2026 European Championships Women's Short Program

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#38

Nina Pinzarrone | BELGIUM

Age: 19 | ISU SB: 61.30
Coaches: Ans Bocklandt, Dmitri Ovchinnikov
Music: "Send In the Clowns" (from A Little Night Music) by Stephen Sondheim; performed by Susan Boyle; choreo by Benoît Richaud

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1. 2 Axel
2. 3 Lutz + 3 Toe
3. Flying Camel Spin 3
4. 3 Loop x
5. Change Combo Spin 4
6. Step Sequence 4
7. Layback Spin 4

TES: 34.00
PCS: 30.97
Deductions: 0.00

Total Segment Score: 64.97

 

[sissy7]

Night, sleep tight, I know I will until that blasted alarm...
See you tomorrow!

 

[moonvine]

Off to watch pairs.

 

[bartlebooth]

Nina's dad is from Milano? Go girl,make your daddy proud

I think he's from Sicily.

 

[Zora]

Not a fan of Nina's music choice, but she always keeps my attention because of her choreography.

 

[Arigato]

The drunk announcer is so tired that she can't speak anymore

What drunk announcer?

 

[Skating91]

Petrokina almost certainly going to win, I think Gubanova with a clean free skate will still medal. Pinzaronne is solid but they usually hit her with a bunch of underrotations. I don't think anyone else can be relied on.

 

[bartlebooth]

Yay, at least we have a clean(ish) skate to end the women short program

Her dress is... strange, it's both plain and weird at the same time That collar and sleeves.....

I wonder if Benoit insisted for the pale pink

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Well, unfortunately, what I was fearing would happen happened - The women (with some exceptions) did not manage to deliver under pressure. Crossing my fingers for a better Free Skate.

 

[FlossieH]

We had three Ni(i)nas P in this competition, and two out of three did really well.

The third Nina P did well with what she can do - she just doesn't have the technical difficulty.

 

[sissy7]

Came back with an interview
Niina: finally 70 points, shocked, would not think this would happen 2 months ago, first goal, clean SP is cleared, next goal is a clean FS, will be harder with the 3 more jumps(smilling all the while)

 

[norwegianfairytale]

This wasn´t the result I expected at all. Niina and Nina surprising after having struggled with injury. Everybody thinking Gubanova had that gold in her pocket and then down to 10th. I wonder if she has any chance of medal now... However I do find this a bit exciting because I never think it has been as unpredictable for the podium as now. Niina and Ninas lack of training after injuries might be more visible in the free, how will Loena do, can Anna stand the pressure of being in bronze position and how about Lara? And then is the question if Gubanova can bounce back from this.

Off to bed, I guess I see you first at pairs tomorrow. Thank you for a nice evening

 

[Karoltyna]

Katia got time violation... HOW????????

 

[SmileHappy34]

Nice from. All ladies.

 

[Karoltyna]

And I saw correctly that Gubanova's combo was iffy.

 

[bartlebooth]

The third Nina P did well with what she can do - she just doesn't have the technical difficulty.

She was so happy of the crowd's loud cheering. She surely did fairly well.

 

[Demandred]

Niina leads by over 5.5 points before the free, she is in a great position to defend the title. Let's hope she has the stamina for it after her injury problems this year.

I am happy for the Belgian Nina too, she is always such a fighter, some UR issues but she is usually rock solid apart from this so It would not surprise me if she wins the gold.

Loena has a good chance too. The Italians also aren't out of contention.

I just hope the free will have more clean skates than today, Rinky was ruthless in the last few hours.

 

[Isk]

I liked young Iida Karhunen. Her upper body is tight and she might loose jumps, but I hope she can develop. This was until I saw Loena the final flight. Really good skate from Niina Petrokina, and she was very patient to show the program. I liked the program, it's good that she is moving away from plain powerful style. She is still powerful but more feminine, and this tango I think suits her, and it's an unusual choice of music and program idea. Kimmi is not ready yet, hopefully, this program will gain spark, but it also seems more mature. Sad for Loena, but her 5th place is better than Nastya's 11th anyway. Why is Nastya always hit so hard when she makes mistakes? When she does well, she gets into the top, but when she makes a mistake or two it's always bottom of the table for her. Not sure if it was fair that Alexandra Feigin didn't Q.

 

[4everchan]

Well I'm tired and hungry and have no idea how to do this for three more days, but the Niina vs Nina battle is on for the title it seems, see you folks tomorrow

Pro trick : Skip practices. If needed, skip an early group and watch it later

 

[4everchan]

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