OES News 2023/24

[Karen-W]

Niina Petrokina is back on the ice!

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[Karen-W]

Eva-Lotta Kiibus and Lindsay van Zundert are on the leaked senior women entry list for Bavarian Open - https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/2024-bavarian-open-jan-30-feb-4.95823/post-3238606

 

[Gris]

Niina Petrokina is back on the ice!

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She's assigned to Challenge Cup (Feb. 22-25)!

https://www.schaatsen.nl/media/61944/entry-list-cc2024-v24jan.pdf

 

[airgelaal]

Team Ukraine for WC

Women
Anastasia Gozhva
s. Yelizaveta Babenko (but she doesn't have TES min)
Men
Ivan Shmuratko
s. Kyrylo Marsak
Pairs
Sofiia Holichenko / Artem Darenskyi
s. Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta
Ice dance
Mariia Holubtsova / Kyryl Bielobrov
s. Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov

for JWC

Women
Taisiia Spesivtseva
Men
Kyrylo Marsak
s. Kyrylo Lishenko
Pairs
Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta
Ice dance
Iryna Pidgaina / Artem Koval
s. Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov

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www.ukrfsf.org.ua

 

[Karen-W]

Swiss entries for Worlds fave been updated -

Men - Britschgi
Women - Repond & Kaiser
Dance - Zehnder/Sieber

https://t.co/CLGzxMWzbb

 

[airgelaal]

And what happened to Naoki Rossi?

 

[Wyliefan]

And what happened to Naoki Rossi?

His season is done, due to an unspecified illness. https://twitter.com/JudithDomi1/status/1743991284711252101?t=9J3h0om2rNensf8h9bkwfg&s=19

 

[Panja]

She's assigned to Challenge Cup (Feb. 22-25)!

https://www.schaatsen.nl/media/61944/entry-list-cc2024-v24jan.pdf

Update entrees Challenge Cup: https://www.schaatsen.nl/media/62265/entryl-list-cc2024_v13feb.pdf

Eva-Lotta and Niina are both still on the list!

 

[Wyliefan]

Anna Pezzetta added. Great, I get to be a basket case again. ?

 

[Karen-W]

Daria Danilova became a naturalized Dutch citizen today! Which, of course, means Danilova/Tsiba should be eligible for the Olympics in 2026.

Daria Danilova on Instagram: "IK BEN NEDERLANDER!??? Vandaag was de naturalisatieceremonie, en nu ben ik officieel Nederlander! Het was een lange weg en we hebben het gedaan! ?? Ik ben trots en blij dat ik Nederlander ben geworden ❤️?? Dankjewel ie

96 likes, 8 comments - da.ryad on February 16, 2024: "IK BEN NEDERLANDER!??? Vandaag was de naturalisatieceremonie, en nu ben ik officieel Ne..."

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[Panja]

This makes me so happy!

 

[Karen-W]

Cyprus' Marilena Kitromilis is having surgery and will be on crutches afterward per her IG story -

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[Karen-W]

Nina Pinzarrone was invited along with 23 other rising Belgian athletes to dinner at Laeken Castle with King Philippe and Queen Mathilde.

Belgian Royal Palace on Instagram: "? Le sport de haut niveau est à la fois exigeant et inspirant. 24 athlètes de haut niveau, espoirs du sport belge et membres de leur encadrement sportif viennent raconter leur histoire à l’occasion d’un dîner au Ch

322 likes, 8 comments - belgianroyalpalace on March 13, 2024: "? Le sport de haut niveau est à la fois exigeant et inspirant. 24 athlètes de haut niveau, e..."

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[Sylvia]

Mark Gorodnitsky is confirmed for Israel (moved from his alternate status; Lev Vinokur is now the alternate) in the Worlds ISU entries as of today (March 15).

Niina Petrokina article+interview before Worlds (March 13):

Petrõkina veel kõiki hüppeid teha ei saa: jalg ei hoia nii nagu peaks

Nädala pärast algavad Kanadas Montrealis iluuisutamise maailmameistrivõistlused. Vigastusest taastuv Niina Petrõkina ütles, et kuigi vasak jalg ei võimalda veel kõike soovitut teha, sõidab ta MM-ile hea tundega.

