2023-24 Challenger Series

[Wyliefan]

Harris/Chan out of Finlandia, Davis/Smolkin in. Also, Roman Sadovsky out. https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1702359388298641770?t=TjYUyl_Cs-TiH2YJWzTdYw&s=19

 

[Sylvia]

Roman posted a video on Sept. 10 about his knee & ankle injury from a bad fall on the ice in August - link is here : https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2023-24-canadian-men-news-and-updates.110809/#post-6467169

Finlandia Trophy entries were last updated on Sept. 14: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117410.htm

 

[Sylvia]

Nebelhorn Trophy thread in Kiss & Cry: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...trophy-sept-20-23-oberstdorf-ger-cs-3.110993/

Livestream/on demand viewing is NOT free this year:
https://sportdeutschland.tv/deutsche-eislauf-union/nebelhorn-trophy-2023-day-1
NT 2023 All Access €19.99
Pay per view €7.99

Coloured time schedule by day as of Sept. 12: https://www.eislauf-union.de/files/users/977/CSGER2023_ColouredTimeSchedule_2023-09-12.pdf

 

[kwanfan1818]

Does anyone know if there will be replays on demand?

 

[Sylvia]

Does anyone know if there will be replays on demand?

I'm assuming the 3 days of replays are included in the All Access fee. I've asked and will post if I get a response.

 

[Evgeniafan]

I'm assuming the 3 days of replays are included in the All Access fee. I've asked and will post if I get a response.

I'm from the US, has anybody bought a prepaid international Visa? I'm not sure I want to use mine for a foreign purchase. I want to see Nepela.

 

[Sylvia]

Does anyone know if there will be replays on demand?

I was told the videos should be available afterwards for a while, maybe up to one year (not sure about that part).

I just checked and last year's Nebelhorn on demand videos are still online and play for me: https://sportdeutschland.tv/deutsche-eislauf-union
FAQ: https://sportdeutschland.tv/faq

 

[kwanfan1818]

Thank you so much, @Sylvia!

I won't be up in the middle of the night (ie, before 7am), but I'd be happy to give them 20 Euros to be able to watch it after the fact.

ETA: They have my money and a warning (in German) to remove my ad-blocker, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

In order to register for the account, I had to choose my favorite sport from a list. After a lot of poking, I could not it -- I was probably staring right at it -- and I was almost tempted to select what I think is underwater rugby, but I chose randomly instead.

 

[Sylvia]

In order to register for the account, I had to choose my favorite sport from a list. After a lot of poking, I could not it -- I was probably staring right at it -- and I was almost tempted to select what I think is underwater rugby, but I chose randomly instead.

Eiskunstlauf

 

[kwanfan1818]

Eiskunstlauf

I typed in "Eis" and only hockey came up.

 

[Amy L]

I typed in "Eis" and only hockey came up.

Me too. The only thing I could find that I even remotely agreed with was Rhythmic Gymnastics.

 

[Rukia]

I just started typing figure skating in English and it pulled up the German for me haha

 

[Karen-W]

I just started typing figure skating in English and it pulled up the German for me haha

Same!

 

[kwanfan1818]

I did, too, and it pulled up a list of six or seven, none of which was German for figure skating.

I didn't realize at first that it was a drop-down: I thought it was a free-form text box.

 

[Gris]

Budapest entries: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117414.htm

Copying out:

