OES News 2023/24

[Frau Muller]

Olga Mikutina is off to college... at Montclair State University in New Jersey!

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No more skating … or she’ll combine college & sports? Hope that she enjoys college in NJ!

 

[Karen-W]

No more skating … or she’ll combine college & sports? Hope that she enjoys college in NJ!

I presume she'll be training at the rink there.

 

[Gris]

Near-fatal illness strengthens Estonia's Niina Petrokina

Niina Petrokina When seeing the exuberant joy that Estonia's Niina Petrokina displays on the ice, as well as the landings of her effortless triple jumps,

www.goldenskate.com

If you recall Petrokina completely vanishing for a year a few seasons ago, here's the more detailed explanation as to why. Amazing that she was able to keep at it after that.

Niina mentioned in this article that she'd be at Shanghai Trophy, which is now confirmed by Shanghai media.

Sina Visitor System

 

[Karen-W]

Reposting from the Dance Hall -

Terrible news for Kudryavtseva/Karankevich -

Kudryavtseva & Karankevich on Instagram: "Hi everyone. This is Ilia speaking. Yesterday was very difficult day for us, especially for Angelina. Yesterday at practice one couple crashed into us on high speed. We were doing twizles, they were going ba

533 likes, 186 comments - angelinailia_cyp_official on August 30, 2023: "Hi everyone. This is Ilia speaking. Yesterday was very difficult day for us, especially for Angelina. Yesterday at practice one couple...".

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They had a very bad crash in practice (he says neither team was to blame - they were doing their twizzles and the other team was skating backwards). The end result though is that Angelina has two broken bones and needs surgery on her leg, so they are out of the JGP this season.

 

[Marta24]

News from Angelina Kudryavtseva. She had her op last night. It's great that her partner, coach, Federation and the FS community overall are so supportive

Angelina Kudryavtseva on Instagram: "Hello everyone. I wanted to say big «THANK YOU» to everyone who supported me and was in touch with me❤️ Yesterday evening I had surgery. I was not scared, I was a bit stressed, but everything went smoothly. A

447 likes, 65 comments - angelina_k21 on September 1, 2023: "Hello everyone. I wanted to say big «THANK YOU» to everyone who supported me and was in touch with me❤️ Yesterday evening I had surgery....".

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[Sylvia]

Seven Figure Skaters Named To [Ireland's] 2023/2024 National Team (September 4, 2023):

Seven Figure Skaters Named To 2023/2024 National Team – Ice Skating Ireland

isai.ie

Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus are first time National Team members. They won the first Senior Ice Dance event ever held at the Irish Figure Skating Championships back in June. They are coached by Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razgulajevs and Marc Andre Servant in Toronto, Canada.
“It’s an immense privilege for Shane and I to be able to represent Ireland on the international stage,” Soucisse said. “We cannot wait for the season to begin!”
“I’m super excited to be selected for the national team this season, and to have the opportunity to represent Ireland on the world stage,” Firus added.

Senior Men – Dillon Judge (County Dublin)

Senior Ice Dance – Carolane Soucisse/Shane Firus (County Wexford)

Junior Women – Sophia Tkacheva (County Wexford), Ciera Turner-Frick (County Cork)

Junior Ice Dance – Laura Hegarty/Kevin Hegarty (County Dublin)

You can learn more about our national team members here: https://isai.ie/figure-skating/figure-skating-national-team/

 

[Sylvia]

8 photos (and their message, copied out below) shared on Gina Zehnder/Beda Leon Sieber's team account after they won Switzerland's FIRST JGP ice dance medal -- bronze -- in Istanbul! https://www.instagram.com/p/CxDClHtsyQ3/

ISU Junior Grand Prix Istanbul
We are incredibly proud and grateful for what we have achieved this weekend. Being the first ever Swiss ice dance couple to score a medal at a Junior Grand Prix, we can proudly say we played a little part in the history of @swissiceskating . Achieving this great success and making our coaches proud was truly special.
Thank you @cornelialeroy and @alisabesseghier for successfully preparing us for this event.
We are beyond excited to find out what else this season has to offer.
A special thank you to the team working around us and supporting us all along @frangipani4 @skatingsport @john.lekatis @evestampa

Now back to work and see you at our next JGP in Gdansk Poland.

RD performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIWvzkNiy-I
FD performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG8p07yCmEk

 

[Sylvia]

Aug. 21:

Olga Mikutina is off to college... at Montclair State University in New Jersey!

Tonight (Sept. 11), Olga posted this brief video from campus: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxElyKaNXlQ/

I officially announce that now I am a student of Montclair State University It’s been 3 weeks of being in America, living independently on campus and training with a new team. All this is not easy, but I’m slowly getting used to all the new changes and I really like it

ETA a clip of Mikutina practicing spins with Liza Gervits (ISR) at the rink on campus: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxDe1e2ONgc/

Sept. 1:

News from Angelina Kudryavtseva. She had her op last night. It's great that her partner, coach, Federation and the FS community overall are so supportive

Angelina Kudryavtseva on Instagram: "Hello everyone. I wanted to say big «THANK YOU» to everyone who supported me and was in touch with me❤️ Yesterday evening I had surgery. I was not scared, I was a bit stressed, but everything went smoothly. A

447 likes, 65 comments - angelina_k21 on September 1, 2023: "Hello everyone. I wanted to say big «THANK YOU» to everyone who supported me and was in touch with me❤️ Yesterday evening I had surgery....".

