German Skating News - 2022 / 2023 Season

Weren’t there also reports of Hase and Seeger not getting along at times and Seeger supposedly having a “difficult” personality, or something??
 
sus2850 said:
No, he wanted to continue with her and she decided that she needed a better/younger partner to get an Olympic medal.
If she had given it another season with Nolan they could have won a European title possibly this season. Or at least a medal.
But apparently the bad result in Beijing after his covid quarantine ruined the partnership for her.
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omg. Really???? she made this decision because after the result of the Olympics when he was recovering from Covid? I really really enjoyed this team the last two years. I was under the impression that she wanted to stop skating and I do remember reading he was looking for a partner.
 
AngieNikodinovLove said:
omg. Really???? she made this decision because after the result of the Olympics when he was recovering from Covid? I really really enjoyed this team the last two years. I was under the impression that she wanted to stop skating and I do remember reading he was looking for a partner.
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No, we don't know when they made this decision. They did compete at Worlds, and then took some time off, like many other skaters & teams, following the very long Olympic season. They didn't announce their split until the end of June, so I don't know that it was necessarily because of the Olympics or his contracting Covid during the Olympics. They often struggled with a lot of the higher-difficulty elements, and perhaps they both though they might be more successful with different partners.
 
clairecloutier said:
Weren’t there also reports of Hase and Seeger not getting along at times and Seeger supposedly having a “difficult” personality, or something??
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I never heard about him being „difficult“.
I think the issue was that he was not up for another whole olympic cycle and so she was looking for another partner to continue with long-term.
He wrote on Instagram: „I wished for a later ending of our partnership, but Minni wants to go for a new chapter in her skating career.“
See here:
www.instagram.com

Nolan Seegert on Instagram: "Probably the hardest moment of my life... As of today, Minni and me are not are pair team anymore. I wished for a later ending of our partnership, but Minni wants to go for a new chapter in her skating career. There is no

660 likes, 46 comments - nolanseegert on June 20, 2022: "Probably the hardest moment of my life... As of today, Minni and me are not are pair team anymore. I wished for a later ending of our partnership, but Minni wants to go for a new chapter in her skating career. There is nothing left for me...
www.instagram.com www.instagram.com
Anyhow, this is in the past now. And maybe next season the new pair Hase/Volodin will achieve great results.
 
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Oct. 28:
Sera said:
The German national team list has been updated [Sept. 27]:

https://www.eislauf-union.de/files/users/903/Bundeskaderliste2022-2023_Homepage2-1.pdf

Aya Hatakawa and Asaf Kazimov are not listed anymore. So obviously Lopousova/Kazimov have split, Lopousova is still on the list as an individual member.
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Cross-posting Hielo Español's post today here and in the Dance Hall thread: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClgelZ0I4-u/
"Sofia Val & Asaf Kazimov (SK [Hurtado/Khaliavin's] International Ice Dance School). This duo will participate out of competition in the Spanish national championship [Dec. 16-18] since the release is not yet counted to be able to do it officially."

Lopusova/Kazimov's last competition was 2022 Challenge Cup (FD was held on Feb. 25): http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00108993.htm
 
Sylvia said:
Oct. 28:

Cross-posting Hielo Español's post today here and in the Dance Hall thread: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClgelZ0I4-u/
"Sofia Val & Asaf Kazimov (SK [Hurtado/Khaliavin's] International Ice Dance School). This duo will participate out of competition in the Spanish national championship [Dec. 16-18] since the release is not yet counted to be able to do it officially."

Lopusova/Kazimov's last competition was 2022 Challenge Cup (FD was held on Feb. 25): http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00108993.htm
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Which would mean there is no way for Val/Kazimov to try for the Worlds TES mins at the 2023 Challenge Cup, unfortunately. But, it's good that Spain has a new senior dance team going into next season!
 
Last week local daily newpaper Freie Presse in Chemnitz published a piece about Szolkowy and RoSchu, article is behind paywall, today I had access to it, some excerpts:

Robin about his work with RoSchu
"We work quite well as a team. Everyone contributes their ideas, we coordinate very well," says Robin Szolkowy about the finding phase so far. He joined after moving from Switzerland in mid-August, after Ingo Steuer had already been integrated in the months before and helped set up the programmes. "And we already have ideas to bring pairs skating in general forward again in Chemnitz. For example, we are planning a taster course for interested runners in December," he adds. The goal is to create a group with several duos again - just as it was common and performance-enhancing in their active times.
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They are far from overestimating the results.
They know that there is still a hard way to go on the way up in all areas. But they are highly motivated to fulfil their dreams of competing in the Olympics one day. And there is also pride in the fact that they are accompanied by such a prominent duo. "They have made history, they are role models. We understand each other, it's really fun," the 21-year-old member of the German Armed Forces Sports Support Group sums up. They find it very pleasant that Robin Szolkowy is also present at the competitions. "He seems relaxed, always brings calmness into it, knows exactly what things you need at competitions," reports Letizia Roscher.
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Robin's work and family situation
Thanks to his home office, he can easily combine his travels with his main job in real estate. The fact that he returned to Chemnitz with his family after seven years did not initially have anything to do with figure skating. After working as a coach in Moscow, the USA and Switzerland, he and his wife Romy made this decision in the spring after weighing up various possibilities and conditions, including social and financial security.
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They wanted to settle down, build something long-term for the future, son Henry (6) was about to start school. When Robin Szolkowy then received a great job offer with prospects from his long-time friend André Bauer, who is the boss of a financial services company with a real estate department, the decision was made in favour of Saxony. Because he had already built up a second mainstay in this industry. At the moment, about 80 per cent of his time is spent in this job, the rest of the time he devotes to his sporting passion, especially in the evenings.
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Another decisive factor was that he had a huge circle of friends since his earlier time in Chemnitz - after all, the Erfurt native spent 20 years in the city. "Already at our welcome party, where the hut was full, I immediately had the feeling that it was our mentality and that we would feel very comfortable again. The kids got along with each other right away, too, and now have lots of friends. Everything just fits," enthuses the father of two. Next to Henry, George (3) makes their happiness perfect. And he says that his partner, a native of Switzerland, also appreciates the friendliness and manners.
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Kristina Isaev beat Nicole Schott as top German at CS Golden Spin a couple of days ago, due to the free skates. Will Isaev become a new senior national champion (early January 2023).

Golden Spin 2022 - Women

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Also…

Today is THE Frau Muller’s 94th birthday! Hurrah! Born 13 December 1928. 🎉
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Jutta Müller - Wikipedia

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Frau Muller said:
Yes. She’s celebrating her 94th bday today…real bday, in real life.
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Here is an article for you, a regional tabloid
www.berliner-kurier.de

Sie war die DDR-Goldtrainerin: Jutta Müllers einsamer Geburtstag in einem Bernauer Pflegeheim – auch Katarina Witt kann nicht zum Gratulieren kommen

Zu Besuch kommen heute nur Tochter Gaby Seyfert und die Enkelin Sheila.
www.berliner-kurier.de www.berliner-kurier.de

In the summer, Jutta Müller moved from Chemnitz to a Bernau nursing home. (Bernau a neighbouring town to Berlin, served by public transport from Berliner S-Bahn )
With daughter Gabriele (74) and granddaughter Sheila (48), only the closest relatives are allowed to attend the congratulations. Since the summer, the former power woman has been living in a nursing home in Bernau near Berlin. "I brought my mother closer to me, so my husband Egbert and I can visit her faster and more often," says two-time world champion Gaby Seyfert, explaining her mother's move from Chemnitz to Brandenburg.
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"Most recently, I regularly went to Chemnitz to visit her. I realised that I was simply too far away to be able to be with her quickly in an emergency," Gabriele Seyfert told Super-Illu. "I said it was about time she lived near me."
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sandra_persch said:
German Junior and Novice Nationals (singles only) will take place this weekend.

Deutsche Nachwuchsmeisterschaften 2023

Event results for Deutsche Nachwuchsmeisterschaften 2023
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Recap (Dec. 21, 2022) - Olesya Ray and Luca Fünfer won the Junior women's and men's national titles, respectively:

Olesya Ray und Luca Fünfer siegen bei Deutschen Junioren-Meisterschaften in Oberstdorf

Die Deutsche Eislauf-Union e.V. ist nationaler Spitzenverband für Eiskunstlaufen, Eistanz und Synchroneiskunstlaufen und einer von nur 7 olympischen Wintersportverbänden.
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Alexander Vlascenko, the son of Germany's 4-time national champion/7-time World competitor Andrejs Vlascenko, won the Junior SP and the men's bronze medal.

