2023 Challenge Cup & Dutch Nationals, Feb. 23-26, Tilburg NED

[Sylvia]

After group 2:

Young You 175.80
Nataly Langerbaur 161.68
Olivia Lisko 160.27
Kristen Spours 156.19
Emelie Ling 147.27

Young You scored 123.21 in her Vivaldi FS, landing 5 triples & 2 2A; Viktor Pfeifer is with her.
Nataly Langerbaur 109.17 (pumped her fist after her Kill Bill program), Olivia Lisko 109.13, Kristen Spours 102.50 (another Kill Bill FS).

Warm-Up Group 3
11 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA 10 55.87
12 Mana KAWABE JPN 9 57.10
13 Lindsay van ZUNDERT NED 8 58.03
14 Jade HOVINE BEL 7 58.26
15 Kristina ISAEV GER 6 60.02

 

[Karen-W]

Because this season wasn't complete enough without one more "Drowning" from Mana Kawabe. At least she went out on a positive note with a great skate.

 

[Sylvia]

Mana Kawabe (Drowning - I don't mind this music as much as some of you ) - jumps all landed: 2A, 3Lz+3T+2T, 3Lo, 2A, 3Lz+3T, 3F+2T, 3S - into 1st with 135.36 in FS, 192.46!

Gutmann (Hitchcock film medley) - jumps: Rippon 3Lz+1Eu+3S, 3T to 2A, 2F, 3Lo, Ripp3Lz, 2A+2T, 3S, [Psycho shower ‘screeching’/Birds cawing ]. 171.75 (115.88 FS) - currently 3rd.

 

[Karen-W]

Well, we'll see what the judges do with those rotations for Lindsay, but it was nice to see her skate this program about as well as she can (just a hand down on the second 3Lz). Hopefully she can replicate both of these skates here in a few weeks at Worlds.

 

[Karen-W]

Hmmmmm... Hovine isn't here for the FS. I take it her SP score will still count for TES mins, and I suppose it makes sense for her to WD from the FS since she's got to travel to Calgary for Jr Worlds and competes her SP there on Wednesday.

 

[Karen-W]

Jyrkinen is falling apart here. She's going to drop like a rock in the standings. Hope she can skate better at Worlds.

ETA - yikes, behind compatriot Olivia Lisko overall. I wonder if Lisko will get the Worlds spot instead.

 

[Karen-W]

And it appears we have another sweep by Japan today... Presuming that Mai or Kaori don't blow their considerable leads.

 

[Wyliefan]

Way to pull up, Mana!

 

[Sylvia]

Mihara’s jumps: 2A+3T, 3Lz fall, 3S, 2F, 2A+3T, 3Lz+2T+2Lo, 3Lo. ETA: 129.68 FS, 203.23 in 1st.

Pinzarrone behind Kawabe but she skated well - 128.21 FS, 191.20.

ETA that Nina landed 6 of her 7 triples cleanly according to her FS protocol: 3Lz+3T, 3Lzq, 3F, 3S, 3Lo+2A+2T, 3Lo+2T, 2A.

 

[Karen-W]

Kaori's got another FS dress. This one is red like her original one, but the cut is different - it's missing that loose strap on the back, and it's got a bunch of black glitter one one side of the torso/hip.

 

[Kateri]

This Sia song makes me feel like I don't understand English.

 

[Hanna]

OMG Kaori was so strong. Now I hope she didn't have her best skates of the season here instead of next month.

 

[Sylvia]

Women Senior
Result
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN 228.35 1 1
2 Mai MIHARA JPN 203.23 2 3
3 Mana KAWABE JPN 192.46 9 2
4 Nina PINZARRONE BEL 191.20 3 4
5 Lindsay van ZUNDERT NED 176.84 8 6 - 2023 Dutch national champion
6 Young YOU KOR 175.80 13 5
7 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA 171.75 10 7
8 Josefin TALJEGARD SWE 170.68 5 8
9 Kristina ISAEV GER 163.73 6 11
10 Nataly LANGERBAUR EST 161.68 14 9
11 Olivia LISKO FIN 160.27 15 10
12 Janna JYRKINEN FIN 158.16 4 13
13 Kristen SPOURS GBR 156.19 12 12
14 Emelie LING SWE 147.27 11 16
15 Linnea KILSAND NOR 142.00 16 15
16 Elena AGOSTINELLI ITA 140.88 17 14
17 Mariia SENIUK ISR 133.87 18 17
18 Julia LANG HUN 115.78 19 18
19 Frida Turiddotter BERGE NOR 108.86 20 19
WD Jade HOVINE BEL 58.26 7

