1987 Euros Ladies | Katarina Witt wins 5th straight title, in comeback

the top 3 from the women's/ladies free skate at the 1987 European Figure Skating Championships (Sarajevo) as shown on Australian television (originating British coverage, commentator: Alan Weeks) and marked with (*) below: Rank Name Nation TFP CF OP FS* 1 Katarina Witt East Germany 3.8 4 1 1* ("West Side Story") 2 Kira Ivanova Soviet Union 1 3 2* ("Zigeunerweisen") 3 Anna Kondrashova Soviet Union 3 2 3* (Anna Levandi) ("Rhapsodie by Saint-Preux") ---------- [Associated Press extract] European Figure Skating : In Comeback, Katarina Witt Wins for Fifth Straight Time Feb. 8, 1987 12 AM PT SARAJEVO, Yugoslavia — Katarina Witt of East Germany won her fifth straight women’s European Figure Skating Championship Saturday and looked forward to regaining her world title next month. At the same Zetra ice rink where she won the 1984 Winter Games title, Witt came from behind with an interpretive version to the music from “West Side Story.” Skating last, she watched her main rivals make mistakes. “I usually like to skate before the others,” Witt said. “I heard the marks and knew the girls before me had made mistakes. I wanted to do a program without mistakes. I decided in the program not to do the triple loop jump.” #figureskating #フィギュアスケート #eiskunstlauf #фигурноекатание #pattinaggioartistico #patinageartistique thanks to Kim!