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Poor Nathalie, she tried hard, but jumps weren’t her friends today. Only 2a in the beginning was ok, then a fall on the 3lz, 3lz-2t(?) with hand on the ice, second combination 1a-2t. She scored 134,.. I liked her music and the audience in Minsk was lovely, clapping and helping her through the...

Uh, what is it with german skaters falling during the step sequences? At least, Fentz qualified easily, he’s even sitting 9th momentarily, but rough start again. 3a landing was a bit so-so, 3t-3t and 3lz looked good. I‘m wondering if music and costume are the ideal coice for him. Nothing against...

With Blommaerts flu being the third(?) minor health issue to prevent them from showing up, something is in the air, I’m afraid. Surely skating and especially pairs isn’t all unicorns and rainbows, but as season goes on there is a sense of unease about their partnership that goes beyond the...

Actually, in german it’s kinda reverse, so I was a little confused in the beginning 😁 The „z“ really is a hard sound and where there is a variety of „s“ sounds, a simple, single „s“ is usually pronounced softly. But in the end you’re right, it‘s „Szolkowy“ like „Zamboni“. Here’s wishing him...

So am I. To judge from ratings, the show can be seen as a success. Tatort was king as much as ever, but DOI was at 12,4 % (adults 14-49) and at 18 % among 14-29 year olds. (quotenmeter.de) (dwdl.de). However I will be even more surprised if they are able to keep that. It’s so...

Dancing on ice is starting today (20:15, SAT 1). There’s a lot on social media, e.g. https://web.de/magazine/unterhaltung/tv-film/dancing-on-ice-freuen-stars-grossen-auftritt-33501016 The pro‘s are first class while most of the „stars“ are trash tv. VPN or free trial subscription to...

https://www.rbb24.de/sport/beitrag/2018/12/eiskunstlauf-olympiasieger-aljona-savchenko-bruno-massot.html It’s more hesitant, basically saying A&B are undecided. But Dönsdorf, the fed‘s sporting director, is cited he believes A wants to skate with B but it’s well possible to team up with...

https://m.tagesspiegel.de/sport/savchenko-massot-kerber-zverev-eine-kuer-verzaubert/23816138-2.html? This is the second one. I‘ll try to find the other when I have more time. Tagesspiegel is a daily newspaper. Like most other press in germany they don’t write regularly about figure skating, so...

Are there any chances left to qualify for euros/worlds for ice dancers? I am not quite sure what to think about pairs. Again personally I don’t consider one significantly better than the other competitor. What is it with spots at euros/worlds? It was written somewhere that we probably go down...

As you said, it’s difficult to compare scores. There are more aspects that could be discussed related to the scores listed, such beeing - Marold had a much cleaner fs (1 underrotation, 1 edge) than Scheidt ( 2 underrotations, 2 down-gradings) This often matters a lot whether it be national or...

I don’t see it as robbery. Yet, I would love to rewatch the free skates (video won‘t play) so that it might become more obvious to me. While I am with you in terms of young athletes development and also I respect Scheidt‘s improvement, I didn’t see that remarkable a performance necessarily...

Seems like the ladies result we were guessing about, doesn’ it? 😉 Good for Nicole Schott. I really like her elegant skating. Weinzirl’s skating looks more refined. And what lovely a sit spin that was. I much respect her former trainer for what he has been doing for german skating. But in...

Lucky you 🙂 Would you mind to share some impressions with us? Only if you manage to find some time between Christmas preparations, of course.

Wow, 300.000 €, that’s quiet a surprise to me. Would be interesting to learn more about the source and how that has been figured up. But even in case of the sum beeing her total netto after expenses, i think, she deserves it. It seems it wasn’t just once throughout her career when she with...

@Jeschke, much appreciated. Congratulations to team Savchenko/Massot. I would have preferred them over the hockey players, but you’re right it’s a great honor either way. Reminds me of the reply I owe you regarding junior nationals. Still I‘m not through with all the footage, but there were...