2024-01-13 03:57:33
He was the big favorite and he assumed that status. After that obtained in 2023 in Espoo (Finland), Adam Siao Him Fa retained his title of European champion this Friday evening in Kaunas (Lithuania). “I felt very good, I was confident in my abilities, I fought until the end of the program. It was fun to skate here, I enjoyed it, even if everything was not perfect,” underlines Adam Siao Him Fa who becomes the first French skater since Alain Calmat (from 1962 to 1964) to retain his European title.
Although he had a few scares with two falls, notably on his quadruple toe loop, he recovered perfectly and then mastered the end of his rather daring program with a somersault to music by Max Richter. The 22-year-old French prodigy, licensed in Nice, obtains a total of 276.17 points and leaves his opponents very far away, more than 20 points away, the Estonian Aleksandr Selevko (256.99 points) and the Italian Matteo Rizzo (250.87 points). His next goal will be the Worlds which will take place in March in Montreal.
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