German Skating News - Part 3

[Jeschke]

What did the German Olympic Committee set for standards for Sochi, separate from meeting ISU standards?

iirc there were no additional standards at last olympics; i think they learned from the mess of '06 and '10, both times with dytrt.
@sandra_persch or am i wrong?

 

[Jeschke]

on german pairs fanclub page hocke is listed in 'try-out'-status with blommaert.
so, if this works out and she will only go for pairs, oh my, another loss for german ladies

 

[kwanfan1818]

iirc there were no additional standards at last olympics; i think they learned from the mess of '06 and '10, both times with dytrt.
@sandra_persch or am i wrong?

If that's the case, and they don't revert for 2018, it isn't like the German Fed could reason, "Well, H/S wouldn't meet the criteria anyway...". Not that they really need a reason for "special circumstances," but, still.

 

[sandra_persch]

hmm so far they only mention on the report on Euros that Fentz has secured his worlds ticket.

 

[Sylvia]

FISU Story: Introducing Maria-Katharina Herceg, the future of German Figure Skating: http://www.eurosport.com/university...-german-figure-skating_sto6046561/story.shtml

 

[Jeschke]

German Fed has removed all his entries from the EYOF
http://www.eislauf-union.de/media1/news/204-absage-der-teilnahme-am-eyof

As a reason they mentioned and unsteady security situation in turkey. other german wintersport federations already have removed their athletes, so no german team will take part at this years EYOF.

Hocke was among the entries, I guess, no clue who the others were.

 

[Sabine-Yuna]

German Fed has removed all his entries from the EYOF
http://www.eislauf-union.de/media1/news/204-absage-der-teilnahme-am-eyof

As a reason they mentioned and unsteady security situation in turkey. other german wintersport federations already have removed their athletes, so no german team will take part at this years EYOF.

Hocke was among the entries, I guess, no clue who the others were.

The junior boy next to Hocke would have been Daniel Saposhnikov. It's just one girl and one boy of a certain age. It will be a very empty competition, because very many countries will not go.

 

[text_skate]

Great skate from K/N at universade. Bronze medal About 13 pts better than M/D, finishing 4th. U/S ended up in 9th place

 

[Jeschke]

Great skate from K/N at universade. Bronze medal About 13 pts better than M/D

German dance, so entertaining
As mentioned above, I think Shari/Mari's boy might be the darkhorse for next season. They started the season really shitty and improved a lot after their switch to Milan already.
I am curious how much they can improve in the off-season. They need a bit more character and charisma on the ice, I have no doubts, Babs will manage that.

Can't wait for the drama next season, 3 pairs, 1 spot. Plus hot Urban/Steffan!

 

[text_skate]

Vid from FS.

What a pitty, that L/P couldn't get that second spot at Euros.

Babs and Stefano

 

[sus2850]

iirc there were no additional standards at last olympics; i think they learned from the mess of '06 and '10, both times with dytrt.
@sandra_persch or am i wrong?

There were. Nathalie was allowed to go though despite missing the needed points by 0,2 or something. (I can look up the exact details tomorrow at work).

 

[Jeschke]

Summary of german dance teams at universiade:
3 pairs
6 skates combined
3 falls combined

 

[Jeschke]

Vid from FS.

Seriously, this is/was the best german free dance program this season, and maybe skated to its best today in almaty!

 

[Marta24]

Great skate from K/N at universade. Bronze medal About 13 pts better than M/D, finishing 4th. U/S ended up in 9th place

Very happy for them. I liked them when they were skating in juniors. Fusar-Poli is a really good coach, if you look how good Guignard/Fabbri have become. Hopefully Koch/Nüchtern will improve more and more over the next few years.

 

[Jeschke]

Someone has any news about Dimitrescu?
https://instagram.com/p/BQDZcJ9g1qP/

This was posted few days ago!

 

[sandra_persch]

Someone has any news about Dimitrescu?
https://instagram.com/p/BQDZcJ9g1qP/

This was posted few days ago!

only saw him removed from the club homepage in Oberstdorf too. Makes me wonder if he retired or decided to represent Romania again.

 

[Jeschke]

only saw him removed from the club homepage in Oberstdorf too. Makes me wonder if he retired or decided to represent Romania again.

i expect the 2nd option, as his 3a seems better than ever...that can't just be out of fun, can it?

 

[sandra_persch]

Team nominations have been published last night

http://www.eislauf-union.de/media1/news/205-jwm-wm-teilnehmer-nominiert

Junior Worlds
Men: Thomas Stoll, S: Jonathan Heß
Ladies: Lea Johanna Dastich, S: Annika Hocke
Pairs: Talisa Thomalla / Robert Kunkel
Dance: Ria Schwendinger / Valentin Wunderlich, S: Charise Matthaie / Maximilian Pfisterer

Worlds
Men: Paul Fentz, S: Peter Liebers, Franz Streubel
Ladies: Nicole Schott, S; Nathalie Weinzierl
Pairs: Aljona Savchenko & Bruno Massot
Fabienne-Minerva Hase & Nolan Seegert
Dance: Kavita Lorenz & Joti Polizoakis, S: Katharina Müller & Tim Dieck, Shari Koch & Christian Nüchtern

 

[Jeschke]

Now this was fast.

