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Date
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Jan. 10 - 18, 1998
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Location
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Milan, Italy
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Short Program (1) Review
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Elena and Anton skated
to "Swan Lake" as well as I've seen them skate
it! Every element was flawless and they even
received a 6.0 from the Polish judge, their first
ever.
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Long Program (1) Review
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The long program, skated to "Dark Eyes," was also excellent. The
program included a triple split twist, side by side triple toe loops,
a throw triple loop, a throw triple salchow, and a slightly flawed
double axel - double toe loop combination. The program was placed
first by every judge, and Elena and Anton established themselves as
Olympic favorites by winning the 1998 Europeans.
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Standings After SP
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- Elena Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze - RUS
- Sarah Abitbol and Stephane Bernadis - FRA
- Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev - RUS
- Dorota Zagorska and Mariusz Suidek - POL
- Evgenia Filonenko and Igor Marchenko - UKR
- Peggy Schwartz and Mirko Muller - GER
- Katerina Berankova and Otto Dlabola - TCH
- Yulia Obertas and Dmitry Palamarchuk - UKR
- Inga Rodionova and Aleksandr Anichenko - AZE
- Marsha Poluliaschenko and Andrew Seabrook - GBR
- Elaine Asanaki and Joel McKeever - GRE
- Olga Bestandigova and Josef Bestandig - SVK
- Maria Krasiltseva and Alexander Chestnikh - ARM
- Jekaterina Nekrassova and Valdis Mintals - EST
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Final Standings
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- Elena Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze - RUS
- Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev - RUS
- Sarah Abitbol and Stephen Bernadis - FRA
- Dorota Zagorska and Mariusz Suidek - POL
- Peggy Schwartz and Mirko Muller - GER
- Evgenia Filonenko and Igor Marchenko - UKR
- Yulia Obertas and Dmitry Palamarchuk - UKR
- Katerina Berankova and Otto Dlabola - TCH
- Inga Rodionova and Aleksandr Anichenko - AZE
- Marsha Poluliaschenko and Andrew Seabrook - GBR
- Elaine Asanaki and Joel McKeever - GRE
- Olga Bestandigova and Josef Bestandig - SVK
- Jekaterina Nekrassova and Valdis Mintals - EST
- Maria Krasiltseva and Alexander Chestnikh - ARM
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