2023 EduSport Trophy, Jan. 13-15 in Otopeni, Romania

[Sylvia]

ISU's event page: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...ail/13403/33/edusport-trophy?templateParam=11

Event website: http://edusporttrophy.org/
Livestream channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ClubulSportivEduSport/streams

ISU Results page: https://www.frponline.ro/HTML/International Edusport Trophy 2023/index.htm

As of 12/21/22:

Men
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Naoki MA HKG
2 Mark GORODNITSKY ISR
3 Lev VINOKUR ISR
4 Anelin George ENACHE ROU
5 Joonsoo KIM USA (senior international debut outside of USA)

Jiaying Cheng (there's a typo in her name on the page) and Anqi (Angel) Li are listed.

Women
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Olga MIKUTINA AUT
2 Kristina GRIGOROVA BUL
3 Daniela NIKOLOVA BUL
4 Yae-Mia NEIRA CHI
5 Jiayjing (Jiaying) CHENG CHN
6 Anqi (Angel) LI CHN
7 Barbora VRANKOVA CZE
8 Nina POVEY GBR
9 Kristen SPOURS GBR
10 Dimitra KORRI GRE
11 Alexandra MINTSIDOU GRE
12 Mariia SENIUK ISR
13 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU
14 Jocelyn HONG NZL
15 Ana Sofia BESCHEA ROU
16 Julia SAUTER ROU
17 Antonina DUBININA SRB

Junior Men
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Aleksandar KACHAMAKOV BUL
2 Filip KAYMAKCHIEV BUL
3 Tamir KUPERMAN ISR
4 Iakov POGREBINSKII ISR
5 Nikita SHEIKO ISR
6 Anelin George ENACHE ROU

Junior Women
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Darya CHERNOPYATOVA BUL
2 Elena DIMITROVA BUL
3 Vanessa DOYCHINOVA BUL
4 Chiara HRISTOVA BUL
5 Alexandra LAZAROVA BUL
6 Sophia NIKOLOVA BUL
7 Galena TODOROVA BUL
8 Radina ZAHARIEVA BUL
9 Eve DUBECQ FRA
10 Lola GHOZALI FRA
11 Despina KATSAROU GRE
12 Stella MAKRI GRE
13 Chloe Desiree LEUNG HKG
14 Mariia DIMITRIEVA ISR
15 Noa EVEN ISR
16 Elizabet GERVITS ISR
17 Katarina GERVITS ISR
18 Gioia FIORI ITA
19 Julija POLNIUK POL
20 Ema ACHIM ROU
21 Teodora GHEORGHE ROU
22 Ruxandra ROTUNDU ROU
23 Olha BIRIEVA UKR
24 Mariia LARIONOVA UKR
25 Taisiia SPESIVTSEVA UKR
26 Anastasiia VASYLCHENKO UKR

Advanced Novice Men
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Gianni MOTTILA FRA
2 Itay SHEGELMAN ISR
3 Kiril SHEIKO ISR

Advanced Novice Women
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Vayana HRISTOVA BUL
2 Kristina IVANOVA BUL
3 Lia LYUBENOVA BUL
4 Milena VELCHEVA BUL
5 Aleksandra VENEVA BUL
6 Kalina VUTOVA BUL
7 Elma KURRI FIN
8 Berenice VOUILLON FRA
9 Louanne WOLFF FRA
10 Nikol KUPERMAN ISR
11 Ela NURMANOV ISR
12 Simona TKACHMAN ISR
13 Daniela YOFFE ISR
14 Angel DELEVAQUE NED
15 Maria GRAMA ROU
16 Ariana PETRUT ROU
17 Eva Maria POPESCU ROU
18 Maria SMARANDA ROU
19 Sofia HOLUBENKO UKR

ETA: There's also a separate interclub competion (Novice Intermediate, Basic, Cubs, Chicks, Recreational and Adult).

 

[Sylvia]

Adv. Novice Men SP (3 competitors) is finished and Adv. Novice Women SP is streaming now (Day 1, part 3): https://www.youtube.com/@ClubulSportivEduSport
Playlist for this competition: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkbLqK5IWiatFfQUGeWAS1tXq-OMZ3t9k

Saturday, Jan. 14 event order:

Junior Men - Short Program Starting Order
StN. Name Nation
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Nikita SHEIKO ISR
2 Tamir KUPERMAN ISR
3 Filip KAYMAKCHIEV BUL
4 Anelin George ENACHE ROU
5 Iakov POGREBINSKII ISR
6 Aleksandar KACHAMAKOV BUL

