Champs withdraw
Russians win European figure skating pairs title
Posted: Wednesday January 27, 1999 06:26 PM
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Petrova (right) and Tikhonov have been skating together less than a year AP |
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) -- Russians Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov captured the pairs title at the European Figure Skating Championshp Wednesday after their teammates and defending champions withdrew just before the final program.
World and European pairs champions Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze withdrew from the competition two hours before the start of the final free program after Berezhnaya was diagnosed with the flu.
Leading after the short, the Olympic silver medallists had won nine competitions in a row since last February.
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| Women's Results |
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Group A
Maria Butyrskaya
Viktoria Volchkova
Diana Poth
Julia Lautova
Julia Lawrenchuk
Elene Liashenko
Julia Sebastyen
Alisa Drei
Zuzana Paurova
Viktoria Dytrtova
Sanna Maija Wiksten
Valeria Trifancova
Anna Dimova
Klara Bramfeldt
Ubgruda Snieskiene
Salome Chigogidzze
Group B
Julia Soldatova
Vanessa Gusmeroli
Sabna Wojtala
Tanja Szewczenko
Eva-maria Fitze
Laetitia Hubert
Julia Vorobieva
Silvia Fontana
Marion Krijgsman
Olga Vassiljeva
Kaja Hanevold
Dorotheee Derriotte
Christel Borghi
Idora Hegel
Helena Pajkovic
Marta Serna
Anna Chatiathanassi
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Russia
Russia
Hungary
Austria
Ukraine
Ukraine
Hungary
Finland
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Finlan
Latvia
Bulgaria
Sweden
Lithuania
Georgia
Russia
France
Poland
Germany
Germany
France
Azerbaijan
Italy
Netherlands
Estonia
Norway
Belgium
Switzerland
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Spain
Greece
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0.8
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1.6
2.0
2.4
2.8
3.2
3.6
4.0
4.4
4.8
5.2
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6.0
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0.8
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1.6
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Second to Petrova and Tikhonov were Dorota Zagorska and Mariusz Siudek of Poland. Third were Sarah Abitbol and Stephane Bernadis of France.
Petrova and Tikhonov have been skating together less than a year. She previously won two world junior titles with Sihardulidze.
The new champions moved up from fifth to first with a solid routine to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" that included good side-by-side triple jumps and two throw triple moves.
Their marks were from 5.6 to 5.8 although skating in the next to last group.
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Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov
Dorota Zagorska & Mariusz Siudek
Sarah Abitbol & Stephane Bernadis
Peggy Schwarz & Mirko Mueller
Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin
Yulia Obertas & Dmitri Palamarchuk
Katerina Berankova & Otto Dlabola
Tatiana Chuvaeva & Viacheslav Chiliy
Evgenia Filonenko & Igor Marchenko
Olga Bestandigova & Josef Bestandig
Ekaterina Danko & Gennadi Emeljenenko
Inga Rodionova & Alexander Anichenko
Marian Kautz & Norman Jeschke
Maria Krasiltseva & Arten Znachkov
Milena Marnovitch & Stoyan Kazakov
Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikarulidze
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Russia
Poland
France
Germany
Russia
Ukraine
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Ukraine
Slovakia
Belarus
Azerbaijan
Germany
Armenia
Bulgaria
Russia
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3.5
4.0
4.0
6.5
7.5
9.0
11.0
13.0
13.5
16.5
17.0
17.5
20.0
22.0
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withdrew
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