Starting Orders for Men.

[zandor]

Liebers was the best skate for me, judges should notice him!

ITA!

Plus, he looks hot!

[lavender]

I'm very anxious, too. My heart sank to my stomach when I saw how low his score was. :( He's already in a dark place emotionally, so I can't imagine how he must be feeling right now.

I know siberia82 I thought of ya when I saw his score and placement. I can only hope that his new team is giving him the support he clearly needs.

[seniorita]

Actually, it's his 12th. I believe he's the oldest competitor in this event (KVDP is a month younger). It's a shame that Koffe didn't land the 3A properly, and his 3T was UR. Still, his SP is very beautiful, and he always brings out the best in his choreography.

really> ? I heard it from eurosport guys.
his sp is awesome yes

[Jaana]

I enjoyed following programmes most:

Amodio
Brezina
Verner
Liebers (he was definetely robbed in PCS, IMO)

[siberia82]

really> ? I heard it from eurosport guys.

I'm a Koffeholic, trust me, it's 12.

1. 2000
2. 2001
3. 2002
4. 2003
5. 2004
6. 2005
7. 2006
8. 2007
9. 2008
10. 2009
11. 2010
12. 2011

[snowflake]

^

Right, and he is a big forerunner(is that a correct word?) for modern male Swedish figure skating

[lavender]

I have to check out this Lieber guy.

[ivy]

It's not often that I get to see so many short programs, but the timing and finding a good feed just worked out. It reminded me how capricious judging still is. I feel Gachinshki and Joubert were given presents in the PCS, Liebers and Schultheiss held down. And Gachinski's quad combo got the exact same score as KVDP's - which seemed much tighter and cleaner. Oh well - on to the long

[Joesitz]

1 Q Florent AMODIO FRA 78.11 40.75 37.36 7.32 7.04 7.61 7.64 7.75 0.00 #27
2 Q Michal BREZINA CZE 76.13 39.64 36.49 7.36 6.96 7.39 7.39 7.39 0.00 #23
3 Q Artur GACHINSKI RUS 73.76 39.00 34.76 7.14 6.43 7.11 7.04 7.04 0.00 #22
4 Q Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL 73.61 39.65 33.96 6.89 6.43 6.96 6.82 6.86 0.00 #20
5 Q Tomas VERNER CZE 72.91 36.38 37.53 7.46 7.14 7.54 7.64 7.75 1.00 #21
6 Q Samuel CONTESTI ITA 72.78 36.57 36.21 6.93 6.82 7.36 7.39 7.71 0.00 #24
7 Q Brian JOUBERT FRA 70.44 34.90 36.54 7.43 6.86 7.32 7.39 7.54 1.00 #17
8 Q Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE 66.62 33.05 33.57 6.46 6.36 6.75 6.96 7.04 0.00 #18
9 Q Peter LIEBERS GER 64.53 35.31 29.22 6.04 5.54 5.89 5.93 5.82 0.00 #16
10 Q Alban PREAUBERT FRA 63.77 32.33 32.44 6.50 6.29 6.43 6.68 6.54 1.00 #26
11 Q Javier FERNANDEZ ESP 60.48 32.00 31.48 6.11 5.93 6.29 6.61 6.54 3.00 #19
12 Q Paolo BACCHINI ITA 59.39 30.92 29.47 5.79 5.39 5.89 6.11 6.29 1.00 #15
13 Q Jorik HENDRICKX BEL 59.14 31.77 27.37 5.61 5.11 5.61 5.50 5.54 0.00 #4
14 Q Konstantin MENSHOV RUS 58.82 29.15 29.67 6.07 5.68 5.89 5.96 6.07 0.00 #12
15 Q Adrian SCHULTHEISS SWE 58.36 28.07 31.29 6.43 6.04 6.32 6.32 6.18 1.00 #28
16 Q Laurent ALVAREZ SUI 56.64 31.89 24.75 5.14 4.61 5.04 4.96 5.00 0.00 #10
17 Q Viktor PFEIFER AUT 55.70 29.10 26.60 5.43 4.82 5.39 5.46 5.50 0.00 #5
18 Q Maxim SHIPOV ISR 53.99 32.42 21.57 4.57 3.96 4.36 4.36 4.32 0.00 #2
19 Q Anton KOVALEVSKI UKR 53.47 23.65 29.82 5.96 5.57 6.04 6.11 6.14 0.00 #25
20 Q Kim LUCINE MON 52.56 27.49 25.07 5.11 4.71 5.00 5.07 5.18 0.00 #8
21 Q Javier RAYA ESP 51.98 26.12 26.86 5.36 5.07 5.39 5.54 5.50 1.00 #13
22 Q Denis WIECZOREK GER 50.62 26.37 24.25 5.11 4.57 4.82 4.89 4.86 0.00 #14
23 Q Zoltan KELEMEN ROU 50.38 27.63 22.75 4.82 4.29 4.64 4.50 4.50 0.00 #9
24 Q Stephane WALKER SUI 49.74 24.35 25.39 5.14 4.75 5.18 5.14 5.18 0.00 #11
25 Maciej CIEPLUCHA POL 49.33 24.83 24.50 4.96 4.54 4.89 5.00 5.11 0.00 #7
26 Moris PFEIFHOFER SUI 46.93 22.75 25.18 5.14 4.61 5.14 5.11 5.18 1.00 #6
27 Ali DEMIRBOGA TUR 42.09 22.12 19.97 4.07 3.64 4.11 4.11 4.04 0.00 #3
28 Justus STRID DEN 41.84 19.63 22.21 4.43 4.14 4.57 4.46 4.61 0.00 #1

