The 1989

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was a senior-level international competition held in

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on January 17–22, 1989. Elite skaters from European ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles,

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, and

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Results

Men

West Germany's

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won the compulsory figures but withdrew after the short program.

Ladies

Leistner, Conway, Gorbenko were the top three after the compulsory figures. Leistner would go on to win the title while Lebedeva and Neske moved up to take silver and bronze, respectively.

Pairs

Ice dancing

Klimova / Ponomarenko, Usova / Zhulin, and Annenko / Sretenski were the top three after the original set pattern.

References

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