German Skating News - 2023 / 2024 Season

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Pre-comp reporting

Süddeutsche, dpa article: Paarläufer Hase/Wolodin greifen nach EM-Gold

Paarläufer Hase/Wolodin greifen nach EM-Gold

www.sueddeutsche.de

excerpts re. funding:

DEU sports director Claudia Pfeifer thinks that the success of the two Berlin couples with a view to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo is again promising in the race. In order to target Olympic medals, money is needed in this costly sport that is missing. Halving the federal funding after the 2021 Olympic debacle in Beijing without top ten places ensured low tide in the association fund and need among figure skaters.
...
With a follow-up approval of 250,000 euros by the federal government, something could be helped out of the bredouille for them and other runners. "The level of frustration was high on the association side and among the athletes," said Pfeifer, emphasizing: "The surcharge does not help in the long term, but only until spring."

The example of the DEU shows how vulnerable the potential analysis (PotAS) and its data are, on the basis of which the financial support is decided. "The system is for the sport figure skating not fitting, "criticized sports director Pfeifer. This means that one cannot make a" valid statement about the athlete potential "of an association.

This applies particularly to the new dream couple Hase and their Russian partner Wolodin. After just one year of training together, the two 24-year-olds are the current number one in the pair skating world. "We specifically targeted the newcomers and drew attention to their potential," said Pfeifer.

At the beginning there was only one video and no results and therefore no positive funding notice for the duo. "We delivered and demonstrated that our potential analysis was correct," emphasized the DEU sports manager.

Interview with Hase on web.de, also on Nikita learning languages (English and German)
Hase about European Championships: "We want to be on the podium"

Eiskunstlauf-Star Hase vor EM: "Wir wollen ums Podium mitlaufen"

Im Interview spricht Deutschlands Eiskunstlauf-Star Minerva-Fabienne Hase unter anderem über die letzten Erfolge, die Ambitionen bei der kommenden Europameisterschaft und die geplante Einbürgerung ihres russischen Laufpartners Nikita Volodin.

web.de

article mainly about Hocke/Kunkel in FAZ:
"I could no longer put my own socks on"

Eiskunstlauf-EM: Comeback von Hocke und Kunkel abseits des Hypes

Nach langer und schmerzhafter Pause kehren Annika Hocke und Robert Kunkel bei der Eiskunstlauf-EM aufs Eis zurück. Das Comeback soll für beide auch ein Stück weit zur Therapie werden.

www.faz.net

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Holy crap, seeing close-ups of Robert Kunkel in the kiss and cry at the European free skate….. How have I neglected to nominate him for PSOTY? Oh my gosh next year he will be at the top of my list.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled program!

 

[Quadjump]

Just want to mention that Aljona became 40 years old yesterday.

Who should had known that the level of pair skating has dropped so much since 2022. With the right partner she still would have been unbeatable this year.

Never understood why she did not team up with Eric Radford after 2019. I heard that he was interested several times.

 

[Frau Muller]

Just want to mention that Aljona became 40 years old yesterday.

Aljona can top Ludmila Protopopov, at this rate!

 

[Wyliefan]

To no one's surprise, Grimm/Savitskiy won the Bavarian Open junior dance by miles, despite a mistake in their FD steps.

RD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiqFWuqbaJ8
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Hq1R-5ILI

Darya looked really upset about the mistake; probably thinking ahead to Junior Worlds. Fingers crossed they can have the skate they want there!

 

[text_skate]

press release by German fed (Saturday)

Grimm/Savitskiy gewinnen erste deutsche Junioren-WM-Medaille im Eistanzen

Die Deutsche Eislauf-Union e.V. ist nationaler Spitzenverband für Eiskunstlaufen, Eistanz und Synchroneiskunstlaufen und einer von nur 7 olympischen Wintersportverbänden.

www.eislauf-union.de

The three-time German junior champions Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy have achieved something that no German ice dance couple in the history of junior world championships has ever achieved before. At the Junior World Championships in Taipei, the talented team, who train at Rostislav Sinicyn at the Oberstdorf federal base, reached a podium. With a new personal best of 162.13 points, the team won after two strong performances (RD and FD) the bronze medal.

"It's great to have won a medal here," Michail Savitskiy (20) was happy. "It is the first JWM medal in the junior distance for Germany at all, which is of course fantastic."

"It's a bit unfortunate that we missed silver because of my mistake in the Twizzles, but it was still our best FD in the season," said Savitskiy.

Local newspaper Allgäuer Zeitung published an article:

Oberstdorfer Eistänzer sorgen für WM-Premiere

Bei der Junioren-Weltmeisterschaft der Eiskunstläufer in Taiwan erzielen Darya Grimm und Michail Savitskiy vom EC Oberstdorf ein historisches Ergebnis.

www.allgaeuer-zeitung.de

(basically the press release from German fed)

 

[Wyliefan]

They've won either gold or bronze at every competition this season, and some of that was while dealing with illness or injury.