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... recovering from an injury, [Petrokina] said that although her left leg still does not allow her to do everything she wants, she is going to the WC with a good feeling.
Niina Petrõkina's leg, which broke the fibula of her left leg in December, has not yet fully recovered, and therefore she did not start to make a prediction of points or place for the upcoming World Cup.
"Of course, my main goal is to ride not worse than last year, but even better. But you have to look at these things realistically, I still lost two months of my preparation," Petrõkina told ERR.

Coach Svetlana Varnavskaja stated that she does not expect great results from Petrõkina due to her injury.
"I can say that Niina is in pretty good shape, but her leg still hurts and we still can't do one jump. We changed the elements in the plans and their order. At the beginning of the season, of course, the plans were absolutely different, but now we do what we can. Niina is motivated and wants to show the best of his moment," said the coach.

 

[Sylvia]

https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1769004296425668928

Deniss Vasiljevs ?? will debut a new Free Program at Worlds to music of the Lion King movie: ?
“The Rightful Knight” by Hans Zimmer and “He Lives in You” bu Kesha Shantrell and Matt Bloyd.
He performed already an exhibition to “He Lives In You” back in 2018.

His updated ISU bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011354.htm

 

[Marta24]

Ice-dance.com interviewed Mrazkova/Mrazek

Mrázková & Mrázek: From Junior Glory to Senior Dreams – Ice-dance.com

www.ice-dance.com

 

[Frau Muller]

so happy that Deniss V. Is ditching that horrendous Blues Deluxe FP for something else.

 

[text_skate]

Last Thursday Austrian broadsheet "Der Standard" published a piece about Emmerich Danzer for his 80th birthday. Danzer is a 4 time European champion and won WC in 1966-1968
Why Austria's world figure skating champion was targeted by the Stasi
Emmerich Danzer remembers his 80th. Birthday at wonderful but also turbulent times – and goes to the fitness center

Wieso Österreichs Eiskunstlauf-Weltmeister ins Visier der Stasi geriet

Emmerich Danzer erinnert sich zu seinem 80. Geburtstag an wunderbare, aber auch turbulente Zeiten – und geht ins Fitnesscenter

www.derstandard.at

It's a interesting and well written piece. As it is one of the nowadays more unknown skaters, I'll post the article and some excerpts here. Autotranslate works ok-ish.

Most interesting bit: Danzer was in a "secret" relationship with GDR skater Gabriele Seyfert.

"Aber geh!," he says, "that was well known. Of course the Stasi knew it too. They knew everything." The Chemnitzer, four years younger than the Wiener, had won European Championship gold in 1967, two further European and two World Cup titles and Olympic silver in 1968 were to follow. Seyfert was the daughter of the trainer Jutta Müller.

[...]

From GDR documents published years later, it emerged that the Stasi had the "justified suspicion" that both, Seyfert and Müller, [could] "become refugee at about the time of spring 1968". Müller was even seen as the "driving and decisive part. It is clear that the Austrian Danzer was also targeted by the Stasi when they found out about his relationship with Seyfert. Since 1967, they wanted to find out, not only among officials and athletes, but also "among the people of Karl-Marx-Stadt there would be talks and rumors about an intended engagement or marriage Seyfert's to Danzer. In November 1967, Müller even spoke "to hairdressers of the women's salon on Leipziger Platz" of an upcoming marriage and relocation of her daughter to Austria.

Danzer's relationship at the time is far less dramatically remembered today. "Yes, Gabi wanted to go to Eisrevue at the time," he says. "But that was impossible." And he also says: "We were young. And our paths have just separated again." Her path led her back into the lap of the GDR regime, a little later she married a former ice dancer.

 

[text_skate]

After the SP at Euros in Kaunas Swiss newspaper Südostschweiz published an interesting article about Britschgi. Back then I forgot to share, but as Britischgi had another good Sp at Worlds, I think it's the right time for this story

"The amazing story of an untalented late bloomer"

Die erstaunliche Geschichte eines untalentierten Spätzünders

Nach dem überraschenden Gewinn von EM-Bronze vor einem Jahr liefert Lukas Britschgi auch an der Eiskunstlauf-EM in Kaunas ab. Als Zweiter nach dem Kurzprogramm befindet er sich erneut auf Podestkurs.

www.suedostschweiz.ch

Excerpts

When Britschgi took part in his first European Championships in Minsk in January 2019, he was almost 21 years old. Finishing 31st in the short program, he missed out on the free skate. Two months later, he came 34th in his debut at the World Championships. If someone had said at the time that he would win bronze at the European Championships four years later, the Schaffhausen native would have declared them crazy.

