Australian skating news

[Sabine-Yuna]

Golubeva has a Russian passport and reportedly could not get a visa from France.

But there are Russians with only a Russian passport who obviously have gotten a visa. So maybe they were in Russia or too late.

 

[Orm Irian]

Golubeva has a Russian passport and reportedly could not get a visa from France.

I was afraid that might be a problem for her. Thanks Sylvia.

 

[sus2850]

Wasn‘t it a positive test?

 

[taz'smum]

But there are Russians with only a Russian passport who obviously have gotten a visa. So maybe they were in Russia or too late.

They might already have had a Schengen visa from before the war began.

 

[Aussie Willy]

Wasn‘t it a positive test?

No it was a visa issue.

 

[skatingguy]

No it was a visa issue.

Do you think they will move their training base, or with her citizenship are they just done?

 

[Orm Irian]

Do you think they will move their training base, or with her citizenship are they just done?

They'd be smart to move, but other than avoiding competitions in France I think they should be okay to continue? I haven't heard that any other nations have stated they'll refuse visas for Russian nationals who already compete for other nations. And Australia isn't quite as on the outs with most other competition nations as it is with France, either!

 

[sus2850]

No it was a visa issue.

That is sad to hear.
So the other Russian athletes/coaches skating/working for EU nations maybe had earlier visas then and could not be refused, I guess. (Like Nikita Starostin/Germany and coach Savin/working with German pairs)
It is still strange.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

How frustrating for Golubeva and Giotopoulos-Moore. A clean competition could have potentially placed them within the top ten, and earned Australia two spots in 2023.

 

[Orm Irian]

According to Anastasia's Instagram she's currently in Finland and just a few days ago was in Tallinn, so she and Hektor should have no difficulties getting to Junior Worlds.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

According to Anastasia's Instagram she's currently in Finland and just a few days ago was in Tallinn, so she and Hektor should have no difficulties getting to Junior Worlds.

How crazy to think no matter where they finish, that Australia will provisionally earn two spots at next year's championship.

 

[Sabine-Yuna]

How crazy to think no matter where they finish, that Australia will provisionally earn two spots at next year's championship.

But they would have earned two spots at senior Worlds as well and that would have been much more important for Australia, because you have two decent Senior pairs. I'm not sure if Australia really needs two spots for next junior Worlds, because forming new Australian pairs with a Russian partner and getting into a Russian coaching team could be difficult at the moment.

 

[Orm Irian]

But they would have earned two spots at senior Worlds as well and that would have been much more important for Australia, because you have two decent Senior pairs. I'm not sure if Australia really needs two spots for next junior Worlds, because forming new Australian pairs with a Russian partner and getting into a Russian coaching team could be difficult at the moment.

Hektor (19) and Anastasia (15) will still be age-eligible for Junior Worlds next year, and so I think will be Campbell Young and Lachlan Lewer.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

But they would have earned two spots at senior Worlds as well and that would have been much more important for Australia, because you have two decent Senior pairs. I'm not sure if Australia really needs two spots for next junior Worlds, because forming new Australian pairs with a Russian partner and getting into a Russian coaching team could be difficult at the moment.

Agreed. I mentioned in a previous post how frustrating that they couldn't go to France for the Senior World Championships, and potentially earn two spots for Australia there.

Anyway, here's hoping that Campbell & Lachlan earn the senior minimums to compete at Four Continents in Sydney next year. I would love Australia to send a full team of 18 skaters.

 

[Karen-W]

Agreed. I mentioned in a previous post how frustrating that they couldn't go to France for the Senior World Championships, and potentially earn two spots for Australia there.

Anyway, here's hoping that Campbell & Lachlan earn the senior minimums to compete at Four Continents in Sydney next year. I would love Australia to send a full team of 18 skaters.

Australia needs some more women and men to earn the 4CCs TES mins if the hope is to send a full team to that event.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

Australia needs some more women and men to earn the 4CCs TES mins if the hope is to send a full team to that event.

