The mixed C-2 team event was not held after having been done so at the previous championships.

He finished 10th in his only previous national championships.

The mixed C-2 team event returned for the third and final time after not being held at the previous championships.

As with the previous three championships the field was wide open.

Teams had been distributed by two pots, being based on the position of the previous championship.

The best the pair had done in a previous national championship was finishing seventh two years ago.

The previous championship was 8 years ago this is why there were so many skaters who took part for the first time.

The Russian team was the defending champion, having won the previous two championships.

At least a half-dozen books on their previous championships would have been written.

Northern German clubs had already taken part in each of the previous three national championships.