The French Adam Siao Him Fa He has been proclaimed continental figure skating champion for the first time in his career this Friday at the Europeans in Espoo (Finland) marked by the loss of Russian skaters.
With a total of 267.77 points, he has surpassed the Italian Matteo Rizzo (259.92 points) and the Swiss Lukas Britschgi (248.01 points).
Not all the technical elements of her free skate went perfectly in the first part of the choreography, but Siao Him Fa broke free afterwards. Still, she had a comfortable lead of more than ten points after Wednesday’s short program.
In the absence of defending champion Mark Kondratuik of Russia, suspended for the war in Ukraine, top spot seemed more accessible than ever for the 21-year-old, who responded on the Finnish ice.
Since 2011 with Florent Amodio a French skater has not won a continental gold.
The Catalan Tomás Llorenç Guarino, The only Spanish skater present in Espoo, he finished 12th overall, improving the 22nd position he obtained in the European Championship last year, totaling 205.19 points. He was 14th after the short program with 71.65 and in the free he was 13th with 133.54.
Italy dominates in dance after the short
The Italian duo formed by Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri leads the European Figure Skating Championships after the rhythmic dance held on Friday in Espoo (Finland).
Skating a medley of rumba, salsa and samba to music by Grace Jones, they scored 85.53 points. The Italians are favorites in the absence of Olympic champions Gabriella Papadakis of France and Guillaume Cizeron, who have put their careers on hold this season.
Leading the standings are Brits Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (84.12 points) and locals Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis (77.56 pts).
