OES News 22/23

[TAHbKA]

Yanovskaya/Lukash are done, he retired, she is looking for a partner

Gurgen Vardanian: Anna Yanovskaya / Adam Lukash had split. The main reason was not making it to the Olympics - they were named as substitute and Adam lost his motivation. He had been telling me for a while he felt they would not participate. In the end he lost the will to keep practicing and setting the new goals. At the same time he met his love -a Russian girl. They got married and decide to stay in Moscow.
Anna wants to keep skating and we are looking for a partner for her. Of course it's tough. She is coaching but she dreams to go back to sports'
According to MatchTv Yanovskaya and Sergey Mozgov became coaches in `A Blue Bird' school and are coaching together.

 

[TAHbKA]

Galustian is still attempting to become and ice dancer and is still looking for a partner. The rink where her parents worked was closed down and she had to move to another rink. She worked a bit with Nikolai Morozov who inspired her to try the ice dance. She worked as a waitress for several month in between. She had a bad back injury and a stress fracture, she can't do the quads and she thinks it's not enough to land a 3/3 and only do toeloops and salchows in order to remain competitive

 

[FSWer]

Yanovskaya/Lukash are done, he retired, she is looking for a partner

Gurgen Vardanian: Anna Yanovskaya / Adam Lukash had split. The main reason was not making it to the Olympics - they were named as substitute and Adam lost his motivation. He had been telling me for a while he felt they would not participate. In the end he lost the will to keep practicing and setting the new goals. At the same time he met his love -a Russian girl. They got married and decide to stay in Moscow.
Anna wants to keep skating and we are looking for a partner for her. Of course it's tough. She is coaching but she dreams to go back to sports'
According to MatchTv Yanovskaya and Sergey Mozgov became coaches in `A Blue Bird' school and are coaching together.

What bad sports.

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks for starting this thread @TAHbKA! I've been meaning to for quite a while now but kept procrastinating! (I had a long post with the 2022 Grand Prix assignments of all the OES skaters without country-specific news threads in GSD all ready to go and then lost it , but will attempt to reconstruct it in this thread soon.)

Last year I started the OES news thread with the link to the Swiss national team(s) - here's s the link to the 2022-23 teams (French version):

SWISS ICE SKATING

www.swissiceskating.ch

Top tier includes 2 men & 2 women:
Lukas Britschgi
Alexia Paganini
Nurullah Sahaka
Yasmine Kimiko Yamada

 

[Sylvia]

Estonia's federation held test skates for their senior level skaters on August 30-31 in Tallinn, but I didn't see a livestream this year - link to the list of their athletes who participated: https://www.uisuliit.ee/Kontrollstart-seenioride-jargus-sportlastele

@Eislauffan's Instagram post with 7 photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CiBO-oCM10R/

It was nice to be a guest at the test skates of the Estonian senior team! Looking forward to seeing all these great athletes soon again in competition.
Anastasia Gozhva participated as a guest.
Stay tuned for more photos, interviews, reports!

Arlet Levandi shared a video of his FS recorded from the stands: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ch8Av48A4Cs/

 

[Sylvia]

From the The Czech figure skating federation's website - The Mrázek [junior ice dance] siblings won the home [Junior] Grand Prix in Ostrava:

ČKS, Česky krasobruslařský svaz

ČKS, Česky krasobruslařský svaz czechskating

www.czechskating.org

Mark Hanretty interviewed them after the medal ceremony : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQKmfllxWcA

ETA - and their interview for those who understand Czech : https://www.instagram.com/p/CiDp_gFs8cK/

 

[Karen-W]

Estonia's federation held test skates for their senior level skaters on August 30-31 in Tallinn, but I didn't see a livestream this year - link to the list of their athletes who participated: https://www.uisuliit.ee/Kontrollstart-seenioride-jargus-sportlastele

@Eislauffan's Instagram post with 7 photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CiBO-oCM10R/



Arlet Levandi shared a video of his FS recorded from the stands: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ch8Av48A4Cs/

Niina Petrokina attempted a 3A in her FS - she shared a clip on her IG story. Fell, but she's definitely attempting to up her TES.

