[en]Finnish nationals 2007/08 Free Skating[/en][fi]Finnish nationals 2007/08 Free Skating[/fi][ja]フィンランド国内大会2007/08フリー[/ja]

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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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