FS protocols: https://knsbfigureskatingresults.nl...------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Kaori SAKAMOTO	JPN	151.50​	77.28​		74.22​	9.15​	9.30​	9.35​	0.00​	#20​
2​	Mana KAWABE	JPN	135.36​	69.15​		66.21​	8.20​	8.35​	8.25​	0.00​	#12​
3​	Mai MIHARA	JPN	129.68​	64.47​		66.21​	8.15​	8.20​	8.45​	1.00​	#19​
4​	Nina PINZARRONE	BEL	128.21​	68.94​		59.27​	7.35​	7.45​	7.40​	0.00​	#18​
5​	Young YOU	KOR	123.21​	61.53​		61.68​	7.75​	7.55​	7.80​	0.00​	#8​
6​	Lindsay van ZUNDERT	NED	118.81​	62.21​		56.60​	7.20​	7.25​	6.75​	0.00​	#13​
7​	Lara Naki GUTMANN	ITA	115.88​	59.00​		56.88​	7.40​	7.10​	6.80​	0.00​	#11​
8​	Josefin TALJEGARD	SWE	109.67​	49.73​		59.94​	7.55​	7.90​	7.00​	0.00​	#16​
9​	Nataly LANGERBAUR	EST	109.17​	58.58​		50.59​	6.15​	6.20​	6.60​	0.00​	#7​
10​	Olivia LISKO	FIN	109.13​	58.79​		50.34​	6.50​	6.40​	5.95​	0.00​	#6​
11​	Kristina ISAEV	GER	103.71​	50.97​		52.74​	6.55​	6.55​	6.65​	0.00​	#15​
12​	Kristen SPOURS	GBR	102.50​	54.18​		48.32​	6.05​	6.20​	5.85​	0.00​	#9​
13​	Janna JYRKINEN	FIN	96.04​	46.51​		49.53​	6.40​	5.80​	6.35​	0.00​	#17​
14​	Elena AGOSTINELLI	ITA	95.06​	53.01​		42.05​	5.45​	5.00​	5.30​	0.00​	#4​
15​	Linnea KILSAND	NOR	92.54​	47.68​		44.86​	5.60​	5.55​	5.65​	0.00​	#5​
16​	Emelie LING	SWE	91.50​	42.18​		50.32​	6.20​	6.35​	6.30​	1.00​	#10​
17​	Mariia SENIUK	ISR	89.27​	52.22​		38.05​	4.65​	4.45​	5.15​	1.00​	#3​
18​	Julia LANG	HUN	78.39​	36.74​		41.65​	5.15​	4.90​	5.55​	0.00​	#2​
19​	Frida Turiddotter BERGE	NOR	76.16​	41.19​		34.97​	4.60​	4.30​	4.20​	0.00​	#1​
WD​	Jade HOVINE	BEL	​	​		​	​	​	​	​	#14​

 

[skatingguy]

This Sia song makes me feel like I don't understand English.

Mumbling makes it artistic.