 

[Andrea82]

Results of Hungarian test skates, held in mid-August, are here:

Tesztverseny 2022

Event results for Tesztverseny 2022

hunskate.hu

Regina Schermann was the only Senior woman there. No senior Men.
Ignateva/Szemko won ID. New couple Hancock/Fourati were on par with them (ahead in the RD) on TES.

Lakernik was there as technical controller for single events.

 

[TAHbKA]

Ryabova retired

 

[Frau Muller]

Ryabova retired

Age 19…sigh…but a wedding soon? In France? Wishing her happiness!

 

[Karen-W]

The Spanish fed is creating an Elite Dance Group based in Madrid and headed by Hurtado & Khaliavin - https://hieloespanol.es/1/la_fedh_c..._liderado_por_hurtado_y_jalyavin_3282291.html

They will be having tests for interested Spanish and foreign ISU skaters on Sep 17 & 18.

 

[Sylvia]

I've reconstructed my "Grand Prix assignments of OES skaters without country-specific news threads" (have included Ukraine) as follows:

Georgia (originally 10, now 11 spots): Anastasiia Gubanova GBR & FIN; Moris Kvitelashvili GBR & FIN, Nika Egadze NHK/JPN; Safina/Berulava FRA & FIN, Metelkina/Parkman GBR & FIN; Kazakova/Reviya GBR (eta) & FRA (per @Karen-W's post below)

Estonia (7): Mikhail Selevko SkAm & FRA, Aleksandr Selevko SCI, Arlet Levandi FIN; Niina Petrokina SCI & NHK, Eva-Lotta Kiibus FIN

Czech (6): Eliska Brezinova SCI; Georgii Reshtenko FRA; Zukova/Bidar SCI & NHK; Taschlerova/Taschler GBR & FIN

Ukraine (originally had 5, now 4): Ivan Shmuratko FRA; Holichenko/Darenskyi SkAm WD & added to FIN; Holubtsova/Bielobrov GBR (eta) & SkAm (filled one of N/N's spots per Karen's post below) & GBR, Nazarova/Niktin-WD/retired - link to their GSD news thread: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ir-retirement-and-whats-next-for-them.109847/

Austria (3): Olga Mikutina FRA & NHK; Maurizio Zandron NHK
Netherlands (3): Lindsay van Zundert FRA; Danilova/Tsiba SkAm & FIN

Belgium (3 originally, then 4, now 2): Loena Hendrickx FRA & FIN (definitely not "obscure" any more), Nina Pinzarrone CAN & GBR-WD/injured - link to her post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CiKpEGXKSka/
Latvia (2): Deniis Vasiljevs SCI & GBR
Poland (2): Ekaterina Kurakova SkAm & GBR
Sweden (2): Nikolaj Majorov FIN; Crafoord/Crafoord SkAm
Switzerland (2): Alexia Paganini GBR, Lukas Britschgi SCI

Lithuania (2 now 1): Reed/Ambrulevicius SkAm-WD & NHK
Cyprus (1): Marilena Kitromilis SkAm
Romania (1): Julia Sauter GBR

Azerbaijan (now 0): Vladimir Litvintsev GBR-WD, Ekaterina Ryabova SCI & NHK WD/announced her retirement on Sept 6: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiKPW8TLn_D/

The Azerbaijan Winter Sports Federation tweeted this on Sept. 7: https://twitter.com/azerbaijanwsf/status/1567395798031241217

Our figure skating athlete Yekaterina Ryabova, ended her career due to health reasons.

In this regard, in the near future Azerbaijan will be represented by Sabina Aliyeva and Vladimir Litvintsev in figure skating.

