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Hase and Volodin Rally to Bronze at Grand Prix Final After Short-Program Slip

A clean free skate lifted the German pair from fifth after a costly Salchow error to a podium finish in Nagoya.

Overview

  • The European champions totaled 221.25 points to finish third, rebounding from a 71.68 short program.
  • Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won with 225.21 points, with Italy’s Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii second at 223.28.
  • Hase under-rotated the planned triple Salchow in the short, executing it as a single that dropped them to fifth.
  • The defending champions had won the Final in 2023 and 2024 and entered as European champions and last season’s World silver medalists.
  • The Nagoya event featured the top six pairs from the Grand Prix season, with Hase and Volodin the only German participants across disciplines.