The International Skating Association Isu told why Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis will not be able to reach the end of the European Championships. EPN’s narrator Sara Honkavaara is amazed.
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Sports followed the European Figure Skating European Championships moment by moment in this article. Shipment from the end of the European Championships on Sunday 2.2. at 3:55 pm in Arena and at 6:10 pm on TV2.
Finnish ice dance pair Juulia Turkkila–Matthias Versluis Standed fourth in the European Figure Skating European Championship in Tallinn yesterday.
For the first time, Turkkila and Versluis, which had been crossing the 200-point border, remained fourth with a 0.33 point difference to the bronze pair, the United Kingdom Lilah Fear and To Lewis Gibson.
However, the couple, who had collected their highest point pot on Saturday’s free program, was left without an invitation to the end show on Sunday. At the same time, the International Skating Association ISU invited the fourth ranks in other series, like the Finns.
The final show culminates in figure skating value races every last day. The audience can see the stars of the Games in a more relaxed show number environment, which has made the final shows a popular program in the value races.
The medalists of their series will receive an automatic invitation to the end screening. The rest of the father calls. Now, for example, the invitation to the end of the invitation was given to the Spanish couple who reached 5th place in ice dance Olivia Smart–Tim dieck as well as the 8th place in Georgia’s pair Diana Davis–Gleb Smolk.
Executive Director of the Finnish Figure Skating Association Salla Mäkelä Post the official response from ISU to Sports.
– Selecting the final show is not based on skaters’ placement unless they are in the top three. The choice is based on entertainment value, says Isu in his response.
– The decision is based on what skaters have to offer. Based on what we have seen in screen programs so far this year, we knew the Turkkila/Versluis program number.
ISU also says in his defense that the selection was influenced by the length of the final show. It is two and a half hours in Tallinn, which, according to the union, affected the number of skaters selected.
Finnish viewers were left without their pair
Turkkila and Versluis comment on the matter to Sports after the explanatory memorandum to ISU. The couple in particular would have liked to thank the rich Finnish audience who had come to Tallinn, which has felt like a home audience.
– Of course, it would have been nice to be able to skate almost again in front of the home audience, but ISU’s rules really state that a safe show is only for couples in the medal trio. This time the choices of other couples have hit others, Turkkila and Versluis say.
CEO Mäkelä comments on behalf of the Finnish Association of Sports.
– Sure, it would have been great that we would have seen a Finnish couple of ice dance in the show. During the race week, the majority of viewers have been Finns.
Sports Figure Skating Broadcaster Sara Honkavaara It was amazed at ISU’s solution.
– I would have waited for Turkkila and Versluis to have been automatically involved in the show lineup for their investment and record points. In addition, Finland’s second pair of ice dance Yuko orihara and Juho Pirinen Could have been involved in the only entertainment, Honkavaara ponders.
Sports followed the European Figure Skating European Championships moment by moment in this article. Shipment from the end of the European Championships on Sunday 2.2. at 3:55 pm in Arena and at 6:10 pm on TV2.