2021-22 ISU Challenger Series announced

[Karen-W]

I do not think there is an official requirement to be an Olympic test event. Being a Challenger or not should not matter. But the event should happen at the Olympic venue, which is why (former) Cup of China could not be the designated test event.

That was due only to the fact that Cup of China was assigned to Chongqing to host, something that could have easily been changed a year ago when the GPF was canceled. The only reason I can think of for it not being moved was because the test event needed to happen earlier than the 1st weekend of November.

 

[ostile17]

At a board meeting held today in Tokyo, JSF decided to send some athletes to CS competitions.

Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi are entered at the CS Warsaw Cup (November 18-21, Warsaw, Poland). They will go there right after having competed at the NHK Trophy the previous weekend (November 12-14).

Together with their participation in the Eastern Japan Championships (October 28-31) it will be their third competition in just three weeks.


Other JSF entries:

CS Warsaw Cup (November 18-21)

Sota Yamamoto
Koshiro Shimada
Mai Mihara
Yuhana Yokoi
Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi

(Subs: Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Sena Miyake, Mana Kawabe, Tomoe Kawabata)

CS Cup of Austria (November 11-14)

Sena Miyake
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda
Mana Kawabe
Wakaba Higuchi
Tomoe Kawabata

(Subs: Sota Yamamoto, Yuhana Yokoi)

Already announced:

CS Asian Open Trophy

Yuma Kagiyama Shun Sato (Substitutes: Kao Miura, Sena Miyake) Women: Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto (Substitutes: Mana Kawabe, Mai Mihara) Ice dance: Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto


https://twitter.com/figure365/status/1440880569890459654

https://twitter.com/SponichiF/status/1440881598748971017

 

[Elka]

Finlandia entries were updated for Pairs and Dance -

Pairs - Ghilardi/Ambrosini ITA are out
Dance - Verhaegh/Van Geffen NED were added and Polibina/Golovishnikov POL were removed.

Updated Dance: Sofia SHEVCHENKO / Igor EREMENKO RUS removed.

 

[DobrinFan]

Finlandia: Aliev replaces Mozalev

 

[Wyliefan]

And T/M replace B/K.

https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1441410971075952644

 

[Hanna]

Loena Hendrickx was added to the FT entry list today. Just when I was starting to worry why she's not entered for anything this season yet.... and BOOM!

Here's a recollection of all the in's and out's since the original entry list

MEN
Out: Mozalev RUS, Selevko EST / In: Aliev RUS

WOMEN
Out: Lee KOR, Korri GRE / In: Neira CHI, Ceder FIN, Hendrickx BEL

PAIRS
Out: Ghilardi/Ambroisini ITA, Boikova/Kozlovski RUS / In: Tarasova/Morozov RUS

ICE DANCE
Out: Polibina/Goloshnikov POL, Shevchenko/Eremenko RUS, Luft/Pfisterer GER / In: Janse van Rensburg/Steffan GER

And of course the NED dance team that was accidentally entered in pairs has been switched to the right category now.

 

[Karen-W]

So, I think we forgot to copy the original entry lists for Asian Open Trophy into this thread last week when we were hot with Nebelhorn anticipation. Couple of interesting things to note:

1) it's not longer listed on the US Figure Skating Int'l Assignments page but it was last week. Not sure what that means for it's Challenger status but it's a shame for the skaters assigned that it might not be included in the USFS Olympic Selection criteria.

2) Komatsubara/Koleto are out as of today which leaves Dance with just Garabedian/Proulx Senecal, Wang/Liu, and Chen/Su.

Men
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Yudong CHEN CHN 1
2 Boyang JIN CHN 1
3 Paul FENTZ GER 2
4 Harrison Jon-Yen WONG HKG 3
5 Lap Kan YUEN HKG 3
Kwun Hung LEUNG HKG 3 S
6 Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN 4
7 Shun SATO JPN 4
Kao MIURA JPN 4 S
Sena MIYAKE JPN 4 S
8 Junhwan CHA KOR 5
9 Sihyeong LEE KOR 5
Younghyun CHA KOR 5 S
10 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT 6
11 Lukas BRITSCHGI SUI 7
12 Jimmy MA USA 8
13 Camden PULKINEN USA 8

Women
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Hongyi CHEN CHN 1
2 Shan LIN CHN 1
3 Yi ZHU CHN 1
4 Marilena KITROMILIS CYP 2
5 Eliska BREZINOVA CZE 3
6 Jenni SAARINEN FIN 4
7 Kristina ISAEV GER 5
8 Nicole SCHOTT GER 5
9 Joanna SO HKG 6
10 Rika KIHIRA JPN 7
11 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN 7
Mana KAWABE JPN 7 S
Mai MIHARA JPN 7 S
12 Eunsoo LIM KOR 8
13 Seoyeong WI KOR 8
Hanul KIM KOR 8 S
Haein LEE KOR 8 S
Yeonjeong PARK KOR 8 S
14 Maral-Erdene GANSUKH MGL 9
15 Thita LAMSAM THA 10
16 Teekhree SILPA-ARCHA THA 10
17 Tzu-Han TING TPE 11
18 Mariah BELL USA 12
19 Gabriella IZZO USA 12

