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I was amazed they were able to hold it together for the Nebelhorn Trophy and the Baltic Cup.
They looked absolutely buggered by the end of Baltic Cup. Glad they can rest up a bit now.
I was amazed they were able to hold it together for the Nebelhorn Trophy and the Baltic Cup.
This is an inelegant solution, but I wonder if Katia and Harley and should just do their junior program at Senior nationals and take the hit in points (one less element?) and the time penalty. They likely would still win or at least should still be named to the Olympic team, and this would give them a chance to practice it one more time before the JGPF.
I think Vincent did something like this at sectionals a couple years back. He had a bye but wanted to test a new layout so he just took the hit in points. I wonder how practical that might be for them.
I mean it still sucks, on many levels, but I wonder if this could be the best way to preserve sanity.
Good news!! Congrats!!The Olympic Winter Games Institute announced that Australia's Kailani Craine has been invited to compete in the ladies' event at the ISU Grand Prix - Skate Canada International.
Along with Brendan Kerry (who will be competing in men's singles), that makes two Australians representing us in the ISU Grand Prix Series.
Special thanks to our reporter at this event, Justin Timothy Laem, for giving us the heads - up about this exciting news.
The Olympic Winter Games Institute announced that Australia's Kailani Craine has been invited to compete in the ladies' event at the ISU Grand Prix - Skate Canada International.
That would be because the guy who wrote the article has no clue what he is talking about.
Not necessarily from best I can read the criteria she should already have the spot. She 20 places ahead of Brooklee after Nebelhorn finished, and that was the criteria to get the spot. Now I know their document is clear as mud, but that would be my best take on it, so it's reasonable for him to get the same conclusion.
I think it is understandable if people outside skating are not sure how Olympic selection works or haven't got their facts straight. Just because skating fans obsess over it doesn't mean that everyone else does. But is great that she is getting coverage in the Australian media because the media usually doesn't give a rats about winter sports, let alone figure skating.
A very excited Kailani Craine after winning Nebelhorn Trophy and the Olympic ladies' spot for Australia: https://twitter.com/olympicchannel/status/916757626939150342
Australia is fortunate to have both Kailani and Brooklee Han skating well this season.
Yes, it does. As long as it meets the definition of an international event -- minimum number of judges and tech panel with the right credentials and distribution, short + free segments competed, and at least two eligible competitors from two different members -- the TES minimums can be earned there, even if there aren't enough competitors from enough members to earn WS points.
Speaking after the team uniform launch on Friday, Chesterman also confirmed that figure skater Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya received Australian citizenship on Monday and would be eligible to compete for her adopted country.
Alexandrovskaya paired with Harley Windsor and won the world junior championship earlier this year before sealing a Pyeongchang qualifying spot for Australia late last month.
They would now seem like the obvious pairing to be nominated for Australia for the Games.
There was no official announcement in regards to Alexandrovskaya's expedited citizenship....
Olympic Winter Institute spokeswoman and former national figure-skating champion Belinda Noonan said Alexandrovskaya, known as Katya, had received notice only on Tuesday that her citizenship had been approved. A ceremony was held at the Immigration Department in Sydney two days later.