Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia took their fourth European title since 2012 on Saturday in Bratislava. Germany’s Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot claimed the silver medal in their debut as a team at the event, while Russians Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov repeated as bronze medalists.
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Despite the win, Trankov was annoyed with the pairs schedule.
“It was a very hard start to the day,” said Trankov. “We had an early practice then we stayed here in the rink before the free program because we had no time to go to the hotel. The schedule is crazy. I don’t know why since 2014 the organizers have made the schedule so crazy for pairs when we have these hard elements. All pairs skaters are very unhappy about this. The European Championships is the most horrible competition for pair skaters.”
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