes, coaches, officials, all guests and fans of our wonderful sport - figure skating at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow!
Over the course of more than 100 years of history of the European Championships, the International Skating Union has four times granted our country the right to organize this prestigious tournament skaters. In 1911, St. Petersburg hosted the European Championship for the first time. The next European Championship, held in 1965 in Moscow, gave a powerful impetus to the rapid development of domestic figure skating. Subsequently, the championships of the European continent were held twice in Leningrad in 1970 and 1990. And, now, after more than half a century, the right to host the most prestigious tournament with the participation of the best skaters in Europe has been again granted to Moscow, the championship Europe will pass in the Russian capital from 16 to 21 January 2018.
The arena for the competitions of athletes will be the hospitable Ice Arena Megasport, where in 2011 as soon as possible World Championship was organized figure skating on skates, which, according to the unanimous opinion of all its participants and guests, was a great success.
A distinctive feature of the Moscow European Championship 2018 will be that it starts literally on the eve of the Olympic winter games in Pyeongchang, the official opening of which will take place on February 9. This circumstance makes the upcoming championship even more intriguing, since almost all the best skaters in Europe will take part in it, who will then soon have to join the sharpest struggle in the Olympic arenas. Therefore, there is no doubt that the Moscow tournament will arouse great interest among both loyal fans, figure skating enthusiasts, and representatives of the world's media.
All figure skating competitions held in our country always receive the highest marks and favorable reviews due to their impeccable organization. I am sure that the upcoming European Championship will traditionally be held on the high level. We are waiting for an exciting fight, bright performances, and the audience will get unforgettable emotions and impressions! We are waiting for you in ice palace"Megasport", on Khodynka!
The composition of the Russian team
Pair skating
- Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov,
- Ksenia Stolbova/Fyodor Klimov,
- Natalia Zabiyako/Alexander Enbert.
Substitutes - Kristina Astakhova/Alexey Rogonov, Alexandra Boikova/Dmitry Kozlovsky;
Dancing on Ice
- Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Solovyov,
- Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin,
- Tiffany Zagorski/Jonathan Gureyro.
Substitutes - Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov, Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin;
Men's single skating
- Mikhail Kolyada,
- Alexander Samarin,
- Dmitry Aliev.
Spare - Sergey Voronov, Artur Dmitriev;
Women's Singles -
- Alina Zagitova,
- Maria Sotskova,
- Evgeny Medvedev.
Substitutes - Stanislav Konstantinova, Polina Tsurskaya.
Schedule of European Figure Skating Champion 2018
Wednesday, January 17 |
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| 11:45 | Men - short program |
| 18:00 | Ice Opening Ceremony |
| 19:00 | Couples - short program |
Thursday, January 18 |
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| 12:30 | Women - short program |
| 18:55 | Pairs - free program |
Friday, January 19 |
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| 12:15 | Ice Dancing - short dance |
| 17:45 | Men - free program |
Saturday, January 20 |
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| 13:40 | Ice Dancing - Free Dance |
| 18:30 | Women - free program |
Sunday, January 21 |
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| 14:00 | EXHIBITION PERFORMANCES |
Schedule of the European Figure Skating Championships in Ostrava
Today, January 25, the European Figure Skating Championship starts in Ostrava (Czech Republic). Pairs will determine the European champions on January 26, single skaters - on the 27th, single skaters and dancers - on the 28th. The competition schedule is reported by the Sports Information Agency “Ves Sport”.
Competition schedule (Moscow time)
January 25 - women's short program (13.00), pairs, short program (20.45)
January 26 - dancers, short dance (14.00), sports couples, free program (21.00)
January 27 - men's short program (13.15), women's free program (20.00)
January 28 - dancers, free program (15.30), men, free program (19.50)
The main news of figure skating in Russia and the world today, January 25: European Figure Skating Championships 2017 starts in Czech Ostrava
European Figure Championship skating will take place in Czech Ostrava from 25 to 29 January. Russian figure skaters will compete for awards in all four types of the program, and the world leader women's skating Evgenia Medvedeva will have the task of defending the title of the strongest figure skater in Europe, obtained last year. The composition of the Russian national team for the European Championship was determined based on the results of the national championship, held at the end of December in Chelyabinsk. Russian team at the European Championship will be represented by the maximum possible number of participants, filling in three quotas in each of the disciplines. The winners and silver medalists of the Russian Championship received tickets to the European Championship automatically, the holders of the third quotas were determined by the coaching council and the executive committee of the Russian Figure Skating Federation. In the women's single skating In addition to Medvedeva, Russia will be represented by Maria Sotskova and Anna Pogorilaya, and in the men's event by Mikhail Kolyada, Alexander Samarin and Maxim Kovtun. V pair skating Ksenia Stolbova/Fyodor Klimov, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov and Natalya Zabiyako/Alexander Enbert will perform, and in ice dancing - Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Solovyov, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin and Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov. Who will compete with Medvedeva? Medvedeva has won almost every competition in which she took part in the last season and a half. She was second only at the Moscow stage of the Grand Prix last season. In the 2016/17 season, the Russian has already managed to break several world records again, win two Grand