Europeans

So happy that Sarah won, even though i thought she should have won the long program....sad to see her retire. I also love to watch Florent skate

Our commentators of Eurosport said that Joubert & Amodio slept together in one room and Joubert said that Florent is a great guy but he talks too much during sleeping

Sarah Meier was gorgeous!!! Clean winner in her home country!! amazing!!

Aibhlin wrote:

I was happy to see a sentimental favourite of mine (Meier) finally rise to the occasion and stand at the top of the podium but I have to be honest - ladies' skating in Europe is just not in a good place right now.

ITA We have to wait for our young, russian stars

Star85 wrote:

Are you serious?! They really don't practice their programs all the way through in Europe before competition?!.

I was very tired writing this, so I have to sort of add an amendment: if I recall correctly, Verner said they don't do full run-throughs, not that they never do it at all. Possibly he only meant that they don't do them on a regular basis? Still, this struck me as odd.

Also, this is Verner's take. And the situation in say, Russia, could be quite different than on the continent... Plus I know in my own country is it extremely difficult for figure skaters to get ice time at all. We have a lot of rinks but hockey is practically the National sport, so the few skaters we have are crammed. My guess is even if someone practicing said they were into figure skating they would be met by and followed by the question: is that like, a sport , or something?

Anyway, I can't wait for the Russians to grow up. So many promising skaters from this year's junior crop...

They do run-throughs, but not everyday/multiple times every day like in America and Canada. They might do them once a week, or a short one day and a long the next.

Ksusha who used to train in USA and now is training in Russia, said that she is doing much more run-throughs and has more ice time. So it depends I guess. And also the difference between Russia and USA, in Russia federation pays for your ice time, as I understood in USA you should pay it by yourself.
And before competitions Europeans for sure have run-throughs That's how we knew about Katya's new dress)