2001 European Championships

January 21-28, 2001, Bratislava/SVK

Winkler/Lohse finish 6th at Europeans

Kati Winkler/Rene Lohse finished 6th at Europeans in Bratislava. They put in a hard fight for the fifth place, but they skated in the penultimate flight, while their main competitors, the Israelian couple Galit Chait/Sergei Sakhnovski, skated in the last. Kati and Rene skated their Free Dance set to Gospel songs in an excellent manner. They had changed the last part of the program, making it more upbeat and faster. Their dance really benefits from the changes. The audience supported them all the way through. "Today, I was totally on. I saw everyone in the audience, and that's always a good sign", Kati said. "We put in the new part about three or four weeks ago. We are very happy with the changes we've made in our program. I think we improved since last year. We always want to do something new and different in our programs." They said that they are not disappointed about losing the 5th place to the Israelian team.

Winkler/Lohse received marks from 5.2 to 5.5 for technique and from 5.5 to 5.7 for presentation. They got one fourth place ordinal (from the German judge), one 5th place (USA) and one 7th place (UKR). The remaining judges had them 6th.

Winkler/Lohse sixth in the OD

Kati Winkler/Rene Lohse finished sixth in the OD on Thursday (January 25) at Europeans in Bratislava. Their funny Charleston and Quickstep was marred only by a minor insecurity when Kati's cap almost came loose. "I had to put it back, and that made Rene nervous. He lost a bit concentration. This was just such a moment. Additionally, I had to change my stockings, because I realized during the warm up that I couldn’t really move in them. It was somewhat hectic, and this affects you of course", she explained. Winkler/Lohse's marks ranged from 5.3 to 5.6 for composition and from 5.4 to 5.7 for presentation. They got one fourth place ordinal from the US judge and two fifth places (EST, RUS), while the rest of the judges put them sixth (SVK, BUL, ITA, JPN, AUS, FRA).

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