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Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Italian favourites take ice dancing lead at figure skating European
Italy's Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri opened their bid for a third consecutive European title by leading the ice dance rhythm dance at the European figure skating championships on Friday. To the music of Stevie Wonder and Wilson Picket the Italians scored 84.23 points to lead France's Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud, who achieved 82.75 for their presentation to Boney M's 'Rasputin'. Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson are in third position on 81.57 heading into Saturday's free dance final. Fear and Gibson, the two-time continental silver medallists, are looking for a first British triumph since Torvill and Dean in 1994. Former winner Anastasiia Gubanova of Georgia is leading the women's singles competition going into Friday's free skate final. The 22-year-old, who won the title in 2023 before finishing second last year, led the short programme on Wednesday. Gubanova only holds a slender advantage of 0.05 points though from second-placed Niina Petrokina after the Estonian's impressive performance. Switzerland's Kimmy Repond sits in third place. The women's competition was blown wide open by the withdrawal of reigning champion Loena Hendrickx, after the Belgian ended her season early to have ankle surgery. dif/ea/nr
Associated Press
31-01-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri on course for 3rd European ice dance gold
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Italian ice dancers Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri closed in on a third consecutive title as the European figure skating championships continued Friday. The skating community remains in shock following the mid-air collision between a jet and helicopter near Washington, D.C., with a number of skaters, coaches and their families among the fatalities. Guignard and Fabbri scored 84.23 points in their rhythm dance to music by artists including Stevie Wonder, moving nearly 1.5 points clear of France's Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud in second place. Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson are third on 81.57 after getting out of sync on their opening twizzle element. The European championships began Wednesday and have continued following the news that young skaters, their coaches and family members were among those killed when their jet collided with an Army helicopter. They had been returning from a U.S. national development camp for promising young skaters. The women's free skate at the European championships is later Friday, with Anastasiia Gubanova of Georgia in first place after the short program.
