Figure skating European Championships will take place in Tallinn 29.1. – 2.2. transmits the competitions on his channels on TV2 and Arena.
Finnish skaters are already eagerly awaiting the Tallinn Figure Skating European Championships and its short program starting today. Linnea Ceder22 has been waiting to return to the value races for five years, Janna Jyrkinen17, on the other hand, last year’s Kaunas Games.
– Yes, it is exciting, but it’s a good and confident feeling. The kind of excitement as in the race in general, Ceder assured.
Ceder made his debut at the European Championship in January 2020 and finished nicely 12th. After that, the corona pandemic struck, the races had to be canceled, and Ceder himself had to rehabilitate himself for a long time due to his back stress fracture.
Ceder admits that he really didn’t think that it would take so long to get back to the European Championships or back to the top at all. However, the return has been extremely important to him.
– It’s great that I have been able to show myself that this job has been worth it. These five years have been challenging, but they have gone surprisingly fast. Wonderful to be back on the European Championship! He sighed with satisfaction.
With a steep simple goal
Jyrkinen, on the other hand, rose to the public’s consciousness two years ago, when at the age of 15 he skated seventh at the Espoo European Championships.
However, the next season did not go as planned. The steep stretched the length and the technology got mixed up. After a difficult season, he moved from Lappeenranta to Espoo and is now preparing for a former value representative Alisa Drein in the doctrine.
According to Jyrkinen, a little break is not nervous about him. He has applied for a good foundation for international competitions from the intense camp and the winter sleepers.
– Universiads were such a good thing to get clean before these races. I wanted a tough race and that was a good workout. I got pretty good performances, Jyrkinen, who finished sixth.
Ceder has already been able to skate close to his record points this season and his free program record point. In Tallinn, he hopes to be able to skate an intact short program.
– I really believe I can do it. Then in the freelance I just put everything in the game and I will enjoy this in a hundred!
Jyrkinen finished tenth in the early part of the season in Finlandia Trophy, and success brought him a lot of confidence. This season Benoit richaud According to the program, the skating Jyrkinen has got an adult and more independent grip on the ice. He also says he is now a more experienced visitor.
– Now I know a little about what the races are. My goal is to enjoy this, and of course you do your own best performance.
The oldest skater of the race is trusted in a familiar recipe
Valtter Virtanen At the age of 37 is the oldest skater in the Tallinn European Championship. For a Finnish skater, the race is already the tenth European Championships. Nonetheless, value races can inspire Virta, who has learned to enjoy them over the years.
– There have been too much excitement in the first races, it may not have been successful and then they may have had a bad taste. I have learned from those mistakes and years, Virtanen said.
– Now I look forward to more and I really want to get to the race. In the past, when I was younger, there was such a small fear of what was happening here.
Virtanen’s season has passed through small difficulties, as in December a small bulge was found on his back. However, it was controlled by calming the training. For the European Championships, Virtanen has been able to practice completely healthy and without any restriction.
Virtanen’s best investment in the European Championship is the second season, when he was 14th in the Espoo European Championship. In Tallinn, he plans to use the same recipe in his short program that he has had in recent years.
-Triple Lutzi, Triple Input Plug and Dualaxel, a high quality intact program is enough. And the freelance program puts everything into the game. You can’t leave the jacket open as the level has risen all the time year by year. Nothing is self -evident in this sport, Virtanen reminded.
Clerici is already falling for hours
Finland in pairing representing Milania Väänänen and Italian Filippo Clerici They have learned a common tune in over a couple of years. They have technically leaned a lot, but in artistic they are still left out of top couples. The Tallinn Games are other European Championships together for them, a year ago in Lithuania they finished 14th.
– We want to show an intact program on the ice. We know what our weaknesses and strengths are. We want to show how we have evolved from last season, the couple said.
As they prepare for the race, the duo has had the flu and have taxed training. However, they are excited about the upcoming short program, and Clerici says he is already falling for hours to get on the ice.
– I hate it when I have to wait for my own turn. Then I have the most pressure. When I’m on the ice, I’m perfectly fine, Clerici said.
According to Väänänen, the most important thing is to stay calm and avoid stress. They are helped by music and coffee in the pursuit of tranquility.
– We haven’t been terribly thinking about the goal. Such a cleanliness of the program and that the levels are enough. We haven’t thought about the investment, Väänänen said.
News corrected 29.1. 11:15 am: Previously, Jyrkkinen was misrepresented, the real name is Janna Jyrkinen.