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5th at Europeans!
The European championships in Sheffield are over and Tomas ended up in 5th place with a combined score of 225.36.
In the short program things went quit well for Tomas. He opened up with a quad that he landed on 2 feet, but the axel and the triple lutz - triple toe after that were very beautifully executed. With a score of 81.14, Tomas was in 3rd after the short program.
"It was a disappointing opening to the program. I knew when I missed the quad and I’ve been struggling with the triple Axel in practice so I felt I didn’t have anything to look forward to. But then it was better." Tomas said right after skating in the mixed zone.
In preperation to the event Tomas had been a little nervous: "To be honest I did not feel so good before the competition, I didn't sleep well at all. I felt pressure because I did not compete much yet this season. However I am 25 years old now and I have enough experience to deal with it now. You cannot win the competition in the short program, but when it does not go well, you can lose your chances. Luckily this did not happen to me. I wished to score over 80 and I managed that even though one jump wasn't that great."
In the long program things were a bit less fortunate for Tomas. After the opening quad Tomas fell on his face and even lost orientation for a while. Because of the hard fall even one of his buttons on his sleeve had split in half and was left behind on the ice. However Tomas showed some fighting spirit and after a single axel Tomas recovered and landed most of his triples like planned.
"The beginning was really crucial. I knew that I lost too many points and that really did not help me for the rest of the program. It's difficult then to erase those thoughts and continue with the rest of the program. And as if that wasn't enough, due to the fact I fell on my face I lost orientation for a while. However during the stepsequence I calmed down again and after that I didn't make many mistakes anymore." Tomas said about his program to sport-invest.
When Tomas just finished his skate he was upset with his own skating. He had hoped to do better. However after talking to his coach he started to see things in perspective. "I was quite upset at first, but my trainer helped me to get over it a little bit. Even before I went to all the journalists he spoke to me and convinced me that it really wasn't such a failure. After all my difficulties this season; the problems with the disc in my back, the pulled muscles in my knee, it wasn't so bad at all. Apart from 2 jumps in the program I managed to do everything and on that we can work in preperation towards the world championships. I do think that being 4th and 5th at the European Championships is a good result for Czech figure skating. I don't think Michal Brezina and me have something to be ashamed about."
On monday when everything is finished Tomas will go home for a couple of days to rest and recover from this championships. Then he will go back to Canada to resume his training in preperation for the world championships in Nice!
Full result details and protocols can be found on the ISU website. For more interviews, pictures and videos we would like to refer you to the official facebook of Tomas.