Australian & New Zealand figure skating news

[Sylvia]

I think the Australian figure skating news thread (created in July 2016 and now at #1730 posts) deserves a fresh start now that the Ice Skating Australia website recently re-launched:

Ice Skating Australia | Official Website – Ice Skating Australia Incorporated

www.isa.org.au

Feedback is welcomed:

It is still a work in progress so please forgive me if stuff is not working on it. Gradually getting it sorted out.

ISA's National Squad 2023-2024 document is linked from the High Performance section: https://isa.org.au/general-info/high-performance/

SENIOR
Pair: Anastasiia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopoulos Moore [2024 Worlds]
Ice Dance: Holly Harris/Jason Chan [2024 Worlds], Romy Malcolm/Kobi Chant, India Nette/Eron Westwood
Women: Vlada Vasiliev, Maria Chernyshova, Victoria Alcantara [*Hana Bath not ISU Senior age eligible (17) until 2027-28 season]
Men: Darian Kaptich, Charlton Doherty, Douglas Gerber (switched from NZL last year)

JUNIOR
Women: Hana Bath [debuting at 2024 Junior Worlds later today], Sienna Kaczmarczyk, Andrea Guo
Men: Vinceman Chong, Kryshtof Pradeaux, Julio Potapenko
Ice Dance: Renee Yuen/Oliver Ma, Dominik Mautner/Regina Ng, Amy Avtarovski/Charlie Wilcox
Pair: Peyton Bellamy-Martin/Kryshtof Pradeaux

 

[Aussie Willy]

@Sylvia Thanks for starting the new thread

 

[Sylvia]

I'm including New Zealand in this thread because Yanhao (Dwayne) LI, 15, has had a breakout season in winning historic bronze medals at the JGP in Bangkok in late August 2023 (ISU PBs of 210.08 total & 72.28 in the SP - watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZksC3ZoiIw0) and at the 2024 Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon KOR (ISU PB of 140.83) - link to watch his YOG free skate (4th place; he had a decent opening 3A attempt with a step out): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHHJFzd4PtM

Here's a good local article (Oct. 14, 2023) that includes a video of him talking around the time of NZL Nationals: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other...ights-on-creating-new-zealand-olympic-history

 

[Hedwig]

Big Yanhao Li fan here

 

[Hedwig]

Amazing to read that he trains only 12 hours a week

What he accomplished with that and a relatively inexperienced coach is astonishing