OES News 2021/2022 Season

[clairecloutier]

Unfortunately in our dreams I think. This score is just a couple of points more than she scored in the WC in Stockholm (178,10) and it would have put her on 14th place (she was 15th). SOC criteria is you must be plausible for at least 8th (was 198,77 in the WC, which is what they consider.)

That criteria is absolutely nuts. Especially for a small country (skating-wise).

 

[Elka]

That criteria is absolutely nuts. Especially for a small country (skating-wise).

It absolutely is. The criteria is the same for all sports.

 

[Ka3sha]

New interview with Loena Hendrickx (in Russian)

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matchtv.ru

 

[Jeschke]

Update on ?? #race for women:

So Euros will bring some for the worlds spot.

 

[rfisher]

Let's hope Petrokina does well enough for 2 spots next season. They need two, but it may take them a year to get them.

 

[Jeschke]

As Mikutina (and Ziegler/Kiefer) finally showed up, I wondered about ?? selection criteria:

Euros:

• Skaters who earned olympic spots are assigned
• no olympic spots: 2 ISU events + AUT nationals score

Olympics:
- Skaters who earned the spots are assigned

Worlds:

• Top 20 Euros finish
• otherwise: AUT nationals, + 1 ISU event, + 1 ISU event between Euros and Worlds

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?? race (Euros for men, Worlds for women)

Great for Schaller, that she seems at least safe (for now) for Worlds after so much progress this season.

 

[alexikeguchi]

Congratulations to Morisi Kvitelashvili for winning Georgia's first ever GP gold medal (maybe medal of any color?). Team Tutberidze looked genuinely stoked for him even though he's far from their most accomplished product. I wish he had skated last because their reaction to taking first place could have been an amazing K&C moment.

 

[Jeschke]

IIRC Morisi medaled already at Rostelecom at least once.
Really happy for Morisi too!!!

 

[Vagabond]

IIRC Morisi medaled already at Rostelecom at least once.

Silver medals in 2018 and 2020.

 

[Andrea82]

Dutch Olympic Committee approved the nomination by Dutch Skating Federation of Lindsay Van Zundert as their Olympic entry.

Kunstschaatsster Lindsay van Zundert is nu helemaal zeker van deelname aan Olympische Spelen

knsb.nl

Dutch Skating Association's picks for the judging panels they were drawn for are: Jeroen Prins (Pair and Team Event) and Ernestien Bakker (Women).

 

[clairecloutier]

This will be Ziegler/Kiefer's last season, as announced on Severin's Instagram:

Severin Kiefer on Instagram: "Delighted to have finally started into what will be our last competitive season. We weren’t quite ready yet to show our best performances but it was an important first step building towards the European and World Champio

305 likes, 4 comments - severin_kiefer on November 29, 2021: "Delighted to have finally started into what will be our last competitive season. We weren’t quite ready yet to show our best performances but it was an important first step building towards the European and World Championships and the...

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I pretty much expected this, considering it will be their third Olympics, but still sorry to see them go! It has been a pleasure to watch them these past few years--they improved so much.

 

[Jeschke]

Samoilov debuted for POL in local event in Lodz today.

XV Zawody Mikolajkowe 2021 - Solisci - Senior - Short Program

page.pfsa.com.pl

Based on TES, seems he will likely get the Euros spot, as long as he gets minimums in Golden Spin.

Seems like his first name has been changed to polish version: Volodimir.

 

[Elisheba]

Congratulations to Morisi Kvitelashvili for winning Georgia's first ever GP gold medal (maybe medal of any color?). Team Tutberidze looked genuinely stoked for him even though he's far from their most accomplished product. I wish he had skated last because their reaction to taking first place could have been an amazing K&C moment.

Elene Gedevanishvilli won a skate canada medal

 

[Elisheba]

Elene Gedevanishvilli won a skate canada medal

actually that may just have been a short program medal…

 

[greenapple]

Elene Gedevanishvilli won a skate canada medal

She finished fifth in her only appearance at Skate Canada. Small medals are not awarded at Grand Prix events.

 

[mkokos82]

Samoilov debuted for POL in local event in Lodz today.

XV Zawody Mikolajkowe 2021 - Solisci - Senior - Short Program

page.pfsa.com.pl

Based on TES, seems he will likely get the Euros spot, as long as he gets minimums in Golden Spin.

Seems like his first name has been changed to polish version: Volodimir.

Not even close to Polish (that would need to be Włodzimierz) and funnily enough, for Golden Spin entries still listed as Vladimir.

 

[Jeschke]

Not even close to Polish (that would need to be Włodzimierz) and funnily enough, for Golden Spin entries still listed as Vladimir.

Parodn - foolish assmuption

 

[Karen-W]

Lindsay Van Zundert posted on her IG story this morning that she has to withdraw from Golden Spin due to a positive C19 test. Hope she recovers quickly!

 

[Jeschke]

Final standings in the ?? #eurosrace for women:

So, if fed sticks to its criteria, Kiibus is safe for Olympics.
Petrokina still with solid 9pts lead in the #worldsrace (1 spot).

 

[Jeschke]

Final standings in the ?? #eurosrace for men:

Wow, Aleksandr came closer than expected in the end.
He secured his olympic spot after all.

Still the fall-apart of Mikhail in the end after great start felt weird today (can't help)

Levandi up for home-soil-Euros, who would have expected heading into the season?

