Finlandia/Helsinki 2024 news, photos, practice reports, clips, recaps, etc.

[Sylvia]

Jackie Wong's previews:
Men: https://www.rockerskating.com/news/2024/11/12/2024-finlandia-trophy-preview-men-the-race-heats-up
Women: https://www.rockerskating.com/news/2024/11/12/2024-finlandia-trophy-preview-women-a-very-open-event
Pairs: https://www.rockerskating.com/news/...a-trophy-preview-pairs-clear-podium-favorites
ETA link to Ice Dance: https://www.rockerskating.com/news/...rophy-preview-dance-a-fierce-fight-for-bronze

Team USA press release (Nov. 12): https://www.usfigureskating.org/news/press-release/team-usa-sends-11-athletes-finlandia-trophy

Skate Canada' press release (Nov. 11): https://skatecanada.ca/2024/11/canadian-skaters-head-to-finland-for-the-fifth-isu-grand-prix/

Olympics.com's articles on skaters competing in Helsinki:
Sarah Everhardt (Nov. 13): https://olympics.com/en/news/figure...grams-future-training-buddy-malinin-interview
Junhwan Cha (Nov. 12): https://olympics.com/en/news/cha-ju...ating-help-guillaume-cizeron-choreo-exclusive
Camden Pulkinen (Nov. 11): https://olympics.com/en/news/figure...inance-work-milano-finlandia-trophy-interview
Preview (Nov. 11): https://olympics.com/en/news/kagiyama-yuma-looks-to-double-up-at-finlandia-trophy-2024-preview

 

[TAHbKA]

Greetings from the ladies practice.
Yoshida's 2A3T is horizontally huge. Didnt expect it

 

[TAHbKA]

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[TAHbKA]

Schild is fighting with her jumps, the jumps are winning

 

[TAHbKA]

Thorngren's bielmann is beautiful. The music is so tedious even the JPN skaters stopped jumpimg and are trying not to fall alseep

 

[TAHbKA]

Petrokina 3loop3s is all over the place. 3f2t is nice.

 

[TAHbKA]

Gutnan so far with the double jumps only

 

[TAHbKA]

Gutman 3t3t step out
Yun 3f
There is close to nothing going on on the ice

 

[TAHbKA]

Gutman 3t3t and that was the most exciting thing in the last 5 mins

 

[Wyliefan]

New Barbie costumes for Piper and Paul. Again.

Piper Gilles on Instagram: "Ahhhh another costume?!?!? Yup!!! California Barbie and Ken volume 4 🌺 - - #wicked #piperandpaul #icedancer #iceskating #figureskaters #iceskatingfun #figureskatingcostumes #"

2,343 likes, 61 comments - pipergilles on November 14, 2024: "Ahhhh another costume?!?!? Yup!!! California Barbie and Ken volume 4 🌺 - - #wicked #piperandpaul #icedancer #iceskating #figureskaters #iceskatingfun #figureskatingcostumes #".

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[sus2850]

Thorngren's bielmann is beautiful. The music is so tedious even the JPN skaters stopped jumpimg and are trying not to fall alseep

I really like her skating, but I am almost the only one, I guess.

You did not see men‘s practice? Would love to know how Kevin Aymoz is doing. Hope he does not feel too much under pressure to make the final.

 

[TAHbKA]

In a way it's annoying Gutman has the best programme out of 6 ladies here

 

[sus2850]

New Barbie costumes for Piper and Paul. Again.

Piper Gilles on Instagram: "Ahhhh another costume?!?!? Yup!!! California Barbie and Ken volume 4 🌺 - - #wicked #piperandpaul #icedancer #iceskating #figureskaters #iceskatingfun #figureskatingcostumes #"

2,343 likes, 61 comments - pipergilles on November 14, 2024: "Ahhhh another costume?!?!? Yup!!! California Barbie and Ken volume 4 🌺 - - #wicked #piperandpaul #icedancer #iceskating #figureskaters #iceskatingfun #figureskatingcostumes #".