Britschgi says of himself that he is not a talent. He only mastered the double axel at the age of 15 ... [He] only had ambitions late in life. "The competition in Switzerland is limited," says Britschgi in an interview with the Keystone-SDA news agency. At the time, he only saw the potential to take part in a junior GP.

Later, Britschgi set himself the goal of competing in the Olympics. He fulfilled this dream in Beijing in 2022, where he finished the competition in 23rd place. He traveled to last year's European Championships in Espoo with the intention of finishing in the top ten. Even after finishing in 5th place after the short program, he was not confident of winning a medal. "I wanted to keep my place, that alone would have been a great success," Britschgi looks back. "That's why I took a very relaxed approach mentally."

Winning the medal has "changed a lot" for him. Among other things, his own expectations have risen, "I had to learn to deal with that".

He was unable to implement his plan to add the quadruple Salchow to his jumping repertoire. He had already performed this difficulty a few times in training, but because he developed problems with his patella tendon in November and this caused pain during the Salchow, he was unable to include it in his freestyle routine.

Britschgi has been financing himself for four years.

He is also completing a distance learning course in business administration. He is currently in the fifth of eight semesters. "I need this balance," says Britschgi.

If possible, he wants to continue his career at least until after the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan. After that, he will look further, but of course the 2027 European Championships appeal to him, as they will be held in Lausanne.

 

[Sylvia]

Slovenia's Dasa Grm (final competition was 2023 Worlds in Saitama) made her retirement official today - includes a clip from her farewell skate: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5sb6A4Iu3U/

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ETA link to her interview with Anna Kellar at 2023 Euros:

Daša Grm: “If I’m Improving, I’m Not Going to Stop” - Anything GOEs

Daša Grm is motivated by the progress that she has been able to make at an age when many skaters have already retired from elite competition. “I always said to myself that if I'm improving, I'm not going to stop."

anythinggoe.com

ISU bio (10 Worlds & Euros appearances): http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007367.htm

 

[Sylvia]

Aleksandr Selevko article by Maya Bagriantseva for GS (April 14):

Aleksandr Selevko: 'Spotlight shy' but determined

Aleksandr Selevko 'Spotlight shy' In the world of figure skating, there's nothing quite like that one magical tournament where everything falls into

www.goldenskate.com

 

[Sylvia]

Czech TV interview with the Taschlers (April 12, 2024):

Velké zkušenosti z podivné sezony. Taschlerovi mají o motivaci postaráno, brzy začnou stavět novou choreografii

Sedmé místo na mistrovství Evropy a patnácté na mistrovství světa. Krasobruslařský taneční pár sourozenců Taschlerových má za sebou komplikovanou sezonu. Už nyní vyhlížejí další, předolympijskou. Než se naplno vrhnou do víru příprav nových jízd, zastavili se v domovině. Rodné Brno navštěvují jen...

sport.ceskatelevize.cz

Translated here: https://twitter.com/yellowacebts/status/1780219969722081416

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks to @Wyliefan for reminding me that the Swiss Skating federation has published their national team lists for the 2024-25 season (French version of the Teams page): https://www.swissiceskating.ch/fr/patinage-artistique-et-danse-sur-glace/sport-de-performance/cadres

Direct link to the National team list (as of April 18): https://www.swissiceskating.ch/_default_upload_bucket/cadre-national-2024-25_1.pdf

Copying out the Senior and Junior skaters/teams list below:

2024-25 CADRE NATIONAL PATINAGE ARTISTIQUE / 2024-25 NATIONALKADER EISKUNSTLAUF

ÉQUIPE ÉLITE TEAM SENIOR (ELITE)

Britschgi Lukas A ELITE OG E2 SOC S
Kaiser Livia A ELITE OG E2 SOC S
Repond Kimmy A ELITE OG E2 SOC S
Rossi Naoki A ELITE OG E1 SOC B