Junior Women - Short Program Starting Order
StN. Name Nation
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Noa EVEN ISR
2 Taisiia SPESIVTSEVA UKR
3 Darya CHERNOPYATOVA BUL
4 Olha BIRIEVA UKR
Warm-Up Group 2
5 Anastasiia VASYLCHENKO UKR
6 Ema ACHIM ROU
7 Elena DIMITROVA BUL
8 Galena TODOROVA BUL
9 Stella MAKRI GRE
Warm-Up Group 3
10 Gioia FIORI ITA
11 Chloe Desiree LEUNG HKG
12 Teodora GHEORGHE ROU
13 Elizabet GERVITS ISR
14 Mariia LARIONOVA UKR
Warm-Up Group 4
15 Katarina GERVITS ISR
16 Julija POLNIUK POL
17 Mariia DMITRIEVA ISR
18 Radina ZAHARIEVA BUL
19 Despina KATSAROU GRE

Men - Short Program Starting Order (medal for all! )
StN. Name Nation
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Lev VINOKUR ISR
2 Anelin George ENACHE ROU
3 Joonsoo KIM USA

Women - Short Program Starting Order
StN. Name Nation
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU
2 Alexandra MINTSIDOU GRE
3 Julia SAUTER ROU
4 Ana Sofia BESCHEA ROU
5 Daniela NIKOLOVA BUL
Warm-Up Group 2
6 Yae-Mia NEIRA CHI
7 Nina POVEY GBR
8 Dimitra KORRI GRE
9 Mariia SENIUK ISR
10 Kristen SPOURS GBR

 

[Sylvia]

Sunday's livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMXB_wwrp8Y

Junior Women FS is in progress: https://www.frponline.ro/HTML/International Edusport Trophy 2023/SEG008.htm

You can rewind the livestream to watch the final Jr. man, Nikita Sheiko, who will be 15 in March and is a very good skater: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114732.htm

To be followed by Senior Men (Joonsoo Kim scored 67.86 in SP yesterday with 36.19 TES) at 11:30 am Eastern time & then Women FS.

Junior Men final standings:
1 Nikita SHEIKO ISR 198.47 1 1 (129.39 in FS with triples through Lutz)
2 Iakov POGREBINSKII ISR 158.39 3 2
3 Tamir KUPERMAN ISR 156.98 2 3
4 Filip KAYMAKCHIEV BUL 138.73 4 4
5 Aleksandar KACHAMAKOV BUL 86.82 5 5
6 Anelin George ENACHE ROU 65.40 6 6

Advanced Novice Men final standings:
1 Kirill SHEIKO ISR 126.84 1 1 (85.58 in FS with 2 3Lz+2T) - must be Nikita's brother
2 Gianni MOTTILA FRA 99.32 2 2
3 Itay SHEGELMAN ISR 68.72 3 3

Advanced Novice Women final standings:
1 Lia LYUBENOVA BUL 123.04 1 1
2 Angel DELEVAQUE NED 106.28 3 2
3 Simona TKACHMAN ISR 103.30 2 3
4 Louanne WOLFF FRA 98.39 4 4
5 Elma KURRI FIN 94.28 5 5
6 Berenice VOUILLON FRA 94.17 6 6
7 Maria SMARANDA ROU 80.34 7 10
8 Daniela YOFFE ISR 79.23 12 7
9 Kalina VUTOVA BUL 79.06 9 9
10 Milena VELCHEVA BUL 78.62 8 12
11 Nikol KUPERMAN ISR 78.16 10 11
12 Eva Maria POPESCU ROU 76.75 11 13
13 Ela NURMANOV ISR 76.29 16 8
14 Ariana PETRUT ROU 72.86 13 15
15 Aleksandra VENEVA BUL 71.85 14 14
16 Kristina IVANOVA BUL 70.88 15 16
17 Sofia HOLUBENKO UKR 60.40 17 17

 

[Sylvia]

Russian transplant Mariia DMITRIEVA (landed 2A, 3Lz+3T & 3Lo in SP) is the final skater.

