2013 Italian Nationals: December 19-22

[pingu]

The 2013 Italian Nationals will be held in Milan in the Agorà arena, the same that will host the 2013 World Junior Championships.
This is the arena website, where you can find infos about schedule and tickets: http://www.stadioghiaccio.it/eventi/index.php#id8
It's only in Italian but I can translate if someone needs any info.
On Saturday evening there will also be a gala featuring Florent Amodio and the medallists of the competition.

Moreover, you can watch the competition live on the website IdealWebTV. It should not be geoblocked Infos here: http://www.artonice.it/?q=en/node/12712

This is the schedule of the event:

Wednesday 19:
14.00 – 15.05 JUNIOR MEN SP
15.15 – 18.00 JUNIOR LADIES SP
18.00 – 18.30 JUNIOR PAIRS SP

Thursday 20:
14.30 – 15.45 JUNIOR MEN LP
15.55 – 18.55 JUNIOR LADIES LP
19.05 – 19.35 JUNIOR PAIRS LP
19.45 – 20.35 JUNIOR ICE DANCE SD
20.45 – 21.50 JUNIOR SYNCHRO SP

Friday 21:
15.00 – 16.00 JUNIOR ICE DANCE FD
16.10 – 16.35 SENIOR ICE DANCE SD
16.45 – 17.05 SENIOR PAIRS SP
17.15 – 18.10 SENIOR MEN SP
18.20 – 20.05 SENIOR LADIES SP
20.15 – 21.30 JUNIOR SYNCHRO LP

Saturday 22:
11.30 – 11.55 SENIOR PAIRS LP
12.05 – 13.15 SENIOR MEN LP
13.25 – 15.35 SENIOR LADIES LP
15.45 – 16.20 SENIOR ICE DANCE FD

[sammyf]

All entries are here http://www.stadioghiaccio.it/italian...3/entries.html

[shah]

Milena Todaro/Arseni Markov in entries. wow!

[jiggs]

Apparently there will be a live stream! Here is the link: http://www.idealweb.tv/live/

[Ian74!]

Apparently there will be a live stream! Here is the link: http://www.idealweb.tv/live/

I confirm!
The event will be fully covered by idealweb (Juniors and Seniors)!!!

[SamuraiK]

Only one Garlisi sister. Did Alice retire?

[Moka-Ananas]

Arseni Markov is back in business?

[Sylvia]

Milena Todaro/Arseni Markov in entries. wow!

Apparently they have training together in Canada since the summer of 2011: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/show...=1#post3254132

[pingu]

Apparently they have training together in Canada since the summer of 2011: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/show...=1#post3254132

Thanks for the info!

[pingu]

Results:
http://application.fisg.it/results/2905/index.html

[Lara]

No Alessandrini/Vaturi in the results entry list? I know they're US-based, but I wouldn't have thought they'd be given permission to skip Italian Nats.

[Jeschke]

No Alessandrini/Vaturi in the results entry list? I know they're US-based, but I wouldn't have thought they'd be given permission to skip Italian Nats.

i don´t think they get a bye; the other ice dance teams are really in form and it should be a hrad fight for the spots

[pingu]

Simone broke his scaphoid bone (it's at the base of the thumb), so they won't be at nationals. I guess they won't be able to qualify for the European Championships as well.

[Jeschke]

Simone broke his scaphoid bone (it's at the base of the thumb), so they won't be at nationals. I guess they won't be able to qualify for the European Championships as well.

thanks for this news, sad to hear

[casken]

Ugh. I love their SD this year and was looking forward to seeing it again.

It also looked like there was going to ba an interesting battle for silver, but now it's pretty straightforward.

[pingu]

I met them today (Simone cut his beard, wheeeeeeee) and they said that their goal is the World Championships.
I also watched the last group of junior ladies and the pairs with Ondrej, and he was SO cute cheering for the pair he sometimes trains.
Unfortunately Eleonora and I were going to cover the event for Artonice, but we have been denied press passes because we are not professional journalists (uhm...what?). We will anyway interview Italian athletes, but we won't give detailed articles about the competition.
Well, it means that we'll have more time to cheer for our favourite skaters
If anyone has a question for a skater, please post it here, any idea or question is welcome.

Uhm I think that's all for today. Do we need a thread for the voids? Nothing interesting happened today, except when Ondrej came in the stands, every single girl hold her breath XD ame thing happened in the rink bar when Zimmerman entered. I was sitting at a table with a friend of mine, and she was almost swooning. John was behind us, so i turned and started to play a bit with Sofia, his little daughter, and to talk with John asking him how old was she, etc etc. My friend later thanked me because she got to see John from up close for a good amount of time. XD

[haribobo]

TOP 3 JUNIOR LADIES FINAL
1 Sara CASELLA
A.S.D. SKATING CLUB COURMAYEUR ITA 137.90 1 1
2 Guia Maria TAGLIAPIETRA
A.S.D. SKATING CLUB COURMAYEUR ITA 133.62 2 2
3 Briley PIZZELANTI
PATT. ARTISTICI TORINO P.A.T. A.S.D. ITA 113.64 3 3

TOP 3 JUNIOR MEN FINAL
1 Adrien BANNISTER
A.S.D. SESTO ICE SKATE ITA 140.82 3 1
2 Carlo Vittorio PALERMO
CIRCOLO PATTINATORI ARTISTICI TRENTO A.S.D. ITA 137.41 2 3
3 Alberto VANZ
FORUM S.S.D.R.L. ITA 137.15 4 2

JUNIOR PAIRS FINAL
1 Giulia FORESTI / Leo Luca SFORZA
OLYMPIC DREAM ICE SCHOOL A.S.D. / OLYMPIC DREAM ICE SCHOOL A.S.D. ITA 122.23 1 1
2 Bianca MANACORDA / Niccolo' MACII
A.S.D. SESTO ICE SKATE / A.S.D. SESTO ICE SKATE ITA 108.30 2 2
3 Alessandra CERNUSCHI / Filippo AMBROSINI
FORUM S.S.D.R.L. / FORUM S.S.D.R.L. ITA 100.43 3 3

TOP 3 JR DANCE AFTER SD
1 Sofia Lucrezia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI
OLYMPIC DREAM ICE SCHOOL A.S.D. / OLYMPIC DREAM ICE SCHOOL A.S.D. ITA 49.38 1
2 Alessia BUSI / Andrea FABBRI
A.S. AGORA SKATING TEAM / A.S. AGORA SKATING TEAM ITA 48.59 2
3 Carolina MOSCHENI / Adam LUKACS
A.S. AGORA SKATING TEAM / A.S. AGORA SKATING TEAM ITA 41.82 3

[eleonorad]

the arena is empty

[eleonorad]

Carolina's practice (runthrough)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151164737337172

3 lutz

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151164679662172

[casken]

The mens short just ended, so the ladies short should begin soon, I hope?

edit: It is. Kostner's group on the ice now!

Kostner just skated. Scaled back the 3/3 to a 3/2, but the program was hauntingly beautiful.