 

[azcalder]

Results of Hungarian test skates, held in mid-August, are here:

Tesztverseny 2022

Event results for Tesztverseny 2022

hunskate.hu

Regina Schermann was the only Senior woman there. No senior Men.
Ignateva/Szemko won ID. New couple Hancock/Fourati were on par with them (ahead in the RD) on TES.

Lakernik was there as technical controller for single events.

Lucy Hancock/Ilias Fourati are a new team. Lucy from GBR previously skated with Billy Wilson-French and Ilias with Emily Monaghan. The ISU Bio lists Ilias as a Ph.D student and born in the US. They train with Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov in Newington, CT.

 

[Karen-W]

I've reconstructed my "Grand Prix assignments of OES skaters without country-specific news threads" (have included Ukraine) as follows:

Georgia (10 spots): Anastasiia Gubanova GBR & FIN; Moris Kvitelashvili GBR & FIN, Nika Egadze NHK/JPN; Safina/Berulava FRA & FIN, Metelkina/Parkman GBR & FIN; Kazakova/Reviya GBR

Kazakova/Reviya have 2 now - they were assigned to fill one of the openings at FRA from Nazarova/Nikitin's retirement.

Ukraine (originally had 5, now 3): Ivan Shmuratko FRA; Holichenko/Darenskyi SkAm WD & added to FIN; Holubtsova/Bielobrov GBR, Nazarova/Niktin-WD/retired - link to their GSD news thread: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ir-retirement-and-whats-next-for-them.109847/

Ukraine has 4 now - Holubstova/Bielobrov were assigned to SkAm to fill one of the openings from Nazarova/Nikitin's retirement.

 

[Andrea82]

I didn't know Sophia Schaller (Austria) switched to Pair too.
Sophia Schaller/Livio Mayr are entered at John Nicks Pairs Challenge this week.

Luc Maierhofer switched to Pairs too.

 

[happycamper2554]

I didn't know Sophia Schaller (Austria) switched to Pair too.
Sophia Schaller/Livio Mayr are entered at John Nicks Pairs Challenge this week.

Luc Maierhofer switched to Pairs too.

Did Z/K go to worlds last year. Does Austria have two spots?

 

[Andrea82]

Did Z/K go to worlds last year. Does Austria have two spots?

yes, they were 7th. So 2 spots for Austria.

 

[Sylvia]

I didn't know Sophia Schaller (Austria) switched to Pair too.

Posted back on June 26 (buried at the end of last season's Pairs discussion thread ): https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/pairs-discussion-thread-2021-22.108538/page-9#post-6269727

 

[Sylvia]

Alexia Paganini just posted that she "will be continuing my training in oberstdorf, germany with Mr. Huth as my head coach": https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci0JOsmMWat/

 

[Sylvia]

I didn't know Sophia Schaller (Austria) switched to Pair too.
Sophia Schaller/Livio Mayr are entered at John Nicks Pairs Challenge this week.

They didn't end up making the trip to NYC.

Luc Maierhofer switched to Pairs too.

The new Austrian pair team of Luc Maierhofer & Italy's Giorgia Ghedini recently trained for several weeks in Colorado Springs with the World Arena Skating Academy pairs group - the WASA Pairs account has shared an excerpt of their new SP that was filmed there: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CixsTc0D0xD/

Switzerland has a new pair - Pauline Irman and Ben Jalovick (U.S. senior singles competitor who's new to pairs) - clip of their 2022-23 SP to "Seven Nation Army’" by Gaullin and Julian Perretta: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CitEtmCD7oR/

WASA Pairs' August 23rd post: https://www.instagram.com/p/ChnIIQJrZ9w/

Our Swiss team recently flew To Switzerland for their Senior Pair Skating test. @paulirm_ & @benjanskii were able to showcase their new free skate for the very first time in front of the Swiss Ice Skating Federation. Big thanks to @severin_kiefer for helping to put them on the ice for this important event!

@benjanskii was also able to enjoy a few days visiting this beautiful country. Onward!