ETA - not a good skate for her today. Junior Women final standings:

1 Mariia DMITRIEVA ISR 147.82 1 4
2 Elizabet GERVITS ISR 138.80 2 2
3 Anastasiia VASYLCHENKO UKR 134.28 7 1
4 Gioia FIORI ITA 134.06 3 3
5 Taisiia SPESIVTSEVA UKR 122.89 5 6
6 Chloe Desiree LEUNG HKG 121.43 8 5
7 Julija POLNIUK POL 116.14 4 7
8 Stella MAKRI GRE 113.42 6 8
9 Noa EVEN ISR 96.93 9 9
10 Katarina GERVITS ISR 89.54 10 13
11 Radina ZAHARIEVA BUL 88.90 13 10
12 Mariia LARIONOVA UKR 85.94 12 12
13 Teodora GHEORGHE ROU 85.32 11 14
14 Despina KATSAROU GRE 82.64 14 11
15 Galena TODOROVA BUL 76.47 15 15
16 Olha BIRIEVA UKR 71.10 16 16
17 Ema ACHIM ROU 63.01 17 17
18 Darya CHERNOPYATOVA BUL 51.85 18 18

 

[Sylvia]

I was able to watch Joonsoo Kim's SP yesterday morning before the video was removed: https://twitter.com/SylviaUnseen/status/1614236692378001413

His FS music is the popular "Fire on Fire" by Sam Smith, choreo. by Derrick Delmore.

ETA: No audio right now, grrrrr.

 

[Sylvia]

Joonsoo’s jumps: 3A fell out/hand, 3A+2T, 3(?)Lo, 3F, 3Lz+3T, 3Lz to 2A (eta that I missed seeing his second 2A), 3S - he’s happy!

ETA: 216.13 total

Yes, it was a 3Lo: https://www.frponline.ro/HTML/International Edusport Trophy 2023/FSKMSINGLES-----------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

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1​

Joonsoo KIM

USA

148.27​

79.47​

68.80​

6.58​

7.08​

7.00​

0.00​

#2​

And the audio returns for Senior women, of course...

 

[livetoskate]

Joonsoo skated really well. This must be a nice boost for his confidence. The young man who skated right before him was only doing single jumps and botched a couple of double jump attempts. It's kind of random that Joonsoo got sent to this event. Congrats to him, and I'm glad the audience was treated to his fine performance.

 

[Sylvia]

It's kind of random that Joonsoo got sent to this event.

Not random - this was the final weekend to get 2023 4CC minimum scores.

 

[livetoskate]

Not random - this was the final weekend to get 2023 4CC minimum scores.

Hope he also gets to enjoy some sightseeing around Romania too!

 

[Sylvia]

Hope he also gets to enjoy some sightseeing around Romania too!

No time for much sightseeing - gotta get back home and train for Nationals!

 

[Sylvia]

Women
Result
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Kristen SPOURS GBR 176.69 1 1
2 Julia SAUTER ROU 168.74 3 2
3 Nina POVEY GBR 166.06 2 3
4 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU 143.21 4 4
5 Ana Sofia BESCHEA ROU 128.59 5 5
6 Yae-Mia NEIRA CHI 111.18 6 6
7 Alexandra MINTSIDOU GRE 99.73 8 7
8 Daniela NIKOLOVA BUL 98.48 7 8
WD Dimitra KORRI GRE
WD Mariia SENIUK ISR

FS protocols: https://www.frponline.ro/HTML/International Edusport Trophy 2023/FSKWSINGLES-----------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

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Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Kristen SPOURS	GBR	115.60​	57.31​		58.29​	7.33​	7.50​	7.00​	0.00​	#8​
2​	Julia SAUTER	ROU	115.04​	58.64​		57.40​	7.08​	7.25​	7.17​	1.00​	#6​
3​	Nina POVEY	GBR	105.69​	51.38​		56.31​	7.17​	6.92​	7.00​	2.00​	#7​
4​	Meda VARIAKOJYTE	LTU	93.01​	47.19​		45.82​	5.58​	5.83​	5.75​	0.00​	#5​
5​	Ana Sofia BESCHEA	ROU	83.61​	43.13​		40.48​	4.83​	5.25​	5.08​	0.00​	#4​
6​	Yae-Mia NEIRA	CHI	73.26​	35.42​		39.84​	4.92​	4.83​	5.17​	2.00​	#3​
7​	Alexandra MINTSIDOU	GRE	67.17​	33.58​		35.59​	4.42​	4.33​	4.58​	2.00​	#1​
8​	Daniela NIKOLOVA	BUL	64.02​	30.51​		34.51​	3.92​	4.50​	4.50​	1.00​	#2​

These results/scores are being discussed in the GBR news thread in GSD now: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ws-2022-and-beyond.109770/page-3#post-6365842

 

[Aceon6]

Wow, great score for Spours.

 

[Sylvia]

My general impression is that it's not surprising to see some 'score inflation' at Senior & Junior B internationals like this one. I didn't watch the Senior Women's FS earlier today so can't comment on that event, but let's just say I was pleasantly surprised at Joonsoo Kim's scores here (particularly his TES after 2 falls in the SP although he did land a good 3A).