Prix stages, and then the second Series Final in a row. At the Russian Championship, Medvedev was again out of reach for competitors and in free program she even allowed herself to misbehave by jumping a cascade of three triple jumps, the last of which the judges, of course, did not count. "Well, why not jump if I can?" - the Russian woman told reporters after the speech. “I am very happy for Zhenya this season, it was not easy for her and the coach to keep that amazing form that Medvedeva had that year. It was also not easy for me to find colors for her new programs for the second season in a row, but it seems to me that we succeeded First of all, we need to talk about Zhenya as a figure skater who progresses from start to start, "the winner told R-Sport Olympic Games and director of programs Medvedeva Ilya Averbukh. At the last two European Championships, Russians have occupied all the steps of the podium, and there is a very good chance that this time the situation will not change. "The European Championship is, of course, a continuation of the Russian Championship," Averbukh stressed. Pogorilaya is the bronze medalist of the 2016 World Championship and this season was third in the Grand Prix Final. Sotskova spends her first season at the adult level, but has already managed to break into the top six in the Grand Prix Final in Marseille, and then became the bronze medalist of the national championship. Only capable of arguing with the Russians for medals five-time champion Europe Carolina Kostner, who returned to the ice after a long break due to disqualification. The Italian coach is now Alexei Mishin, and the athlete spent several training camps in St. Petersburg. “I don’t think that in the real conditions of the European Championship it will be dangerous for Russian figure skaters,” the specialist said earlier to the R-Sport agency. Russians against Germans Another game where the Russians have every chance of winning is pair skating. Olympic champions in Sochi team competition Stolbova and Klimov, who missed the first part of the season due to an injury to their partner, became the winners of the Russian Championship in December, beating the winners of the Grand Prix Final Tarasova and Morozov. Both duets in Ostrava are able to compete for gold, and their main rivals will be the Germans Alena Savchenko and Bruno Massot, silver medalists of the European championship last year. The German duo won two Grand Prix this season, but was forced to withdraw from the Final due to an injury to their partner. To protect the health of Savchenko, who recovered from damage, the duet even went for a slight simplification of the programs. “I think that at the European Championships there will be a very sharp fight for gold between Stolbova/Klimov and the Germans Alyona Savchenko/Bruno Massot,” says Viktor Kudryavtsev, Honored Coach of Russia. “But I’m sure that Stolbova and Klimov have got in shape. I really liked their new programs. They differ in construction, content, expressiveness of the drawing and choreography. There is a very big difference between Savchenko / Masso and Stolbova / Klimov in favor of our couple. " Will Fernandez falter? The Spaniard Javier Fernandez, the winner of the last four European Championships, this season cannot yet boast of stable performances and in the Grand Prix Final in Marseille remained outside the top three, but is still the main favorite in the fight for the already fifth European gold for him. Among those who will try to stop him are the Russians Kolyada, Samarin and Kovtun, the Israelis Daniel Samokhin and Alexei Bychenko, and the Czech Michal Brzhezina. Kolyada will go to the second European Championship in his career as a Russian champion. 18-year-old Samarin in Chelyabinsk became the second, the winner of the last two European championships Maxim Kovtun this time was only the third. “Even if Fernandez makes a few mistakes, he has a very big lead over our guys. I think the Spaniard will definitely take the gold, because his lead from the rest of his rivals is about the same as that of Zhenya Medvedeva in women's singles or Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Sizeron in ice dancing," says Averbukh. But, according to Kudryavtsev, the Russians are able to compete with the Spaniard. "On the recent competitions, including in the Grand Prix Final, Fernandez rolled unstably, there were a lot of shortcomings in the performance of quadruple jumps. As for the second assessment, he, of course, is a cut above our guys. But at the same time, if the performance of Kolyada, Samarin and Kovtun is stable, then they will compete for medals and, possibly, even for first place," he believes. Bobrova and Solovyov will compete with the favorites European and world champions of the last two seasons, the French Gabriella Papadakis /Guillaume Sizeron lost twice this season - and both times to Canadians Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, who decided to resume their careers. Olympic champions Sochi in team competition, champions of Europe-2013 Russians Bobrova and Solovyov. In December, they became the winners of the national championship for the sixth time, and earlier they stopped a step away from the podium in the Grand Prix Final. “I think that after all, with a clean, unmistakable performance of the French duo, he will win the European Championship, since the gap in past competitions and points between Papadakis / Sizeron and our guys was quite large. But the second place, if again no mistakes are made , will be for Bobrova and Solovyov, who this season are by far the best of Russian couples and show good performances", - Averbukh believes. Other contenders for medals include Russians Stepanova / Bukin and Sinitsina / Katsalapov, as well as Italians Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte. In 2014, the Italian dance duo won the European and World Championships, and two last season became the second in the European championships, second only to Papadakis / Sizeron. “Of course, it will not be so easy to win silver - the Italians will also fight for it, but I think the second place should still remain with Bobrova and Solovyov. I think the peak of the Italians has already passed, although this is a very strong duo. I also really like this season, Stepanova / Bukin, they will have a big fight with Sinitsina / Katsalapov, as well as the same Italians for third place," Averbukh believes.