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Young Goose Academy recently posted a video filmed by Daniel/@theicecapture of Cyprus' Angelina Kudryavtseva/Ilia Karankevich skating to Madonna's "Material Girl" from their Junior RD before her injury: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cw931pprrt_/

ANGELINA AND ILIA
Unfortunately due to the accident last week in the Grand Prix in Linz Austria, @angelina_k21 resulted in breaking two bones in her leg and so herself and Ilia had to sadly withdraw from the Grand Prix competition. Like everyone else I was also looking forward to watching them compete.
On a good note Angelina is recovering which is amazing to hear and the team hope to be back competing later on in the season
We have filmed this section of their Rhythm Dance and will soon release sections of their free dance, let’s all wish her well! And can’t wait to see Angelina and Ilia back on the ice soon!

 

[Sylvia]

8 photos (and their message, copied out below) shared on Gina Zehnder/Beda Leon Sieber's team account after they won Switzerland's FIRST JGP ice dance medal -- bronze -- in Istanbul! https://www.instagram.com/p/CxDClHtsyQ3/
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RD performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIWvzkNiy-I
FD performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG8p07yCmEk

Mic'd Up: Alisa Agafonova with Zehnder/Sieber during their RD, plus a clip at the end of their K&C reaction after they realized they would medal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihfLL62AgEg

ETA that Juris Razgulajevs had an amusing quote backstage to them as they were all looking at the RD protocol/levels online.

 

[On My Own]

I just loved some of the things Ivan did here.

 

[kwanfan1818]

With TES of 35.09 at Budapest Trophy, a jump of 4+ points over their previous high of 30.90 at Nebelhorn, Reitan/Majorov have earned their Worlds RD TES Minimum (35) at Budapest Trophy

 

[reut]

Not sure whether Alexia can be considered OES, but here is my talk with her we did in January in Bellinzona + updates before she competed at the Nebelhorn Trophy:
http://absoluteskating.com/interviews/2023alexiapaganini.html

 

[kwanfan1818]

And with another big leap to 54.30 over their Nebelhorn FD TES of 47.63, which was just shy of the Euros qualifying 48, Reitan/Majorov have passed the 52 points they need to qualify for Worlds

 

[Samurina]

And with another big leap to 54.30 over their Nebelhorn FD TES of 47.63, which was just shy of the Euros qualifying 48, Reitan/Majorov have passed the 52 points they need to qualify for Worlds

also lets talk about how Val/Kazimov have jumped around 20 points in 2 weeks rivalling Smart/Dieck's SB score. It will be interseting to see who gets the Euros Spot

 

[Karen-W]

also lets talk about how Val/Kazimov have jumped around 20 points in 2 weeks rivalling Smart/Dieck's SB score. It will be interseting to see who gets the Euros Spot

It'll be Smart/Dieck, IMO. Spanish fed has invested too much money in them to not give it to them. Same with Worlds.

 

[Wyliefan]

Speaking of Smart/Dieck, AnythingGOE has a new interview with them: https://anythinggoe.com/olivia-smart-and-tim-dieck-have-a-fire-in-their-bellies/

 

[Karen-W]

Osipova/Epstein have ended their partnership. Sounds like Nika is done and Dmitry plans to look for a new partner.

Dmitry Epstein on Instagram: "So unfortunately I have sad news, Nika and me decided we've had a fine run together. Gladly would I have skated on with Nika, I really prefer to keep trying to improve as it's my general philosophy in live and to always

115 likes, 19 comments - dmitryepstein on November 2, 2023: "So unfortunately I have sad news, Nika and me decided we've had a fine run together. Gladly would I have skated on with Nika, I really...".

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[On My Own]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723994185273942147

 

[Holy Headband]

Deniss will be tackling ISU reforms after he retires from competitive skating, it seems.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1727797186988044700

 

[Spikefan]

Per the Taschlers IG they are back on the ice with a countdown clock to Europeans.

 

[skatingguy]

Per the Taschlers IG they are back on the ice with a countdown clock to Europeans.

Do they only stop skating when the clock hits zero?

 

[On My Own]

Is Hagara the first Slovak to ever medal in the JGPF?

 

[skatingguy]

Is Hagara the first Slovak to ever medal in the JGPF?

Yes

 

[Frau Muller]

Is Hagara the first Slovak to ever medal in the JGPF?

They didn’t have Grand Prix when Nepela was World’s best.

 

[Holy Headband]

Deniss Vasiljevs landed 4S+2T with +1.2x GOE at some obscure Latvian event lmao

 

[On My Own]

Loena's program isn't interesting to me skating-wise, but I do think she deserves huge credit for constant engagement with her upper body and the performance factor.

 

[skatingguy]

Deniss Vasiljevs landed 4S+2T with +1.2x GOE at some obscure Latvian event lmao

Isn't that his first cleanly landed quad? He tried a second one in the program, and fell.

 

[Vagabond]

Isn't that his first cleanly landed quad? He tried a second one in the program, and fell.

No. He first landed one in the Free Skating at Nebelhorn in 2020.

 

[airgelaal]

Oh, no. Poor Niina Petrokina, she broke her leg

https://twitter.com/x/status/1734559588572180497

 

[Finnice]

Poor Niina! She would have fought for a medal!