2023-2024 Synchro News

[doritos]

I haven't watched yet, but I'm shocked at the result given how dominant Teams Elite was the rest of the season and how Skyliners/Elite were consistently beating Fintastic's scores. IIRC at least one of the two also beat Les Supremes. For both US teams these scores are well below their SBs. Either the judges here hated them or they skated very poorly.

Or they received the scores they deserved.....

 

[Sylvia]

ISU’s preview for Synchro Worlds April 5-6, 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia: https://www.isu.org/synchronized-sk...onized-skating-championships?templateParam=15

ISU’s event page: https://www.isu.org/synchronized-sk...onized-skating-championships?templateParam=11
Entries page: http://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117494.htm

ISU World Synchronized Championships 2024
Synchronized Skating
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Team Unity AUS 1
2 Team Les Supremes CAN 2
3 Team Nova Senior CAN 2
4 Team Zagreb Snowflakes CRO 3
5 Team Olympia CZE 4
6 Team Unique FIN 5
7 Team Helsinki Rockettes FIN 5
Team Marigold Ice Unity FIN 5 S
Team Lumineers FIN 5 S
8 Team Zoulous FRA 6
9 Team Icicles Senior GBR 7
10 Team United Angels GER 8
11 Team Berlin 1 GER 8
12 Team Passion HUN 9
13 Team Ice on Fire ITA 10
14 Team Jingu Ice Messengers JPN 11
15 Team Ice United NED 12
16 Team Ice Fire Senior POL 13
17 Team Starlight Elite SUI 14
Team Cool Dreams SUI 14 S
18 Team Inspire SWE 15
19 Team Cosmos TUR 16
20 Team Skyliners USA 17
21 Team Haydenettes USA 17
Team Adrian College USA 17 S
Team Miami University USA 17 S

S - Substitute Entry
15/03/2024 15:21:42 UTC


Official website: https://www.croskate.hr/wsysc2024/

 

[kosjenka]

Regarding Worlds in Zagreb, I don’t believe it until I see it.

 

[skatingguy]

Regarding Worlds in Zagreb, I don’t believe it until I see it.

You think there won't be any video?

 

[kosjenka]

You think there won't be any video?

I think video is on ISU not the Croatian skating federation side of things to get done.

its just a mess, worse than golden spin and i wish i am wrong. We will see in a few days if the Arena is set up properly.

 

[waltzonice]

Congratulations to Katey Nyquist - named the new head coach of Miami University's varsity synchronized skating program!

Nyquist Named Miami Synchronized Skating Head Coach - Miami University RedHawks

OXFORD, Ohio—Becoming just the third person to guide Miami University's varsity synchronized skating program, Katey Nyquist has been named the RedHawks' head coach,

miamiredhawks.com

 

[Willin]

Zagreb has hosted many successful big international Synchro comps - including ones with their own livestreams. They've also held worlds multiple times before with no issues. I have no reason to believe this year will be any different.

In the US at least it will be on Peacock, but I think they use the ISU feed?

 

[kosjenka]

I have no reason to believe this year will be any different.

I hope you will be attending the competition so I can buy you a drink.

 

[Aussie Willy]

If it is like last year, SBS in Australia showed the full event and you rewatch later. It is an easy event to watch because each session only lasts about 4 hours. Unlike Worlds where I just don't have the time to watch everything.

Looking forward to it.

 

[Sylvia]

Short Program (Friday) livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2igpMdDsGw
Free Skating (Saturday) livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuYoLe_YCt0

Team press releases:

Skate Canada:

Les Suprêmes Aim for Three-peat at 2024 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships

OTTAWA, ON (March 26, 2024) – Canada’s top two synchronized skating teams are heading to Zagreb, Croatia for the 2024 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships taking place from April 5-6, 2024. Les Suprêmes Senior will be looking to retain their World Championship title after standing on...

skatecanada.ca

USFS:

Team USA Heads to World Synchronized Skating Championships - U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

Team USA's top two synchronized skating teams this season, the Haydenettes and Skyliners, are set to compete at the pinnacle event of the synchronized skating season,

usfigureskatingfanzone.com

"Competition begins Friday, April 5 at 11:30 a.m. ET with the short program and concludes Saturday, April 6 with the free skate, which begins at 9:30 a.m. ET.
All competition will be streamed live on the ISU YouTube channel" [linked above; I also see tiles on Peacock].

Finland:

Helsinki Rockettes ja Team Unique tähtäävät palkintosijoille muodostelmaluistelun MM-kilpailuissa - Suomen Taitoluisteluliitto ry

Muodostelmaluistelun MM-kilpailut käynnistyvät perjantaina 5. huhtikuuta Zagrebissa Kroatiassa. Ohjelmansa huippuun hioneet Suomen edustajat, Helsinki Rockettes (FIN1) ja Team Unique (FIN2), ovat valmiita kamppailemaan mitaleista, tähtäimessään niistä kirkkain.

www.stll.fi

 

[Karen-W]

All competition will be streamed live on the ISU YouTube channel" [linked above; I also see tiles on Peacock].

