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Fourth national title!

By Northeagle, on December 17th, 2012

Kiira won Finnish Championships in Joensuu:

Pl.	Name	Club	Points	SP	FS
1	Kiira KORPI	TAPTL	170.05	1	1
2	Juulia TURKKILA	HL	135.40	2	2
3	Alisa MIKONSAARI	LRTL	128.12	10	3
4	Rosaliina KUPARINEN	LTL	123.11	3	5
5	Beata PAPP	HERME	122.19	7	4
6	Seidi RANTANEN	ESJT	119.25	4	9
7	Leena RISSANEN	TTK	115.73	6	8
8	Olivia TUUVA	LL	114.83	9	7
9	Henriikka HIETANIEMI	HL	113.45	12	6
10	Sera VÄISTÖ	JOKA	112.24	5	11
11	Reetta ROMPPANEN	LTL	107.59	13	10
12	Nea VIIRI	ESJT	105.23	8	13
13	Eveliina VILJANEN	PORIT	103.89	11	12
14	Timila SHRESTHA	JTL	100.32	14	14

An easy victory, but not a great performance: Flip, Lutz, even Toeloop didn’t work as expected…

[Nationals] A very good SP

By Northeagle, on December 15th, 2012

As easily expected, Kiira leads with an enormous advantage after SP, today in Joensuu:

Pl.	Name	Club	TSS	TES	PCS
1	Kiira KORPI	TAPTL	66.39	35.19	31.20
2	Juulia TURKKILA	HL	45.57	22.89	23.68
3	Rosaliina KUPARINEN	LTL	45.47	24.39	21.08
4	Seidi RANTANEN	ESJT	44.83	23.95	21.88
5	Sera VÄISTÖ	JOKA	41.57	22.81	19.76
6	Leena RISSANEN	TTK	41.29	20.45	20.84
7	Beata PAPP	HERME	39.84	19.44	21.40
8	Nea VIIRI	ESJT	39.57	20.41	19.16
9	Olivia TUUVA	LL	39.40	21.28	19.12
10	Alisa MIKONSAARI	LRTL	38.80	19.28	19.52
11	Eveliina VILJANEN	PORIT	37.23	16.59	20.64
12	Henriikka HIETANIEMI	HL	36.42	18.38	19.04
13	Reetta ROMPPANEN	LTL	35.70	17.30	18.40
14	Timila SHRESTHA	JTL	35.16	15.60	19.56

National Championships 2013

By Northeagle, on December 12th, 2012

On 15/12 and 16/12 of December, Kiira will be in Joensuu, for Finnish Championships; following the schedule (local time):

Saturday, 15/12 : SP (12.30 – 19.50)
Sunday, 16/12 : FS (10.00 – 14.45)

[GP Finals] – At the feet of podium

By Northeagle, on December 9th, 2012

Kiira’s got the 4th final placement in Sochi, after FS:

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Mao ASADA	JPN	196.80	1	1
2	Ashley WAGNER	USA	181.93	2	4
3	Akiko SUZUKI	JPN	180.77	3	3
4	Kiira KORPI	FIN	174.94	4	5
5	Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA	RUS	173.75	5	2
6	Christina GAO	USA	154.54	6	6

In such conditions (but with a first-time successful Flip… wow), a very good result, close to her PB: well done, Kiira!

[GP Finals] – After SP

By Northeagle, on December 7th, 2012

Kiira got the 4th place after SP, today in Sochi, with a score (63,42 points) very very close to her PB: go for it, medals are there! Hyvä Kiira!

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP
1	Mao ASADA	JPN	66.96	1
2	Ashley WAGNER	USA	66.44	2
3	Akiko SUZUKI	JPN	65.00	3
4	Kiira KORPI	FIN	63.42	4
5	Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA	RUS	56.61	5
6	Christina GAO	USA	48.56	6

Grand Prix Finals

By Northeagle, on November 13th, 2012

Finals of Grand Prix will be held in Sochi, from 7th to 9th of December, at Iceberg Skating Palace.

Entries:

Ashley Wagner (USA)
Mao Asada (JPN)
Kiira Korpi (FIN)
Akiko Suzuki (JPN)
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS)
Christina Gao (USA)
Withdrawn: Julia Lipnitskaia (RUS)

Here’s the schedule:

Friday, 7/12: 15.00 Short Program
Saturday, 8/12: 15:15 Free Skating (will follow Victory Ceremonies)
Sunday, 9/12: 15:30 Exhibition Gala

[Cup of Russia 2012] Gold in Moscow!

By Northeagle, on November 10th, 2012

With her new PB score (177,19!) and a PB in FS too (115,64), Kiira, in spite of some mistakes and a fall, won the competition!

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Kiira KORPI	FIN	177.19	2	1
2	Gracie GOLD	USA	175.03	1	2
3	Agnes ZAWADZKI	USA	166.61	3	4
4	Kanako MURAKAMI	JPN	166.34	6	3
5	Adelina SOTNIKOVA	RUS	157.98	5	7
6	Alena LEONOVA	RUS	157.27	4	8
7	Polina KOROBEYNIKOVA	RUS	153.32	8	6
8	Viktoria HELGESSON	SWE	151.48	7	9
9	Valentina MARCHEI	ITA	148.67	9	5
10	Caroline ZHANG	USA	138.21	10	10

Finals in Sochi, here we are!

Exhibition Gala on Sunday

[Cup of Russia] Moscow

By Northeagle, on November 9th, 2012

Second place for Kiira after the SP!

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP
1	Gracie GOLD	USA	62.16	1
2	Kiira KORPI	FIN	61.55	2
3	Agnes ZAWADZKI	USA	60.18	3
4	Alena LEONOVA	RUS	58.85	4
5	Adelina SOTNIKOVA	RUS	57.11	5
6	Kanako MURAKAMI	JPN	56.78	6
7	Viktoria HELGESSON	SWE	54.10	7
8	Polina KOROBEYNIKOVA	RUS	51.45	8
9	Valentina MARCHEI	ITA	46.25	9
10	Caroline ZHANG	USA	46.15	10

Great performance: fingers crossed for tomorrow!

[GP - Rostelecom Cup] Moscow 2012

By Northeagle, on November 6th, 2012

Next GP’s event for Kiira will be Cup of Russia, from 9th to 11th of November, at Megasport Ice Palace in Moscow. Following, the schedule of the competition:

November, 09 : 15:00 – 16:20 SP
November, 10 : 14:00 – 15:30 FS
November, 11 : 14:00 – 14:20 Victory ceremony
November, 11 : 14:35 – 15:30 Exhibition Gala

Go for it, Kiira!

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