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2011 European Figure Skating Championships
Bern, SUI - PostFinance Arena
1/24/2011 - 1/30/2011
Event Results
Competition Notes from Wikipedia (more on site with spoilers)
The temperatures at the Swiss venue were unusually cold for a skating event, reaching minus-3 Celsius.[1] ISU President Ottavio Cinquanta conceded it was something new to have the event in such conditions and said the ISU would be more vigilant in the future.[1] Many spectators used blankets to keep warm during the long hours of competition.[2] Skaters also admitted they were affected by the cold, and Russian Alexander Smirnov said that he felt like the muscles weren't ready and jokingly added "If we had known about the temperature earlier, we would have prepared for it at home in St. Petersburg by skating naked," adding that "it is a little strange that a competition of this level would be held under these conditions. But the conditions are the same for everyone."[3] German pair team Maylin Hausch and Daniel Wende aborted an Axel lasso lift on the take-off, with Wende later saying "Already after the first minute I felt like shock frozen; just before the first lift I had no feeling in my fingers and in my legs. I couldn't do anything to prevent it."[3] The practice rink also received some criticism, with Nóra Hoffmann saying, "It was so white and everybody got lost in it. That was specially my problem there, I was so lost in the rink that I couldn't really focus, I didn't know where I was going."[4]
Bern, SUI - PostFinance Arena
1/24/2011 - 1/30/2011
Event Results
Competition Notes from Wikipedia (more on site with spoilers)
The temperatures at the Swiss venue were unusually cold for a skating event, reaching minus-3 Celsius.[1] ISU President Ottavio Cinquanta conceded it was something new to have the event in such conditions and said the ISU would be more vigilant in the future.[1] Many spectators used blankets to keep warm during the long hours of competition.[2] Skaters also admitted they were affected by the cold, and Russian Alexander Smirnov said that he felt like the muscles weren't ready and jokingly added "If we had known about the temperature earlier, we would have prepared for it at home in St. Petersburg by skating naked," adding that "it is a little strange that a competition of this level would be held under these conditions. But the conditions are the same for everyone."[3] German pair team Maylin Hausch and Daniel Wende aborted an Axel lasso lift on the take-off, with Wende later saying "Already after the first minute I felt like shock frozen; just before the first lift I had no feeling in my fingers and in my legs. I couldn't do anything to prevent it."[3] The practice rink also received some criticism, with Nóra Hoffmann saying, "It was so white and everybody got lost in it. That was specially my problem there, I was so lost in the rink that I couldn't really focus, I didn't know where I was going."[4]
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