At the end of this month, Sweden will host European Championships of Figure Skating; following, Ladies entries:

A new victory for Kiira, Finnish Champion for the 5th time, but a promising future for Jenni Saarinen.

As easily predicted, after SP Kiira leads the competition, but Jenni Saarinen is really nearby:

From 19 to 21 of December, Trio Areena in Vantaa will host Finnish Nationals.

Here the entries:

Victory is sure as hell, this is only another step on the way to better shape, anyway… c’mon Kiira, go for “pokerissimo”!

With a great (maybe a litte bit too much…) Components score, she got her first victory after two years!
Moreover, have been reached also minimum technical limits for Europeans and Worlds.

Well done, Kiira! Great job!

An interview in Zagreb by Mila Kajas Virtanen, member of Finnish Figure Skating Association.

Above, entries published by ISU: below, event schedule.

Friday, December 5, 2014

13:30 – Ladies – Short Program

Saturday, December 6, 2014

14:00 – Ladies – Free Skating

18:30 – Ladies, Victory ceremony

20:00 – RTD Ladies, GALA

Kiira’s finally chosen her first competition after a long time: she’ll be back on ice at Golden Spin in Zagreb – Croatia, from 5 to 7 of December. In Finland, many were hoping to see her taking part in Finlandia Trophy in Espoo, at the beginning of this month, but she preferred keep on training in California, and take no further risks, after the injury resolved by an operation in Munich.

So many wishes from all of us!
Paljon onnea vaan!

Come back soon, and kick some ass!

Due to last season, completely skipped because of her injury, Kiira won’t take part in next ISU Grand Prix events:

http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/155348/gp_ladies.pdf

So, probably she’ll select some of new “ISU Challenger Series“: 11 competitions to get more points for ranking (but only for best 5 classified!), and in addition winners can substitute some skater who’d miss a Grand Prix’s event. It’s allowed a maximum of three, and there’s a money award not so insignificant as well.
But, at the moment, didn’t have been too many entries for these Series, so ISU decided to reduce the required number, from 15 to 8. First three competitions will be held in September:

USA –  International Figure Skating Classic, Salt Lake City (from 10/09 to 14/09)
Italy – Lombardia Trophy, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan (from 18/09 to 21/09)
Germany – Nebelhorn Trophy, Oberstdorf (from 25/09 to 27/09)

Which one of these will be chosen by Kiira for coming back?