2012 European Figure Skating Championships - Sheffield, Great Britain

[labgoat]

2012 European Figure Skating Championships -
Sheffield, Great Britain
January 23–29, 2012

**ALERT: This thread has been given its own page now. All updates will occur on the new page from now on.
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/t...-championships-sheffield-great-britain.87389/

ISU Event page
http://www.isuresults.com/results/ec2012/

ISU Media Advisory (1/25/2012)
Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy (GER) have withdrawn from the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2012 before the Pairs Short Program, citing injury. The couple decided to withdraw following the morning practice. Savchenko had suffered an injury to her left thigh in a fall on a throw jump in practice in Chemnitz, Germany on Thursday, January 12. "Aliona aggravated her injury when doing a pair spin in training. She is in pain and unable to perform all elements," said German team doctor Stefan Pfrengle. "We will continue intense physiotherapy and I expect her to resume training in five to seven days," he added. "It was a very difficult decision for us. We came to the Eurpoean Championships and now we are unable to compete. The risk is too high to aggravate the injury further," coach Ingo Steuer said.

Day 1
Preliminary Round Ice Dance/ Free Dance – no video
Preliminary Round Men Free Skating – no video

Day 2
Preliminary Round Ladies Free Skating – no video

 

[labgoat]

Day 3
Pairs SP
1 Elizabeta MAKAROVA / Leri KENCHADZE BUL
2 Alexandra HERBRIKOVA / Rudy HALMAERT CZE
3 Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES FRA
4 Daria POPOVA / Bruno MASSOT FRA
5 Anais MORAND / Timothy LEEMANN SUI
6 Danielle MONTALBANO / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI ISR
7 Maria PALIAKOVA / Mikhail FOMICHEV BLR
8 Sally HOOLIN / James HUNT GBR
9 Carolina GILLESPIE / Luca DEMATTE ITA
10 Stina MARTINI / Severin KIEFER AUS
11 Lubov BAKIROVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK BLR
12 Stacey KEMP / David KING GBR
13 Maylin HAUSCH / Daniel WENDE GER
14 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV RUS - may be blocked
15 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS
16 Stefania BERTON / Ondrej HOTAREK ITA
17 Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE GER
18 Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV RUS
Results after Pairs SP

Ice Dance SD
1 Nadezhda FROLENKOVA / Mikhail KASALO UKR
2 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA
3 Tanja KOLBE / Stefano CARUSO GER
4 Siobhan HEEKIN-CANEDY / Dmitri DUN UKR
5 Zsuzsanna NAGY / Mate FEJES HUN
6 Louise WALDEN / Owen EDWARDS GBR
7 Gabriela KUBOVA / Dmitri KISELEV CZE
8 Julia ZLOBINA / Alexei SITNIKOV AZE
9 Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Neil BROWN CZE
10 Irina SHTORK / Taavi RAND EST
11 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS
12 Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS LTU
13 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA
14 Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Ilia TKACHENKO RUS | copy 2
15 Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND GBR
16 Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS | copy 2
17 Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ ESP
18 Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI GER
19 Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES FRA
20 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA
Results after Dance SD

 

[labgoat]

Day 4
Men SP
1 Jason THOMPSON GBR
2 Slavik HAYRAPETYAN ARM
3 Ali DEMIRBOGA TUR
4 Evgeni PLUSHENKO RUS | US version
5 Dmitri IGNATENKO UKR
6 Maciej CIEPLUCHA POL
7 Paul FENTZ GER
8 Zoltan KELEMEN ROU
9 Alexei BYCHENKO ISR
10 Justus STRID DEN
11 Viktor PFEIFER AUT
12 Vitali LUCHANOK BLR
13 Pavel KASKA CZE
14 Viktor ROMANENKOV EST
15 Kim LUCINE MON
16 Chafik BESSEGHIER FRA
17 Sergei VORONOV RUS
18 Michal BREZINA CZE
19 Peter LIEBERS GER
20 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP
21 Tomas VERNER CZE
22 Brian JOUBERT FRA
23 Florent AMODIO FRA
24 Jorik HENDRICKX BEL
25 Artur GACHINSKI RUS
26 Samuel CONTESTI ITA
27 Alexander MAJOROV SWE
28 Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL
29 Paolo BACCHINI ITA
Results after Men SP