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I prefer the lifeguard or the scuba diving outfit.

 

[TAHbKA]

Yun is an amazing skater - gorgeous lines and all and then a second before a jump she turns into Kristin Frazer, the jump is over and we get Yun again

 

[Wyliefan]

Yun is an amazing skater - gorgeous lines and all and then a second before a jump she turns into Kristin Frazer, the jump is over and we get Yun again

You're going to have to help me with this one. I don't remember Kristin Frazer.

 

[Cayuse]

New Barbie costumes for Piper and Paul. Again.

Piper Gilles on Instagram: "Ahhhh another costume?!?!? Yup!!! California Barbie and Ken volume 4 🌺 - - #wicked #piperandpaul #icedancer #iceskating #figureskaters #iceskatingfun #figureskatingcostumes #"

2,343 likes, 61 comments - pipergilles on November 14, 2024: "Ahhhh another costume?!?!? Yup!!! California Barbie and Ken volume 4 🌺 - - #wicked #piperandpaul #icedancer #iceskating #figureskaters #iceskatingfun #figureskatingcostumes #".

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I think this is a fun way to gain attention!

 

[victorskid]

New Barbie costumes for Piper and Paul. Again.

Piper Gilles on Instagram: "Ahhhh another costume?!?!? Yup!!! California Barbie and Ken volume 4 🌺 - - #wicked #piperandpaul #icedancer #iceskating #figureskaters #iceskatingfun #figureskatingcostumes #"

2,343 likes, 61 comments - pipergilles on November 14, 2024: "Ahhhh another costume?!?!? Yup!!! California Barbie and Ken volume 4 🌺 - - #wicked #piperandpaul #icedancer #iceskating #figureskaters #iceskatingfun #figureskatingcostumes #".

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But which ones will they wear in the actual competition - we saw 3 versions in Halifax

 

[victorskid]

You're going to have to help me with this one. I don't remember Kristin Frazer.

Kristin Fraser - Wikipedia

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[Wyliefan]

Kristin Fraser - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Thanks, but I still don't know what it means to "turn into Kristin Fraser" before a jump.

 

[Debrah]

My favs are still the SC RD Red & White lifeguard ones, they hit all the right vibrations, while the rest have their merits and are certainly fun Barbie/Ken fashion statements for practice outfits; my vote for the real deal RD costumes remains retro Lifeguard, all the way to Boston, where they may come in very handy to help revive their competition WHEN, not IF, they win the RD, with their fun, innovative, entertaining, authentically so them RD, LOL! We all saw the magic last season with their dark emotional WH FD, This RD has that same Piper/Paul magic IMO.

 

[TAHbKA]

You're going to have to help me with this one. I don't remember Kristin Frazer.

She was known for a terrible posture

 

[Wyliefan]

She was known for a terrible posture

Gotcha.

I like Ahsun a lot -- I hope she can overcome the tendency!

 

[Kateri]

I think this is a fun way to gain attention!

How can you be Barbie, if you don't have 500 outfits?

(If she fully committed to this bit, for the last comp of the season, she'd have the ragged scissor-cut crop and felt-tip pen all over her face)

 

[Rukia]

(If she fully committed to this bit, for the last comp of the season, she'd have the ragged scissor-cut crop and felt-tip pen all over her face)

i would uber forever if she did this

 

[Ms Bumblebee]

I really like her skating, but I am almost the only one, I guess.

You did not see men‘s practice? Would love to know how Kevin Aymoz is doing. Hope he does not feel too much under pressure to make the final.

Kevin did good, didn’t look rattled when couple of the jumps didn’t workout. I remember his demeanor last year and now he looks level headed. His music runthrough was free skate. In the last minutes of their group session he did his short program.

 

[Spikefan]

i would uber forever if she did this

Worlds Gala.

 

[TAHbKA]

А bad fall for Fear, Gibson carried her off the ice

 

[TAHbKA]

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Oh dear, keep us updated

 

[BlueRidge]

What does the instagram say, I don't have access