The German ice dancers Katharina Müller and Tim Dieck are at the figure skatingEM Finished twelfth in Tallinn. Dortmund celebrated the best in the freestyle on Saturday (01/15/2022). EM-Placement of their career. However, they narrowly missed the hoped-for tenth place with the victory of the Russian couple Wictoria Sinizina/Nikita Kazalapow with 170.27 points.
“Felt the Ice”
“I found that we stood very well on our feet. We are satisfied”, said the 26-year-old Müller and explained: “We were stable and we felt the ice. And we found the balance between tension and relaxation.”
Defending champions win gold
The defending champions Wictoria Sinizina/Nikita Kazalapow beat their compatriots Alexandra Stepanova/Iwan Buki (213.20) with 217.96 points. After the rhythm dance, only a point separated the two.
In the freestyle, the world champions Sinizina/Kazapalon then showed the more high-class and thrilling performance. The Italians Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (207.97 points), who made it onto the podium again after 2019, won bronze.
Co-favorites Papadakis/Cizeron are missing
With the French Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, a favorite couple decided not to start in the capital of Estonia. The Olympic silver medalists from Pyeongchang 2018 and four-time world champion canceled their start because of fear of a corona infection.
No second German EM-Starting place
The German couple Müller/Dieck was able to go to Whitney Houstons “I will always love you”, the film music of “body guard“, with a strong and flawless performance. In the program components, the two Dortmunders were clearly away from the European champions (57.98 points) with 46.15 points.
The Germans were only 3.72 points short of tenth place. With a place in the top 10, Müller/Dieck could have given the German team a second starting place at the 2023 World Cup.