Pairs FS
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Anais MORAND / Timothy LEEMANN SUI
2 Sally HOOLIN / James HUNT GBR
3 Lubov BAKIROVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK BLR
4 Stina MARTINI / Severin KIEFER AUT
Warm-Up Group 2
5 Danielle MONTALBANO / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI ISR
6 Alexandra HERBRIKOVA / Rudy HALMAERT CZE
7 Stacey KEMP / David KING GBR
8 Carolina GILLESPIE / Luca DEMATTE ITA
Warm-Up Group 3
9 Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE GER
10 Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES FRA
11 Daria POPOVA / Bruno MASSOT FRA
12 Maylin HAUSCH / Daniel WENDE GER
Warm-Up Group 4
13 Stefania BERTON / Ondrej HOTAREK ITA
14 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS
15 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV RUS
16 Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV RUS
Pairs Victory Ceremony

 

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Day 5
Ladies SP
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Chelsea Rose CHIAPPA HUN
2 Myriam LEUENBERGER SUI
3 Clara PETERS IRL
4 Fleur MAXWELL LUX
5 Alina FJODOROVA LAT
Warm-Up Group 2
6 Romy BÜHLER SUI
7 Juulia TURKKILA FIN
8 Francesca RIO ITA
9 Kaat VAN DAELE BEL
10 Monika SIMANCIKOVA SVK
Warm-Up Group 3
11 Isabelle PIEMAN BEL
12 Karina JOHNSON DEN
13 Nathalie WEINZIERL GER
14 Polina KOROBEYNIKOVA RUS
15 Natalia POPOVA UKR
16 Yretha SILETE FRA
Warm-Up Group 4
17 Joshi HELGESSON SWE
18 Elena GLEBOVA EST – may be blocked
19 Viktoria HELGESSON SWE
20 Mae Berenice MEITE FRA
21 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO
22 Sonia LAFUENTE ESP
Warm-Up Group 5
23 Kiira KORPI FIN | another version
24 Ksenia MAKAROVA RUS
25 Valentina MARCHEI ITA
26 Jenna MCCORKELL GBR
27 Carolina KOSTNER ITA
28 Alena LEONOVA RUS
Results after Ladies SP
Small medal ceremony 2012 EC ladies SP

Ice Dance FD
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Siobhan HEEKIN-CANEDY / Dmitri DUN UKR
2 Nadezhda FROLENKOVA / Mikhail KASALO UKR
3 Irina SHTORK / Taavi RAND EST
4 Gabriela KUBOVA / Dmitri KISELEV CZE
5 Zsuzsanna NAGY / Mate FEJES HUN – blocked by WMG
Warm-Up Group 2
6 Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ ESP
7 Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Neil BROWN CZE
8 Tanja KOLBE / Stefano CARUSO GER
9 Julia ZLOBINA / Alexei SITNIKOV AZE
10 Louise WALDEN / Owen EDWARDS GBR
Warm-Up Group 3
11 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA
12 Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES FRA
13 Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI GER
14 Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS
15 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA
Warm-Up Group 4
16 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS
17 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA
18 Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Ilia TKACHENKO RUS
19 Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS LTU
20 Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND GBR
EC 2012 Ice Dance Victory Ceremony

 

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Day 6
Men FS
1 Paul FENTZ GER
2 Alexei BYCHENKO ISR
3 Viktor PFEIFER AUT
4 Maciej CIEPLUCHA POL
5 Dmitri IGNATENKO UKR – may be blocked
6 Viktor ROMANENKOV EST
7 Peter LIEBERS GER
8 Kim LUCINE MON
9 Sergei VORONOV RUS
10 Justus STRID DEN
11 Zoltan KELEMEN ROU
12 Paolo BACCHINI ITA
13 Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL – WD due to injury
14 Brian JOUBERT FRA
15 Alexander MAJOROV SWE
16 Jorik HENDRICKX BEL
17 Samuel CONTESTI ITA
18 Chafik BESSEGHIER FRA
19 Tomas VERNER CZE
20 Evgeni PLUSHENKO RUS | alt link | advice | interview after FS
21 Michal BREZINA CZE
22 Artur GACHINSKI RUS | unblocked version - may be blocked by ISU unless in US
23 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP
24 Florent AMODIO FRA
Men Final Results
EC 2012 Men Victory Ceremony
Men FS Group 2 tdp

