The Swedish talent during their two previous European Championships ended up in 18th and 17th place respectively.
Now in Russia, the goal is higher for the Swede, but if it is to be a better placement this year, a good ride was already required in the short program. And it delivered the Teen from Landvetter.
In the introduction, she put a more or less error-free triple flip directly and then continued with the same trance.
In the most critical moment of the triple tolo-triple tolo combination, only small details could be improved and the judges were generally satisfied with the effort.
There were no major problems with the pirates either and when "J'ai Tame" with Laura Vivianne had sounded off in the arena, the Swedish looked more than happy.
The 19-year-old stepped in as third after his ride, behind Finnish Emmi Peltonen and Italian Alessia Tornaghi.
Shortly afterwards, French Mae Berenice Meite pinned Östlund another hack and thus the Swedish is four right now.
The competition is ongoing.