Figure skater Lindsay van Zundert (17) from Etten-Leur was unable to maintain her tenth position at the European Championships in Espoo, Finland, on Saturday in the free freestyle. She crashed twice and came to a total score of 158.10 points. That was good for fourteenth place.
Van Zundert had convincingly qualified for the free freestyle on Thursday afternoon. With an almost flawless performance, the figure skater had scored tenth in the short freestyle. She was among the best 24 figure skaters who were also allowed to take action on Saturday. In the free freestyle she scored 99.97 points, the fifteenth score.
She finished eighteenth in her debut at the Beijing Olympics last year. At the European Championships in 2022 she did not make it to the free freestyle and was 27th.
A good performance at the European Championships could have been a big boost for the young figure skater. She announced at the end of last year that she quickly needed extra sponsors if she wanted to continue her career. Striking, since Van Zundert still shone at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2021.
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