Europe On Ice - BLOG

Day five of the European Championships 2012 saw the opening of the ladies event and the conclusion of the ice dance competition.

In a return to the former glory days of the Soviet Union, Russia occupied the pairs podium completely while they also hold the top two positions after the men's short programme.

The main portion of the European Championships got under way with the pairs short programme and short dance and it was Russian faces that were doing the most smiling about the results.

The ladies free skating was the final preliminary event of the European Championships 2012 at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield and twenty three skaters battled it out for the ten remaining places in Friday's short programme.

The preliminary rounds in the men and ice dance categories were held today at the European Figure Skating Championships 2012 at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield and Evgeni Plushenko showed that he still has it even at the ripe old age of twenty nine.