Good luck to these two in their upcoming adventure as a pair team!

 

[Karen-W]

They didn't end up making the trip to NYC.

The new Austrian pair team of Luc Maierhofer & Italy's Giorgia Ghedini recently trained for several weeks in Colorado Springs with the World Arena Skating Academy pairs group - the WASA Pairs account has shared an excerpt of their new SP that was filmed there: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CixsTc0D0xD/

Switzerland has a new pair - Pauline Irman and Ben Jalovick (U.S. senior singles competitor who's new to pairs) - clip of their 2022-23 SP to "Seven Nation Army’" by Gaullin and Julian Perretta: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CitEtmCD7oR/

WASA Pairs' August 23rd post: https://www.instagram.com/p/ChnIIQJrZ9w/

I really hope that all of these new pairs teams appear in competition this fall.

 

[Sylvia]

I really hope that all of these new pairs teams appear in competition this fall.

There's no rush - let them train.

 

[clairecloutier]

An interview with GEO pairs skater Karina Safina. She discusses how she got into pairs skating and weight issues eek.

“I trained a lot and consumed no more than 300 calories a day. With such a diet and training, I “killed” my body. Well, who knew? I just wanted to lose weight…” interview with pair skater Karina Safina

Interview with pair skater Karina Safina who now represents Georgia. About her career, change of sports citizenship, weight problems in figure skating and haters in social networks.

fs-gossips.com

 

[Seerek]

That interview should probably be also posted in the body issues thread.

 

[Vagabond]

An interview with GEO pairs skater Karina Safina. She discusses how she got into pairs skating and weight issues eek.

“I trained a lot and consumed no more than 300 calories a day. With such a diet and training, I “killed” my body. Well, who knew? I just wanted to lose weight…” interview with pair skater Karina Safina

Interview with pair skater Karina Safina who now represents Georgia. About her career, change of sports citizenship, weight problems in figure skating and haters in social networks.

fs-gossips.com

What were you offered for switching to Georgia?

Karina Safina: Georgian citizenship and, most importantly, the opportunity to participate in international competitions. Thanks to this, we got a chance to go to the Olympic Games, junior and senior World Championships, European Championships, Grand Prix stages. I would not have participated in these competitions if I had stayed in Russia.

Ain't that the truth?!

 

[Karen-W]

Solene Mazingue posted this update video on her IG earlier today. While preparing for Finlandia, she took a bad fall in practice and required surgery, which is why they haven't been competing this fall. She says they're working their way back to competition soon.

𝕊𝕠𝕝𝕖̀𝕟𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕦𝕖 on Instagram: "Bonjour à tous, J’aimerais vous raconter ce qui m’arrive et pourquoi vous ne nous voyez pas sur les réseaux sociaux ou lors des compétitions en ce moment.La semaine précédant les Challenger Series, le Finlandia Trophy

5,422 likes, 107 comments - solenemazingue_ on November 10, 2022: "Bonjour à tous, J’aimerais vous raconter ce qui m’arrive et pourquoi vous ne nous voyez pas sur les réseaux sociaux ou lors des compétitions en ce moment.La semaine précédant les Challenger Series, le Finlandia Trophy, nous...

www.instagram.com

 

[Wyliefan]

Good to hear something about them. That accident sounds really bad, but I'm glad she's doing better.

 

[Andrea82]

Morisi Kvitelashvili moved to Egna (Magri, Turenko, etc)

 

[Wyliefan]

More on that here: https://fs-gossips.com/morisi-kvite...d-moved-to-italy-to-train-with-lorenzo-magri/

 

[Karen-W]

Morisi Kvitelashvili moved to Egna (Magri, Turenko, etc)

I'm pretty sure that Anastasia Gubanova has relocated to Finland - she was tagged by Oona Ounasvuori leaving from the Helsinki airport for MKJW earlier this week and it said something like "I'll miss you while you're gone" (can't remember off the top of my head).