2018 Europeans Ladies FS

[SarahSynchro]

Why am I crying
I love them both
I need help
Someone send encouragement please

*grinds up Carolina’s green suit into a baggie* Send me your address, plz.

 

[treeloving]

Well Evgenia stepped out in the SP, so i'd say 98% clean

With Alina pcs, even if Evgenia hadn't stepped out, she cannot catch up with clean Alina.

 

[GGFan]

And by long you mean until the day after the Olympic free skate right?

 

[3dsushi]

My God that PCS

 

[starla16]

Evgenia still has that Olympic gold if she will go perfectly clean.

I hope so, I hope this gives her confidence and I think not winning here the pressure will be a bit off

 

[Spirals for Miles]

77.14 TES and 77.15 PCS, wow equal. Is this the first competition medvedeva lost ever since she lost to elena in COR?

yes

 

[Shayuki]

Trusova, probably. But I think she's not old enough until 2019-2020.

The next Medvedeva is Shcherbakova. Trusova's in a different category - She's a power jumper.

 

[cheerknithanson]

I cannot wait for the Olympics!

 

[Icey]

Med was absolutely stunning. Car's score is an absolute joke.

 

[moriel]

77 PCS, well, I don't even have to repeat how crazy that is...

Given that Kostner got 75 for her performance today, please explain whats wrong with those 77.

 

[Sasha'sSpins]

Congratulations to Alina! Just 15 and European Champion! Congratulations to Evgenia winning silver! Great comeback after such a serious foot injury! Congratulations to Carolina - winning bronze and still improving all the time at 30!

Oh good, they're translating the questions into English! Alina's really surprised she won!

 

[starla16]

well done to Zhenya Medvedeva !!!

 

[anyanka]

I'm completely out of breath. That was a nailbiter.

I don't know if my heart can take the Olympics!!

 

[Shayuki]

77 PCS LOL Bye corrupted sport

So do you think that program was not worth 2 more PCS than Kostner's program riddled with mistakes?

The most overscored skate of the night was Kostner's by A MILE.

 

[moriel]

Congratulations to Alina! Just 15 and European Champion! Congratulations to Evgenia winning silver! Great comeback after such a serious foot injury! Congratulations to Carolina - winning bronze and still improving all the time at 30!

where did Caro improve today? By jumping 2 clean triples in FS finally?

 

[Mrs. P]

I was completely not invested in Ladies -- but this Alina vs. Evgenia battle might draw me back in... My 16 year old memory of being heart broken for Michelle might drive me to stan for Evgenia come Olympic time.

 

[icybear]

Once the predator, now the prey. She knew this day would soon come.

 

[Sam L]

If the rivalry wasn’t on before, it is now. I’m going to be a nervous wreck for the Olympics but what better way to experience it. Congrats to Alina, European ladies champion! So happy for her. Welcome back Zhenya and great result for Caro.

 

[jaylee]

Alina's jumps all look completely effortless to me. Zhenya's today looked to me like she really had to think about everything. I'd give it to Alina just for that, but who am I? ;-)

Yeah, it was like that in the warm-up as well, and honestly, all season long. Evgenia just doesn't have the flow in and out of her jumps, the effortless that she had last season or at her best, the season before that.

 

[EdgeCall]

So the world champion just got zagged. But she gave a hell of a fight.

Olympics look like the showdown of the century now. Alina has the momentum, but does she have the nerve? Zhenia has an experience advantage here. Yulia also won Euros in her first senior season, but it did not help her when it came to the big one.

And how much has Eteri learned from that experience?