Ruben Blommaert confirmed in his latest instagram post that he will continue his career with Annika Hocke.
The pic is divided in 3 parts, you see the couple, a lift and a throw.
They look good together, let's see what they can do.

No word, if she intends to continue skating singles too, and no words about their coaching situation.
Picture is from Oberstdorf; if he left the Wendes, it's either Fajfr again for him or König.

All the best for this new team, might be a promising combo!

Either way... #teammari

 

[insideedgeua]

I have to say, they do look nice together. I've got a soft spot for Ruben so I wish them both well.

 

[Sabine-Yuna]

I have to admit that the pics look promising. If they can do such a lift after a very short period of practice - wow! As far as Annikas pair skating skills can just be rudimental, she might have some talent for this. As a single skater I have always liked her. This is a real show girl. And I hope they'll make it to Pyeongchang. I don't believe that she'll continue to do singles, because time is running out learning everything you need to become a good pair skater and to qualify for the Olympics. I'm really happy that Germany will get a new pair that consists of two skaters I really like to see on the ice.

 

[Sabine-Yuna]

http://www.figureskating-online.com/hocke-blommaert.html

 

[Jeschke]

http://www.figureskating-online.com/hocke-blommaert.html

So, I already sense the drama.
Blommart with the coach Mari ditched 2yrs ago

At least, there is always some drama and entertainment with the german fed.

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Still hope Mari finds a decent guy; I cannot see her fight for the olympic spot next season, as there is no german guy out there, but I hope she can continue skating!

 

[Jeschke]

http://www.figureskating-online.com/hocke-blommaert.html

English google translation is quite good:

Q: How did you get together?

Ruben: After my decision with another partner, I contacted Annika's mom. I asked if Annika would be interested in the pairing. She has everything she needs a couple, what I imagine: she masters well the jumps, she is easy, she runs beautifully ...

Q: What did you say, Annika?

Annika: I wanted to try it out. I had tried couple-pairing, but it was never that I had said that I would stop with the individual and concentrate instead on the whole pair. I wanted to try it with Ruben in any case, because the chance for the Olympics in the pairing are better than in the individual. Yes and then I could imagine to stop with the single run.

Ruben: We will still have to train individually, because we want to show the difficult jumps. We will go on the ice every day and practice all jumps. So this is not completely lost.

Annika: Yes, exactly!

Q: How are things going on now? Do you move from Oberstdorf to Berlin, Ruben?

Ruben: My girlfriend is studying to be flexible with me. Because Annika is still going to school and is 16 years old, I do not want to get her out of her environment. She did well in Berlin and in Oberstdorf would be a lot worse because of the boarding school and because she would then be separated from the family. The school in Berlin is different than here in Bavaria. So I'll be in Berlin most of the time. We would like to work with both coaches, with Mr. Schubert and with Mr. König .. They understand themselves well and have a good cooperation. We would also like to be on the ice with Aljona and Bruno. So whenever Annika can, we would like to train here in Oberstdorf. So we want to alternate and combine that.

Q: Have you set goals?

Annika: Yes, the 2018 Olympics

Ruben: In any case at short notice and it would be nice if that works. But for me the decision with Annika to run long-term also after 2018.

Q: Have you ever thought about what chorographers you will work with?

Ruben: With Marc Pillay. Annika has already worked with him already in the single and I as a couple runner. He knows both of us and will know which music fits us.

Q: Then I thank you for the nice conversation and wish you much success.

 

[alchemy void]

My girlfriend is studying to be flexible with me.

 

[text_skate]

http://www.figureskating-online.com/hocke-blommaert.html

Schubert and König. This will be interesting. If Mari gets a decent partner (fingers crossed), they all can go to Olys in 2018.

It's not very hard to outscore Hase/Seegert.

 

[Jeschke]

Schubert and König. This will be interesting. If Mari gets a decent partner (fingers crossed), they all can go to Olys in 2018.

It's not very hard to outscore Hase/Seegert.

first of all aliona needs to finish top2
i guess everyone (h/s, h/b, v/?) are praying for that scenario at worlds.

 

[text_skate]

first of all aliona needs to finish top2
i guess everyone (h/s, h/b, v/?) are praying for that scenario at worlds.

Oh my, I completely forgot.

On the other hand: more drama for second spot, probaly at Euros

 

[clairecloutier]

I don't know about Hocke/Blommaert. An 8-year age gap, she's only 16, and she has no pairs experience? And Schubert as coach?? I guess we will see, but I can't say I'll be expecting much. At least not right away.

 

[sammyf]

I don't know about Hocke/Blommaert. An 8-year age gap, she's only 16, and she has no pairs experience? And Schubert as coach?? I guess we will see, but I can't say I'll be expecting much. At least not right away.

She has pairs experience the last few years she skated with Jurij Gnilozubov but he aged out of juniors before she was eligible for seniors so they couldn't compete internationally after their first year.