 

[Sylvia]

Junior Pairs SP 1-7 unofficial (will edit in official results & protocols link when online):
Flores/Wang USA 51.01 http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00116602.htm
Salatzki/Roeseler GER 43.58 http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00113863.htm
De Nardin/Rossi Lopez ESP 40.48 http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00115531.htm
Ghedini/Maierhofer AUT 36.94 http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00116773.htm
Moudden/Garcia ESP 36.57 http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00113967.htm
Burin/Tommasi ITA 35.84 http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00115668.htm
Lossius/Rotar GER 35.02 http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00112142.htm
WD Ehrhard/Pellegris FRA

Pairs Junior - Free Skating Starting Order
StN. Name Nation Rank Points

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Josephine LOSSIUS / Artem ROTAR GER 7 35.02
2 Giorgia BURIN / Alberto TOMMASI ITA 6 35.84
3 Ines MOUDDEN / Alejandro Lazaro GARCIA ESP 5 36.57

Warm-Up Group 2
4 Giorgia GHEDINI / Luc MAIERHOFER AUT 4 36.94
5 Linda de NARDIN / Patrizio Romano ROSSI LOPEZ ESP 3 40.48
6 Katalin Janne SALATZKI / Lukas ROESELER GER 2 43.58
7 Olivia FLORES / Luke WANG USA 1 51.01

 

[Karen-W]

dosed off and missed the first group of jr pairs... oh well, lol... I'm awake-ish now for the last group and senior pairs.

 

[Karen-W]

Ghedini/Maierhofer - They have decent basics and I think they have nice potential. It will be interesting to see how far they can progress in the off-season.

 

[Karen-W]

de Nardin/Rossi Lopez - oh, that's right, how quickly I managed to forget they're a mirror team. Really clunky exit that was a near disaster on their second lift. Very slow pairs spin to end.

 

[Sylvia]

Severin Kiefer was with Ghedini/Maierhofer - being accomplished singles skaters they landed 2 sets of sbs triples - 81.60 FS, 118.54 in 1st.

Mirror Spanish pair - 114.82 in 2nd.

GER pair is using the popular song “Where’s My Love” by SYML.

 

[Karen-W]

Salatzki/Roeseler - Bandit wants love and attention during junior pairs. It figures. Impressions - nice, bland, skating to blah music that does nothing to keep me awake.

 

[Karen-W]

Flores/Wang - I didn't get these costumes at Nats for this music and I still don't, but oh well. Aw, she fell on the throw 3f today. Eeek, lift fail for them. Good comeback with SBS 3S and another stronger 2nd lift. Awww, struggling with the throw 3lo too - I'm guessing it will be counted as a fall. She looks at him like "okay, well, we made it through" after striking their ending poses, lol.

 

[Sylvia]

Pairs Junior
Result
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
GOLD Olivia FLORES / Luke WANG USA 126.14 1 2 - coached by Natalia M.
SILVER Giorgia GHEDINI / Luc MAIERHOFER AUT 118.54 4 1 - coached by Severin Kiefer
BRONZE Katalin Janne SALATZKI / Lukas ROESELER GER 116.46 2 4
4 Linda de NARDIN / Patrizio Romano ROSSI LOPEZ ESP 114.82 3 3
5 Giorgia BURIN / Alberto TOMMASI ITA 102.59 6 5
6 Josephine LOSSIUS / Artem ROTAR GER 99.32 7 6
7 Ines MOUDDEN / Alejandro Lazaro GARCIA ESP 89.04 5 7
WD Louise EHRHARD / Matthis PELLEGRIS FRA

FS protocols: https://knsbfigureskatingresults.nl...OR----FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf
Pretty sure this was the 1st time F/W attempted 2 throw triples in their FS - showed good fight today!

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Giorgia GHEDINI / Luc MAIERHOFER	AUT	81.60​	41.35​		41.25​	5.30​	4.90​	5.25​	1.00​	#4​
2​	Olivia FLORES / Luke WANG	USA	75.13​	34.80​		42.33​	5.40​	4.95​	5.50​	2.00​	#7​
3​	Linda de NARDIN / Patrizio Romano ROSSI LOPEZ	ESP	74.34​	34.70​		39.64​	5.20​	4.90​	4.75​	0.00​	#5​
4​	Katalin Janne SALATZKI / Lukas ROESELER	GER	72.88​	35.37​		37.51​	4.60​	4.60​	4.85​	0.00​	#6​
5​	Giorgia BURIN / Alberto TOMMASI	ITA	66.75​	32.84​		33.91​	4.20​	4.10​	4.40​	0.00​	#2​
6​	Josephine LOSSIUS / Artem ROTAR	GER	64.30​	32.45​		32.85​	4.10​	3.95​	4.25​	1.00​	#1​
7​	Ines MOUDDEN / Alejandro Lazaro GARCIA	ESP	52.47​	23.70​		31.77​	4.20​	3.80​	3.90​	3.00​	#3​

Final event! Senior Pairs FS: https://knsbfigureskatingresults.nl/2022-2023/20230223/SEG006.htm

 

[Karen-W]

Here we go with the last event of Challenge Cup!