Ladies FS
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Romy BÜHLER SUI
2 Nathalie WEINZIERL GER
3 Myriam LEUENBERGER SUI
4 Francesca RIO ITA
5 Karina JOHNSON DEN
6 Natalia POPOVA UKR
Warm-Up Group 2
7 Isabelle PIEMAN BEL
8 Jenna MCCORKELL GBR
9 Alina FJODOROVA LAT
10 Monika SIMANCIKOVA SVK
11 Juulia TURKKILA FIN
12 Sonia LAFUENTE ESP
Warm-Up Group 3
13 Polina KOROBEYNIKOVA RUS
14 Yretha SILETE FRA
15 Elena GLEBOVA EST
16 Mae Berenice MEITE FRA
17 Joshi HELGESSON SWE
18 Valentina MARCHEI ITA
Warm-Up Group 4
19 Kiira KORPI FIN
20 Alena LEONOVA RUS
21 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO
22 Carolina KOSTNER ITA
23 Ksenia MAKAROVA RUS – may be blocked by ISU unless in US
24 Viktoria HELGESSON SWE
Ladies Final Results
Ladies Victory Ceremony


Europeans 2012 Gala Exhibition Playlist

 

[labgoat]

Dear folks, this will be my last list for awhile as my computer needs a rebuild.
I will respond via phone when I can, just not as promptly for awhile.
Enjoy and please leave me comments or better links if you have them.

Please check the GS archives for years 2013-present for the video threads & Walt's lists in the Fan Fest Oldies threads for older events

Also, I can't believe I finished all these lists!!!

 

[kolyadafan2002]

Thank you for this. I remember watching this live in person and it brings back so many memories.

 

[plushyfan]

WOW! When Evgeni Plushenko won his last European champion title.. Plushenko fandom cried and were so happy at the same time!
A fan report:

ONLY ONE WORD: PLUSHENKO

I tried in these days to find the right way to express how I felt but I always think to be trivial, repetitive,maybe because there have not been invented yet words to express for real the type of emotion that Evgeni Plushenko was capable to gift us all.

Evgeni has always made me happy. Every time I see him down on the ice skating, no matter if for a show or for a training, I experience a feeling of absolute harmony. But this was my first time in a competition with the presence of Evgeni, and was a long-cherished desire to be able to applaud him during a comp, be there to suffer, to wait, to exult. Never before like this particular time I realized that Evgeni has something more, a special indefinable “something” that can not be defined with only the talent, technique, even with artistic expression. Evgeni is will to succeed even when the obstacles seem too high, is the belief in himself without being let down by hasty or negative judgments, is the determination to face with courage the tests, the humility to make it even starting all over again.

Evgeni Plushenko in the European championships started from the qualification rounds, the skater who won everything put himself back into the sport from the lowest level, beginning with the first group. I arrived in Sheffield running without breathing just in time for the short program, with Elisabetta and Consuelo we crossed our fingers to be able to catch all flights and train transfers and at the end, when we finally entered the arena the first athlete of the first group was finishing his program. Just in time to sit back and to actually realize where are we and the heart starts beating furiously... Here we are, it's his turn to skate and my hands squeeze Elisabetta's one stronlgy. Triple toeloop triple toeloop combination, and the program goes on easily,with intensity, then a beautiful triple axel, the refined and elegant step sequence and Evgeni ends his routine while I still do not realize that it actually happened, I made it, I'm here! He didn't perform the quadruple toe-loop, but his followers are conscious that Evgeni is not in good shape. The left knee still hurts very much, and it's gonna be back to the hospital for another surgery soon. The only fact of his presence here is kind of a miracle, is the result of his steadfast determination. He finished the short program in second place,who did better than him was only Artur Gachinski, sharing an intense and well executed program. The following day we go to watch the practice, and Evgeni is really focused, he enters into the ice rink, begins to warm-up, try a few jumps. Then Mishin, from outside the ice, he raises his hand, waving his 4 fingers ... that's an indication to try the quad. Elisabetta understands the signal and make us to notice that so we are anxiously awaiting. Here is the preparation and the jump and the fast rotation, not a perfect landing, the fall. We tremble but Evgeni gets up quickly, takes up speed again and within seconds after he lands right in front of us a beautiful quad toe loop, and then one more, in combination with a triple toe-loop and again a beautiful triple axel. I reach the stars for happiness I feel in my heart that Evgeni will give us another demonstration of his greatness as an athlete during the free program, erasing in a minute, without too many words, doubts and criticisms that accompanied the last period of his career when heaters said: he is not gonna make it, he is too old than his opponents, he is gonna fail to catch up with the new regulations, he has no transitions skills and he is no longer as fast as he was in the past... I have always believed in him, because I am firmly convinced that Evgeni has a strong self confidence and never gives up. Everybody should be aware of it right now, after many years of career and many titles he won, but maybe someone needs one more demonstration about who is Plushenko.

