The last competitive day of Europeans has concluded in Bern. Having performed her free program with breathtaking emotions, Alena moved 8 places up and came in 5th.  

Yesterday’s short program had left Alena no choice but to skate her free program cleanly and try to move up in the final standings as high as possible. The 7th starting number (first in the warm-up) only complicated the task, because it meant that Alena couldn’t expect a high components score. On the other hand, it was maybe easier to come to the ice long before the leaders. 

Alena started her free skating with a magnificent 3T+3T. Then followed a 3L, 3Lo, 3F+2T. A crack in the ice prevented Alena from doing the 3S in the three jump combination, she doubled it. Apart from a minor slip-up on the landing of her 3F, Alena made no more mistakes on the jumps. Maybe it was because Alena was too overcome with emotions on the step sequence, that it was given only the 1st level. Her 55.34 was the 3rd ‘tecnical’ result of the day. The PCS was expectedly low, 50.57. The total FS score, 105.91, gave Alena the 3rd place in the free skating and the small bronze  medal of the tournament.   

Skating of Alena’s rivals from the last two warm-ups wasn’t perfect, which allowed her to move from the 13th to the 5th place.  

Free skating result
Final result
Free skating judges scores

Alena’s interview given in the mixed zone to the All Sport News Agency