2026 Europeans - Men Short Program - Manarchy In The UK

[skatingguy]

David Sedej
Coach: Katarina Burja
Music: Asturias, Carmen

2Lz+3T
2A
Flying Change Foot Camel Spin 2 - loss of speed
2F!* - invalid element
Change Foot Sit Spin 4 - loss of speed
Step Sequence 2
Change Foot Combo Spin 2

Performance was a bit rough, and uneven. Looks undertrained based on the lack of precision in the spins.

46.18 = 2nd Place

 

[Sally1214]

Hi everyone
Here we are .... back for another full day of skating. I missed the first skater and, apparently, we've had some withdrawals, but still lots of men to thrill us (hopefully). I always start out with such high hopes.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Kessler is nice and frustrating.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

If you ever wondered what it would be like if Jason Brown was balding and couldn't land a triple jump - here's your answer.

 

[Hanna]

Kessler is nice and frustrating.

Agreed.

His basic movement is so beautiful though, and that extension.

 

[Hedwig]

Kessler
what a first group!
Another highlight skater

this glide!!!

3z3toe
1loop :sad:

best spread eagle into 2axel

I think he has the softest glide of ALL the men competing here

if only for the loop....

still a wonderful skate!!

 

[Elisheba]

No, Jari! I'm a big fan of his.

 

[skatingguy]

Jari Kessler
Coach: Angelina Turenko, Alisa Mikonsaari
Music: Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy

3Lz+3T
1Lo* - invalid element
Flying Sit Spin 3
2A
Step Sequence 3 (2 after review)
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

I always get sucked in by Jari's skating, and hope maybe this time he'll do a clean program, but alas . . .

Q 66.32 = 2nd Place

 

[Citlali]

loop

 

[Hedwig]

Hi everyone
Here we are .... back for another full day of skating. I missed the first skater and, apparently, we've had some withdrawals, but still lots of men to thrill us (hopefully). I always start out with such high hopes.

wind back and watch LIndfors - for me the hightlight of Euros so far

 

[susieB129]

Beautiful skating from Kessler. Better than some of the men who will finish top 10 here and in Milan.

 

[Kateri]

we would be in for a terrific championship if he did not make it.

I would bet almost anything that he will

I did not survive this long as a figure skating fan by allowing myself to hope

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Sladkov's smile makes me very uneasy.

 

[tony]

Another program that has more attention to line and choreography than most of what you’ll see later. Love him.

 

[Hanna]

Can White Crow be considered a warhorse yet?

Zlatkov is another one with beautiful movement and glide.

 

[Aceon6]

So far, it seems that I’ve encountered a screening of X Men.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Zlatkov is not bad
Especially for an actual Bulgarian.

 

[Sally1214]

wind back and watch LIndfors - for me the hightlight of Euros so far

Will do so at the end of this group. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Hedwig]

Zlatkov
1axel
nice use of the music
3z3toe, well done, the landing of the lutz was not optimal but waited patiently to regain balance
3loop nice
someone who really uses the music and skates to the beat of it!

I think so far I enjoyed this first group of men (minus skater No.2 ) more than all of the ladies with the exception of Nina and Niina

 

[Kateri]

I'm loving the skater messages to the audience, do you get those on TV? Zlatkov's was "I SWEAR I PRACTICED THIS" if you wondered what the audience were laughing at.

 

[skatingguy]

Alexander Zlatkov
Coach: Daniela Velichkova
Music: Nureyev by Ilan Eshkeri

1A* - invalid element
3Lz+3T
Change Foot Camel Spin 2
3Lo
Step Sequence 1
Change Foot Combo Spin 1 (BV after review)
Flying Sit Spin 2 (no value after review)

Hard to know what to make of this program. A pop, and very low levels for the non-jump elements, but also a couple of nice jump elements.

50.90 = 3rd Place

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Zlatkov
1axel
nice use of the music
3z3toe, well done, the landing of the lutz was not optimal but waited patiently to regain balance
3loop nice
someone who really uses the music and skates to the beat of it!

I think so far I enjoyed this first group of men (minus skater No.2 ) more than all of the ladies with the exception of Nina and Niina

More Ninas with different amount of i-s!

 

[tony]

Reshtenko is gonna look wildly out of place in this group and not in a good way.

‘I did everything better than the 5th place skater’

 

[Sally1214]

Quad salchow .... OK then.

eta: And 4T/3T. What is this guy doing in the very first group??

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Oh, that's a lovely 4s from Reshtenko.
A bit limited in his arms position vocabulary, I must say.
Saved the 3a.
Ok, I think this one is through.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

And here we got our leader for the upcoming 3 to 4 hours.
Although with the mandatory first group PCS deduction, it might be slightly less.

 

[Hedwig]

Georgii RESHTENKO
4sal - a bit telegraphed but beautifully done
3axel, slight wobble
wow 4toe3toe - he means business

I did not expect such a skate in the first group - the TES might lead for a long while



what a first group that was!!

 

[susieB129]

Well done by Reshtenko!

 

[skatingguy]

Georgii Reshtenko
Coach: Michal Brezina, Adam Solya, Rafael Arutiunian
Music: Scratch, Shadow Hunter, Moriarity

4S
3A - over-rotated slightly, poor landing
Change Foot Combo Spin 2 (1V after review)
4T+3T
Change Foot Camel Spin 3
Step Sequence 2
Flying Sit Spin 3

The quadruple jumps were good, but everything else was lacking.

Q 78.62 = 1st Place

 

[Citlali]

Georgii

What a program for the first group

Michal is his coach? Somehow that explains a lot