Paganini Alexia A ELITE E1 SOC E

Zehnder Gina A ELITE E1 SOC B
Sieber Beda Leon A ELITE E1 SOC B

Bodenstein Noah B SEN E1 SOC E
Franzi Sara B SEN E1 SOC E

Vouillamoz Oxana B SEN E1 SOC E
Bouvart Tom B SEN E1 SOC E (NEW PAIR - both represented France with their previous partners)

Sassi Arianna B SEN E1 SOC E
Morini Luca B SEN E1 SOC E


DANSE SUR GLACE / EISTANZ
Gabet Éléonore A JUN T3 SOTC N
Évéquoz Maxime A JUN T3 SOTC N
Lévy Alexandra A JUN T3 SOTC N
Llorente Alan A JUN T3 SOTC N
Tscharner Seraina A JUN T3 SOTC N
Wiederkehr Laurin A JUN T3 SOTC N
Woodtli Leonie A JUN T3 SOTC N
Suhner Timon A JUN T3 SOTC N


ÉQUIPE RELÈVE JUNIOR / TEAM JUNIOR (NACHWUCHS)

Chervet Aurélian A U19 T4 SOTC N
Pavlov Georgii A U19 T4 SOTC N

Bacsa Olivia A U17 T4 SOTC N
Bessire Sayra A U17 T4 SOTC N
Brandenburg Anastasia A U17 T4 SOTC N
Dibbern Elisabeth A U17 T4 SOTC N
Gradinaru Anthea A U17 T4 SOC B
Martinenghi Elena A U17 T4 SOTC N
Schöll Chiara A U17 T4 SOTC N
Sekulovski Eugenia A U17 T4 SOTC N
Tzimpoukakis Leandra A U17 T4 SOTC N

Weiler Ean A U17 T4 SOTC N
Eckstein Damien B JUN T3 SOTC N
Schori Mila B JUN T3 SOTC N
Tischler Jayana B JUN T3 SOTC N
Wyss Tammaro B JUN T3 SOTC N

Pazienza Chiara M. B JUN T3 SOTC N (pair team)
Knorr Maxim B JUN T3 SOTC N

 

[Karen-W]

Thanks to @Wyliefan for reminding me that the Swiss Skating federation has published their national team lists for the 2024-25 season (French version of the Teams page): https://www.swissiceskating.ch/fr/patinage-artistique-et-danse-sur-glace/sport-de-performance/cadres

Direct link to the National team list (as of April 18): https://www.swissiceskating.ch/_default_upload_bucket/cadre-national-2024-25_1.pdf

Copying out the Senior and Junior skaters/teams list below:

2024-25 CADRE NATIONAL PATINAGE ARTISTIQUE / 2024-25 NATIONALKADER EISKUNSTLAUF

ÉQUIPE ÉLITE TEAM SENIOR (ELITE)
Vouillamoz Oxana B SEN E1 SOC E
Bouvart Tom B SEN E1 SOC E (NEW PAIR - both represented France with their previous partners)

Interesting... Bouvart only competed a handful of times with Coline Keriven in the 2022-23 season - his last competition with her was Bavarian Open 2023. I didn't realize Vouillamoz was actually Swiss but her ISU bio says she was born in Sion. Her last competition with Flavien Giniaux was GPdF this past November, so the earliest this new team would be able to compete internationally is likely the CS Warsaw Cup.

 

[Karen-W]

Official announcement from Oxana Vouillamoz today - they are training in Bercy.

Oxana Vouillamoz on Instagram: "⚡️NEWS⚡️ L’Aventure se poursuit ! Tom Bouvart et moi avons décidé de continuer notre carrière et de représenter la Suisse??, mon pays d’origine. Nous nous entraînons au club des Français Volants à Bercy. Nous nous

242 likes, 21 comments - oxana.vouillamoz on April 25, 2024: "⚡️NEWS⚡️ L’Aventure se poursuit ! Tom Bouvart et moi avons décidé de continuer notre carrière et de représenter la Suisse...".

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[Sylvia]

Kimmy Repond worked with David Wilson on her new FS last month in Toronto (music not yet revealed):

David Wilson on Instagram: "We worked hard as well, new LP ready to go. Special thnx to the one and only Sandra Bezic for coming in last day to be our first audience and share her magic with us!! 🙏🥰🥰👏👏👏"

453 likes, 2 comments - itsmedwlsn on April 22, 2024: "We worked hard as well, new LP ready to go. Special thnx to the one and only Sandra Bezic for coming in last day to be our first audience and share her magic with us!! 🙏🥰🥰👏👏👏".