 

[text_skate]

They've won either gold or bronze at every competition this season, and some of that was while dealing with illness or injury.

I like them a lot. Every medel is well deserved

 

[text_skate]

Local newpapers sometimes report on personal achievements, which are not news worthy in the big world.
After Junior Worlds the tiny local edition "Bramsche Nachrichten" (5500 copies) of the big local newpaper NOZ (Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, Lower Saxony) published a piece (paywalled) about

Tobija Harms from Bramsche achieves his goals at the World Figure Skating Championships

excerpt:

Figure skaters Tobija Harms from Bramsche and Aliyah Ackermann from Würzburg can mark up their second Junior World Championships as a success. Why the duo made it to the final in Taipei (Taiwan) was also down to a difficult figure that earned them a lot of points.

"We had set ourselves the triple twist and reaching the freestyle as our goals. Both worked out," said a delighted Tobija Harms the day after the final round. The young man from Bramsche and his figure skating partner had put in a good performance in the short programme, which was enough for them to reach the final. Thanks to 16th place, the team was able to outperform German junior champions Sonja and Robert Löwenherz (Berlin) and qualify for the free skate.

in FS they tried triple throw which didn't work out, they

• placed 15th, 113,08 pts
• are satisfied with their performance
• can enjoy the rest of time in Taipei

Tobija Harms would like to join Sportfördergruppe (no clue how to tranlate that word) of Bundeswehr (probably Aliyah Ackermann, too; not sure they talked to her, too)

I'd like to mention: they train in Oberstdorf (I'm terribly biased when it comes to Oberstdorf
)

To the journalist I'd like to say: Talk also to the girl, the guy didn't achieve his goal by himself as the headline suggests

 

[Marta24]

I can't remember the last time we had a dance team as talented as G/S. I really hope the DEU doesn't screw this up. They said after Junior Worlds that they are staying Juniors, so they are definitely going to be one of the top contenders to win Gold next season.

 

[Sylvia]

Darya Grimm has shared 10 photos from her and Michail Savitskiy’s historic bronze medal winning Junior Worlds for Germany (includes their cute doll gifts at the end): https://www.instagram.com/p/C4ILp_qLXHt/

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Michail’s reply in the comments: “It feels great, writing history. It feels even greater, writing it together!”

 

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A post for Müller fans, some news are older
in February the Sports' Council of Chemnitz decided to rename Eisposrtzentrum into Jutta-Müller-Eissportzentrum

Chemnitz benennt Eissportzentrum nach Jutta Müller | MDR.DE

Jutta Müller war eine Eiskunstlauftrainerlegende, kümmerte sich jahrzehntelang um den sportlichen Nachwuchs und verhalf vielen Läufern zu großen Erfolgen. Nun soll ihre Wirkungsstätte in Chemnitz auch ihren Namen tragen.

www.mdr.de

The Cente was officially renamed on March, 10th.

Eissportzentrum Chemnitz mit großer Eis-Gala nach Jutta Müller umbenannt | MDR.DE

Im November starb mit Jutta Müller eine Ikone des deutschen Eiskunstlaufs. Das Chemnitzer Eissportzentrum im Küchwald trägt nun ihren Namen. Mit einer großen Eisshow wurde die erfolgreiche Trainerin gefeiert.

www.mdr.de

with gala, link to gala (2hrs 9 min, should be non geo-blocked, lots of talk, some figure skating, her life)

Sport im Osten: Eisgala 'Eine Hommage an Jutta Müller' - hier anschauen

Im November 2023 starb mit Jutta Müller eine Ikone des deutschen Eiskunstlaufs. Am Samstag gibt es ihr zu Ehren eine Eis-Gala, um das Wirken der Chemnitzer Ehrenbürgerin zu würdigen. 'Sport im Osten' war live dabei.

www.ardmediathek.de

 

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Pre competition reporting
taz - it's mainly about artistic v jump oriented skating (Uno v Malinin, Russian wonder beans), not very interesting, and about chances for German skaters: Starostin: difficult to beat last year's placement, Pairs: potential

Medaillenchancen bei Eiskunstlauf-WM: Schö-ö-ö-n gegen Drehrumbum

Der Japaner Shoma Uno und der US-Amerikaner Ilia Malinin interpretieren ihren Sport sehr unterschiedlich. Siegt der Techniker oder der Athlet?

taz.de

Süddeutsche:

Eiskunstläufer Hase und Nikita Wolodin: Das Problem der Exzellenz

Die Paarläufer Hase und Wolodin haben Lehren aus dem jüngsten Malheur gezogen: bei der WM keinen Gedanken ans Ranking verschwenden.

www.sueddeutsche.de

Excerpts:

Skating without thinking about the consequences, that's Minerva Hase for the World Cup in Montreal, the last competition of winter. No point counting in the death spiral, no extrapolation in rotations high above the ice surface if it is whirled through the air by just one hand of the partner.

