91.   Third went to the American team of John and Tiffany Stiegler, trained by Russian pair legend Irina Rodnina.

92.   Two Russian pairs and training partners, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, and Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev, finished second and third, respectively.

93.   Together, Sergei Grinkov and Ekaterina Gordeeva skated the perfect love story, embodying the classical elegance of Russian pairs skating.

94.   Two Russian pairs and training partners, Elena Berezhnaya-Anton Sikharulidze and Oksana Kazakova-Artur Dmitriev, finished second and third, respectively.

95.   Yelena Bereznaia and Anton Sikharulidze are the third Russian pair at the Europeans and have been skating together less than six months.

96.   Germans Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer led the pairs competition after the short program, ahead of three Russian pairs.

97.   However, Le Gougne has repeated she felt the Russian pair were better.

98.   The Russian pair had won just two matches between them in eight clay court events this year but they were too consistent for their Dutch opponents.

99.   The Russian pair have been perfecting their routine, yet to be disclosed to the public, at the University of Delaware in the USA.

100.   Marie-Reine Le Gougne, of the Russian pair she voted for in the figure skating pairs final.