1997 Euros Dance Free | More 6.0s for Grishuk-Platov; French teams duel for bronze

Australian/British coverage (commentator: Chris Howarth, Nicky Slater) Ice dance, free dance (FD) from the 1997 European Figure Skating Championships. Selected performances featured here marked with (*): Final Rank Name Nation TFP CD1 CD2 OD FD* 1 Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov Russia 2.0 1 1 1 1* 2 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Russia 4.0 2 2 2 2* 3 Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy France 6.4 4 4 3 3* 4 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat France 7.6 3 3 4 4* I've previously posted other related footage from this event. Consider this the 'EP' (extended play). Оксана Грищук, Евгений Платов, Анжелика Крылова, Олег Овсянников ------------------------------------------------------------ [notes from Ice Skating International] Friday 24 January 1997 1997 EUROPEAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS - DAY FOUR It was a third gold medal for Russia at the 1997 European Figure Skating Championships today (Friday) as Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (RUS) swept to victory in the ice dance competition. The world and Lillehammer 1994 Games champions scored six more perfect marks of 6.0 for the presentation of their exotic Arabian free dance, winning a standing ovation from the crowd. Added to the six perfect scores they received yesterday for their original dance, their career total of 6.0s now stands at 16. Their total of 12 perfect scores at one European Championships is second only to Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (GRB) who scored a total of 17 at the 1984 European Championships and 14 at the 1982 European Championships. The silver medal went to fellow Russians Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsiannikov, the world silver medalists, whose free dance earned one first place from the Austrian judge. Sophie Moniotte & Pascal Lavanchy (FRA) delighted the home crowd by winning the bronze medal; the second medal of the Championshiups for France. Moniotte & Lavanchy earned a 7-2 majority verdict from the judges over teammates Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat. ------------------------------------------------------------ #figureskating #フィギュアスケート #eiskunstlauf #фигурноекатание #pattinaggioartistico #patinageartistique #icedance special thanks to Kim!