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[en]First of all, there’s this US-based commercial figure skating -site called Ice Network and they have published two articles (in English) related to Kiira and the nationals.

Pre-nationals article:
Is Korpi still crown princess on ice? (photo-gallery)

Post-nationals article:
Lepisto takes Finnish national title (photo-gallery)

It wasn’t the emotionally easiest weekend for Kiira, quote from Aamulehti:

Grief kept Kiira’s thoughts with her friend
Yesterday Korpi’s thoughts were with her best friend whose father had passed away on friday.
– At the moment it feels so futile to think about this competition. There are so much more important things in life, told Korpi in tears.
The emotional discharge after the competition and worries about her friends well-being formed a stream of tears on the skaters cheeks.
– I’m not crying because of the competition. It was hard to stay focused when I would have wanted to be there for my friend. But she encouraged me to go on with the competition.

Video from YLE Sports-news after the nationals:
http://www.yle.fi/urheilu/mediasali/video/id92264.html

The Finnish Figure Skating Association will confirm the team for European Championships later this month, but unless something dramatic happens the team will be Laura Lepistö, Kiira Korpi and Jenni Vähämaa for ladies and Mikko Minkkinen for mens discipline. Three of these four skaters are first-timers in ISU Champioships, for Kiira this will be her fourth time.

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First of all, there’s this US-based commercial figure skating -site called Ice Network and they have published two articles (in English) related to Kiira and the nationals.

Pre-nationals article:
Is Korpi still crown princess on ice? (photo-gallery)

Post-nationals article:
Lepisto takes Finnish national title (photo-gallery)

It wasn’t the emotionally easiest weekend for Kiira, quote from Aamulehti:

Grief kept Kiira’s thoughts with her friend
Yesterday Korpi’s thoughts were with her best friend whose father had passed away on friday.
– At the moment it feels so futile to think about this competition. There are so much more important things in life, told Korpi in tears.
The emotional discharge after the competition and worries about her friends well-being formed a stream of tears on the skaters cheeks.
– I’m not crying because of the competition. It was hard to stay focused when I would have wanted to be there for my friend. But she encouraged me to go on with the competition.

Video from YLE Sports-news after the nationals:
http://www.yle.fi/urheilu/mediasali/video/id92264.html

The Finnish Figure Skating Association will confirm the team for European Championships later this month, but unless something dramatic happens the team will be Laura Lepistö, Kiira Korpi and Jenni Vähämaa for ladies and Mikko Minkkinen for mens discipline. Three of these four skaters are first-timers in ISU Champioships, for Kiira this will be her fourth time.

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まず初めに、Ice Networkという、アメリカを拠点としたフィギュアスケートの商業サイトが、キーラ・コルピと国内大会に関する（英語の）記事を2つ掲載している。

大会前の記事:
コルピは氷上でも王女の冠を獲れるか? (写真ギャラリーも)

大会後の記事:
レピストがフィンランド国内タイトルを獲得 (写真ギャラリーも)

キーラにとって、感情的につらい週末だった。以下、Aamulehti紙から引用:

親友と悲しみにくれるキーラ
昨日、キーラの心は、金曜日に父親を亡くした親友と共にあった。
「あの時は、この試合のことを考えるのが意味のないことのように感じられました。人生には、もっともっと大切なことがあるのです」コルピは泣きながら話した。
張り詰めていた糸が切れた試合後、親友のことが気がかりで、頬には涙があふれた。
「（2位だった）試合のせいで泣いているのではないんです。ずっと親友のそばにいてあげたかったのに、なかなかそうもいかなくて。でも彼女は私に試合を続けるように励ましてくれました」

国内大会後のYLEスポーツニュースのビデオ:（日本では視聴不可？）
http://www.yle.fi/urheilu/mediasali/video/id92264.html

フィンランドのフィギュアスケート連盟は、欧州選手権に派遣するチームを今月の下旬には確定させる予定だが、なにかドラマチックなことでも起こらない限り、女子はラウラ・レピスト、キーラ・コルピ、イェンニ・ベヘマーに、男子はミッコ・ミンッキネンになるだろう。4人のうち3人はISUの選手権に初出場組で、キーラにとって今回は4回目となる。

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Free skating of Nationals has finished, Kiira was second in free skate and finished also in second place overall. So close…
Detailed results page of the free skate.

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Free skating of Nationals has finished, Kiira was second in free skate and finished also in second place overall. So close…
Detailed results page of the free skate.

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フィンランド国内大会が終了。ショートで1位だったキーラ・コルピは、フリーで2位となり、非常に接戦の末、惜しくも総合2位となった。
フリーの詳細な成績はこちらから。

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And, final results are here. Kiira was finally 2nd overall.

