from Gothenburg, featuring The Pairs Free Programme East Europeans have dominated this event for 20 years, through the memorable era of the Protopopovs and the incomparable Irina Rodnina. Soviet winners look odds-on again this year, with Olympic champions ELENA VALOVA and OLEG VASILIEV defending their European title from the Sarajevo bronze medallists LARISSA SELEZNEVA and OLEG MAKAROV
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News too of the Ladies'
Short Programme and the Men's Compulsory Figures from ALAN WEEKS, as he begins his 27th year of skating commentaries. TV presentation by the SWEDISH TV SERVICE Producer JIM RESIDE
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