German Skating News - 2024 Onwards

[Katha]

It was a nice piece and Daniel Weiss was pretty interesting there, I thought. He's very biased in his skating commentary, but also knowledgable, I've kinda gotten used to taking the good with the bad and enjoy it for what it is. Bindl and Winkler were also fine for their events. I thought they did a creditable job with the Olys commentary in general.

Anyway, back to Weiss here. I kinda agree that the FP is great when it's skated cleanly. It's a bit risky because IMO it falls apart if they start making mistakes and makes less of an impression. The music and choreo are kinda constructed towards it being viewed as a whole piece, so if they disrupt it with mistakes, it falls apart more than perhaps more energetic/easier music.

 

[coralline]

Sara KISHIMOTO & Michail SAVITSKIY RD debut at a Japanese local competition
https://youtu.be/2Gcgc8aCw4M?si=08Wy4l5kQP6PaeJs

 

[Wyliefan]

Not a bad start, but so slow. I hope they can get their speed up.

 

[Andrea82]

Whom was the middle finger by Anna Gerke in K&C (SP) at Skate Berlin directed to?
Judges? Federation? Some haters?

 

[Wyliefan]

Wait, what? Is there video of this middle finger?

 

[Andrea82]

Wait, what? Is there video of this middle finger?

It is in the Day 2 - Part 2 stream

https://sporteurope.tv/berlinereissportverband

She is the first skater of the Junior Wonen SP.

The screenshot https://ibb.co/21mcVvW7

 

[Miezekatze]

I just looked at it, from the timing I'd guess it's the score she doesn't like, maybe some levels.

I watched a documentary about her and Julia Grabowski 1 or 2 year ago and thought her personality sure is something.

Last season during the JGP she messed up a jump and after her program, when the next skater had already taken the ice, instead of directly leaving she repeated the failed jump and rage stormed off the ice

I don't think this level of ambition will mix well with puberty (and the typical adjustment phase were your body doesn't always do exactly what you want it too)

 

[Wyliefan]

Probably not the way to win over the judges ...

 

[my little pony]

imagine the k & c with her as Ian somerville's partner

 

[Marta24]

We used to have a "Best KnC reactions" poll on FSU. Surely both Anna Gerke and Ian Somerville would have been very high up on that one.

 

[text_skate]

Team for Worlds:

DEU-Team für Eiskunstlauf-WM 2026 in Prag nominiert

Die Deutsche Eislauf-Union e.V. ist nationaler Spitzenverband für Eiskunstlaufen, Eistanz und Synchroneiskunstlaufen und einer von nur 7 olympischen Wintersportverbänden.

www.eislauf-union.de

Männer
Genrikh Gartung (EC Oberstdorf)

Paarlaufen
Minerva Hase/Nikita Volodin (Berliner SV 1892)
Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel (SC Charlottenburg)

Eistanzen
Jennifer Janse van Rensburg/Benjamin Steffan (EC Oberstdorf)

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Gerke and Gartung seem talented juniors. Are their coaches well known in the sport? Would Gartung pick up the pace if he was with a big-deal coache - Orser, Aritunian, etc.

 

[sandra_persch]

So glad the German Team did well at Junior Worlds.
Those JGP spots are desperately needed for next year especially for the ladies!

German Fed posted a summary too:

Kruk/Eisenhaber tanzen bei Junioren-WM in die Top Ten, Gartung Elfter

Die Deutsche Eislauf-Union e.V. ist nationaler Spitzenverband für Eiskunstlaufen, Eistanz und Synchroneiskunstlaufen und einer von nur 7 olympischen Wintersportverbänden.

www.eislauf-union.de

 

[Vagabond]

We used to have a "Best KnC reactions" poll on FSU. Surely both Anna Gerke and Ian Somerville would have been very high up on that one.

What did Somerville do? (I depend on the German Skating News thread for important information about U.S. ice dancers.)