Georgia’s Anastasiia Gubanova was topped European determine skating champion on Saturday after a memorable efficiency to the soundtrack of the film blockbuster “Slumdog Millionaire”. Despite an error on a triple flip, the 20-year-old triumphed forward of Belgium’s Loena Hendrickx who had began as favorite within the absence of Russia’s banned skaters. “I’m in shock, but the work paid off,” stated Gubanova, wearing a brilliant outfit to resemble a sari, after profitable the free program in Espoo, Finland.
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Avrupa Artistik Patinaj Sampiyonasi;nda kadinlarda altin madalya asagidaki enerjik ve harika serbest program performansiyla Anastasiia Gubanova’ya gitti. Kisa programi da zirvede tamamlayan Gubanova kariyerinin ilk Avrupa Sampiyonlugunu yasadi. #EuroFigure pic.twitter.com/LlJCtc2SWu
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She had already gained the brief program and completed the competitors on 199.91 factors.
“I was so stressed before skating, and mentally it was very hard,” added Gubanova who had represented Russia till 2021.
“At the end of my performance, there were a lot of emotions.”
Having completed eleventh on the Beijing Olympics then sixth on the world championships final 12 months, Saturday’s win was comfortably the largest of Gubanova’s profession.
Hendrickx, runner-up on the worlds, had been the favorite to succeed the banned Kamila Valieva as champion.
But the Belgian fell closely twice on Saturday.
“I’m not happy at all. I wanted to do a good program and I didn’t. I’m very disappointed,” admitted the 23-year-old.
Hendrickx was greater than six factors behind the champion whereas Swiss 16-year-old Kimmy Repond was third with 192.51 factors after a faultless routine to music from British rockers Muse.
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