Men
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Filip KAYMAKCHIEV BUL 1
2 Euken ALBERDI ESP 2
3 Pablo GARCIA ESP 2
4 Tomas-Llorenc GUARINO SABATE ESP 2
5 Aleksandr SELEVKO EST 3
6 Mihhail SELEVKO EST 3
7 Luc ECONOMIDES FRA 4
8 Ian VAUCLIN FRA 4
9 Xavier VAUCLIN FRA 4
10 Edward APPLEBY GBR 5
11 Kai JAGODA GER 6
12 Kwun Hung LEUNG HKG 7
13 Aleksandr VLASENKO HUN 8
14 Gabriele FRANGIPANI ITA 9
15 Daniel GRASSL ITA 9
16 Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA 9
Raffaele Francesco ZICH ITA 9 S
17 Rakhat BRALIN KAZ 10
18 Dias JIRENBAYEV KAZ 10
19 Sihyeong LEE KOR 11
20 Fedir KULISH LAT 12
21 Edrian Paul CELESTINO PHI 13
22 Vladimir SAMOILOV POL 14
23 Lukas BRITSCHGI SUI 15
24 Adam HAGARA SVK 16
25 Jonathan EGYPTSON SWE 17
26 Gabriel FOLKESSON SWE 17
27 Casper JOHANSSON SWE 17
28 Tomoki HIWATASHI USA 18

Women
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Olga MIKUTINA AUT 1
2 Stefanie PESENDORFER AUT 1
3 Barbora VRANKOVA CZE 2
4 Nataly LANGERBAUR EST 3
5 Olesja LEONOVA EST 3
6 Gerli LIINAMAE EST 3
7 Linnea CEDER FIN 4
8 Olivia LISKO FIN 4
9 Minja PELTONEN FIN 4
10 Maia MAZZARA FRA 5
11 Lorine SCHILD FRA 5
12 Lea SERNA FRA 5
Mae Berenice MEITE FRA 5 S
13 Alina URUSHADZE GEO 6
14 Kristina ISAEV GER 7
15 Hiu Yau CHOW HKG 8
16 Julia LANG HUN 9
17 Regina SCHERMANN HUN 9
18 Daria ZSIRNOV HUN 9
19 Ella CHEN ISR 10
20 Elizabet GERVITS ISR 10
21 Sofiya FARAFONOVA KAZ 11
22 Anna LEVKOVETS KAZ 11
23 Anastasija KONGA LAT 12
24 Sofja STEPCENKO LAT 12
25 Anastasia GRACHEVA MDA 13
26 Lindsay VAN ZUNDERT NED 14
27 Sara FRANZI SUI 15
28 Livia KAISER SUI 15
29 Ema DOBOSZOVA SVK 16
30 Julia BROVALL SWE 17
31 Yelizaveta BABENKO UKR 18
32 Anastasia GOZHVA UKR 18
33 Clare SEO USA 19
34 Bradie TENNELL USA 19

Ice Dance
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Emmy BRONSARD / Jacob RICHMOND CAN 1
2 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC CAN 1
3 Shang SHI / Nan WU CHN 2
4 Sofia VAL / Asaf KAZIMOV ESP 3
5 Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER FRA 4
6 Natacha LAGOUGE / Arnaud CAFFA FRA 4
Lou TERREAUX / Noe PERRON FRA 4 S
7 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO 5
8 Jennifer JANSE VAN RENSBURG / Benjamin STEFFAN GER 6
9 Emese CSISZER / Mark SHAPIRO HUN 7
10 Lucy HANCOCK / Ilias FOURATI HUN 7
11 Mariia IGNATEVA / Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO HUN 7
12 Mariia NOSOVITSKAYA / Mikhail NOSOVITSKIY ISR 8
13 Giorgia GALIMBERTI / Matteo Libasse MANDELLI ITA 9
14 Anastasia POLIBINA / Pavel GOLOVISHNIKOV POL 10
15 Milla Ruud REITAN / Nikolaj MAJOROV SWE 11
16 Isabella FLORES / Ivan DESYATOV USA 12
17 Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Dimitry TSAREVSKI USA 12

 

[Karen-W]

Finally! Shocked - no Hawayek/Baker! And we finally see Tomoki!

 

[ChelleC]

Any bets on how quickly Grassl is withdrawn from Budapest?

 

[On My Own]

Any bets on how quickly Grassl is withdrawn from Budapest?

Has he been taken out of Nepela yet?

But pretty quickly is my bet.

 

[Spikefan]

I was really hoping Dupayage/Nabais would be on this list.

 

[Karen-W]

Any bets on how quickly Grassl is withdrawn from Budapest?

Has he been taken out of Nepela yet?

But pretty quickly is my bet.

