European Championships Senior Ladies SP: Results;
Protocols
No video uploaded yet
Aleksandra finished 15th out of 33 in the SP, with a score of 55.80.
Here is what I wrote in the competition thread about the Warm-Up (my Sicilian friend had just commented about her having a kid in this group):
And mine is in this group too! 
I have to say, I love what my girl Aleksandra was wearing during the introductions.
And she did a really nice combination jump when the rinkside announcer was talking about her at the start the Warm-Up.
But, she had a hand down doing another jump in the background of a shot near the end of the Warm-Up. She made up for it shortly afterwards, when she did a lovely combination.
As I said at the start, I am not ready for this.
CaroLiza_fan
Here is what I wrote as she was being introduced before doing her programme:
I had a look at Aleksandra's ISU Bio, and she has a new SP for this event.
That would explain why I didn't recognise the jumpsuit.
You know, maybe I was wrong in thinking she was going to retire this week.
Everything seemed to be pointing towards that - going back to using the same music in her SP that she used for her first Junior GP season 11 years ago ("Clair De Lune"); having a Major Championship in her home country; getting selected despite not winning Nationals.
But you would hardly learn a new competition programme for just one event.
Anyway, here she is.
Please put in as beautiful a performance as we have become used to seeing from you.
ALL THE BEST ALEKSANDRA!!!
CaroLiza_fan
And here is what I wrote about her programme:
The comments from other members were positive too. First from one of our members in Australia:
Stayed a bit longer to watch Aleksandra in her gorgeous jumpsuit, and she didn't disappoint 
Love how the jumpsuit accentuates her legs during her spins. What a jumpscare music cut though 
And here is a good summary of the programe in one sentence:
Too bad for the fall, but overall nicely done by the home heroine. 
And finally two comments from one of our Polish members. Firstly directly after she finished:
Q of Golovkina looks iffy as not everything went to her plan, certainly intended to have 3T-3T combo and fell on 2A.
However I liked her daring music choices and I think she interpreted well both classical and modern music styles in this SP and her spins were good so was the lofty triple flip.
And then after her scores were announced:
Score above 55 is good for Golovkina. I worried too much!
I know the feeling! And 55.80 is actually her absolute Season's Best score for the SP.
Looking at the Protocols, if you ignore the second element, they look lovely!
As I say, the Double Axel is the only blip in the protocols. But, given that she fell, it was to be expected. Unsurprisingly it got -5 from all nine Judges. It also got the only negative GOE of the programme, at -1.65. And because it had the third lowest Base Value of the programme, it became the lowest scoring element of the programme.
But, everything else went well. Apart from the Triple Flip, which got 0's from a string of Judges, every other element was completely positive in terms of both Judges marks and GOE. There were even a few +4's, which you don't see that often.
The opening element was the Triple Toe-Double Toe combination. It got +1 from Judge 3; +2 from four Judges; and +3 from four Judges. It also got the highest GOE of the programme, at +1.02. And because it had the second highest Base Value of the programme, this made it the highest scoring element of the programe.
The third element was the Flying Camel Spin. It got +1 from Judge 1; +2 from five Judges; and +3 from three Judges. It also got the second highest GOE of the programme, at +0.73.
The aforementioned Triple Flip was the fourth and middle element. It got 0 from seven Judges; +1 from Judge 1; and +2 from Judge 7. It also got the lowest positive GOE of the programme, at just +0.08. However, because it had the highest Base Value of the programme, this was enough for it to become the second highest scoring element of the programme.
One of the elements that got +4's was the fifth element, the Change Foot Combination Spin. It got +1 from two Judges; +2 from Judge 4; +3 from four Judges; and +4 from two Judges. It also got the highest GOE of the programme at +0.95, which made it the third highest scoring element of the programme.
The other element that got +4's was the sixth and penultimate element, the Step Sequence. It got +1 from three Judges; +2 from four Judges; and +4 from two Judges. It also got the third highest GOE of the programme, at 0.66.
The seventh and final element, the Layback Spin, also got good Judges marks. It got two +1's; five +2's; and three +3's. In terms of GOE, it got the second lowest positive GOE, at +0.48.
All in all, if you ignore the fall, a very good performance.
Aleksandra is currently 0.93 points behind 14th position, Emmi PELTONEN (FIN), and 0.12 points ahead of 16th position, Lara Naki GUTMANN (ITA). All three of them are part of a larger group where 20 skaters are covered by 12.40 points, stretching from Kimmy REPOND (CHE) in 8th position, 4.54 points ahead of Aleksandra, to Kristina SHKULETA-GROMOVA (EST) in 27th position, 7.86 points behind Aleksandra.
Of course, only 24 skaters go through to the Free Skate. So, the skater in 24th position, Barbora VRANKOVA (CZE), is 5.72 points behind Aleksandra.
In a group this big and this close, absolutely anything can happen. If Aleksandra has a good Free Skate, she could get into the Top 10. If she doesn't, she could be outside the Top 20. It is as open as that. The problem is that the same goes for all the other skaters in the group. Consequently, she needs to have a good Free Skate, regardless of what anybody else does.
So let's hope that she does just that!
WELL DONE ALEKSANDRA!!!
The Senior Ladies FS is due to start at 13:00:00 EET (12:00:00 GMT). So 6 hours from now.
Aleksandra will be the 10th skater to start. So, fourth and antepenultimate skater in Group 2 (and antepenultimate skater before the resurfacing).
The Group 2 Warm-Up is due to start at 13:53:45 EET (12:53:45 GMT). So 6h 53m from now.
Aleksandra is due to start at 14:24:30 EET (13:24:30 GMT). So 7h 24m from now.
But, those times may change if somebody that is due on before her withdraws.
More information in the event forum:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/forums/933
Hope this helps
ALL THE BEST ALEKSANDRA!!!
CaroLiza_fan
I'm nearly sure she's skated to that before.
GOLD MEDAL!!!
SILVER MEDAL!!!
Bronze Medal. Which just shows how good her form is.
)