Saturday morning at 6:30 a.m. we are on the supertram that brings us to the arena. We go inside,in the air spreads the music program of one of the competing athletes. Our heart is flooded with emotion, we sit in the bleachers close to the rink and after a while Evgeni takes the ice: he wears a brand new costume, black, elegant, his face is serious, focused, we feel the tension for the cometition just like he does, because this is a turning point and a confirmation for him. Some laps around the rink, some jumps. We observe him in silence, quivering of his own emotions ... in a few hours on freeskate we will know if our feelings are real: we see him ready and truly motivated. At the end of the practice session he stopped for a moment staring at the ice, immersed in thoughts that maybe we can imagine... And finally, the competition begins, athletes succeed one by one, we applaud, we participate, but our minds and our hearts are all addressed to him. Here he is warming up outside the ice rink, my hands tight to Consuelo and Elisabetta, the heartbeat accelerated. The music begins as well as the magic. First jump, a perfect quadruple we scream all together, and immediately after a beautiful triple axel followed by a triple toeloop. The excitement never seems to end. These are the longest four and a half minutes I've ever experienced. Evgeni skates easily gifting us a jump after another with a confidence that leaves us breathless. The song is in its own strings, a passionate tango, burning just like his sight which catches all the arena's attention to him. The circular step sequence is so beautiful that my eyes fill with tears of emotion, but I have no time because the program is going forward, strong and fast ending in a thrilling finale in which we see all his grit, his desire to be there to make only one thing: winning. The arena is all standing up to cheer him. This is the establishment of a record that nobody can take him away. We have not seen the scores yet, but for us, for every person inside the arena, Evgeni is the winner.

What can I say? There is no need of scores – stellar, by the way - to make clear of what was this competition, and no doubts about who is Plushenko. So I steal the definition of him made by an old man met in the elevator of the hotel,who was listening me talking about Evgeni and who said smiling at me:"Only one word: Plushenko"

Thank you Evgeni.

N.B. Thanks to Elisabetta, Consuelo and Sara with whom I shared this extraordinary adventure.

 

[Sabrina]

Artur Gachinski's FP is blocked for Canada

 

[labgoat]

Artur Gachinski's FP is blocked for Canada

That is unfortunate, I have looked for other links and they are blocked by ISU on my side, but give them a try, hopefully they work on your side. I am based in the US and am able to see the listed link.

Europei Sheffield 2012 MEN FP -22/24- Artur GACHINSKI - 28/01/2012

Segment score: 161.47 OVERALL Score: 246.27 TUTTO in sezione ICE SKATING de La Riserva forum http://lariserva.forumcommunity.net

www.youtube.com

Artur GACHINSKI EC-2012 FP

Total Segment Score 161.47. Overall 246.27 I do not own anything of this. This video was made for entertainment purposes only. All the rights belong to their...

www.youtube.com

2012 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS ARTUR GACHINSKI LP

2ND PLACE OVERALL

www.youtube.com

or here is the version at Russian nationals

Artur GACHINSKI 2012 LP Russian Nationals

Произвольная программа, Чемпионат России 2012, Саранск (166.06, 2nd; Total 249.58, 2nd; 26.12.2011) Артур Гачинский

www.youtube.com

Anyone else, know of another unblocked version to help this viewer?

EDIT: I just found one

Artur GACHINSKI Артур ГАЧИНСКИЙ 2nd SILVER FS Europeans 2012 Sheffield 28.01.12 – смотреть видео онлайн в Моем Мире | BAD *

Artur GACHINSKI Артур ГАЧИНСКИЙ 2nd SILVER FS Europeans 2012 Sheffield 28.01.12 – 67 просмотров, продолжительность: 07:39 мин. Смотреть бесплатно видеоальбом BAD * в социальной сети Мой Мир.

my.mail.ru

The one I can't find is Ksenia Makarova 2012 Euro FS
I can only find 2012 Russian Nationals

Ksenia MAKAROVA 2012 LP Russian Nationals

Произвольная программа, Чемпионат России 2012, Саранск (111.19, 6th; Total 175.49, 4th; 27.12.2011) Ксения Макарова

www.youtube.com

 

[labgoat]

WOW! When Evgeni Plushenko won his last European champion title.. Plushenko fandom cried and were so happy at the same time!
A fan report:

ONLY ONE WORD: PLUSHENKO

I tried in these days to find the right way to express how I felt but I always think to be trivial, repetitive,maybe because there have not been invented yet words to express for real the type of emotion that Evgeni Plushenko was capable to gift us all.

