2025 Europeans: Thoughts

[RatedPG]

Italy was the biggest winner of the Europeans.
Gold in ID
Silver in Men’s and Pairs
And two ladies very close to the podium at 5th and 6th

 

[ladyjane]

Italy was the biggest winner of the Europeans.
Gold in ID
Silver in Men’s and Pairs
And two ladies very close to the podium at 5th and 6th

I will agree on that. The Italians are really working towards the OG, and rightly so!

 

[snowball]

If I put aside all the sad skating related stuff that happened this week, I quite enjoyed the event.

As I mentioned in another thread, my hero is Shin Amano. Dodgy jumps were punished.

I'm not really invested in any of the women but the last 2 groups had some great performances in both short and free. Niina winning was of course a fairy tale moment. Kimmy has so much potential.

I don't really watch pairs, but I'm curious to see if the German press and public are going to acknowledge the existence of figure skating going forward.

Despite the men menning hard, there was a lot I enjoyed: The Selevko bros' shorts, Adam's short, all things Deniss, Matteo's beautiful skating, Memola's hair, Georgian Fed lady...

I'm bored of the Italians always winning in ID, but at the same time very happy the French got silver. They are unique and I love their cyberpunk FS. I would have dropped Lilah and Lewis off the podium because their programs feel stale at this point and the execution wasn't that good either. I wonder if they're going to switch it up for Olympic season or do another set of party programs.
The Finns were great and Olivia and Tim had the skate of the day. This is THE Dune program. I'm glad the judges agreed. Still salty about how the Taschlers always get shafted. No clue who thought Allison's dress was a good idea.

Tired of that too and it won’t change until after Olympics. I would have had Olivia and Tim on podium somewhere for sure. Maybe Finnish team also

 

[Princessroja]

Not sure I’ve ever seen a group of men men quite so hard.

Lol I told my husband "the men are menning again." It was really something.

 

[TT_Fin]

Well, Finnish media has been with this competition. It was ISU's choice not to have T/V or no any other Finns on the gala. They have decided to call entertaining skaters. Finns are a bit disappointed because there were plenty of Finns on the place. Well, I don't always watch galas and this time I noticed I have seen all already, so I skipped it anyway myself.

 

[lariko]

If I am not mistaken, Italian women will have 3 entries next Eu.

 

[Skater Boy]

Right now Italy looks like bronze in the team event with USA gold and Japan silver but watch out France or 'Georgia.

 

[lariko]

Right now Italy looks like bronze in the team event with USA gold and Japan silver but watch out France or 'Georgia.

I would wait for WC to even start wondering what the world standings could be.

 

[Skating91]

I would wait for WC to even start wondering what the world standings could be.

With Italy, I feel like Grassl hit a rich vein of form early in the season and even Guttmann to a degree, they likely won't repeat. They are strong in other disciplines. Pezzetta if she eliminates errors will beat everyone except Adelia.

Memola is interesting though. He is utterly captivating. I felt like he's been underscored for a long time and now that there is nothing to argue with his landings (he's got half a rotation to spare with this jumps), he's getting the marks he deserves. A really unique skater. Probably needs 4 quads to be a consistent contender though with the Japanese and the American.

 

[SubRosa]

Right now Italy looks like bronze in the team event with USA gold and Japan silver but watch out France or 'Georgia.

I hope Italy gives Japan some competition for that silver medal. Home ground advantage may help, as will Japan finishing near the bottom of the standings in the RD. I had some concerns about Italy's women, but they are now rising to the occasion, we'll see how Worlds goes.

I would wait for WC to even start wondering what the world standings could be.

For fun, I started toting up the Team Event qualification points, recognizing that most of these will be overwritten by the results of Worlds (but some not, I expect Dr. Virtanen's points to stand, for example):

	Men	Women	Pairs	Dance	Total
Italy	756​	551​	756​	840​	2903​
Georgia	612​	756​	680​	402​	2450​
France	680​	325​	362​	756​	2123​
Great Britain	113​	362​	551​	680​	1706​
Switzerland	840​	612​	237​		1689​
Estonia	446​	840​			1286​
Poland	325​	402​	446​		1173​
Germany			840​	293​	1133​
Finland	74​	192​	214​	612​	1092​
Hungary	102​		612​	214​	928​

Was really happy to see Great Britain's team doing well at Euros! Would love to see Switzerland in the Olympic team event as well.

 

[TT_Fin]

I think talking about Team event also belongs to Team Event pre game chat. I will answer there.

 

[4everchan]

I think talking about Team event also belongs to Team Event pre game chat. I will answer there.

The Olympic team event thread doesn't exist... as it's in 2026. I think it's pretty normal that after a competition, people are looking ahead and trying to think how the results of this event would fit in a more global scheme of things. It will happen also after 4cc... The world team trophy thread is up if you are curious about that one though YMMV

 

[Anna K.]

The competition definitely gave me a pre-Olympic vibe and not just because of Italian skaters' host nation GOE and PCS outstanding achievement: simply we are entering the pre-Olympic year and the upcoming Games are in everybody's heads. Talking about which, IMO it's time to start respective threads about the individual and team Olympic qualification. It would be handier to check the updates on a specific thread rather than spread them across many discussions that are originally about other topics. But it's just my opinion.

There are also other vibes that make me see this EC as a milestone and a historic achievement but it rather belongs to the Baltic States thread in the Skating Nations subforum where I am posting excitedly

 

[saine]

Talking about which, IMO it's time to start respective threads about the individual and team Olympic qualification. It would be handier to check the updates on a specific thread rather than spread them across many discussions that are originally about other topics. But it's just my opinion.

I can work on one for Olympic Team event qualification since it has started with the end of Europeans.