Two-time Olympian Paul Fentz has announced the end of his competitive sports career. Since 2012, the figure skater has always stood on the podium in his ten DM participations. After a decade at the top of the national team, it's time for a new chapter: the 30-year-old has arrived in professional life and is passing on his experience as an assistant coach to the next generation. (Jan. 3, 2023 press release):

Zehn Jahre nationale Spitze: Paul Fentz beendet Eiskunstlauf-Karriere

Die Deutsche Eislauf-Union e.V. ist nationaler Spitzenverband für Eiskunstlaufen, Eistanz und Synchroneiskunstlaufen und einer von nur 7 olympischen Wintersportverbänden.
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German Nationals competition thread in Kiss & Cry:
 
Nolan Seegert has retired.

https://www.eislauf-union.de/de/media1/news/893-nolan-seegert-beendet-seine-karriere-als-paarläufer

Olympic participant Nolan Seegert ended his athletic career as a pair skater. From now on, the Berliner will focus on his studies and will remain in competitive sports as a coach. At the beginning of the new year, Nolan Seegert informed the German Skating Union (DEU) that he had decided to end his competitive sports career. After the separation from his long-term partner Minerva Hase, the 30-year-old could not find a suitable new partner. "I very much regret that it was not possible for me to find a partner with whom it would have made sense to build a team," says Nolan Seegert, explaining his motivations.
 
Sera said:
Nolan Seegert has retired.

https://www.eislauf-union.de/de/media1/news/893-nolan-seegert-beendet-seine-karriere-als-paarläufer

Olympic participant Nolan Seegert ended his athletic career as a pair skater. From now on, the Berliner will focus on his studies and will remain in competitive sports as a coach. At the beginning of the new year, Nolan Seegert informed the German Skating Union (DEU) that he had decided to end his competitive sports career. After the separation from his long-term partner Minerva Hase, the 30-year-old could not find a suitable new partner. "I very much regret that it was not possible for me to find a partner with whom it would have made sense to build a team," says Nolan Seegert, explaining his motivations.
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uggggggg

This is been the most disappointing year for me with retirements. I love him. I want to see him on the ice is it because she didn’t wanna stay with him anymore? I love him so much

he could be my next husband
 
Sera said:
Nolan Seegert has retired.

https://www.eislauf-union.de/de/media1/news/893-nolan-seegert-beendet-seine-karriere-als-paarläufer

Olympic participant Nolan Seegert ended his athletic career as a pair skater. From now on, the Berliner will focus on his studies and will remain in competitive sports as a coach. At the beginning of the new year, Nolan Seegert informed the German Skating Union (DEU) that he had decided to end his competitive sports career. After the separation from his long-term partner Minerva Hase, the 30-year-old could not find a suitable new partner. "I very much regret that it was not possible for me to find a partner with whom it would have made sense to build a team," says Nolan Seegert, explaining his motivations.
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Can’t he keep on searching? Maybe he didn’t give it enough time. I’d be willing to skate same sex with him and do it for Canada…
 
I wonder if he tried Amani Fancy she skated pairs for GB a few years ago and I am sure she has German citizenship and I think she was pretty amazing don’t know if she is still skating though
 
flatfoot said:
I wonder if he tried Amani Fancy she skated pairs for GB a few years ago and I am sure she has German citizenship and I think she was pretty amazing don’t know if she is still skating though
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She hasn't skated competitively since splitting with Chris Boyadji soon after the British Championships in late 2015. Last I heard she had graduated uni and was working in a non-skating job.
 
Aljona is going to return to Chemnitz in April and coach together with Robin. Aljona, Robin and the rink in Chemnitz all posted about it today and there's also an article, which is pay-per-view only unfortunately, so I can't read all of it:

www.freiepresse.de

Paukenschlag: Eis-Traumpaar Aljona und Robin in Chemnitz wieder vereint

Der Traditionsstandort im Eiskunstlaufen bekommt internationales Flair. Paarlauf-Olympiasiegerin Aljona Savchenko kehrt im April an ihre alte Wirkungsstätte zurück und wird mit ihrem früheren Eis-Partner Robin Szolkowy und weiteren Trainern aus dem Ausland Talente fördern. Bis es soweit ist...
www.freiepresse.de www.freiepresse.de

I'm therefor a bit confused on whether this is a permanent move or something like a camp, but from the wording I assume it's permanent. Just not 100% sure, cause it also says something about "other international coaches" too.

This article is free, but doesn't have much more information except for a quote from Robin, who says they want to put back Chemnitz on the international scene of figure skating.

It also mentions Aljona will bring 2 coaches with her, so I assume it's really a move.
I wonder if the 2 coaches Aljona brings along are Alexandra Nazarova and her husband. They've been working with her, so that would make sense.
 
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It was clear from the very beginning that Aliona's Dutch "affair" will end in this way.

Aliona does not have any gifts for coaching. I wish to be wrong of course.
Look on Hotarek what he has done with Italian pairs!
 
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