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TALLINN, Estonia — Anastasiia Gubanova has taken a narrow lead in the short program as she aims to regain her title at the European figure skating championships. With defending champion Loena Hendrickx ruled out by an ankle injury, the competition was wide open, and just .31 of a point separated the top three skaters. Estonia's Niina Petrokina is second and Switzerland's Kimmy Repond is third. Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin put themselves firmly on course for their first European figure skating title in the pairs short program. The Germans lead by just over three points from Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii of Italy.
