Kondratiuk, author of three quadruple jumps in his free program, won with a total of 286.56 points ahead of the Italian Daniel Grassl (274.48) and the Latvian Deniss Vasiljevs (272.08).

Tenth at the end of the short program after a badly started performance, the French Kevin Aymoz finally ranks seventh (252.21) after a much better free program.

In the lead after the short program, Russian Andrei Mozalev finished just off the podium (265.69).

Kondratiuk like Grassl (19) climb on their first international podium, the Russian on his first opportunity, the Italian, who also signed three quadruple jumps Friday evening, on his fourth.

This is also the case of Vasiljevs (22 years old) but the pupil of Stéphane Lambiel, who stands out for his artistic qualities but offers a lower technical content, took it up for the twelfth time since 2016.

From the 100% Russian podium after the short program, only Kondratiuk is finally medalist.

Mozalev and Evgeni Semenenko, who had ranked first and third, paid technical errors on Friday evening on quadruple jumps.

The outgoing European champion, Russia Dmitri Aliev, was absent.

In 2021, the continental meeting had been canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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