He's still on the Nepela list, much to my surprise.

 

[Rukia]

16 Isabella FLORES / Ivan DESYATOV USA 12
17 Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Dimitry TSAREVSKI USA 12

I'm sorry but this is the funniest thing usfs is so mean

 

[Karen-W]

I'm sorry but this is the funniest thing usfs is so mean

or the best... giving the fans the we want and need!

 

[Karen-W]

Nepela Memorial is also going to have a paid stream available -

Slovak figure skating on Instagram: "On this channel you can watch the 2023 edition of the Nepela Memorial live and whenever you want. https://solidsport.com/nepela-memorial Day tickets are available for 7,99€, the All Access Pass for 13,99€. Link

132 likes, 0 comments - slovakfigureskating on September 23, 2023: "On this channel you can watch the 2023 edition of the Nepela Memorial live and whenever you want. https://solidsport.com/nepela-memorial Day tickets are available for 7,99€, the All Access Pass for 13,99€. Link na sledovanie...

www.instagram.com

7.99€ per day/13.99€ all-access pass from Solidsport.

 

[Sylvia]

Nepela Memorial is also going to have a paid stream available -
...
7.99€ per day/13.99€ all-access pass from Solidsport.

Direct link: https://solidsport.com/nepela-memorial

ETA:

Nepela Memorial entries: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117408.htm

Men (as of Sept. 7)
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Filip KAYMAKCHIEV BUL 1
2 Conrad ORZEL CAN 2
3 Henry PRIVETT-MENDOZA GBR 3
4 Nika EGADZE GEO 4
5 Denis GURDZHI GER 5
6 Aleksandr VLASENKO HUN 6
7 Mark GORODNITSKY ISR 7
8 Gabriele FRANGIPANI ITA 8
9 Daniel GRASSL ITA 8
10 Mikhail SHAIDOROV KAZ 9
11 Junhwan CHA KOR 10
12 Hyungyeom KIM KOR 10
13 Fedir KULISH LAT 11
14 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT 11
15 Vladimir SAMOILOV POL 12
16 Kornel WITKOWSKI POL 12
17 Milosz WITKOWSKI POL 12
18 Adam HAGARA SVK 13
19 Lukas VACLAVIK SVK 13
20 Ivan SHMURATKO UKR 14
21 Maxim NAUMOV USA 15

Women (as of Sept. 19)
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Madeline SCHIZAS CAN 1
2 Michaela VRASTAKOVA CZE 2
3 Nina POVEY GBR 3
4 Julia LANG HUN 4
5 Daria ZSIRNOV HUN 4
6 Mariia SENIUK ISR 5
7 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA 6
8 Chaeyeon KIM KOR 7
9 Haein LEE KOR 7
10 Young YOU KOR 7
11 Sofja STEPCENKO LAT 8
12 Jogaile AGLINSKYTE LTU 9
13 Aleksandra GOLOVKINA LTU 9
14 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU 9
15 Ekaterina KURAKOVA POL 10
16 Julia SAUTER ROU 11
17 Antonina DUBININA SRB 12
18 Sara FRANZI SUI 13
19 Vanesa SELMEKOVA SVK 14
20 Yelizaveta BABENKO UKR 15
21 Anastasia GOZHVA UKR 15
22 Amber GLENN USA 16 (listed as WD 9/20 on USFS' International Assignments page)

Ice Dance (as of Sept. 19)
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Olivia Josephine SHILLING / Leo BAETEN BEL 1
2 Nadiia BASHYNSKA / Peter BEAUMONT CAN 2
3 Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA CAN 2
4 Natalie TASCHLEROVA / Filip TASCHLER CZE 3
5 Sofia VAL / Asaf KAZIMOV ESP 4
6 Yuka ORIHARA / Juho PIRINEN FIN 5
7 Phebe BEKKER / James HERNANDEZ GBR 6
8 Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR 6
9 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO 7
10 Charise MATTHAEI / Max LIEBERS GER 8
11 Mariia NOSOVITSKAYA / Mikhail NOSOVITSKIY ISR 9
12 Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA LTU 10
13 Olivia OLIVER / Filip BOJANOWSKI POL 11
14 Maria Sofia PUCHEROVA / Nikita LYSAK SVK 12
15 Anna SIMOVA / Kirill AKSENOV SVK 12
16 Mariia HOLUBTSOVA / Kyryl BIELOBROV UKR 13
17 Emilea ZINGAS / Vadym KOLESNIK USA 14
Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Dimitry TSAREVSKI USA 14 S