Nice to see the two best Men in Europe placing 1st and 2nd. I presume Brezina is completely healed from his injuries.
I haven't seen the comp, but I would like to see if Gachinsky improved so much.
v.d.Perren usually does better at Euros than GPs and Worlds. He is often underscored.
Verner is almost 4 points behind his teamate and 5 points behind the leader. He has some catching up to do.
Contesti is still in the game as much as Verner is.
Is the sunsetting on Joubert's career? I hope he begins to show the old fighter he once was.
Sunsetting on Berntsson.
finally Liebers is getting some acknowledgement. He's a lot better than what judges have been giving him before.
What happened to Preaubert?
Fernandez should leave Morozov who was just using him for experimentation. He could go to Orso.

[blue_idealist]

Nice to see the two best Men in Europe placing 1st and 2nd. I presume Brezina is completely healed from his injuries.
I haven't seen the comp, but I would like to see if Gachinsky improved so much.
v.d.Perren usually does better at Euros than GPs and Worlds. He is often underscored.
Verner is almost 4 points behind his teamate and 5 points behind the leader. He has some catching up to do.
Contesti is still in the game as much as Verner is.
Is the sunsetting on Joubert's career? I hope he begins to show the old fighter he once was.
Sunsetting on Berntsson.
finally Liebers is getting some acknowledgement. He's a lot better than what judges have been giving him before.
What happened to Preaubert?
Fernandez should leave Morozov who was just using him for experimentation. He could go to Orso.

Preaubert wiped out badly on a 3Loop, after doing a 3-3 and 3A cleanly.

[silverlake22]

Preaubert wiped out badly on a 3Loop, after doing a 3-3 and 3A cleanly.

I was still shocked at how low the score was. I would have thought more 67/68ish for that skate. His components were well below Contesti's which I don't agree with.

As for the Euro men at Worlds, Amodio and Brezina seem to be in a good place. If Tomas can skate a clean SP, he should be able to do well for himself too, his PCS were very good here even though the 3a fall sucked the life out of the performance a little bit.

As for Joubert, the competition isn't over yet. Judging by his PCS scores in the SP, if he skates well in the FS, his components will likely be really high, even skating in the penultimate group, so he can definitely pull up for a medal. 8 points behind the leader but only 4 points out of 3rd, he can make that up.

Verner still has a good shot at a medal as well and I'm not terribly nervous because he has been pretty solid in the FS this season, but gold is probably Amodio's to lose at this point.

Brezina is a bit of a question mark, he rocked the SP, but the injury and time off may be more apparent in the FS. I'm worried about his stamina and can see him falling off the podium after the FS. That being said, he is a good competitor and more than capable of medaling here.

Contesti can medal but he'll probably need mistakes from the others. With no quad planned in the FS and his scratchy skating, he's gonna need to be pretty clean to have a shot. His PCS were high in the SP though so if that trend continues his odds are better.

KVDP I don't think will medal, he just runs out of steam so quickly. He had the skate of his life in the FS at Worlds last year and only managed mid 140s, and this season on the GP he's been solid in the FS and has scored in the mid 130s. Being in the final flight could help his PCS though. He could also have an "off" night - he seems pretty hot and cold in general.

Gatchinski. I really can't stand his FS, but if he hits the jumps he should score well. I think he'll end up just shy of the podium but I could be wrong.

Predictions for Ending Results:

1.) Amodio
2.) Verner
3.) Joubert
4.) Contesti
5.) Brezina
6.) Gatchinski

[siberia82]

he is a big forerunner(is that a correct word?) for modern male Swedish figure skating

I'd use the word "pioneer".

Sunsetting on Berntsson.

He's balancing athletics with a Master's thesis in Electrical Engineering and a part-time job, so I'd say he's doing okay considering that his training time is shorter than a lot of the skaters at this event. And even if his "old" age is a factor, Kristoffer is still one of best the male figure skaters in Sweden. Schultheiss is 6 years his junior, yet his younger teammate has been unable to fully dethrone him. You'd think that Adrian would easily beat Koffe at every competition they both participate in, but that isn't the case.

[Smoke]

Florent (what a beautiful name) was amazing, he was obviously born to skate! Guess he'll get the gol medal. By the way, at the age of 2 he was adopted (he was brazilian) by a french couple.

Verner was really good as always. I loved Brezina's sp. Contesti and Brezina will need luck in lp.

V. D. Perren was great also, I'm hopeful for him.

Joubert was a huge disappointment. He may leave without any medals for the first time in European Champs

And my personal favourite... *cough* Peter LIEBERS. He'll get much more better results in Worlds.

[SkateFiguring]

Brian JOUBERT EC-2011 SP

Florent AMODIO EC-2011 SP

Hey and then there is this YT page for the motherlode.

[Joesitz]

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Brian JOUBERT EC-2011 SP

Florent AMODIO EC-2011 SP

Hey and then there is this YT page for the motherlode.

Thank you for those links, SkateFiguring. A serious Amodio is quite good. And joubert is still looking good
Are there any youtubes of Gachinski and Brezina?.