This young woman from Bolzano is making people sit up and take notice

Pezzetta, who celebrated her European Championship debut in the Estonian capital this week, managed to jump to fifth place straight away. A result that she probably didn't expect herself. The 5-year-old from Bolzano hardly showed any signs of the pressure of the final. As the first starter in the group of the 17 best skaters, the reigning Italian champion confirmed her talent and, apart from a tiny wobble, skated a solid program that earned her the fourth best freestyle of the evening and 6 points in the overall segment. "I am very happy with my performance, because the excitement during the competition was unbelievably high," said Pezzetta after the competition. "The warm-up before the free program was a disaster - which makes me all the happier that I got through the program well." Gutmann: “I still have to deal with the competition” Teammate Lara Naki Gutmann from Trento placed 6th, directly behind Pezzetta, and is looking at her result soberly for now. "I can't really judge how I feel yet, I still have to process the competition," said Gutmann. "On the one hand, I'm happy with my result, but on the other hand, I also gave away a few points. If I had really given it my all, the placing would have been different - maybe that's why I'm a little disappointed." With 181,51 points, the 22-year-old with South Tyrolean roots was far below her personal season best of 198,49 points, which earned her a medal at the Grand Prix of Finland. Niina Petrokina from Estonia won the first European Championship title of her career in front of her home crowd with a perfect free skate and 208,18 points in the overall ranking. Second place went to Anastasiia Gubanova from Georgia, who scored 2 points, ahead of Belgian Nina Pinzarrone (198,61 points). The European Championships in Estonia are coming to an end today. Two decisions are still to be made on the last day of competition. The ice dancers will enter the ice at 2 noon our time for their freestyle. The eagerly awaited men's final will take place at 12 p.m. Daniel Grassl will start in the second to last group with the number 17 at 15 p.m. our time. A good 19.25 points currently separate the Meraner from a medal. Closing the gap is a challenge but not an impossible undertaking for the reigning Italian champion.

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This young woman from Bolzano is making people sit up and take notice

17-year-old Anna Pezzetta from Bolzano impressed at her European Championship debut in Tallinn.

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