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Aleksandr Selevko is in Toronto for new SP choreography - with David Wilson, IIRC? (and eating ramen with Mark Gorodnitsky, according to their latest Insta stories).

Lukas Britschgi spoke with Matteo Morelli at Montreal Worlds for this article that was published today (May 8):

Lukas Britschgi wants to continue enjoying skating - Figure Skaters Online

Lukas Britschgi of Switzerland has been enjoying a couple of really good seasons with top ten results at both European and Worlds level.

figureskatersonline.com

 

[Karen-W]

Adrienne Carhart has announced her retirement from competitive skating - https://www.instagram.com/p/C6w7jz5OlPp/?igsh=MWxyc2VqcHQ0d3hzcg==

 

[Sylvia]

Elizabeth Tkachenko/Alexei Kiliakov article by Paula Slater (May 12, 2024):

Israel's Tkachenko and Kiliakov move up the ranks

Elizabeth Tkachenko and Alexei Kiliakov Israel's Elizabeth Tkachenko and Alexei Kiliakov had a spectacular season this year, showing massive improvement

www.goldenskate.com

She is 18 and he is 19; they debuted in Senior internationally at the 2023 Lake Placid Dance International (got both 2024 Worlds minimums there and will make their season debut again in LP in late July) and can compete at both levels in 2024-25 if they want.

 

[Karen-W]

New Spanish ice dance team! Sophia Bushell & Antonio Pena - training at SK in Madrid.

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[Sylvia]

Ukraine's Mariia Holubtsova/Kyryl Bielobrov (http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014925.htm) have split after 11 years together, having debuted as juniors internationally in 2014 - announced today by Kyryl ("I will be looking for a partner to keep skating with"):

Kyryl Bielobrov on Instagram: "Announcement 📣 I’m here to announce the end of our partnership with Mariia. Masha and I skated together for 11 years. That wasn’t an easy journey in any way. We had lots of ups and downs throughout our career. Huge o

387 likes, 21 comments - kbelobrov on May 21, 2024: "Announcement 📣 I’m here to announce the end of our partnership with Mariia. Masha and I skated together for 11 years. That wasn’t an easy journey in any way. We had lots of ups and downs throughout our career. Huge obstacles that we had...

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I’m here to announce the end of our partnership with Mariia.

Masha and I skated together for 11 years. That wasn’t an easy journey in any way. We had lots of ups and downs throughout our career. Huge obstacles that we had always found a way to fight with. I can’t count how many times I felt like that’s it, we won’t recover from that, but every time we were able to do it, no matter how hard it was.

We grew up together, Masha always was and still is the closest person and friend I had. I am very proud to share my career with her, and of the person she has become throughout the years, she’s strong, independent, loving, confident and always sure of what she wants. A great role model for a lot of people, and most importantly for me. Thanks to her, I discovered that sometimes, to get closer than ever with the person, you have to drift apart as much as possible. I’m really happy that we have made this decision together and on the good terms, actually on the best terms ever.

We were never alone on this journey. We had great support from many of our coaches throughout the way. Our first coach, Mariia Tumanovska-Chaika who coached us for 8 years and fighting for us in any possible way she could, we are beyond than grateful for everything she did for us and very happy for the time we spent on and off the ice with her. And of course, the Ice Academy of Montreal, who helped us in the desperate times when russia started the war against Ukraine. Who made us feel like home in Montreal from the first day we arrived. They also have hugely helped us to fund our skating for the last 2 years. I want to say a huge thank you to Patrice, Marie-France, Romain, Jamal, Pascal, Benjamin, Josee, Samuel, Ginette, Eva and Guillaume for making our dreams true.

Lastly, I wanted to say thanks to all the people who supported us, family, friends, people who donated money on GoFundMe and Patreon to keep our career going. Especially to Masha’s mother, Hanna. Without her, we never would be able to make it this far.

In conclusion, I would like to say that I still personally feel a huge love for the Ice Dance, therefore I will be looking for a partner to keep skating with.

(This news also is posted in the Dance Hall thread.)