Allons-y! French skating news & updates

[Elise]

[This time the English version isn't Yours Truly's ]

OMG I just saw that... I think I should email her to let her know some work needs to be done on the English version...

[sykr]

Gwendal has some incredible pictures on his facebook (thanks to him for sharing his trip) http://www.facebook.com/people/Gwend...erat/719131044

[Ninchen]

Joubert might be out of Cup of China. Back problems
http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/v...outes-les-DMAs

[taz'smum]

Joubert might be out of Cup of China. Back problems
http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/v...outes-les-DMAs

This season isn't going at all well for the French!!

[morqet]

Amodio just posted on facebook that he will be working with his old coach Bernard Glesser whenever he is in France to "rediscover his love for skating". No update on how he will split his time between Moscow and France though.

[briancoogaert]

This season isn't going at all well for the French!!

Absolutely.

Amodio just posted on facebook that he will be working with his old coach Bernard Glesser whenever he is in France to "rediscover his love for skating". No update on how he will split his time between Moscow and France though.

Ouf ! The best decision he could make. He needs to spend the minimum of his time with Morozov or Dumont.

[Zemgirl]

Joubert might be out of Cup of China. Back problems
http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/v...outes-les-DMAs

Joubert's had no luck whatsoever health-wise in recent years. Assuming he drops out of CoC, this will be the fifth straight year in which he doesn't do the GPF (counting the midway WD in 2008-9). I hope he'll recover quickly and do well the rest of the way.

Amodio just posted on facebook that he will be working with his old coach Bernard Glesser whenever he is in France to "rediscover his love for skating". No update on how he will split his time between Moscow and France though.

If I had just finished 9th in a weak SA and seen my former training mate shatter his PB to finish ahead of two world champions (SP only, but still) I'd feel the need to rediscover my love for skating, too.

Very good news, regardless of what motivated it. Morozov got Amodio to be more consistent, but made him much less appealing.

[MarieM]

He's not leaving Morozov.
It's just he won't be next to dear old mummy Annick anymore.
At least, when he was working with both Glesser and Morozov, there were a lot of good stuffs coming out ... Annick on the other hand ...

[cholla]

deleted. Already posted by Ninchen, I should put my glasses on before posting, not after

It's just he won't be next to dear old mummy Annick anymore.

Why am I reading this in the err... embalmed sense of the term ?

[MarieM]

Because you know me ?

[nuge]

Wasn't Brian supposed to be skating at the gala in Nice with Denkova/Staviski ?

[Libertango]

Alban is doing some commentary for Eurosport France. Sounds like he has moved on from the competitive scene and is enjoying his new life!

[briancoogaert]

Alban is doing some commentary for Eurosport France. Sounds like he has moved on from the competitive scene and is enjoying his new life!

Absolutely.
By the way, I don't have French Eurosport anymore : who are the other commentators ?

[Libertango]

Philippe Pélissier and Géraldine Pons (and Alban) for the Ladies at Skate Canada right now. Before that it was Philippe Pélissier and Richard Sette.

[GREGORY]

Philippe Pélissier and Géraldine Pons (and Alban) for the Ladies at Skate Canada right now. Before that it was Philippe Pélissier and Richard Sette.

While Philippe Candelorro is again in the bottom Two in dancing with the stars and saved bye 50,5 % of the public's votes

[Vagabond]

Florent Amodio posted this on his Facebook page Friday evening and also had it on his Twitter feed:

Florent va retrouver ses marques et son amour du patinage aux sources aupres de son club de Cergy qui est toujours là, avec son coach Bernard et toute l'équipe, quand il sera en France...en coopération avec son coach Nikolai ,bien realiste dans ce monde difficile!! (on dira comme ça!) qui l'attend à Moscow...A nous le travail...

The gist of it is that he wants to get back his old (high) marks and his love of skating by spending some time with Bernard Glesser and his team in Cergy, while continuing to work with Morozov.

It looks like he posted that before Javier Fernández's Short Program at Skate Canada. I wonder how he feels now.

[Sylvia]

Joubert might be out of Cup of China. Back problems
http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/v...outes-les-DMAs

Any updates on Joubert's status for Cup of China this week?

ETA to add link to a Joubert interview published today (10/31) -- it sounds like he plans to be in China: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/artic...&vkey=ice_news

[Ninchen]

Any updates on Joubert's status for Cup of China this week?

ETA to add link to a Joubert interview published today (10/31) -- it sounds like he plans to be in China: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/artic...&vkey=ice_news

Today's news: Joubert withdraws
http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/res/Toutes-les-DMAs

[Zemgirl]

I think the IN story was probably based on an interview done a few weeks ago, despite the way it was phrased. I don't get the sense it's a serious injury, since he is still planning to do TEB - but a long flight is really not the best thing for any back injury.

[luCN]

It's official,Brian withdrawed...

It's a pity especially many fans go to COC to support him...he's very famous in China among skating fans...

btw,Jinlin Guan withdrawed too...now only 8 skaters on the list...