2020 Challenge Cup, Feb 20-23, The Hauge, NED

[npavel]

no not enough for worlds minimum

 

[alchemy void]

apart from the fall, she really put in all effort and came up with a very nice program. This should definitively give her the mins and I'll be so happy if I get to see her at worlds

47.9 TES. She really needed to land those axels (or one of them and the flip)

Awesome fight though

 

[alchemy void]

Gerli
Bloodstream

3F
something else
3Lo1Eu2S shaky
2T
good speed
3Lo fall
3S2T
2A

The jumps weren't great today, but she skates with a lot of attack. Really enjoyed that.

 

[alchemy void]

Dubinina SRB
My Life is Tango

2A2T
3F<
3T
3S<1Eu2S
2A
2A< fall
2F2T

Surely she didn't attempt three double axels, right? Regardless that was the best I've seen her skate in a long time! She should be happy with that.

And I have so much respect for her--skating all these events, always by herself, never with a coach or anyone else.

 

[alchemy void]

Kropa LTU

3T2T big
1Lo
3F<<
3Lo2T
3T ok
2A1Eu2S
she's crawling out there
2A

Solid effort today. I couldn't help but wish Grm could have had those axels, though.

PCS lacking compared to the others in this group.

 

[npavel]

Elzbieta KROPA doesn't have the FS min for worlds, so now we will see if it was enough.

No, it was not

 

[alchemy void]

Slay Taljegard!

 

[alchemy void]

Taljegard
Aranjuez

3F
3T2T
3T
3S2T
Love the passion in the choreography
2F2Lo2Lo very good
2A
2A
so much power and attack in the footwork

Awesome skate! Power and performance. I'm choosing to blatantly ignore possible underrotations.

 

[alchemy void]

Awwwww shit, 48.11 TES.

She laughs as she see the scores. Love her!

But still a well-deserved lead, and cracks 150.

She's so much more watchable than Ostlund or Algotsson.

 

[alchemy void]

I thought I remembered reading somewhere here that Challenge Cup is a skate-off between Toth and Lang for the Worlds spot, as Toth failed to achieve top 15 at Euros?

They're less than a point apart.

 

[alchemy void]

Also Wories is looking for minimum TES here to make it to Worlds. She missed it by less than 0.05 at Bavarian Open.

Have I mentioned yet how much I despise raising the mins in the middle of the season?

 

[alchemy void]

Lang
Malaguena

3Lz2T2Lo ok
3F2T
3Lz good
cool transition from spiral to choreographic slide
2A3T fully rotated, free foot down quickly
3F
nice attack and musicality in the footwork
3S ok
2A into a spiral, nice

Awesome! So much energy and attack. The jump technique is kind of questionable, but everything else was great. Thoroughly enjoyed that.

 

[Erin]

I thought I remembered reading somewhere here that Challenge Cup is a skate-off between Toth and Lang for the Worlds spot, as Toth failed to achieve top 15 at Euros?

They're less than a point apart.

I don’t think Lang has the new tech minimum in the short, and she didn’t get it here either. (She did have it before)

 

[alchemy void]

GO NIKI!

Omg the crowd is orgasming. So fun.

 

[alchemy void]

Wories

3F2T huge
3Lz2T hand down
2A1Eu2S the jumps are so big
3T held on
2Lz
3F gorgeous!
2A clean

Surely that must be enough!!

Awesome skate! How exciting to see her finally put it all together! @Jeschke

So much quality there, just not the jumps, but the basics and speed.

The crowd is screaming so loud

 

[alchemy void]

Tursy-POTS winner right here, folks!

Congratulations!

 

[npavel]

Niki got the worlds minimum tes, congratulations

 

[alchemy void]

Toth

3S
3Lz<< two foot
3Lo<
2A
3T2T
3T1Eu3S
2A2T

Only attempting one lutz now. Meh. I really like her and I like this program, but vastly preferred Lang today. So much more energy and speed.

 

[alchemy void]

I don’t think Lang has the new tech minimum in the short, and she didn’t get it here either. (She did have it before)

Ahhhh, too bad. And very fortunate for Toth.

 

[npavel]

what have happened with her beautiful 3Lz?

 

[alchemy void]

Yamada
Chess

3Lz niiiice
2A2T
3F hand down
3S2T
3T
3Lo pogosplat
2A1Eu2S fall

 

[Colonel Green]

Good thing Emily doesn't need the free skate minimum.

Ouch, that first combination attempt. Her back is going to hurt.

 

[npavel]

So, let's see SCHIZAS today, but yesterday I preferred SCHIZAS by a mile. As she is not on the minimums list I suppose she needs the FS minimum too

 

[npavel]

Oh, I like SCHIZAS . I hope she gets the worlds spot. I want to see her live

 

[npavel]

SCHIZAS has the minimums

 

[Colonel Green]

Well, Madeline walloped Emily here.

 

[honey]

On top of soundly beating Bausback, I’m pretty sure she also just scored higher than Pineault did at 4CC (yes different events panels etc... but a 3-3 in the short and a mostly well executed 6 triple free).

Very interesting choice here for Skate Canada.

 

[Erin]

On top of soundly beating Bausback, I’m pretty sure she also just scored higher than Pineault did at 4CC (yes different events panels etc... but a 3-3 in the short and a mostly well executed 6 triple free).

Very interesting choice here for Skate Canada.

Yes, Schizas now has the highest total international score of any Canadian lady this season (with the usual caveats about comparing scores and especially re ISU championship vs B event scores).

 

[npavel]

Yes, Schizas now has the total highest international score of any Canadian lady this season (with the usual caveats about comparing scores and especially re ISU championship vs B event scores).

and 4CC was highly overscoring skaters this year

 

[rfisher]

Finnish ladies