Russian sweep
Yagudin wins men's European title again
Posted: Thursday January 28, 1999 06:44 PM
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Yagudin: "When I finished, I knew I was European champion for the second time." AP |
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) -- Alexei Yagudin retained his European men's title with a presure-packed routine that included a quadruple jump Thursday at the European Figure Skating Championships.
Yagudin, the current world champion, rebounded from a poor qualifying performance earlier in the week to complete the quad toe loop and seven triple jumps with only a slight bobble on his final triple salchow.
"When I finished, I knew I was European champion for the second time," the 18-year-old Yagudin said.
All of his marks were in the 5.7 to 5.9 range, winning firsts from all the judges for his routine to "Lawrence of Arabia." Third entering the free program, his victory in the final portion worth 50 percent clinched the title.
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Alexei Yagudin
Yevgeny Plushenko
Alexei Urmanov
Andreas Vlascenko
Laurent Tobel
Ivan Dinev
Yevgeny Pliuta
Vincent Restencourt
Vitali Danilenko
Patrick Meier
Robert Grzegorczyk
Sergei Rylov
Neil Wilson
Szabolcs Vidrai
Robert Kazimir
Stefan Lindemann
Margus Hernits
Michael Tyllesen
Johnny Ronne Jensen
Gheorghe Chiper
Vakhtang Murvanidze
Jan Cejvan
Lukas Rakowski
Clive Shorten
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Russia
Russia
Russia
Germany
France
Bulgaria
Ukraine
France
Ukraine
Switzerland
Poland
Azerbaijan
Britain
Hungary
Slovakia
Germany
Estonia
Denmark
Denmark
Romania
Georgia
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Britain
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4.2
4.4
8.4
10.8
11.0
11.4
13.0
18.2
19.4
19.8
23.4
24.0
24.8
27.8
29.8
29.8
30.4
33.2
37.6
38.0
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43.0
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His principal Russian rivals and teammates for the crown fell out of contention but managed to finish second and third.
Yevgeny Plushenko did a quadtriple combination but tumbled twice while attempting triple jumps.
Alexei Urmanov, the 1994 Olympic and 1997 European champion, fell on a triple axel and cut down two other jumps to come in third.
Urmanov, at 25 the oldest and most experienced of the three, won the short program to lead entering the free program, similar to the 1997 worlds were he had to withdraw and then miss 16 months of competitions.
The Russians have won both the pairs and men's title this year and are halfway on their way to its third consecutive sweep of the victories at this competition.
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Angelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsiannikov
Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat
Irina Lobacheva and Ilia Averbukh
Barbara Fusar-Poli and Maurizio Margaglio
Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas
Kati Winkler and Rene Lohse
Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov
Sylvia Nowak and Sebastian Kolasinski
Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviyski
Galit Chait and Sergei Sakhnovsky
Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov
Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder
Dominque Deniaud and Marial Jaffredo
Charlotte Clements and Gary Shortland
Eliane Hugentobler and Daniel Hugentobler
Stephanie Rauer and Thomas Rauer
Francesca Fermi and Diego Rinaldi
Zuzana Merzova and Tomas Morbacher
Angelka Fuhring and Bruno Ellinger
Gabriela Hrazska and Jiri Prochazka
Kristina Kobaladze and Oleg Voiko
Jenny Dahlen and Igor Lukanin
Blanca Szijgyarto and Tamas Sari
Kristina Kalesnik and Alexander Terentjev
Failed to qualify for free dance
Pia-Maria Gustafsson and Antti Groenlund
Anne-Metta Poulsen and David Blazek
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France
Russia
Italy
Lithuania
Germany
Ukraine
Poland
Bulgaria
Israel
Russia
France
France
Britain
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
Slovakia
Austria
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Hungary
Estonia
Finland
Denmark
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3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
8.0
9.4
10.0
10.8
11.8
13.0
14.0
15.0
16.2
17.4
17.4
19.0
20.4
21.2
21.4
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