2023 Nepela Memorial - Women's SP & FS

[Karen-W]

Starting Order/Results - http://www.kraso.sk/wp-content/uplo...aMemorial2023/SEG003.htm?force_isolation=true
Time Schedule - http://www.kraso.sk/wp-content/uplo...-_StartListwithTimes.pdf?force_isolation=true

StN. Name Nation
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA
2 Chaeyeon KIM KOR
3 Sofja STEPCENKO LAT
4 Anastasia GOZHVA UKR
5 Yelizaveta BABENKO UKR
6 Nina POVEY GBR

Warm-Up Group 2
7 Michaela VRASTAKOVA CZE
8 Sara FRANZI SUI
9 Aleksandra GOLOVKINA LTU
10 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU
11 Jogaile AGLINSKYTE LTU
12 Daria ZSIRNOV HUN

Ice Resurfacing
Warm-Up Group 3
13 Young YOU KOR
14 Julia SAUTER ROU
15 Madeline SCHIZAS CAN
16 Haein LEE KOR
17 Vanesa SELMEKOVA SVK
18 Ekaterina KURAKOVA POL

 

[Hedwig]

(paid) stream here:

https://solidsport.com/nepela-memorial/watch/31th-nepela-memorial-friday

 

[PRlady]

And we’re live.

 

[Karen-W]

Yup, I'm here for the first two women and then probably back to sleep until the last group (here and of the JGP Pairs FS, lol).

 

[airgelaal]

This is another battle of Ukrainian girls for the TES minimum

 

[Colonel Green]

Gutmann’s air position is looking wilder than I remembered.

 

[Wyliefan]

Yup, I'm here for the first two women and then probably back to sleep until the last group (here and of the JGP Pairs FS, lol).

I've got this down to a science -- skip Gdansk junior pairs, first two Nepela women, quick shower, final flight of French junior dance, back for the rest of Nepela women, French senior dance, Nepela dance ... and then I guess we'll see where it goes from there.

Interesting music for Lara.

 

[Hedwig]

Lara Gutman

3toe 2.5toe
arena looks very empty
3flip three turn out of it
2axel
I appreciate her bringing different music to the world of skating, she lacks the last ompf in interpretation, though
but still - better effort than most with the last skating warhorse

 

[Karen-W]

Lara seems to have decided to fill the weird Euro vibe that has usually been filled in the past by French women.

score since the results page does not seem to be live updating: 25.84/26.94 = 52.78

 

[Wyliefan]

Just for kicks I'd like to see Kim and Gutmann switch music, and see what happened.

 

[Colonel Green]

Kim should comfortably have the lead until at least the final group.

 

[Hedwig]

Chaeyeon Kim
wonderful 2 axel
oh, just noticed - no TES tracker?
3lutz3toe
3flip

I don't know whom she bribed to be able to skate to non tingly music and with a minimum of bling - I appreciate it very much - I think she is my fave of the hundreds of impressing Korean women bursting on the skating scene at the moment because of it
free movement in the step seq

 

[Karen-W]

Chaeyeon - well, I rather liked that! Definitely not your generic Korean!

38.04+30.38 = 67.42
1.00 deduction

 

[PRlady]

Chaeyeon Kim
wonderful 2 axel
oh, just noticed - no TES tracker?
3lutz3toe
3flip

I don't know whom she bribed to be able to skate to non tingly music and with a minimum of bling - I appreciate it very much - I think she is my fave of the hundreds of impressing Korean women bursting on the skating scene at the moment because of it
free movement in the step seq

She’s my Korean favorite for her penchant for darker, dramatic music.

But no tracker or live scoring again. Sigh.

 

[Karen-W]

Someone else will have to keep up with the scores - I'm going to try and take an hour catnap.

 

[PRlady]

Buffering stream grrrr.

 

[Hedwig]

Sofja STEPCENKO

2lutz3toe
2axel into immediate spiral
2flip

well that will not cut it

 

[PRlady]

Well if everyone else is experiencing this, no PBP due to badly hiccuping stream.

 

[airgelaal]

I always said that Chaeyeon is an adopted daughter in Korea

 

[Hedwig]

Anastasia GOZHVA

3lutz2toe
3flip both hands down nearly squats down, probably underrotated
2axel

 

[rfisher]

I'm not wasting any more money on these challenger events. The ISU doesn't seem to care either and since there's hardly any audience, apparently neither do the locals.

 

[Hedwig]

Babenko
2axel
3flip2toe - both look a bit ur - she has a leg wrap that is a bit distracting as well
3lutz < fall

if she reworks her jump technique she is not a bad skater at all!

 

[airgelaal]

mission impossible for Ukrainian girls.

 

[Hedwig]

Povey
3flip2toe
3loop< fall out
2axel

 

[Hedwig]

mission impossible for Ukrainian girls.

32 is the TES, yes? they are quite far away but Gozhva might make it - it looked like she was thinking about doing a 3-3 in the combo but then opted for the double - this added plus no mistake on the flip should be enough.

 

[airgelaal]

32 is the TES, yes? they are quite far away but Gozhva might make it - it looked like she was thinking about doing a 3-3 in the combo but then opted for the double - this added plus no mistake on the flip should be enough.

She tried all last season, but her best result was 31.30

 

[airgelaal]

And now the Lithuanian warm-up

 

[Hedwig]

Michaela VRASTAKOVA

3lutz< near fall
3toe2toe nice
she is a bit stiff and round shouldered in the shoulders
2axel

 

[Hedwig]

Franzi
very light skating
3lutz< fall
2axel
missed half of her skating because of Mr Hedwig wanting to talk to me ;-)
I think she did a 3sal-2toe at one point
I like her light airy style

 

[Hedwig]

Aleksandra GOLOVKINA

3toe3toe< fall - pity - it looked to good in the air!
2axel
very elegant skater, a bit slow but very refined
3loop fall

I really enjoyed that - mistakes and all (and a messy illusion exit out of the last spin) - but good peformance quality, right to the music till the end