Figure skating|The Helsinki Rockettes and Team Unique, who celebrated at the World Championships in Helsinki a year ago, are fighting for the Championship gold.
Figure skating The Championship team in Turku is in a tight spot after the short programs.
Helsinki Taitoluisteluklub’s team Helsinki Rockettes leads the competition before Sunday’s free program. The reigning world champion of the sport succeeded perfectly and collected 82.10 points in his short program.
The team came close to their season record score of 83.04 in their short program at the WC.
– This short program of theirs, Yle’s commentator and expert, is darkly wonderful Mika Saarelainen praised.
The Helsinki Rockettes, who reached the World Cup medals for the fifth time in a row, are locked in victory and a direct place in the World Cup after Saturday.
Team Unique, who won silver in last year’s World Cup at home, is second, only 1.88 points away from the top. Helsingfors Skridskoklubb’s team is the biggest champion favorite together with Helsinki Rockettes.
Team Unique’s short program was also successful, but it lost slightly to the Rockettes on technical points.
Espoo Synchronized Skaters’ Lumineers is third with 76.91 points and Helsinki Skaters’ Marigold Ice Unity is fourth with 66.94 points.
Marigold Ice Unity suffered bad luck in their program, as two of the team’s skaters fell unluckily just before going through.
Thousands of spectators already arrived in Turku and TPS’ home arena on Saturday, who also made noise during Team Unique’s short program.
Juniors in the battle for gold, however, Helsinki Skaters are strong.
Its team Musketeers is first with 76.93 points after the short program. The Musketeers’ skaters and coaches burst into joy after seeing their wonderful scores.
The battle for the top of the juniors, i.e. 13-19-year-old series, is also tight.
HTK’s Team Fintastic got 76.15 points for their short program and is less than a point away from the top. Dream Edges of Kaarina’s Taitoluisteiðis is in the SM bronze with 74.79 points.
Novices that is, the under-15 Finnish championship was already decided on Saturday, and the gold medals went to Espoo.
Valley Bay Synchronics of Espoo Jäätaiturien took the win before HTK’s Helsinki Finettes and HL’s Starlights.
The Musketeers lead the junior championship battle after the short program.
In Turku will be fought in the organized championships in addition to the adult Finnish championship, from April’s World Championship places.
The team that is crowned Finnish champion will definitely go to Austria and the World Championships in Salzburg, the second country place will be allocated based on the previous results of the season.
On Sunday, the SM free program for juniors starts at 15:00 and for seniors at 17:35.