The last two years has seen a lot of competitions cancelled. But it is definitely possible if Vlada Vasiliev, Charlton Doherty and Darian Kaptich are sent to some senior international events to earn the minimum TES.

I wonder how old Hana Bath is, because she is really like Australia's secret weapon in the junior ladies' division.

 

[Orm Irian]

The last two years has seen a lot of competitions cancelled. But it is definitely possible if Vlada Vasiliev, Charlton Doherty and Darian Kaptich are sent to some senior international events to earn the minimum TES.

I wonder how old Hana Bath is, because she is really like Australia's secret weapon in the junior ladies' division.

Darian already has his SP minimums.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

Go Aussies! They placed second after the short program at Junior Worlds in Tallinn.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

Golubeva and Giotopoulos Moore take the silver medal in pairs! I am so happy for them.

 

[Orm Irian]

Golubeva and Giotopoulos Moore take the silver medal in pairs! I am so happy for them.

That's fantastic news to wake up to! I must look up their program asap.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Excellent news.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

Anastasia and Hektor's point total in Tallinn would have put them in 7th place at the senior world championships last month in Montpellier.

 

[Sylvia]

Anastasia GOLUBEVA / Hektor GIOTOPOULOS MOORE had 2 new ISU SB/PB scores at Junior Worlds - SP and total (169.91) - congrats to them! Their SILVER medal-winning videos as uploaded by the ISU:
SP (61.72): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-HLO0WSqfo169.91
FS (108.19): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynrMqd4iDyk

 

[Hanna]

Golubeva/Giotopoulos-Moore seem to have been training in Sydney for a while now. Do they have a coach there?

 

[Sylvia]

Golubeva/Giotopoulos-Moore seem to have been training in Sydney for a while now. Do they have a coach there?

I believe their coaches, Galina and Andrei Pachin, are based primarily in Sydney?

 

[Hanna]

I believe their coaches, Galina and Andrei Pachin, are based primarily in Sydney?

Thanks Sylvia! Were they coached by them before or is this a new development? Somehow I thought they trained in Russia before.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Thanks Sylvia! Were they coached by them before or is this a new development? Somehow I thought they trained in Russia before.

I believe they were in Russia previously with the same coaches. Galina is in Sydney with them - saw a picture on Facebook of the three of them at one of the Sydney rinks.

 

[Sylvia]

The 2022 Annual General Meeting of Ice Skating Australia is on Saturday 7th May at IceWorld Boondall - info:

ISA AGM 2022

www.isa.org.au

High Performance Report for 2021-22: https://www.isa.org.au/_files/ugd/b5945d_d3f70a34615543688fc42b8c60691f5f.pdf
Excerpts:

The National Squad which has not been done since 2020-22 due to the Covid 19 Pandemic.
After Australian Nationals 2022 there will be a new National Squad named.

There are currently funding incentives for skaters at the JR and SR levels.
(Per ISA-04)

In the Competition Resullts section on page 3: "Unfortunately, Chantelle [Kerry]/Andrew [Dodds] are no longer skating together."

Next Olympic Cycle
A strategy for the next 4 years is in the works. Working towards having skaters represent
Australia in all disciplines. (Singles, Pairs, Dance) in Milano/Cortina, Italy in 2026.
Working towards skating smart and generating strong scores by executing elements well and
generating positive GOE. By encouraging skaters in Basic Novice – Senior to work on more
difficult elements and building their scores by doing what they do well. The proposal for this in
progress. (Special Achievement Pin Program)

 

[misskarne]

Oh, that's so disappointing that Kerry/Dodds have split. I imagine that will be retirement for both.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

In the Competition Resullts section on page 3: "Unfortunately, Chantelle [Kerry]/Andrew [Dodds] are no longer skating together."

I guess the Olympics were their dream, and with the rise of Harris and Chan, it must be tough seeing another equally strong team overtaking them.

Too bad neither skater kept up their singles skills. The Four Continents team next year could use another male and female solo skater.