 

[Frau Muller]

Nepela Memorial is also going to have a paid stream available -

Slovak figure skating on Instagram: "On this channel you can watch the 2023 edition of the Nepela Memorial live and whenever you want. https://solidsport.com/nepela-memorial Day tickets are available for 7,99€, the All Access Pass for 13,99€. Link

132 likes, 0 comments - slovakfigureskating on September 23, 2023: "On this channel you can watch the 2023 edition of the Nepela Memorial live and whenever you want. https://solidsport.com/nepela-memorial Day tickets are available for 7,99€, the All Access Pass for 13,99€. Link na sledovanie...

www.instagram.com

7.99€ per day/13.99€ all-access pass from Solidsport.

With this now-obvious move by the ISU to turn the CS events into chargeable ($$$) stagings, I can now understand why the previous-seasons’ CS Ice Challenge in Graz, Austria, was abandoned/cancelled. Ha! Now it makes sense…can’t charge for the simpler approach and Post-it notes. To me, it was free and simple but that approach doesn’t fit the new model.

 

[Sylvia]

With this now-obvious move by the ISU to turn the CS events into chargeable ($$$) stagings

I believe the federations hosting the ISU Challengers decide whether or not to charge for a livestream, not the ISU (or to have a livestream - looking at you Croatian fed! ). Skate Canada continues to make their Autumn Classic International livestream+replays free.

ETA: 2023 CS Ice Challenge Graz was announced as cancelled on July 27 (via the competition's website, FB & IG accounts).

 

[Wyliefan]

God bless Canada.

 

[Karen-W]

I believe the federations hosting the ISU Challengers decide whether or not to charge for a livestream, not the ISU (or to have a livestream - looking at you Croatian fed! ). Skate Canada continues to make their Autumn Classic International livestream+replays free.

I swear, if the Croatian fed decides against having a stream again this year and we miss the international debut of McBeath/Parkman...

I'm pretty sure the Kazakh fed doesn't charge for their stream of the Denis Ten Memorial, and usually the Hungarian and Polish feds use their YouTube channels. I could see that changing for those last two mostly because there were issues last season with YT cutting the stream off after so many hours due to "copyright violations".

And, honestly, if the Challengers have good fields, I don't mind supporting them by paying for a stream with archived replays available.

 

[tony]

With this now-obvious move by the ISU to turn the CS events into chargeable ($$$) stagings, I can now understand why the previous-seasons’ CS Ice Challenge in Graz, Austria, was abandoned/cancelled. Ha! Now it makes sense…can’t charge for the simpler approach and Post-it notes. To me, it was free and simple but that approach doesn’t fit the new model.

Yeah, once again, your outrage is misplaced and your assumption is way off-base. The ISU is not doing much of anything with their planned channel, and the organizing committees/Federations are the ones setting the pricing for filming and streaming.

I'm still in favor of an ISU streaming channel all in one place to come about. I'd gladly pay as much as I did for IceNetwork and then Sports Gold, and I already pay year-round for Peacock as it is.

 

[Rukia]

I'm still in favor of an ISU streaming channel all in one place to come about. I'd gladly pay as much as I did for IceNetwork and then Sports Gold, and I already pay year-round for Peacock as it is.

I agree with this, but until then I'm also to pay what I consider a reasonable amount for some events. It can be difficult and not cheap for some of these to livestream, especially if they have no infrastructure in place to do so. I just consider it similar to the cost of buying a ticket if I were there.

But also if the ISU is serious about growing the sport putting everything in one place would make that much easier and more feasible.