I had to really dig around to find them and finally found the Free Skate tile by scrolling through the Live & Upcoming events and then the Short Program tile in the "You May Like" section of the Free Skate page once I added it to My Stuff. Peacock is NOT making it easy, lol.

 

[Sylvia]

Synchro Worlds starting orders are posted on the results page: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/wsysc2024/

Time schedule by team (Friday 17:30-20:36 in Zagreb/11:30 am-2:36 pm Eastern time): http://www.isuresults.com/results/s...----------QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

I will be interested to see if the ISU livestream can be watched in the USA (not geoblocked as of today).

USFS article (April 4):

Haydenettes and Skyliners Bring Passion for Skating to the World Championships | U.S. Figure Skating

www.usfigureskating.org

ETA- GBR's Team Icicles: https://twitter.com/BritishIceSkate/status/1775527166530523296

 

[DE93]

Synchro Worlds starting orders are posted on the results page: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/wsysc2024/

Time schedule by team (Friday 17:30-20:36 in Zagreb/11:30 am-2:36 pm Eastern time): http://www.isuresults.com/results/s...----------QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

I will be interested to see if the ISU livestream can be watched in the USA (not geoblocked as of today).

USFS article (April 4):

Haydenettes and Skyliners Bring Passion for Skating to the World Championships | U.S. Figure Skating

www.usfigureskating.org

Thanks for sharing, Sylvia!

Wishing all the teams great skates

 

[Aussie Willy]

Thanks for the updates Sylvia. Much appreciated.

BTW - I found this really good time converter for anyone interested.

World Clock & Time Converter

Effortless time conversion and world time. Schedule conference calls, webinars & online meetings, plan travel and track flight arrival time across time zones.

www.worldtimebuddy.com

 

[BlueRidge]

Oh the Synchro is coming up tomorrow and its on Peacock, cool!

 

[kosjenka]

Alrighty, i have my press accreditation and press seat with the desk, just next to kiss and cry. We have 15 min till the opening.

If anyone desires some super intel, lemme know.

 

[kosjenka]

They will have Jari Kessler skate for the opening.
WHEEEE

 

[Sylvia]

A new GSD thread for 2024 Synchro Worlds competition/live play-by-play has been created - link:

2024 World Synchronized Skating Championships

ISU Stream Wedgie Data Synchronized Skating - Short Program Starting Order StN. Name Nation 1 Team Cosmos TUR 2 Team Jingu Ice Messengers JPN 3 Team Nova Senior CAN 4 Team Ice United NED 5 Team Starlight Elite SUI 6 Team Zagreb Snowflakes...

www.fsuniverse.net

ETA link to this online resource - "Jura Synchro is a specialised online media company. Launched at the beginning of 2016, it is devoted to synchronised skating news worldwide through the publication of journalistic articles, photos, and video reports. It is the first worldwide media dedicated exclusively to this team sport practiced on ice."

The unique vocabulary of synchronized skating!

Craving for a peek behind the cultures of our ISU Senior teams preparing for the Worlds? We asked them of the quirks of their skating language, and got responses that spoke of creativity, vivid imagination, and individual coaches’ influence – but also of similarities between the teams.

www.jurasynchro.com

 

[Aussie Willy]

Alrighty, i have my press accreditation and press seat with the desk, just next to kiss and cry. We have 15 min till the opening.

If anyone desires some super intel, lemme know.

I hope you have your earplugs.

 

[marbri]

Just watched the short, why oh why can't they find someone who can film a synchro competition. Close ups during elements is just nuts. I don't know how you expect to grow the popularity of this discipline if this is whole you are going to film these competitions over and over again. I want to see the formations, the intersections, the spacing. Not a close up of 1/8 of the team.

 

[Karen-W]

Just watched the short, why oh why can't they find someone who can film a synchro competition. Close ups during elements is just nuts. I don't know how you expect to grow the popularity of this discipline if this is whole you are going to film these competitions over and over again. I want to see the formations, the intersections, the spacing. Not a close up of 1/8 of the team.

We have a whole dedicated thread for Worlds...

2024 World Synchronized Skating Championships

ISU Stream Wedgie Data Synchronized Skating - Short Program Starting Order StN. Name Nation 1 Team Cosmos TUR 2 Team Jingu Ice Messengers JPN 3 Team Nova Senior CAN 4 Team Ice United NED 5 Team Starlight Elite SUI 6 Team Zagreb Snowflakes...

www.fsuniverse.net

 

[marbri]

We have a whole dedicated thread for Worlds...