Evgeni has always made me happy. Every time I see him down on the ice skating, no matter if for a show or for a training, I experience a feeling of absolute harmony. But this was my first time in a competition with the presence of Evgeni, and was a long-cherished desire to be able to applaud him during a comp, be there to suffer, to wait, to exult. Never before like this particular time I realized that Evgeni has something more, a special indefinable “something” that can not be defined with only the talent, technique, even with artistic expression. Evgeni is will to succeed even when the obstacles seem too high, is the belief in himself without being let down by hasty or negative judgments, is the determination to face with courage the tests, the humility to make it even starting all over again.

Evgeni Plushenko in the European championships started from the qualification rounds, the skater who won everything put himself back into the sport from the lowest level, beginning with the first group. I arrived in Sheffield running without breathing just in time for the short program, with Elisabetta and Consuelo we crossed our fingers to be able to catch all flights and train transfers and at the end, when we finally entered the arena the first athlete of the first group was finishing his program. Just in time to sit back and to actually realize where are we and the heart starts beating furiously... Here we are, it's his turn to skate and my hands squeeze Elisabetta's one stronlgy. Triple toeloop triple toeloop combination, and the program goes on easily,with intensity, then a beautiful triple axel, the refined and elegant step sequence and Evgeni ends his routine while I still do not realize that it actually happened, I made it, I'm here! He didn't perform the quadruple toe-loop, but his followers are conscious that Evgeni is not in good shape. The left knee still hurts very much, and it's gonna be back to the hospital for another surgery soon. The only fact of his presence here is kind of a miracle, is the result of his steadfast determination. He finished the short program in second place,who did better than him was only Artur Gachinski, sharing an intense and well executed program. The following day we go to watch the practice, and Evgeni is really focused, he enters into the ice rink, begins to warm-up, try a few jumps. Then Mishin, from outside the ice, he raises his hand, waving his 4 fingers ... that's an indication to try the quad. Elisabetta understands the signal and make us to notice that so we are anxiously awaiting. Here is the preparation and the jump and the fast rotation, not a perfect landing, the fall. We tremble but Evgeni gets up quickly, takes up speed again and within seconds after he lands right in front of us a beautiful quad toe loop, and then one more, in combination with a triple toe-loop and again a beautiful triple axel. I reach the stars for happiness I feel in my heart that Evgeni will give us another demonstration of his greatness as an athlete during the free program, erasing in a minute, without too many words, doubts and criticisms that accompanied the last period of his career when heaters said: he is not gonna make it, he is too old than his opponents, he is gonna fail to catch up with the new regulations, he has no transitions skills and he is no longer as fast as he was in the past... I have always believed in him, because I am firmly convinced that Evgeni has a strong self confidence and never gives up. Everybody should be aware of it right now, after many years of career and many titles he won, but maybe someone needs one more demonstration about who is Plushenko.

Saturday morning at 6:30 a.m. we are on the supertram that brings us to the arena. We go inside,in the air spreads the music program of one of the competing athletes. Our heart is flooded with emotion, we sit in the bleachers close to the rink and after a while Evgeni takes the ice: he wears a brand new costume, black, elegant, his face is serious, focused, we feel the tension for the cometition just like he does, because this is a turning point and a confirmation for him. Some laps around the rink, some jumps. We observe him in silence, quivering of his own emotions ... in a few hours on freeskate we will know if our feelings are real: we see him ready and truly motivated. At the end of the practice session he stopped for a moment staring at the ice, immersed in thoughts that maybe we can imagine... And finally, the competition begins, athletes succeed one by one, we applaud, we participate, but our minds and our hearts are all addressed to him. Here he is warming up outside the ice rink, my hands tight to Consuelo and Elisabetta, the heartbeat accelerated. The music begins as well as the magic. First jump, a perfect quadruple we scream all together, and immediately after a beautiful triple axel followed by a triple toeloop. The excitement never seems to end. These are the longest four and a half minutes I've ever experienced. Evgeni skates easily gifting us a jump after another with a confidence that leaves us breathless. The song is in its own strings, a passionate tango, burning just like his sight which catches all the arena's attention to him. The circular step sequence is so beautiful that my eyes fill with tears of emotion, but I have no time because the program is going forward, strong and fast ending in a thrilling finale in which we see all his grit, his desire to be there to make only one thing: winning. The arena is all standing up to cheer him. This is the establishment of a record that nobody can take him away. We have not seen the scores yet, but for us, for every person inside the arena, Evgeni is the winner.

