About the event
The European Figure Skating Championship is one of the biggest and most impressive sports events in Europe.
For the first time in Lithuania, in the city located at the confluence of two rivers, Kaunas, in one of the best arenas of the old continent, Žalgiris Arena, hundreds of the strongest European figure skating athletes and coaches will come. The strongest Lithuanian ice dance pair - Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevičius - will also compete for championship medals. The honor of the Lithuanian national team will be defended by the representatives of the women's and men's events, and you will also see the up-and-coming ice dancing couple - Paulinas Ramanauskaite and Deividas Kizala.
PROGRAM:
January 10
1:00 p.m. Couples. Short program.
4:15 p.m. Opening of the European Figure Skating Championship.
5:00 p.m. Men. Short program.
January 11
12:30 p.m. Women. Short program.
7:00 p.m. Couples. Free program.
January 12
12:45 p.m. Dancing on ice. Short program.
6:00 p.m. Men. Free program.
January 13
1:00 p.m. Women. Free Program.
6:30 p.m. Dancing on ice. Free program.
January 14
3:30 p.m. Gala/Exhibition.
In Kaunas, we will see skaters from more than 35 European countries.
There will be a battle for 12 sets of medals.
The championship will be crowned with an impressive and exclusive ice show - Gala evening.
In the Žalgiris Arena, Europe's largest sports, ice, music and lights and fire spectacle will thunder for 5 days, enriched with emotions, energy of victories, fighting spirit and great Lithuanian hospitality.
The European Figure Skating Championship in Kaunas is under the patronage of the Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania Viktorija Čmilytė - Nielsen.
Many of the most famous stars of this sport will come to the championships of the old continent, and a group of fans from Europe and the whole world are also expected.
We want to remind Europe and the world how brave and proud we are! in 2024 The European figure skating final will be held on a special day for Lithuania, the day of the Defenders of Freedom of Lithuania - January 13. Proudly and with our heads held high, we announce to Lithuania and the whole world that in 2024 Lithuanian figure skating celebrates the centenary of its foundation - in 1924, the first figure skating competition was held in Lithuania. So the European Figure Skating Championship in Kaunas is also a triumph of Lithuanian skating.