Pairs
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Cheng PENG / Yang JIN CHN 1
2 Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN 1
3 Yuchen WANG / Yihang HUANG CHN 1
4 Siyang ZHANG / Yongchao YANG CHN 1
5 Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE USA 2
6 Audrey LU / Misha MITROFANOV USA 2

Ice Dance
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX SENECAL ARM 1
2 Hong CHEN / Zhuoming SUN CHN 2
3 Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU CHN 2
4 Misato KOMATSUBARA / Timothy KOLETO JPN 3 No longer listed as of 9/27/21

 

[Jeschke]

Janse van/Steffan vs Müller/Dieck!
Oh yes!

 

[Frau Muller]

Janse van/Steffan vs Müller/Dieck!
Oh yes!

Asian or Finlandia? Too much jumbling of various events in this thread...

 

[sandra_persch]

Asian or Finlandia? Too much jumbling of various events in this thread...

Finlandia. Germany is only sending single skaters to Asian

 

[Ka3sha]

Denis Ten Memorial Entries

https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00110980.htm

 

[Gris]

1) it's not longer listed on the US Figure Skating Int'l Assignments page but it was last week. Not sure what that means for it's Challenger status but it's a shame for the skaters assigned that it might not be included in the USFS Olympic Selection criteria.

U.S. skaters (Ma, Pulkinen, Bell, Izzo, Chan / Howe, Lu / Mitrofanov) plus Paul Fentz are now off the Asian Open entry list.

 

[Karen-W]

U.S. skaters (Ma, Pulkinen, Bell, Izzo, Chan / Howe, Lu / Mitrofanov) plus Paul Fentz are now off the Asian Open entry list.

I wonder if the USFS is going to try and get them added to Budapest Trophy. I know it's not a Challenger but it is still a pretty solid event in all disciplines.

 

[Karen-W]

Finlandia entries were updated today - Max Naumov USA is off the men's list; Conti/Macii ITA are off the pairs list.

Asian Trophy entries also updated - Marilena Kitromilis CYP is off the women's list.

 

[Hanna]

Finlandia entries were updated today - Max Naumov USA is off the men's list; Conti/Macii ITA are off the pairs list.

Fentz is also off the men's list and Algotsson off the women's list.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Wow who can keep up with all of the changes. I’ll just tune in at showtime and hope for the best. Go Amber Glenn!!!!

 

[Hanna]

Camden Pulkinen is replacing Naumov at FT (as of today).

 

[azcalder]

Denis Ten Memorial Entries

https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00110980.htm

Shira Ichilov & Laurent Abecassis (ISR) will be dropped from the list since he is no longer skating. (According to Ichilov's Instagram post)

 

[clairecloutier]

So it was qualify at Nebelhorn or bust for Abecassis??

Feel sorry for Shira, being left partnerless mid-season.

 

[Karen-W]

So it was qualify at Nebelhorn or bust for Abecassis??

Feel sorry for Shira, being left partnerless mid-season.

Maybe she can team up with Daniel Eaton. I thought there was a post somewhere about Yura Min taking a break after Nebelhorn.

 

[clairecloutier]

Maybe she can team up with Daniel Eaton. I thought there was a post somewhere about Yura Min taking a break after Nebelhorn.

There's a thought ....

 

[Jeschke]

Frolova. Sinitsyna.
So happy, that RUS fed is sending more skaters to CS than in the last years

 

[Jeschke]

And there better be a stream.
The men’s event is pure gold for me

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

Shira Ichilov & Laurent Abecassis (ISR) will be dropped from the list since he is no longer skating. (According to Ichilov's Instagram post)

Did she remove her post? Have a link?

 

[Sylvia]

Did she remove her post? Have a link?

I've linked to/quoted Ichilov's post here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...beijing-2021-2022.108381/page-16#post-6068026

ETA:

Denis Ten Memorial Entries

https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00110980.htm

As of Sept. 30 (men/women):

Men Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Georgii RESHTENKO CZE 1
2 Aleksandr SELEVKO EST 2
3 Mihhail SELEVKO EST 2
4 Valtter VIRTANEN FIN 3
5 Nika EGADZE GEO 4
6 Alexei BYCHENKO ISR 5
7 Mark GORODNITSKY ISR 5
8 Daniel SAMOHIN ISR 5
9 Rakhat BRALIN KAZ 6
10 Dias JIRENBAYEV KAZ 6
11 Mikhail SHAIDOROV KAZ 6
12 Petr GUMENNIK RUS 7 (replaced Matvei VETLUGIN)
13 Mark KONDRATIUK RUS 7
14 Andrei MOZALEV RUS 7
15 Ivan SHMURATKO UKR 8

