Hmm. Well, that's not the most obvious route toward earning an Olympic berth. Maybe placeholders & Australia can look at summer scores first? Seems to me that last time around, three teams competed at Lake Placid & then the winners were selected to compete at Nebelhorn. (Though that might have been the year F&B had to pull out. I don't remember).
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If you scroll down the page to the Winter Olympics section, there's a 2-page document that contains the selection criteria for the ISU Olympic Qualifying Competition (Nebelhorn Trophy):
2022 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC WINTER TEAM
ICE SKATING AUSTRALIA
~ Nomination Criteria - Figure Skating (click on this link)
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I don't think Jason Chan is an Australian citizen. So, it would be pointless sending him and Holly Harris to Germany.
It makes sense that Chantelle Kerry and Andrew Dodds are nominated for the Olympic Qualification event. This would be lovely if it happens for them. They have the necessary OG TES, and making the team would certainly fulfill both of their sporting goals as athletes.
It makes sense that Chantelle Kerry and Andrew Dodds are nominated for the Olympic Qualification event. This would be lovely if it happens for them. They have the necessary OG TES, and making the team would certainly fulfill both of their sporting goals as athletes.
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You don't have to be a citizen to earn a spot for the Olympics. You just have to have citizenship to use it.
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It doesn't matter whether Chan has Australian citizenship for Nebelhorn. What matters is that he has his release and can/does compete for Australia internationally. Citizenship only matters for the Olympics itself. If I were the Australian fed, I'd be sending my strongest team, regardless of whether both skaters have Australian citizenship yet or not. They can earn the spot, even if it does go to another team that is able to compete at the Olympics.
The point would be to send the team that can earn the highest possible score at the qualifying competition so that any team at all might have a shot at the Olympics.
Last year was totally wonky.
But Harris & Chan defeated Kerry & Dodds by 3 spots at 2020 4CCs, which was their first and last major international head-to-head.
Fact is that it's going to be a stretch to earn an Olympic berth either way, but it isn't impossible; and if I was Australia I would send the most competitive team I could to the qualifier. It's not super clear which team that is at this point in time. But Harris & Chan finished right behind Yanovskaya & Lukacs at Worlds this year, while Kerry & Dodds finished 7 spots below Y&L at Worlds two years before. So . . . taking the pandemic into account, how few head-to-heads we've seen from these teams, and all that is on the line, an international head-to-head before Nebelhorn would be a good thing if it can be pulled off.
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I don't disagree. But Chantelle and Andrew are training in Australia, and Holly and Jason are training overseas, and the borders are still shut. It's going to be very difficult to get a proper head-to-head before Nebelhorn.
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Has anyone heard how William Badaoui is doing after his hip injury at Hollins Trophy? He hasn't posted anything about it that I've seen and neither has Tilly. I'm hoping he's on the mend.
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Was there a hip injury? My understanding was that it was concussion from the fall in the RD that had them withdraw.
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Ah, I'd forgotten the ruling that it is the country and not necessarily the actual skater or team sent to Nebelhorn who qualifies an Olympic berth. Thank you for clarifying.
As others have mentioned, border restrictions currently in place may make it very difficult to send either Australian couple to Germany. Here's hoping that changes between now and the event.
As others have mentioned, border restrictions currently in place may make it very difficult to send either Australian couple to Germany. Here's hoping that changes between now and the event.
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Update from Brendan Kerry who has resumed training in Russia: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ1DSGnJ5ox/
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Good to see Brendan back on the ice training. Here's hoping he qualifies a place for Australia at the Olympics.
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That's good to hear. Is that all it says (I don't have Instagram and it no longer lets people without accounts see posts)?
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“Finally after 3 months of no skating with a busted leg and C-vid I’m back to training.” Is the informational part
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Thank you. 
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@Bunny Hop, sorry, I forgot that you have to be logged into Instagram to see posts now. Brendan's 2 clips with his Instagram post show him landing a 3A and a backflip into 3T with twizzle exit.
From May 5:
Harley's latest Instagram story shows him in a mirror selfie with (presumably his new partner?) Masha Chernyshova.
