Aljona Savchenko & Bruno Massot

Savchenko and Massot opened their Caro Emerald routine with a massive triple twist, but they both tumbled on side-by-side triple salchows, with Savchenko also falling on a throw triple axel. The European silver medalists received 69.51 points to position themselves in second, but the pair is fully aware that mistakes cost them the top spot entering the free skate.

"I don't know what happened," Savchenko said. "It was the first time that we fell on the jump. As for the lift, my skirt got in the way and I couldn't execute it properly."

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Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot out of Gala. Savchenko sprained her right ankle on the fall on the throw triple Axel in the free skate today.

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Unfortunately, Savchenko sprained her right ankle when she fell on the throw triple Axel. They scored a total of 210.59.

“I felt a sharp pain, but I tried to continue (the best I could),” said Savchenko. “I just had to.”

While the pair elements, such as lifts and spins, were strong, the team decided not to go for the quad throw Salchow under these circumstances. Nevertheless, Savchenko stepped out of the landing of a triple throw Salchow. The usually tough skater was in tears in the mixed zone, barely able to speak. A bit later, she felt better, but was limping at the victory ceremony and had to withdraw from the exhibition gala.

“We need to check out the injury at home to find out whether the injury is serious or if it is only a strain that will be okay after a few days,” coach Alexander Koenig said.

Massot looked very nervous in the long program, but he pointed out that he enjoyed skating in France again.

“I think we got a very good welcome here,” said the French-born skater. “It was amazing to skate here. It was really hard to do two competitions in a row, physically, but more so in the head. I did bad mistakes in the beginning of the program, but I came back and we did good lifts.”

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musicfan80 said:

Oh, this is too cute for words!

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Crossover said:

The post with emoticons and hashtags #competition #shortprogram makes me curious about Aliona's ankle condition. Are they alluding to plan to compete in GPF?

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Tastetherainbow said:

I absolute wish Aliona a quick recovery and hope that she doesn't rush her recovery to compete in the GPF. They already get top pair PCS, so there is really nothing to prove. The goal is OG gold, and missing GPF this year really doesn't stray far off from that path. I also hope that should they decide that they can't compete, that they will withdraw with enough time so that the first alternate can go because those pairs also deserve a chance in the GPF. But anyways, from the instagram post it seems that she's in high spirits, so please take care of that injury!

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The participation of the Oberstdorf runners Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot in the Grand Prix final of the figure skaters in Marseille next week is still questionable.

After a new medical examination, it is to be decided on Wednesday whether a start in the French metropolis is possible and meaningful.

The 32-year-old Savchenko had a partial tear of the inner band in his right ankle, two weeks ago at the Trophee de France in Paris. Nevertheless, the duo had won this competition in the French capital.

"Aliona is doing well in the circumstances, but the pain has not yet completely disappeared at high load," said coach Alexander König on Monday the "SID". Should the runners-up of the European Championships cancel their start in Marseille on Wednesday, the German championships on the 16th / December her next competition in Berlin.

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Cancellation of Grand Prix Final
 
Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot have to cancel the Grand Prix final in Marseille due to the foot injury of Aljona. The couple tried everything to the end, but the time was unfortunately too short to heal the injury suffered in Paris.
We keep our fingers crossed for a quick recovery!

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