Nebelhorn Trophy 2024 - Women's SP & FS

[Karen-W]

Kimmy - oooo - another dress in shades of blue going from sky to teal-ish denim - swirly bodice with a fair bit of illusion, and silver crystals & stoning, one sleeve, skirt is asymmetrical with a couple of layers. Love this dress.

Fall on her opening jump; good 2a; oof - down on her other triple so no combo.

I don't know about this music. Bio says "Mother Nature" by Hans Zimmer, Raye - Google says it's from David Attenborough's "Planet Earth III" series.

 

[Hedwig]

Kimmy REPOND

3z near fall
2a
3z fall
so first jump was probably a flip

And now I have to think about this guy on the forum (I don't know who he was but he was definitely male) who once got into a skating argument with me and to undermine his point went into 2 year old pbp from Nebelhorn Trophy were I was live and posted from the rink and counted (!) how many times I misidentified lutz and flips.
you are very welcome to do this as well if you ever think that you come out short in an argument with me, it provided endless amusement for me

 

[Hedwig]

What has happened to her jumps? Did she just get too tall?

she was always very tall and last year at Nebelhorn her jumps were equally bad. I think it is just early season.

 

[Karen-W]

Standings after 1 of 4 groups -

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Elyce LIN-GRACEY	USA	71.16​	39.44​		31.72​	7.80​	8.00​	8.05​	0.00​	#2​
2​	Madeline SCHIZAS	CAN	60.61​	32.08​		29.53​	7.25​	7.45​	7.50​	1.00​	#1​
3​	Hana YOSHIDA	JPN	59.65​	29.20​		30.45​	7.60​	7.65​	7.65​	0.00​	#3​
4​	Kimmy REPOND	SUI	53.45​	25.11​		29.34​	7.35​	7.20​	7.50​	1.00​	#5​
5​	Josefin BROVALL	SWE	43.75​	20.74​		23.01​	5.85​	5.70​	5.75​	0.00​	#4​

 

[Hedwig]

Livia Kaiser
I am infantil and have to giggle imagining her skating pairs with Livio, the guy from Austria

3z2toe, the lutz was GORGEOUS

2a right to the music
3f

interesting program, good posture, maybe skated a bit too concentrated

 

[Karen-W]

Livia - black dress with a round neck, some slashy cutouts on the front and diagonally down her back, plenty of silver crystals, long sleeves & gloves - well, unlike Kimmy, she's landing her jumps today. Music is "Me And The Devil" by Soap & Skin, Anja Plaschg and it has kind of a dirge-y beat; meh.

 

[PRlady]

I liked the music and program. Dark R Us.

 

[PRlady]

Oh Karen go to town on that dress But at least she’s from Tel Aviv.

 

[Hedwig]

Elizabet GERVITS

3f wrapped leg 2.5toe
2a<
1z
nice dancey feel to the program

 

[Karen-W]

Elizabeth Gervits of ISR - now, this is a dress... One arm and half the bodice & skirt including the mock turtleneck are navy blue and the shoulder & wrist are encrusted in stones & crystals; the other half of the dress is fluorescent pink, sleeveless with an armband of applique flowers around her bicep and flowers whickety-whacked down the pink side of the transition between the two colors on the front, both sides of the transition also have silver crystals; oh and her sleeveless hand has a black or maybe navy blue glove - I notice after she finished that there's a cord of the same black/navy blue vines around her arm down to just above the elbow and her wrist too. I have no comments about the actual program - this dress is THAT fascinating.

@PRlady - I don't hate it - mostly because the color combination doesn't disturb me, lol.

 

[Hedwig]

Miranda LUNDGREN

3toe step out
3sal2toe
2a
oh completely messes up the camel spin, first loses speed in the camel feature and then hand down in the illusion spin

 

[PRlady]

Elizabeth Gervits of ISR - now, this is a dress... One arm and half the bodice & skirt including the mock turtleneck are navy blue and the shoulder & wrist are encrusted in stones & crystals; the other half of the dress is fluorescent pink, sleeveless with an armband of applique flowers around her bicep and flowers whickety-whacked down the pink side of the transition between the two colors on the front, both sides of the transition also have silver crystals; oh and her sleeveless hand has a black or maybe navy blue glove - I notice after she finished that there's a cord of the same black/navy blue vines around her arm down to just above the elbow and her wrist too. I have no comments about the actual program - this dress is THAT fascinating.

@PRlady - I don't hate it - mostly because the color combination doesn't disturb me, lol.

I hate it enough for both of us.

 

[Karen-W]

Lundgren - is this Scheherazade? Or maybe Aladdin? Costume seems vaguely middle eastern-ish - but the colors are just... why? The skirt and bodice section over her breasts is a light rust-color, then there's a midriff section in pink, and another midriff section below that in burgundy - and they're both detailed in silver sequins/cording; and then there is this wide band also detailed in stoning & crystals that forms sort of a sweetheart neckline and drapes around the shoulders but it has faux straps and a jewel neck as well in the same color as the band with the crystals & stones. This dress is a fail.

 

[PRlady]

Lundgren - is this Scheherazade? Or maybe Aladdin? Costume seems vaguely middle eastern-ish - but the colors are just... why? The skirt and bodice section over her breasts is a light rust-color, then there's a midriff section in pink, and another midriff section below that in burgundy - and they're both detailed in silver sequins/cording; and then there is this wide band also detailed in stoning & crystals that forms sort of a sweetheart neckline and drapes around the shoulders but it has faux straps and a jewel neck as well in the same color as the band with the crystals & stones. This dress is a fail.

