European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn

Sportschau European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn Hase/Volodin skate to pair gold at the European Figure Skating Championships Status: January 31, 2025 8:02 a.m. Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin skated to gold at the European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. The pair beat the Italians Conti/Macii on Thursday with an improvement in performance towards the end of the freestyle. The Italians, as the second-to-last pair, had shown an almost flawless freestyle. But with the brilliant execution of extremely difficult technical skills at the end, the German pair won by almost six points with 212.48 points. Hase/Volodin also showed the best-rated freestyle (71.59/140.89) after the best short program to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons". European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn Hase and Volodin win European Championship gold Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin win their first European Championship title at the European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn. more "We are just incredibly happy that we managed to pull it together today," said Hase. Partner Volodin could hardly believe the result: "To be honest, we were a little surprised that we came first."First pair gold since 2011With the title in the Estonian capital, the duo ensured the greatest success of the German Ice Skating Union in almost seven years, when Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot became Olympic champions and also world champions. The last time Germany won gold at a European Championship was in 2011 when Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy won gold for Germany. With a very strong freestyle, the Georgian pair Anastasija Metelkina and Luka Berulava moved up from ninth place after the short program to bronze.The Hungarian pair Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko had to settle for fourth place, just 0.44 points behind the Georgians. A fall during the flip cost the duo the medal.Hocke/Kunkel brave, but with points deductedThe second Berlin duo Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel were still hoping for a medal at halftime in fifth place (62.68 points). But after a mistake during the triple flip in the freestyle, the medal they had hoped for was over. Hocke/Kunkel finished eighth with 176.55 points. Letizia Roscher and Luis Schuster completed the strong German result, the young duo from Chemnitz also finished among the best 16 couples in the short program (12th/55.18 points). In the end, the third German couple finished twelfth.