The European Figure Skating Championships will be held in Finland
Laura Lepistö won the European Championships ladies´ title and Susanna Pöykiö took bronze. Congratulations!
Finnish Figure Skating Association has the pleasure of staging the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2009. The event will be held January 20–25, 2009 in the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki.
The annual figure skating competition will host almost 200 skaters over the course of the week. Audiences can look forward to five days of competition covering four disciplines including Men and Ladies Individual Finals, Ice Dance, Pairs and the Exhibition Gala on the final day.
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Figure skating is a unique combination of graceful movements and breath-taking jumps enhanced with fabulous costumes and compelling music. One can experience the thrilling pair skating lifts and throws, enjoy the handsome male skaters confronting the gravity with their jumps, admire the female skaters’ delightfully smooth performances and sense the incredible combination of rhythm and motion in ice dancing.
The opening ceremony is magnificent with the world’s best synchronized skaters and the exhibition gala has the best skaters of Europe unleashing their skills in their extraordinary show performances.
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The Compulsory Dance drawn to be skated at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2009 is Finnstep. Finnstep is choreographed by the finnish ice dance couple Susanna Rahkamo and Petri Kokko. Finnstep was their Original Dance when they won goldmedals in Europeans 1995.
More information
Finnish Figure Skating Association(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)