2024 World Synchronized Skating Championships

ISU Stream Wedgie Data Synchronized Skating - Short Program Starting Order StN. Name Nation 1 Team Cosmos TUR 2 Team Jingu Ice Messengers JPN 3 Team Nova Senior CAN 4 Team Ice United NED 5 Team Starlight Elite SUI 6 Team Zagreb Snowflakes...

www.fsuniverse.net

Would you believe I actually looked in the K&C forum for a thread before coming here

 

[Karen-W]

Would you believe I actually looked in the K&C forum for a thread before coming here

That would have been my first instinct too had I not seen it right after it was opened up this morning.

 

[marbri]

That would have been my first instinct too had I not seen it right after it was opened up this morning.

And now I see it's not there, it's here, but not HERE

 

[skatingguy]

We have a whole dedicated thread for Worlds...

2024 World Synchronized Skating Championships

ISU Stream Wedgie Data Synchronized Skating - Short Program Starting Order StN. Name Nation 1 Team Cosmos TUR 2 Team Jingu Ice Messengers JPN 3 Team Nova Senior CAN 4 Team Ice United NED 5 Team Starlight Elite SUI 6 Team Zagreb Snowflakes...

www.fsuniverse.net

Would you believe I actually looked in the K&C forum for a thread before coming here

That would have been my first instinct too had I not seen it right after it was opened up this morning.

And now I see it's not there, it's here, but not HERE

We don't usually put Synchro threads in the Kiss'n Cry forum, and I wasn't sure whether that section had opened to everyone now that the season is over, so I created the thread in the news section. Sorry for the confusion @marbri.

 

[marbri]

No worries at all, I wasn't watching live either. Now I know the custom and will remember next year

 

[Aussie Willy]

Caught up with the event last night. Fortunately SBS here in Australia has been showing everything from ISU this year. And the best thing is when you watch the On Demand service they take out all the ice resurfaces. So it is only about 2 and half hours to watch. Unfortunately I was a bit tired watching so I had trouble keeping my eyes open.

Not a formal synchro judge here but have judged a bit of it. It is so much better these days than the old "precision" skating. The quality of skating has really developed and I think IJS has been the best thing to happen to the discipline because of the definition of the elements and the need for clear formations. And the teams have risen to the challenge required.

So my random thoughts without having taken any notes.

Very proud of our Australian team. They have had massive challenges even getting to the event as they have no home rink in Sydney and have had to travel around the city to the other rinks to train. And if you have even been Sydney that is no mean feat because it literally can sometimes take a couple of hours to get anywhere.

Haydenettes really stood out for me. I think towards the end of that program was one of the best examples of element placement with the massive artistic circle building with the music and then the intersection that fitted perfectly. It was just WOW. Without sitting down and really analysing it was the best for me.

The Finnish teams were fantastic as always. Different styles of program but their skating skills and formations are excellent.

Les Supremes were great but I got more into the Haydenettes and the Fins

I think I enjoyed Berlin 1 more than any other team. Who doesn't love a bit of Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels? May not have been perfect but they had lots of sass and attitude. Loved their No Hold Element.

Best costumes - Ice on Fire. Having those different coloured dresses really created an interesting palette on the ice.

Overall really enjoyed it and will catch up on the Freeskating tonight.

 

[Aussie Willy]

I am currently watching the FS and have watched the first three groups.

Holy moly I loved the Netherlands team Team United. That was the best program out so far. The program had fantastic interpretation to the music, got the crowd involved and was exciting. Technically they had some fantastic unison on quite a few of the elements, particularly the Pair death spiral element. The Travelling Element really covered the ice and the final lift that was right in the judges faces was so cool. I am surprised they didn't place higher.

The rest of the programs whilst good were a bit meh for me. However I will give props to the Japanese team for their costumes.

 

[ice coverage]

Long article from USFS:

Carla DeGirolamo and LeeAnn Shoker Leave Lasting Impact on Miami and U.S. Synchronized Skating
Carla DeGirolamo and LeeAnn Shoker spent a combined four decades coaching the Miami University synchronized skating program in Oxford, Ohio, taking the program to heights unmatched by any other collegiate synchronized skating program.

Carla DeGirolamo and LeeAnn Shoker Leave Lasting Impact on Miami and U.S. Synchronized Skating | U.S. Figure Skating

www.usfigureskating.org

(Apr 17)​

Many thankful comments from Miami alumnae are in the companion video from USFS:

"A Lasting Legacy - Miami Bids Farewell to Legendary Coaches Carla DeGirolamo and Lee Ann Shocker" (3:03)

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Shorter version of the video:

U.S. Figure Skating on Instagram: "✅ 6 World Team qualifications ✅ 11 collegiate U.S. Championships ✅ 40 years combined coaching at Miami While Carla DeGirolamo and LeeAnn Shoker were never focused on their own accolades, their impact on Miami’s c

1,217 likes, 9 comments - usfigureskating on April 17, 2024: "✅ 6 World Team qualifications ✅ 11 collegiate U.S. Championships ✅ 40 years combined coaching at Miami While Carla DeGirolamo and LeeAnn Shoker were never focused on their own accolades, their impact on Miami’s collegiate and...

www.instagram.com

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