Attack of the Taureg from The Mummy says Shazam.

 

[Rukia]

oh I love Mikutina's dress!

 

[Wyliefan]

Attack of the Taureg from The Mummy says Shazam.

Oh, and here I was thinking it was something from Star Wars. It sounded vaguely Imperial March-ian.

 

[Karen-W]

Olga! She must have kept the tango SP from last season because I'm pretty sure this is the same dress - and it's still as lovely as it was then - a quick Google image search confirms, lol. Shame her jumps aren't with her yet today.

 

[PRlady]

Oh Olga. Such an expressive musical skater but….

 

[Rukia]

Olga! She must have kept the tango SP from last season because I'm pretty sure this is the same dress - and it's still as lovely as it was then - a quick Google image search confirms, lol. Shame her jumps aren't with her yet today.

lol i literally do not remember this program at all

 

[Hedwig]

Olga MIKUTINA

3z3t
2a step out
2flip, oh no

I always without fail love her programs and her pointed toes
she has such quality about her - pity she has to jump!

 

[Karen-W]

lol i literally do not remember this program at all

LOL - I remember it only because we were all like "wait, she got new programs?!"

She does well with the tango and I hope she can get her jumps in order by SkAm.

 

[Rukia]

hot pink fringe and a party this is my kind of program

 

[Karen-W]

Mia Risa Gomez - HOT pink with a fringe skirt that has an orange underlayer; spaghetti straps with some crystal detailing - the dress screamed Latin and that's what we've got. I guess she's honoring her Mexican heritage with this program. Jumps not there but she does a decent job of expressing the music so I can't fault her there.

 

[Hedwig]

Mia RISA GOMEZ

3toe 3toe<
3f
2axel step out

to be honest, the ice resurfacing is very welcome! That is a lot of skating today, I have already rectangular eyes from watching so much tv

 

[kwanfan1818]

Repond never jumped more than five inches off the ice, and it's not surprising that jump issues would catch up with her eventually. It's like watching a much taller Samodourova.

 

[Karen-W]

Standings after 2 of 4 groups -

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Elyce LIN-GRACEY	USA	71.16​	39.44​		31.72​	7.80​	8.00​	8.05​	0.00​	#2​
2​	Livia KAISER	SUI	62.87​	33.13​		29.74​	7.50​	7.50​	7.35​	0.00​	#6​
3​	Madeline SCHIZAS	CAN	60.61​	32.08​		29.53​	7.25​	7.45​	7.50​	1.00​	#1​
4​	Hana YOSHIDA	JPN	59.65​	29.20​		30.45​	7.60​	7.65​	7.65​	0.00​	#3​
5​	Olga MIKUTINA	AUT	56.47​	26.47​		30.00​	7.60​	7.50​	7.45​	0.00​	#9​
6​	Kimmy REPOND	SUI	53.45​	25.11​		29.34​	7.35​	7.20​	7.50​	1.00​	#5​
7​	Elizabet GERVITS	ISR	44.29​	20.15​		24.14​	5.90​	6.10​	6.15​	0.00​	#7​
8​	Josefin BROVALL	SWE	43.75​	20.74​		23.01​	5.85​	5.70​	5.75​	0.00​	#4​
9​	Mia RISA GOMEZ	NOR	41.47​	22.12​		19.35​	5.00​	4.80​	4.75​	0.00​	#10​
10​	Miranda LUNDGREN	SWE	39.68​	19.86​		19.82​	5.05​	4.85​	5.00​	0.00​	#8​

 

[Karen-W]

Repond never jumped more than five inches off the ice, and it's not surprising that jump issues would catch up with her eventually. It's like watching a much taller Samodourova.

Ehhhhhh... People have been saying this since she was a junior and while it seems to be true in the early part of the season each year she's been in seniors, she's managed to get it together, for the most part, by either Euros or Worlds. She's not one to ever count out as a result.

 

[Private Citizen]

I'm curious to see how Levito shows up here later on. Between Lin-Gracey, Everhardt, and Glenn, plus various wildcards like Liu, Ziegler, and possibly Thorngren, she is not in as secure a spot as a world silver medallist would ordinarily be.

She could easily find herself in Ashley Wagner land, going from World silver medallist to national also-ran within two years or potentially sooner. I hope not, but I do worry that her lutz-toe combination looks worse and worse in every competition. Levito is going to need every point on spins and also PCS to come out ahead in the SP.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm curious to see how Levito shows up here later on. Between Lin-Gracey, Everhardt, and Glenn, plus various wildcards like Liu, Ziegler, and possibly Thorngren, she is not in as secure a spot as a world silver medallist would ordinarily be.

She could easily find herself in Ashley Wagner land, going from World silver medallist to national also-ran within two years or potentially sooner. I hope not, but I do worry that her lutz-toe combination looks worse and worse in every competition. Levito is going to need every point on spins and also PCS to come out ahead in the SP.

Don't forget Tennell - she was looking really good last fall until she broke her ankle. We'll see how she looks in a few weeks again at Shanghai Trophy.

It will be interesting to see how Levito looks in a little while - was Cranberry really just being underprepared for an early season start?

 

[Karen-W]

Repond never jumped more than five inches off the ice, and it's not surprising that jump issues would catch up with her eventually. It's like watching a much taller Samodourova.

Also, in addition to my other comment - how dare anyone besmirch the name of Samodurova?! She gave us the very best Burlesque program ever and her Euros title is one of my fondest memories of Russian women's skating in the last decade!