Finnish skating news, 2018 onwards

[Karen-W]

Finnish entries for Worlds -

https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1762101323594342782?t=2OGOgNEScUgtIJ8wNdt8pQ&s=19

Women - Nella Pelkonen
Men - Valtter Virtanen
Pairs - Vaananen/Clerici
Dance - Turkkila/Versluis and Orihara/Pirinen

 

[Sylvia]

2024 Worlds results:
Ice Dance: Turkkila/Versluis 10th and Orihara/Pirinen 16th of 36 teams
Women: Nella Pelkonen 24th of 35
Men: Valtter Virtanen 34th of 40
Pairs: Vaananen/Clerici 18th of 24

From: https://twitter.com/Ritti9/status/1780543393136791740
"Finland's national team for 2024-25: Petra Lahti changes countries from Finland to New Zealand (her mother's home country). Matias Lindfors has changed to represent the Virtanens' club. Linnea Ceder is required to show additional proof to keep her spot."

Maajoukkue kaudelle 2024–2025 nimetty - Suomen Taitoluisteluliitto ry

Suomen Taitoluisteluliiton hallitus on vahvistanut yksinluistelun ja jäätanssin lajityöryhmien ehdotuksesta luistelijat maajoukkueeseen. Onnea Valituille! Yksinluistelu, naisetLotta Artimo EsJtPihla Bergman, EsJt, uusiLinnea Ceder, EsJt, ehdollinen*Karina Innos, KoTa, uusiJanna Jyrkinen...

www.stll.fi

16/04/2024
The national team for the 2024–2025 season has been named
The board of the Finnish Figure Skating Association has confirmed the skaters for the national team, based on the proposal of the individual skating and ice dance working groups. Good luck to the chosen ones!

Single skating, women
Lotta Artimo EsJt
Pihla Bergman, EsJt, new
Linnea Ceder, EsJt, conditional*
Karina Innos, KoTa, new
Janna Jyrkinen, LrTL
Iida Karhunen, LrTL
Olivia Lisko, EsJt
Oona Ounasvuori, ETK
Nella Pelkonen, TapTL
Annika Pellonmaa, ETK, new
Emmi Peltonen, HTK
Minja Peltonen, EsJt
Rosa Reponen, TapTL, conditional*
Venla Sinisalo, RauTL, new
Darja Trubitson, RauTL
Selma Välitalo, OLK, new

Single skating, men
Arttu Juusola, PoriTa
Jari Krestyannikov, TapTL, new
Matias Lindfors, PeSal
Makar Suntsev, KoTa
Valtter Virtanen, PeSal

Pair skating
Milania Väänänen–Filippo Clerici, HL

Ice dance
Yuka Orihara–Juho Pirinen, HL
Juulia Turkkila–Matthias Versluis, HL

*conditional – additional screenings are required at the national team's start camp in May or the summer competition in August

GSD thread about Laura Lepisto's autobiography:

Laura Lepistö's autobiography published April 2024 in Finland

Laura Lepistö's autobiography, Voittava mieli [Winning Mind] was published in Finland on April 11, 2024 - her video+post on publication day: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5nNDH6tPp2/ I believe that the themes of the book can resonate, whether you are a parent of a child who is interested, a...

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ETA:

Petra Lahti's ISU bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00111864.htm
Her most recent internationaly competion for Finland was winning Junior bronze at The Nordics (Feb. 3, 2024). She is the 2024 Finnish Junior silver medalist.
Lahti’s end of season post 5 days ago: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5qjdwXIlcO/

2023-2024 season is oveerr!! has been such a great season with a lot of new experiences, great competitions and fun times!
during next season i will be switching countries to represent new zealand as i was born there and have dual citizenship! so excited for next season although i cant compete internationally until february due to rules!
so a big thank you to @skatingfinland for everything!!
also super thankful for @skateshophelsinki and @tslihashuolto aand of course friends and family for all the help this season!