At Euros excpectations got to them.

"I learned that I have to focus more on myself - not on the expectations that I set for myself," she said before the World Cup, which starts on this Wednesday. After the Grand Prix final, she had noticed how attention rose, also in the media, the treacherous word "medal hope" made the rounds. "I had these hopes myself after the Grand Prix successes and thought the opportunity was good," says Hase. "And then it circles in the head. I allowed that too much. That doesn't mean I don't want a medal." But in the preparatory phase of a big competition, she realized, it was more advantageous not to "get too biting into this goal".

Sportschau (focus on Hase/Volodin)

Paarläufer Minerva Hase und Nikita Volodin - Entspannt zur WM-Medaille?

Nach ihrem raketenhaften Aufstieg war die Enttäuschung nach der Nullnummer bei der Europameisterschaft im Januar groß. Bei der WM wollen es die Berliner Paarläufer Minerva Hase und Nikita Volodin nun lockerer angehen lassen.

www.sportschau.de

Sport 1 (focus on Isaev, goal to reach final)

Eiskunstlauf-WM: Isaev visiert Finalteilnahme an

Die Mannheimerin will ihre WM-Premiere genießen - und visiert das Finale an.

www.sport1.de

ZDF, Interview with Hase, focus on her partnership with Volodin, a Russian skater, and finding a partner

Eiskunstlaufen - WM: Warum Hase mit einem Russen startet

Minerva Hase startet mit dem Russen Nikita Wolodin bei der WM. Sie erzählt über die schwierige Partnersuche und die Ziele für die Titelkämpfe.

www.zdf.de

rbb inforadio (audio), about Hocke/Kunkel

Eiskunstlauf WM: Hocke und Kunkel wollen fehlerfreie Programme zeigen

Im kanadischen Montreal haben die Eiskunstlauf-Weltmeisterschaften begonnen. Dort starten im Paarlauf auch die Berliner Annika Hocke und Robert Kunkel. "Unser Ziel ist, unsere harte Arbeit zu präsentieren", sagt Hocke. Von Stephanie Baczyk

www.inforadio.de

H/K are very happy in Bergamo, not so with finances, but a lot of shows for Holidays on Ice
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rbb

Minerva Hase und Nikita Volodin "wollen wieder mehr Freude ausstrahlen"

Zwei Paarlauf-Gespanne aus Berlin stehen bei den Eiskunstlauf-Weltmeisterschaften in Montreal aus deutscher Sicht besonders im Fokus: Hase und Volodin haben "Hummeln im Hintern", Hocke und Kunkel hoffen auf ein versöhnliches Saisonende. Von Anton Fahl

www.rbb24.de

- Minerva Hase has overcome the disappointment at the European Figure Skating Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania.

"We're trying to go into the competition more relaxed again," says Hase in an interview with rbb|24. "We want to radiate more joy again. I was very tense the whole European Championships. I couldn't enjoy it as much as other competitions."

Hocke:

"We have developed further. I hope that's exactly what we can show," Hocke announces. "We're really enjoying training at the moment. It would be great for us if we could end the season with a really good experience and result."

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eta: today in MiMa, video appr. 2 min (the headline is misleading, neither Isaev nor Steffen are talking about top 10)

Alles zum Wintersport

Hier sehen Sie Nachrichten, Berichte, Interviews und Ergebnisse zum Wintersport.

www.sportschau.de

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Link to Sportschau article with streaming links

Zeitplan, Kader, Favoriten: Alle Infos zur Eiskunstlauf-WM

Die Eiskunstläufer suchen in Montreal ihre neuen Weltmeister. Wann sind die einzelnen Wettkämpfe? Wer sind die Favoriten und wie sehen die Chancen der Deutschen aus?

www.sportschau.de

 

[Frau Muller]

A post for Müller fans, some news are older
in February the Sports' Council of Chemnitz decided to rename Eisposrtzentrum into Jutta-Müller-Eissportzentrum

Chemnitz benennt Eissportzentrum nach Jutta Müller | MDR.DE

Jutta Müller war eine Eiskunstlauftrainerlegende, kümmerte sich jahrzehntelang um den sportlichen Nachwuchs und verhalf vielen Läufern zu großen Erfolgen. Nun soll ihre Wirkungsstätte in Chemnitz auch ihren Namen tragen.

www.mdr.de

The Cente was officially renamed on March, 10th.

