No love greetings from Moscow: Nicole Schott from Essen and Lea Johanna Dastich from Dresden made an unexpected false start in the short program at the European Figure Skating Championships.
The duo of the German Ice-skating Union (DEU) played a short game, the hoped for top-ten placements should not be easy to reach in the freestyle decision on Saturday (16.30 o’ clock).
While the 17 year old Dastich “only” failed the planned jump combination and made a solid debut in the European Championship with rank 16, the German champion Schott disappointed all along the line.
24 hours after her Olympic nomination, the 21-year-old fell twice and drove with her shoulders hanging and a disastrous 18th place. Place of the ice.
I have never run such a program in which almost everything was out of control. I was completely confused,”said the runner training in Oberstdorf.
Naturally, Dastich was not satisfied with her performance either:”When I came on the ice, I noticed that an EM is a competition with a special atmosphere.
Things were tighter than expected at the top. World champion Yevgeniya Medvedeva had to put up with a stumble in the double-axle and with 78.57 points she is just behind team-mate Alina Sagitowa (80.27). Third place is taken by Carolina Kostner from Italy with 78.30 points.
The judges’ marks also confirmed the poor form of the German ice ladies’ day. With 49.89 points, Dastich was almost five points behind her personal best performance. For Schott (48.37), the difference was even more than nine points.
After the weak start of the two German runners, even the minimum goal of defending a second starting position at the European Championships 2019 in Minsk has now run into danger at the Megasport Palace. Dastich and Schott would have to finish 13th and 15th in the final classification.
Dastich, who is training in Mannheim, will not be present at the winter games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Schott had secured the only German Olympic ticket this autumn.