 

[Samurina]

Estonia Fed already announced that Selevko would go to Euros

Petrõkina: ma isegi ei saa praegu aru, et olen Eesti meister

Iluuisutamise Eesti meistrivõistlustel võidutses naiste üksiksõidus esimest korda üle 200 punkti kogunud 17-aastane Niina Petrõkina.

sport.err.ee

 

[happycamper2554]

Estonia Fed already announced that Selevko would go to Euros

Petrõkina: ma isegi ei saa praegu aru, et olen Eesti meister

Iluuisutamise Eesti meistrivõistlustel võidutses naiste üksiksõidus esimest korda üle 200 punkti kogunud 17-aastane Niina Petrõkina.

sport.err.ee

Brothers Selevkod and Arlet Levandi are fighting for the place in the European Championship team, the final line-up will be confirmed on December 15.

This is what my translation said, but i could be wrong.

 

[Jeschke]

Surprise wins for Maierhofer and Pesendorfer at ?? Nationals.

Updates on #eurosrace for men (final standings) and #worldsrace for women.
Such a tough race for the worlds spots in the women's discipline

 

[Andrea82]

Swiss team for Tallinn

Alexia Paganini (ESC Zürich-Oerlikon)
Yasmine Yamada (EC Zürich)

Lukas Britschgi (ESF Frauenfeld)

Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan (CP La Chaux-de-Fonds)

Jasmine Tessari / Stéphane Walker (CP La Chaux-de-Fonds)

SWISS ICE SKATING

www.swissiceskating.ch

 

[Vagabond]

SWISS ICE SKATING

www.swissiceskating.ch

Ersatzläuferinnen

It's a good thing that "ersatz" doesn't mean the exactly same thing in German that it does in English. Otherwise,

 

[Jeschke]

Swiss team for Tallinn

Alexia Paganini (ESC Zürich-Oerlikon)
Yasmine Yamada (EC Zürich)

Lukas Britschgi (ESF Frauenfeld)

Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan (CP La Chaux-de-Fonds)

Jasmine Tessari / Stéphane Walker (CP La Chaux-de-Fonds)

SWISS ICE SKATING

www.swissiceskating.ch

Ok, I am a bit stunned here: Criteria is best tech score over the season and nationals placement

Kaiser has almost same best tech score as Paganini and edging out Yamada by over 8pts.
Yamada placed 2nd at nationals, 3pts ahead of Kaiser - I did not see that call pro Yamada coming.
Big ouch for Kaiser

Don't get me wrong, I really like Yamada and am happy for her, but: ouch.

 

[Sylvia]

Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir, 18, chosen Skater of the Year 2021 (Iceland Skating Association's Dec. 13th press release):

Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir valin Skautakona ársins 2021 – Skautasamband Íslands

www.iceskate.is

Machine translated excerpts from Icelandic:

With 25.15 technical points in the short program at the Finlandia Trophy and 41.50 technical points in the free program at the Nebelhorn Trophy, Aldís Kara won the right to compete at the European Figure Skating Championships.
[...]
The minimum technical level in a short program is 23.00 points and in a free program 40.00 points.

Aldís Kara ended the year by breaking her own Icelandic record once again at the Icelandic Championships which was held 19-21. last November. There she got 136.14 points and showed that she has nowhere stopped her plans to go even further. Furthermore, these are the highest points that have been given in the Senior category in Iceland.

A new year will begin with Aldís' participation in the European Championships which will be held in Tallinn, Estonia, from 6 to 10 January. Her participation is no less important for the whole sport, but it is the first time that an Icelandic skater has earned the right to participate in it.

Aldís Kara is a diligent sportswoman and is a good role model for younger practitioners both in her demeanor and attitude towards the sport.

She is well on her way to this title and a great representative of the sport.

Link to her ISU bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00107291.htm

 

[Andrea82]

Round-up of 4 Nationals by Hungarian Federation:

4 Nemzet Bajnoksága – Éremeső a szombati zárónapon! | Magyar Országos Korcsolyázó Szövetség - MOKSZ

Műkorcsolyázóink és jégtáncpárosunk a kűrprogramjaikat mutatták be a 4 Nemzet Bajnokságának szombati versenynapján. A péntekihez hasonlóan sok-sok izgalmat és fordulatot tartogatott a verseny, amelyen mindenféle színből szereztek érmet a magyar sportolók. A műkorcsolyázó hölgyek egyéni...

hunskate.hu

In the last paragraph they say Regina Schermann is going to Tallinn as the selection was based on top 2 results between Nationals, Budapest Trophy and Volvo Cup.

Csernoch, both Pairs and Ignateva/Szemko will also go to Europeans.

Chtchetinina/Magyar are going to Olympic Games.

 

[text_skate]

Interview with Miriam Ziegler on lokal TV, not geo-blocked:

Burgenland heute vom 01.01.2022

So wurde Silvester gefeiert | 100 Jahre Burgenland: So war das Jubiläumsjahr | Neujahrsbaby aus dem Burgenland | Kurzmeldungen | Eiskunstläuferin Ziegler blickt zurück | Alles neu in der Cselley-Mühle | Sternsinger aus Neudorf beim Bundespräsidenten

tvthek.orf.at

It's her last season, 3 highlights ahead: EC, WC and OG
Asked, about early announcement of retirement: I'm a person who needs things to be planned ahead. Needs to know, where things are going. She knows there will be a time after skating. She always tried to enjoy the moment, even the hard/difficult ones.
Goal for OG: To reach final and show FS. She already has 3 Olys under her belt, she never had the opportunity to show FS.
Preparation for this season not as planned because of injuries. Miriam is optimistic, that from now on there will be no hickups or injuries, and that they'll be able to train on a regular basis, and therefore skate to their full potential.

Crossing all finges and toes!!!

direct link to video (will play on your vlc/media player)

 

[Karen-W]

Lindsay Van Zundert has been selected as one of the Dutch flag bearers for the Opening Ceremony!

How exciting for her and Dutch figure skating! https://www.instagram.com/p/CYZrViTL-Zu/?utm_medium=copy_link