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And, final results are here. Kiira was finally 2nd overall.

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そして、最終結果はこちら。キーラは総合2位。

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The battle was very close between Lepistö and Korpi (only 0.36 points). But to be honest, Kiira’s consistency in free skate has left a lot to hope for during this season, so I think Laura deserved this championship fair and square. Kiira’s short program on the other hand has been very good throughout the fall, in four competitions she has missed only one jump in Zagreb. And now there’s good time to sort out the problems in the free skate program before the latter half of the season.

Before the season the Finnish Figure Skating Association set the criteria for choosing skaters to the European Championships. In short, the selection is made in the order of seasonal best (SB) scores to which scores from ISU sanctioned international competitions and scores from the national championships are counted to. Selected skaters have to have participated in at least one international senior competition during the fall. Last year Drei was selected over Lepistö because Lepistö had competed only in junior competitions prior to the nationals. But this year the SB-list after nationals looks as follows:

1. Laura LEPISTÖ 164.76
2. Kiira KORPI 164.40
3. Jenni VÄHÄMAA 163.29
4. Susanna PÖYKIÖ 162.26
5. Alisa DREI 139.30

If the association follows the criterias it has set, it means that Pöykiö 🙁 and Drei will not make it to the Team Finland for the European championships. Two best skaters from the Euros will be selected for the World Championships. But the association haven’t yet made any official announcement about this matter.

Updated by Ville

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The battle was very close between Lepistö and Korpi (only 0.36 points). But to be honest, Kiira’s consistency in free skate has left a lot to hope for during this season, so I think Laura deserved this championship fair and square. Kiira’s short program on the other hand has been very good throughout the fall, in four competitions she has missed only one jump in Zagreb. And now there’s good time to sort out the problems in the free skate program before the latter half of the season.

Before the season the Finnish Figure Skating Association set the criteria for choosing skaters to the European Championships. In short, the selection is made in the order of seasonal best (SB) scores to which scores from ISU sanctioned international competitions and scores from the national championships are counted to. Selected skaters have to have participated in at least one international senior competition during the fall. Last year Drei was selected over Lepistö because Lepistö had competed only in junior competitions prior to the nationals. But this year the SB-list after nationals looks as follows:

1. Laura LEPISTÖ 164.76
2. Kiira KORPI 164.40
3. Jenni VÄHÄMAA 163.29
4. Susanna PÖYKIÖ 162.26
5. Alisa DREI 139.30

If the association follows the criterias it has set, it means that Pöykiö 🙁 and Drei will not make it to the Team Finland for the European championships. Two best skaters from the Euros will be selected for the World Championships. But the association haven’t yet made any official announcement about this matter.

Updated by Ville

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レピストとコルピは接戦で、その差はたったの0.36ポイント。しかし正直なところ、キーラのフリーの安定度は今シーズンを通してもまだまだなところがあるので、公平に見て、ラウラは今回のタイトルを獲得するに値すると思う。一方、キーラのショートプログラムはこの秋からずっと非常によくて、4つの大会のうちミスがあったのは、ザグレブのゴールデンスピンのジャンプ1つだけである。シーズン後半に向けて、フリーの演技で問題がどこにあるのか、今は分析するのにいい機会だろう。

シーズン前に、フィンランドのフィギュアスケート連盟は欧州選手権へ派遣する選手の選考基準を定めた。簡単にいえば、ISU認定の国際大会とフィンランド国内大会の今季ベスト（SB＝シーズナル・ベスト）の成績順に選考を行なうというものだ。対象となる選手はこの秋、シニアの国際大会に少なくとも１回は出ていなくてはならない。昨年、国内大会以前にジュニアの大会にしか出ていなかったレピストはこの条件を満たしていなかったため、ドレイがレピストを飛び越えて代表に選ばれたのだ。しかし今年、国内大会後のSB順位は以下のようになっている。

1. Laura LEPISTÖ／ラウラ・レピスト 164.76
2. Kiira KORPI／キーラ・コルピ 164.40
3. Jenni VÄHÄMAA／ジェニー（イェンニ）・ベヘマー 163.29
4. Susanna PÖYKIÖ／スサンナ・ポイキオ 162.26
5. Alisa DREI／アリサ・ドレイ 139.30

もしスケ連が定められた基準通りに選考を行なうと、ポイキオ 🙁 とドレイは欧州選手権のチームフィンランドから外れることになる。欧州選手権に出た3選手のうち上位の2人が世界選手権に派遣される。しかしこの問題について、スケ連はまだ公式な発表を何も行なっていない。

更新：Ville

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