ISU European Championships - Tallinn, EST - 10-16 Jan. 2022

[Elizabeth]

The entries and official alternates are now posted: http://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00111018.htm





You will notice that the Russian entries have not yet been added - they will be determined following Russian Nationals which begin tomorrow (Dec. 22nd) - see separate thread.


As a reminder, the Four Continents Championships will follow Europeans at the same location from Jan. 18-23, 2022.

[Elizabeth]

The official competition website: https://www.euroskate2022.eu/

The time and practice schedule: http://results.isu.org/schedules/EC2022 ... hedule.pdf

[Elizabeth]

It has been announced by the French Federation that Papadakis and Cizeron have decided not to compete at Europeans but to concentrate on remaining healthy to compete at the Olympics, their ultimate objective.

[Elizabeth]

There are a lot of withdrawals from Europeans and some replacements named. Some are said to be due to injury and some to + tests/illness.

The current entries, by discipline, are here but I understand there are more withdrawals: http://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00111018.htm
A link will be added on that page for the Start Orders/Results, probably tomorrow.

The detailed time schedule practices & competition: http://results.isu.org/schedules/EC2022 ... hedule.pdf

[Elizabeth]

Time conversion information:

[Elizabeth]

The schedule/entries/start orders/results page is now up: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2122/ec2022/
The start orders for tomorrow's events are now posted - see below.

It appears that there will be streaming here on the ISU YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SkatingISU The "markers" are already there for the various events.

NBC TV schedule indicates that will broadcast the "men's and women's free" on Sunday from 4-6 p.m. - as usual, "check your local listings"

[Elizabeth]

The overall schedule in local time (7 hours ahead of ET):

[Elizabeth]

As you see from the detailed time schedule, available from the Start Orders/Results link, Nikolaj Majorov, withdrew from the Men's competition. This was due to a positive virus test.




There were also withdrawals and replacements with alternates in the Pairs.

[Elizabeth]

The final skating order/detailed time information for the Women's short is below.

Qualification rule: The best 24 skaters after Short Program will advance to the next segment.

[Elizabeth]

Two disciplines done and two more to go tomorrow.

ISU article on the Pairs event: https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15



ISU article on the Men's event: https://isu.org/isu-news/news/127-owg-f ... teParam=15

[Elizabeth]

Last day of competition with medals to be awarded in two events.



Testing for the COVID has been done rigourously and throughout the competition with not only competitors but also coaches & officials. There have been a number of positive results, causing withdrawals. It appears that ice dance coach Barbara Fusar-Poli is among the latest to be put into quarantine - she was very busy yesterday with a number of teams in the rhythm dance

Next week the same facilities will host the 4 Continents Championships.

The detailed schedule (7 hours ahead of ET) for the Free Dance:



Katerina Witt joined the broadcast team for the German Eurosport coverage of the Women's event from Tallinn.

[Elizabeth]

Their 4th place finish in the ice dance resulted in the confirmation of Olivia Smart & Adrian Diaz, who train at Ice Academy Montreal (I.AM), as the entry for Spain in the Olympics. They had been required to participate in 3 specific international events and to have a total score higher than their compatriots, Sara Hurtado & Kiril Khaliavin. Sara was Adrian's previous partner, by the way.



The Russian ladies swept the medals, as expected


On the ISU YouTube channel you can find full segments of the competition as well as individual performances: https://www.youtube.com/user/SkatingISU


The competition is over, the final medals have been awarded and tomorrow the Gala will take place. It will be live streamed beginning @ 8:30 a.m. ET: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9R6eMX2NU

Some of the medal winners will not participate, perhaps related to positive tests among skaters and coaches. According to a news report, coach Barbara Fusar-Poli had two negative tests after her initial positive and was allowed to leave Estonia.

The program, as posted online:

[Elizabeth]

I have seen official media advisories from the ISU of 14 positive test results among skaters, coaches, officials, and accredited media between January 11th & 15th. Those who tested positive must remain in quarantine in Tallinn for, I believe, 10 days if no symptoms and 14 if they have symptoms. If, like coach Fusar-Poli they retest (twice) as negative, they are/were apparently allowed to least ASAP.

I've just watched the first half of the Gala and there were some "no shows" - #6 & #12 who apparently cited injuries as the reason.