Women Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Ekaterina RYABOVA AZE 1
2 Viktoriia SAFONOVA BLR 2 (added)
3 Alexandra FEIGIN BUL 3
4 Maria LEVUSHKINA BUL 3
5 Emmi PELTONEN FIN 4
6 Maia MAZZARA FRA 5
7 Aya HATAKAWA GER 6
8 Kristina ISAEV GER 6
9 Nargiz SUELEYMANOVA GER 6
10 Alina IUSHCHENKOVA ISR 7
11 Taylor MORRIS ISR 7
12 Alina SOUPIAN ISR 7
13 Anastassiya LOBANOVA KAZ 8
14 Bagdana RAKHISHOVA KAZ 8
15 Veronika SHEVELEVA KAZ 8
16 Nuriya SULEIMEN KAZ 8
17 Yasmin TEKIK KAZ 8
18 Niki WORIES NED 9
19 Elzbieta GABRYSZAK POL 10
20 Anna FROLOVA RUS 11
21 Kseniia SINITSYNA RUS 11
22 Anastasiia SHABOTOVA UKR 12

Ice Dance Entries (as of Sept. 28):
No. Name Nation
1 Viktoria SEMENJUK / Ilya YUKHIMUK BLR 1
2 Solene MAZINGUE / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO EST 2
3 Aleksandra SAMERSOVA / Kevin OJALA EST 2
4 Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS FRA 3
5 Lou TERREAUX / Noe PERRON FRA 3
6 Julia WAGRET / Pierre SOUQUET-BASIEGE FRA 3
7 Shira ICHILOV / Laurent ABECASSIS ISR 4 (to be removed )
8 Mariia NOSOVITSKAYA / Mikhail NOSOVITSKIY ISR 4
9 Gaukhar NAURYZOVA / Boyisangur DATIEV KAZ 5
10 Maxine WEATHERBY / Temirlan YERZHANOV KAZ 5
11 Aurelija IPOLITO / Luke RUSSELL LAT 6
12 Elizaveta KHUDAIBERDIEVA / Egor BAZIN RUS 7
13 Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS 7
14 Anastasia SKOPTCOVA / Kirill ALESHIN RUS 7
15 Alexandra NAZAROVA / Maxim NIKITIN UKR 8

 

[Karen-W]

Asian Trophy entry lists updated again today -

As expected, Garabedian/Proulx Senecal are off the Dance list - so that makes the Dance event also domestic-only.

Brezinova is off the Women's list.

I can't help wonder how long before the rest of the European-based skaters also drop off the Men's (Vasiljevs & Britschgi) and Women's (Saarinen, Isaev, Schott) entry lists. Right now there are skaters from 11 countries entered between the Men & Women's disciplines. If that drops below 10, I'm not sure how it can be considered a CS event in any way. Thoughts?

 

[Sylvia]

2021 Finlandia Trophy entries last updated Oct. 4 (Nataly LANGERBAUR EST has replaced Kristina SHKULETA-GROMOVA): https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00110970.htm

All-event viewing pass is 18.9 euros (~22 USD) for 4 days of competition, Thursday-Sunday, or 6.9 euros or ~8 USD/day: https://solidsport.com/skatingfinland/watch/finlandia-trophy-espoo
ETA conflicting info listed under Get All Access 18.9 EUR: "Get access to all streams, replays and videos from Skating Finland. Valid until 2021-10-10"

"Please notice that the recordings of competitions will not be available on this channel. ... Music rights licensing does not allow events to be recorded." https://solidsport.com/skatingfinland

 

[Hanna]

"Please notice that the recordings of competitions will not be available on this channel. Music rights licensing does not allow events to be recorded." https://solidsport.com/skatingfinland

This infuriates me and I'm investigating it. I know that for many not having the on-demand option is a deal breaker when considering buying the stream. It's stupid and I don't understand why it's a problem for this event when it's not a problem for any other events.

 

[Panja]

This infuriates me and I'm investigating it. I know that for many not having the on-demand option is a deal breaker when considering buying the stream. It's stupid and I don't understand why it's a problem for this event when it's not a problem for any other events.

If only 'on demand' during the course of the competition would be helpful. I had planned to buy a ticket, but my favourite discipline is taking place during working hours, and I had planned to watch in the evenings. If that's not even possible, why buy?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

2021 Finlandia Trophy entries last updated Oct. 4 (Nataly LANGERBAUR EST has replaced Kristina SHKULETA-GROMOVA): https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00110970.htm

All-event viewing pass is 16.9 euros (~20 USD) for 4 days of competition, Thursday-Sunday, or 6.9 euros or ~8 USD/day: https://solidsport.com/skatingfinland/watch/finlandia-trophy-espoo

"Please notice that the recordings of competitions will not be available on this channel. Music rights licensing does not allow events to be recorded." https://solidsport.com/skatingfinland

Every time I read a post like this I get a nauseous feeling thinking I’m gonna see Amber name crossed off. Go Amber