VLDigs - have I mentioned lately how much Simon Briggs needs to get a real pairs specialist to relocate to Dundee? 3tw wasn't as sketchy as yesterday, so there's that, I guess. SBS 2T, then SBS 2A+1A... Not even trying the international pairs jump of the season, eh? Step out from the throw 3Lo. Decent lift. And down she goes on the throw 3S. Another decent lift. Mind, when I say "decent", for this team it means he got her up and down safely and I wasn't scared for her. So, today is a "decent" lift day for them as the third one was also okay. Any bets on whether they make the FS at Worlds?

 

[Karen-W]

ValPia - nice 3tw to open, step out from her on the throw 3F, SBS 2T+2A+1A, ahhhhh there are some SBS 2S! Good lift. Nice death spiral. God, why do skaters think "Chasing Cars" is a good song to use? And she lands a throw 2S to go with the SBS 2S from earlier, lol. Their lifts are fine - nothing special, but serviceable. Ending with a pairs spin is a choice.

 

[Karen-W]

PieStrek - Oh, God... "To Build a Home" - are these skaters actively TRYING to make me fall back asleep? Really light, airy 2tw to open - plenty of air to get it to a triple in the off-season. SBS 2A, then a really nice throw 3f! The less said about that sad, pathetic attempt at a SBS combo, the better. Two nice lifts, and then she pitches forward and two-foots the landing of the throw 3z. Their lifts are certainly solid and they're not terrible, they're just not memorable either.

 

[Sylvia]

Piegad/Strekalin 100.25 in FS, 145.74 - their highest int'l scores of the season
Valesi/Piazza 142.46
Vaipan-Law/Digby 126.93

 

[Karen-W]

SchaMayr - 2tw to open, SBS 3T+2T+2A very careful, SBS 3S nice! Slow, steady lift, throw 3s - nice! This music is just dreadful. Who wants to join me in creating an IG or Twitter account dedicated to giving decent pairs music options? Another good lift, throw 2Lo. Glad to see them get through all the lifts nicely since they had a lift fail during the warm-up and it left me worried. Ending on a L1 death spiral is also a choice.

 

[Karen-W]

GamKor - their body language in the KnC yesterday was considerably warmer than at previous competitions, just sayin'. Nice 3tw, SBS 2s+1e+2s - ha! That's what I like - twice as many of the international pairs jump of the season as we get in most programs! LOL, then for good measure, SBS 1As... She two-footed the landing on the throw 3Lo. These pairs... Muse. And she two-footed the throw 3s - don't care, she landed a beaut yesterday and that got them their SP min! Okay lifts today. Nice death spiral to end, but again, this music just dies away. Meh.

 

[Karen-W]

DanTsi - okay 3tw to open. SBS 3s but she put her hand down. Throw 3Lz - not bad! SBS 2A and she completely stepped out and so they couldn't get a combo in. Oh, nice throw 3f! I don't hate their music, so they at least get points for that. Dutch pairs really are improving, folks. And as I type that they completely botch their pairs spin, which was was their last element. Shoulda choreo'd to end on the very nice death spiral they have.

 

[Sylvia]

With 4 pairs left:

Danilova/Tsiba 157.78 (100.50 FS)
Gamez/Korovin 150.01 (95.27)
Piegad/Strekalin 145.74 (100.25)
Valesi/Piazza 142.46 (98.95)
Schaller/Mayr 133.84 (87.64)
Vaipan-Law/Digby 126.93 (85.81)