We hold the new pearls of figure skating following the retirements of Sarah Meier and Stéphane Lambiel! Like Schaffhausen’s Lukas Britschgi the day before, Kimmy Repond picked up bronze at the Europeans in Espoo, Finland.
For her big 1st at this level, Kimmy Repond obtained 128.68 points in the free. Third following the short program, the 16-year-old Baloise was able to defend her position with a total of 192.51 points. Thanks in particular to perfectly executed jumps during the second part of his program when the forces can abandon you. She will have passed 7 triple jumps in this free.
“I really did not expect to get such a resultadmits the Baloise. I tried to concentrate on my jumps and on my choreography.” Kimmy Repond skated to the music of the British rock group Muse. The support of her 2 older sisters, Jérômie and Sidonie, both also excellent skaters, helped her rise to the highest level.
Kimmy Repond performed a very clean program. [Kimmo Brandt – Keystone]
Gold went to Georgian Anastasia Gubanova (199.91) who beat Belgian Loena Hendrickx (193.48). Second Swiss in the running, Livia Kaiser took 18th place.
Kimmy Repond is the first Swiss woman to climb onto a European podium since the coronation of Sarah Meier in Bern in 2011. It is the first time since 2008 that Switzerland has won 2 medals in the same edition of the European Championships.
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