German Skating News - 2024 Onwards

[Katha]

It was a nice piece and Daniel Weiss was pretty interesting there, I thought. He's very biased in his skating commentary, but also knowledgable, I've kinda gotten used to taking the good with the bad and enjoy it for what it is. Bindl and Winkler were also fine for their events. I thought they did a creditable job with the Olys commentary in general.

Anyway, back to Weiss here. I kinda agree that the FP is great when it's skated cleanly. It's a bit risky because IMO it falls apart if they start making mistakes and makes less of an impression. The music and choreo are kinda constructed towards it being viewed as a whole piece, so if they disrupt it with mistakes, it falls apart more than perhaps more energetic/easier music.

 

[coralline]

Sara KISHIMOTO & Michail SAVITSKIY RD debut at a Japanese local competition
https://youtu.be/2Gcgc8aCw4M?si=08Wy4l5kQP6PaeJs

 

[Wyliefan]

Not a bad start, but so slow. I hope they can get their speed up.

 

[Andrea82]

Whom was the middle finger by Anna Gerke in K&C (SP) at Skate Berlin directed to?
Judges? Federation? Some haters?

 

[Wyliefan]

Wait, what? Is there video of this middle finger?

 

[Andrea82]

Wait, what? Is there video of this middle finger?

It is in the Day 2 - Part 2 stream

https://sporteurope.tv/berlinereissportverband

She is the first skater of the Junior Wonen SP.

The screenshot https://ibb.co/21mcVvW7

 

[Miezekatze]

I just looked at it, from the timing I'd guess it's the score she doesn't like, maybe some levels.

I watched a documentary about her and Julia Grabowski 1 or 2 year ago and thought her personality sure is something.

Last season during the JGP she messed up a jump and after her program, when the next skater had already taken the ice, instead of directly leaving she repeated the failed jump and rage stormed off the ice

I don't think this level of ambition will mix well with puberty (and the typical adjustment phase were your body doesn't always do exactly what you want it too)

 

[Wyliefan]

Probably not the way to win over the judges ...

 

[my little pony]

imagine the k & c with her as Ian somerville's partner

 

[Marta24]

We used to have a "Best KnC reactions" poll on FSU. Surely both Anna Gerke and Ian Somerville would have been very high up on that one.

 

[text_skate]

Team for Worlds:

DEU-Team für Eiskunstlauf-WM 2026 in Prag nominiert

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

Männer
Genrikh Gartung (EC Oberstdorf)

Paarlaufen
Minerva Hase/Nikita Volodin (Berliner SV 1892)
Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel (SC Charlottenburg)

Eistanzen
Jennifer Janse van Rensburg/Benjamin Steffan (EC Oberstdorf)

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Gerke and Gartung seem talented juniors. Are their coaches well known in the sport? Would Gartung pick up the pace if he was with a big-deal coache - Orser, Aritunian, etc.

 

[sandra_persch]

So glad the German Team did well at Junior Worlds.
Those JGP spots are desperately needed for next year especially for the ladies!

German Fed posted a summary too:

Kruk/Eisenhaber tanzen bei Junioren-WM in die Top Ten, Gartung Elfter

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

 

[Vagabond]

We used to have a "Best KnC reactions" poll on FSU. Surely both Anna Gerke and Ian Somerville would have been very high up on that one.

What did Somerville do? (I depend on the German Skating News thread for important information about U.S. ice dancers.)

 

[Sylvia]

Is there any more info in the German press about the uncertain future of the Berlin rink?

https://twitter.com/x/status/2031085754428932385

Not sure if this video excerpt is the source? https://x.com/minikiupdates/status/2031163738779275649

This video report is geoblocked outside of Germany:

Eiskunstlauf: Vor der WM: Paarläufer Hase/Volodin bei "Holiday on Ice"

Ende März steigt die Eiskunstlauf-WM. Dort greifen Minerva Hase und Nikita Volodin nach einer Medaille. Zur Vorbereitung gehört auch ein Auftritt bei der Show "Holiday on Ice" in Berlin.

www.sportschau.de

Clip of Hase/Volodin doing a throw 3S into sbs 3S during Art on Ice rehearsals: https://x.com/minikiupdates/status/2031093210273948055

German pair skaters on IcePartnerSearch.com:
Letizia Roscher, 21 (she and Luis Schuster announced their split after German Nationals): https://icepartnersearch.com/showbio.php?i=7988
Lukas Röseler, 24 in April: https://icepartnersearch.com/showbio.php?i=7858
Lukas Gneiding, 23 in June: https://icepartnersearch.com/showbio.php?i=8012
Maxim Knorr, 23 (recently split from his Swiss partner Pazienza https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00118534.htm): https://icepartnersearch.com/showbio.php?i=8066
Aliyah Ackermann, 18 in May: https://icepartnersearch.com/showbio.php?i=7760

 

[Wyliefan]

How incredibly frustrating for Hase/Volodin.

 

[text_skate]

@Sylvia
I've found this:

However, this could be their last joint appearance at a world championship. Because: “If we are to continue, then it must be in a professional and favorable environment,” explained Hase. “But our federal training center is still hanging in the balance. We have to see whether Berlin will remain a federal training center and whether our coaching team wants to continue. There are still a lot of unanswered questions.”

Eiskunstläuferin Hase: Olympia-Saison ist "mental anstrengend"

Für Minerva Hase und Nikita Volodin geht es Schlag auf Schlag: Nach den Olympischen Winterspielen ist vor der Eiskunstlauf-WM. Auch in Prag zählt das Berliner Paar zu den Favoriten - doch eine gemeinsame Zukunft über diese Saison hinaus ist ungewiss.

www.rbb24.de

The background for all of it (source press release DEU 25.07.2024)

The DEU's application for recognition of Berlin as a federal training center (BSP) was reviewed and approved by the DOSB on the basis of the structural plan, the federal training center structure, and taking into account the structural, milestone, and regional discussions held since 2022 with the aim of optimizing cooperation between the umbrella organization (DEU), state association (BEV), and Berlin clubs, and was approved on sporting grounds.

The DEU's vision of expanding cooperation between coaches at the national training center in the coming years is being implemented in accordance with the training center concept. Under national training center director Jens ter Laak, national junior coaches Rico Rex (pair skating) and Stefano Caruso (ice dancing), as well as new training center coach Robynne Tweedale, state coach Karin Hendschke-Raddatz, former pair skater Nolan Seegert, and other on- and off-ice coaches have established team building in order to jointly develop promising talent. The cooperation between DEU, BEV, and the Berlin clubs is crucial for the future promotion of the location in order to continue to receive support from the DOSB and the funding agency as a federal training center for the new Olympic cycle starting in 2026.

I don't know weather all the personnel is still there, didn't follow closely the last couple of years