Overview
- Defending champion Niina Petrokina returned from October Achilles surgery to post a personal‑best 70.61 and lead the women’s short program.
- Nina Pinzarrone sits second on 64.97 with Anna Pezzetta third on 64.85 heading into Friday’s free skate.
- Georgia’s Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava scored 75.96 to top the pairs short program, edging Germany’s titleholders Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin on 74.81.
- The Georgian pair arrived late due to visa delays and had only a same‑day practice before their performance, with the pairs free skate set for Thursday.
- Georgia’s Nika Egadze leads the men’s short with 91.28 ahead of Estonia’s Aleksandr and Mihhail Selevko, and the championships feature no Russian team as several top pairs include Russian‑born skaters now competing for other nations.