US EditionEgadze Beats Two Brothers to Lead Figure Skating’s European Championships
Nika Egadze scored 91.28 points with two quadruple jumps, leading the European Figure Skating Championships short program in a key Olympic warmup.
- On Thursday, Nika Egadze, Georgian figure skater, took the lead in the men's short program at the European Figure Skating Championships after opening with a quadruple salchow–triple toeloop and landing a quad toeloop.
- At the European Championships, this meet serves as the final international competition for Europe's Olympic-bound skaters ahead of the Milano Cortina Games, with Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava, pairs leaders, and Niina Petrokina, women's short-program leader, set for their free skates.
- Despite a missed catch on a spin, Nika Egadze's only error was grabbing his skate, yet he delivered a strong program heading into Saturday's free skate, with Selevko sat second on 88 and Mihhail third on 88.28 after the short program.
- Italy's Olympic selection picture sharpens as Matteo Rizzo posts 88, battling Nikolaj Memola for second spot while Daniel Grassl secures first with 84.82.
- Egadze's coaching team includes Eteri Tutberidze, coach of Kamila Valieva, while the championships have produced strong results for Georgia and Estonia despite neither being traditional skating powers.
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Frenchman Kevin Aymoz missed the short programme of the European Figure Skating Championships: his 27th place in the free program, scheduled for Saturday.
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Egadze beats two brothers to lead figure skating's European championships
Georgian figure skater Nika Egadze edged ahead of two Estonian brothers to take the lead in the short program at the European Championships, a key Olympic warmup event.
Figure skating-Georgia's Egadze leads after European men's short programme
SHEFFIELD, England, Jan 15 - Georgia's Nika Egadze soared to the top of the leaderboard at the European Figure Skating Championships on Thursday, landing two clean quadruple jumps in a dazzling short programme that left the crowd buzzing. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Nika Egadze Shines Bright at European Skating Championships | Sports-Games
Nika Egadze Shines Bright at European Skating Championships Georgia's Nika Egadze soared to the pinnacle of the leaderboard at the European Figure Skating Championships, delivering an electrifying short program with two flawless quadruple jumps. The 23-year-old embarked on his performance with a quad Salchow-triple toe loop and subsequently completed a quad toe loop.Despite a minor glitch where he reached to grab his skate unsuccessfully, Egadze…
Czech figure skater Georgii Reshtenko is eighth after the short program at the European Championships. He improved his personal best to 78.62 points and is attacking his best result so far at the top continental event, which is ninth place the year before last. After the opening part of the championship in Sheffield, Nika Egadze from Georgia is leading, who was the only one to surpass the 90-point mark on Thursday.
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