Eissportzentrum Chemnitz mit großer Eis-Gala nach Jutta Müller umbenannt | MDR.DE

Im November starb mit Jutta Müller eine Ikone des deutschen Eiskunstlaufs. Das Chemnitzer Eissportzentrum im Küchwald trägt nun ihren Namen. Mit einer großen Eisshow wurde die erfolgreiche Trainerin gefeiert.

www.mdr.de

with gala, link to gala (2hrs 9 min, should be non geo-blocked, lots of talk, some figure skating, her life)

Sport im Osten: Eisgala 'Eine Hommage an Jutta Müller' - hier anschauen

Im November 2023 starb mit Jutta Müller eine Ikone des deutschen Eiskunstlaufs. Am Samstag gibt es ihr zu Ehren eine Eis-Gala, um das Wirken der Chemnitzer Ehrenbürgerin zu würdigen. 'Sport im Osten' war live dabei.

www.ardmediathek.de

Now added to my Retirement Travel List: Visit and have a selfie taken at the Jutta Muller Ice Rink!

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks for your links, @text_skate! I also bumped up the Jutta Muller thread on March 10 when the Gala & dedication ceremony took place : https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...-has-passed-away-aged-94.111180/#post-6564742

CONGRATS to Minerva & Nikita (BRONZE!) and Annika & Robert (placed 5th in FS & overall) on their wonderful free skates last night!!!

WM-Tag 2: Minerva Hase/Nikita Volodin gewinnen Bronzemedaille in Montreal

Die Deutsche Eislauf-Union e.V. ist nationaler Spitzenverband für Eiskunstlaufen, Eistanz und Synchroneiskunstlaufen und einer von nur 7 olympischen Wintersportverbänden.

www.eislauf-union.de

 

[Miezekatze]

Germany is going to apply for Worlds in 2027 or 2028 (with Dortmund):

DEU bewirbt sich um Austragung der Eiskunstlauf-WM 2027 oder 2028 in Dortmund

Die Deutsche Eislauf-Union e.V. ist nationaler Spitzenverband für Eiskunstlaufen, Eistanz und Synchroneiskunstlaufen und einer von nur 7 olympischen Wintersportverbänden.

www.eislauf-union.de

 

[sandra_persch]

If only they would try to host a JGP again!

 

[Sylvia]

Germany's 2024-25 National team / Bundeskader list was published on May 1, 2024: https://www.eislauf-union.de/files/users/1002/Bundeskaderliste2024-2025_Homepage.pdf

Olympiakader (2 pairs): Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel and Minerva Fabienne Hase/Nikita Volodin

Perspektivkader (2 men, 3 ice dance teams): Nikita Starostin, Kai Jagoda; Jennifer Janse van Rensburg/Benjamin Steffan, Charise Matthaei/Max Liebers, Darya Grimm/Michail Savitskiy

EK (1 woman, 1 pair): Kristina Isaev; Letizia Roscher/Luis Schuster

NK1 (4 women, 5 men, 3 pairs, 3 ice dance teams):
Anna Gerke, Julia Grabowski, Nikol Kalugina, Olesya Ray;
Luca Fünfer, Hugo Herrmann, Arthur Mai, Soner Öztürk, Leon Rojkov;
Aliyah Ackermann/Tobija Harms, Sonja Löwenherz/Robert Löwenherz, Janne Salatzki/Lukas Röseler;
Karla Maria Karl/Kai Hoferichter, Alexia Kruk/Jan Eisenhaber, Lilia Schubert/Nikita Remeshevskiy.

Nachwuchskader 2: https://eislauf-union.de/files/users/1002/Bundeskaderliste_NK22024-2025_Homepage.pdf

 

[Karen-W]

I'm glad that Hocke/Kunkel will get more funding next season. Maybe they'll stop griping about it all over the media, lol.

 

[Sabine-Yuna]

I'm glad that Hocke/Kunkel will get more funding next season. Maybe they'll stop griping about it all over the media, lol.

It's only a little more funding. Only 100 or 200€ more per month. Not really a step up.

 

[Ananas Astra]

Is Lara Luft still skating?

 

[Wyliefan]

When she split with Pfisterer last year, the word was that she was searching for a new partner, but as far as I know she hasn't found one.

 

[sandra_persch]

Aliyah Ackermann/Tobija Harms - Lilia Schubert/Nikita Remeshevskiy.

Do we know if they are eligible to skate Juniors next season?

 

[Karen-W]

Do we know if they are eligible to skate Juniors next season?

They will be if the age proposal increase passes at the ISU Congress next month.

 

[Wyliefan]

Darya Grimm and Michail Savitskiy doing disco with choreographer Deniz Dean:

https://www.instagram.com/stories/michail_savitskiy/3385254331948387864/

He doesn't seem to be a regular choreographer for skaters, so probably just helping them add some moves to what will be their eventual program.