This event will undoubtedly become a real decoration of the coming winter. The leaders of continental figure skating will demonstrate their skills on the ice of Minsk-Arena.
If for fans this is undoubtedly a holiday that unites sports and art, then for athletes it is one of the important steps on the way to Olympic Games 2022 that will be held in Beijing. The main competition for the Belarusian figure skaters will be France and Spain, who traditionally occupy the European podium.
The winners of the European Championship will be determined in four categories:
- feminine single skating
- men's single skating
- pair skating
- pair dance skating.
It is planned that more than 100 strongest figure skaters of the continent will take part in the tournament. One of the most highlights championship will be a gala concert. The organizers also promise a rich entertainment program that will surely appeal to the youngest guests of the championship and their parents: games and sports grounds for children, puzzles and quests for the whole family, interactive workshops. All this and, of course, the performances themselves are a reason to visit at least one of the stages of the championship. Connoisseurs of figure skating say: you need to watch the performances of skaters exclusively live, breathe the same air with the athletes, feel their excitement and inner tension.
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11:00 - Women - short program
18:00 – Opening ceremony on ice
18:45 - Pairs - short program
12:00 - Men - short program
19:00 - Pairs - free program
11:30 - Ice Dancing - Rhythmic Dance
18:00 - Women - free program
11:15 - Men - free program
16:25 – Dancing on ice – Free dance
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European Figure Skating Championships 2019 is the 111th edition of the international sports tournament, which will be held from 21 to 27 January 2019. The championship will be hosted by the Belarusian capital Minsk. The best figure skaters of Europe will gather in the main city of Belarus. A special place among them will be occupied by domestic athletes - one of the main contenders for victory! In the last edition, our team was the first in the overall medal count. Will Russia be able to repeat the success in Minsk?!
Schedule of the European Figure Skating Championships 2019
The 111th European Championship will take place in the first month of the year. The competition will be held from 21 to 27 January 2019.
The tournament will be hosted by Belarus for the first time. This became known during the meeting of the International Skating Union (ISU) in September 2016. Croatia, Ukraine, Austria and Estonia also claimed the role of the host country.
Minsk will be the center of the main events of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2019. Athletes will compete within the walls of the SC "Minsk-Arena".
This is a multifunctional sports and entertainment complex. On its territory, competitions are held among cyclists, skaters and even e-sportsmen. Minsk Arena is the home ground for the Belarusian hockey team No. 1 - Dynamo.
The sports arena can accommodate a little over 15,000 people. Limited number of seats. So fans who want to watch the European Figure Skating Championships 2019 live need to take care of buying tickets ahead of time!
Program European Figure Skating Championships 2019
Spectators will see performances in four types of competitions:
- single men's skating;
- dancing on Ice;
- women's single skating;
- pair skating.
Members
Dozens of figure skaters from all parts of Europe, as well as from Israel, will come to the Belarusian capital. Russia will have the largest representation. Our athletes have maximum amount quotas in each competitive category.
To become participants in the European Championship, athletes must show a minimum technical score in tournaments preceding the European Championship. The values of technical scores will be published on the official website of the European Championship 2019 in figure skating or on the resource of the International Skating Union - www.isu.org.
Minimum technical assessments to participate in the European Championship 2018 looked like this:
- men - 25 in the short program / 45 in the free program;
- women - 20/36
- couples - 20/36
- ice dancers - 19/29.
Results of the 2019 European Figure Skating Championships
The main favorites of the upcoming tournament are the Russians. They are recognized masters in their sport. Another undeniable advantage is the venue. Belarus is almost Russia. Domestic athletes will compete like at home!
In the last edition of the tournament, which was held in Moscow, domestic masters achieved almost 100% results. In total, the Russians won 9 medals, two of which were of the highest value.
the best Russian men were Dmitry Aliev and Mikhail Kolyada. They won silver and bronze medals respectively. The gold went to Spaniard Javier Fernandez.
Russian fans have been waiting for gold medals. It is possible that our figure skater will finally become the best among men at the European Figure Skating Championships 2019!
In pair skating, domestic participants had no equal! The entire top three was occupied by Russian representatives. The duet of Evgeny Tarasov / Vladimir Morozov was especially good.
Our ice dancing masters did not fall face down in the mud either. Let the gold fly to France, but the silver and bronze remained with the Russians. The second place went to the duo Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Solovyov, and the third place went to Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin.
Competitions among female singles is another reason to buy tickets to the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2019. For the strongest figure skaters in the world represent Russia!
This statement was clearly proved by the results of the European Championship 2018. The 110th edition of the championship was remembered for the super confrontation Alina Zagitova vs. Evgeny Medvedev. As a result, the triumph was sensationally won by yesterday's junior Alina Zagitova!
Our skaters could take the entire podium. Maria Sotskova claimed the prize. But the experienced Italian Carolina Kostner intervened in the medal layouts. Therefore, the Russian woman showed only the 4th result.
If the national team is not mowed down by injuries, our female single skaters at the European Figure Skating Championships 2019 will again be the first!