Europeans Championships 2010 – Outcome and Conclusion
January 25, 2010
The second part of the week was very exciting in Tallinn. Thursday night, Stéphane was the last competitor to appear on the ice and skated for the first time to the music of La Traviata, his new free programme. This one for the least charmed the audience and the judges: besides a unique choreography, rousing footwork and spins as impressive as ever, Stéphane showed two quads, one of which in a quadruple-double combination, a triple flip-triple toeloop combination, 4 other triple jumps as well as a double axel. The audience remained under the spell of this classical waltz, thanks to Stéphane's enthusiastic and sensitive performance. In spite of a few minor mistakes and a quick fall in his steps sequence, Stéphane got awarded a score of 160.79 points which placed him second of the free skate. Overall, he gained 3 places and earned himself the SILVER MEDAL with a total of 238.54 points! Evgeni Plushenko (255.39 pts) won the competition and Brian Joubert (236.45 pts) completed this European podium.
Congratulations to Stéphane for this 3rd title as European silver medallist!
In the ladies, Sarah Meier came back from her 8th place after the short programme to a nice 5th rank: with her 157.44 points, she insured her spot in Vancouver's Winter Olympics. As for ice dance, Ramona Elsener and Florian Roost ranked 25th.
Let's wish the best to all of them as they get ready for the next events!
European Championships 2010 - Short Program
January 21, 2010
Stéphane is 5th after the short program. He started off very well with a double axel but only barely could prevent a fall on the quadruple toe-loop and he was unable to add the triple toe-loop. The landing of the triple flip wasn’t flawless either but nevertheless the crowd went wild during the second part of his program and he amazed everyone with his steps and spins.
Stéphane received a score of 77.75 points and together with Brian Joubert (2nd) the highest PCS. The Russian Evgeni Plushenko is currently in the lead. You can find all results HERE.
Tonight at around 22.45 local time (GMT +2) Stéphane will present his new long program to Verdi’s “La Traviata”.
At this opportunity we would like to congratulate Anaïs Morand and Antoine Dorsaz to their 8th place. The couple gained three places in the pairs’ long program and thus secured their participation in the Olympic Games. Félicitations!