The International Assignments Google document has been updated with "Requested event=RED Approved by ISA Board=Blue" at the top.
Kailani Craine has requested the Cranberry Cup International and Chantelle Kerry/Andrew Dodds & Holly Harris/Jason Chan have requested the Lake Placid Dance International (both Senior B events are scheduled for August 12-15 in Norwood, MA near Boston).
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And Harris/Chan have also requested the Nebelhorn assignment. If the pre-Nebelhorn assignment requests for both Dodds/Kerry and Chan/Harris are approved, they'll have one head-to-head match up at the Lake Placid Dance International, and then one CS each - Lombardia for Kerry/Dodds and Autumn Classic for Harris/Chan. That should give ISA some good data to make a decision on which team ultimately is assigned to Nebelhorn.
Young/Lewar have requested the Poland JGP assignment.
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These initial assignments have been approved by the ISA Board (names are now in blue):
Cranberry Cup: Kailani Craine
Lake Placid Ice Dance International: Chantelle Kerry & Andrew Dodds, Holly Harris & Jason Chan
JGP #2 Courchevel FRA: Andy Yao
JGP #4 Krasnoyarsk RUS: Anastasia Golubeva & Hektor Giotopoulos-Moore
Kailani Craine is going to have a busy summer and fall. She has to attempt to qualify for an Olympic spot for Australia that she didn't get at Worlds, plus attempt to obtain the TES mins. Without a 3/3 and consistently rotated triples, this is going to be difficult.
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For a time Craine was including a triple loop/triple loop in her short program and earning scores in the 60 point range. Kailani really needs that level of content skated clean if she hopes to get back to the Olympics.
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Glad to see both of Australia's new pair teams earning JGP and Challenger Series assignments.
Yes but even then she wasn't getting it called fully rotated most of the time even if she would land it.
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Yes, there is that. But at least it by including the 3loop/3loop and a solo 3flip or 3lutz gives Craine a higher TES base mark.
I'm wondering if Victoria Alcantara is age eligible as well?
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Flip yes, not lutz. She has a very deductible flutz.
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I'm thinking this will probably be Craine's last year competing. Sad to say, but her results have been in decline since the last Olympics.
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Yes she is (turned 15 in January): http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00107878.htm
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Who is Harley skating with? Two months ago he was posting clips with a finnish girl preparing for next Worlds and now it seems to be a Russian girl he is skating with (Masha Chernysheva). I am confused!
But she has always been so enjoyable to watch!
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Here's what I posted earlier in this thread (AFAIK, he never confirmed the name of the first girl before he started tagging Masha Chernyshova by name in his Instagram stories earlier this month):
BTW, I noticed that Harley acknowledged the one year anniversary of Katia's passing
in his Instagram story yesterday.Other assignments approved by the ISA Board since I last posted:
JGP #6 Gdansk POL: Campbell Young & Lachlan Lewar-Parr (new pair like Golubeva/Giotopoulos-Moore)
JGP #7 Linz, AUT: Anastasia Golubeva & Giotopoulos-Moore [Young & Lewar (Reserve)]; Vlada Vasiliev [Victoria Alcantara (Reserve)]
Challenger Series Lombardia Trophy in Bergamo ITA, Sept. 10-12: Chantelle Kerry & Andrew Dodds, Brendan Kerry
U.S. International Figure Skating Classic in Boston (Norwood) MA, Sept. 15-18: Chantelle Kerry & Andrew Dodds
Challenger Series Autumn Classic International, Montreal (Pierrefonds) CAN, Sept. 16-18: Holly Harris & Jason Chan
Nebelhorn Trophy-Olympic Qualifying Competition in Oberstdorf GER, Sept. 22-25: Kailani Craine, Brendan Kerry
Challenger Series Finlandia Trophy in Espoo, FIN, Oct. 7-10: Brendan Kerry
Challenger Series Denis Ten Memorial Almaty, KAZ, Oct. 28-31: Brendan Kerry
Chantelle Kerry and Andrew Dodds are in Michigan now (based on their IG stories earlier today).
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