What can I say? There is no need of scores – stellar, by the way - to make clear of what was this competition, and no doubts about who is Plushenko. So I steal the definition of him made by an old man met in the elevator of the hotel,who was listening me talking about Evgeni and who said smiling at me:"Only one word: Plushenko"

Thank you Evgeni.

N.B. Thanks to Elisabetta, Consuelo and Sara with whom I shared this extraordinary adventure.

Evgeni seemed to enjoy his skating a lot here knowing he would be off for surgery soon. For those of you who can't access the US version link, Peter Carruthers raves about how fit and determined and happy Evgeni looked here.

 

[mrrice]

Was this Plushy's final International Win? He's had such a long career that I don't remember his final individual win.

 

[3T3T]

Thanks labgoat for uploading all these old competitions. It’s been great to see old performances that I forgot.

Two performances that i really enjoyed back in the day were Ksenia Makarova‘s short and Polina K‘s long. Two very elegant and stylish skaters. I wonder what both of them are doing now? Ksenia had a good career getting to European, Worlds and Olympics despite not having the strongest technical arsenal. Polina had a brief international career, an amazing skate in this Europeans and then she grew and the jumps became a problem.

I was never a huge fan of Plushenko but I really enjoyed his skates here and he deserved his win. I’m enjoying his current battles with Eteri, I hope he delivers for Trusova and Kostornaya.

 

[labgoat]

Was this Plushy's final International Win? He's had such a long career that I don't remember his final individual win.

I think it was his last major win. He withdrew from 2013 Euros after the SP. It snuck up on everybody because we were so focused on Sochi.

 

[labgoat]

Thanks labgoat for uploading all these old competitions. It’s been great to see old performances that I forgot.

Two performances that i really enjoyed back in the day were Ksenia Makarova‘s short and Polina K‘s long. Two very elegant and stylish skaters. I wonder what both of them are doing now? Ksenia had a good career getting to European, Worlds and Olympics despite not having the strongest technical arsenal. Polina had a brief international career, an amazing skate in this Europeans and then she grew and the jumps became a problem.

I was never a huge fan of Plushenko but I really enjoyed his skates here and he deserved his win. I’m enjoying his current battles with Eteri, I hope he delivers for Trusova and Kostornaya.

Glad you enjoyed it.
Helping alleviate pandemic boredom one skate at a time...

 

[plushyfan]

Was this Plushy's final International Win? He's had such a long career that I don't remember his final individual win.

Yes, he won with his highest scores in the IJS system . Look at this short video, small medal ceremony, please! so- so cute and funny!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOMxO0EnDW4 people used to say he is ugly but many- many women have different opinion. It was full house with women! And it clearly shows Plushenko's personality!
"-Evgeni, would you marry me?"

 

[kolyadafan2002]

Yes, he won with his highest scores in the IJS system . Look at this short video, small medal ceremony, please! so- so cute and funny!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOMxO0EnDW4 people used to say he is ugly but many- many women have different opinion. It was full house with women! And it clearly shows Plushenko's personality!
"-Evgeni, would you marry me?"

It doesn't matter how he looks/looked,

His sheer confidence level and charisma was the thing everybody found most attractive.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Evgeni seemed to enjoy his skating a lot here knowing he would be off for surgery soon. For those of you who can't access the US version link, Peter Carruthers raves about how fit and determined and happy Evgeni looked here.

The Peter Carruther's commentary is such a ride, he's so excited

It remember him saying Plushy looked like a boxer at a fight. Not sure about that, but Pete C sure sounded like he was at one!

 

[eliana]

To be honest, I don't know anything about these European championships. I hadn't watched figure skating for some time when I heard on TV that Evgheni had won. I was amazed and happy that Evgheni, so many years after Salt Lake City, was still the best. So, to be honest for me European Figure Skating Championships - Sheffield, Great Britain meant only Evgheni Plusenko.

 

[mrrice]

Yes, he won with his highest scores in the IJS system . Look at this short video, small medal ceremony, please! so- so cute and funny!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOMxO0EnDW4 people used to say he is ugly but many- many women have different opinion. It was full house with women! And it clearly shows Plushenko's personality!
"-Evgeni, would you marry me?"

How can you not love Plushy. He's so talented and he has the best personality. I really think he'd be so cool to hang out with. Plus, when you see him close up, you can see he has gorgeous eyes. He really is a star.