German Skating News - Season 2021/2022

[Sylvia]

Nolan Seegert update: https://twitter.com/DLF_Sport/status/1490550136145162243
"Figure skater Nolan Seegert tested positive for Corona at the Winter Olympics. Talking to @mjrieger
he seems quite patient in the quarantine hotel, although he urgently needs to train on the ice."
Feb. 6:

Corona bei Olympia in China - "Wie Russisch Roulette"

"Wie Glücksspiel" fühle es sich an, sagt Eiskunstläufer Nolan Seegert im Dlf über die Gefahr einer Coronainfektion bei Olympia. Der Paarläufer sitzt in einem Quarantänehotel fest und hofft auf negative Tests, damit er wieder trainieren und noch am olympischen Wettbewerb teilnehmen kann.

www.deutschlandfunk.de

 

[Quadjump]

Siggi's and Hendryk's commentary at Men's olympic SP:

Hendryk said that after Chen's performance that he ll get 120 although it was impossible with a technical score around 65. Siggi Was of the opinion that the jugdes had given the PCS to Jason for free. This SP had not been impressive...

Well. It gets worse and worse.

 

[Andrea82]

I see Tim Dieck is under "close contacts" protocol.

7 days have passed since his contacts with Seegert, he has been freed from the close contact procedure.

 

[Andrea82]

Seegert left covid hotel on Friday.

 

[text_skate]

Here is an interview with Nolan (in German), posted yesterday by Zeit (he was still in c19-hotel). It's quite interesting.
What do you do all day, Mr. Seegert?

 

[MichaelK]

Nolan is finally out of quarantine. Hopefully he and Minerva will nevertheless have a good competition and skate up to their potential.

Olympia | Corona: Nach Corona-Quarantäne: Nolan Seegert zurück im Paarlauftraining

Eiskunstläufer Nolan Seegert hat laut DOSB am Freitagnachmittag (11. Februar) das Quarantäne-Hotel in Peking verlassen und ist zurück in das olympische Dorf gezogen.

www.sportschau.de

 

[Xela M]

Aww poor Hase/Seegert. I felt for him. She was so lovely and supportive to him afterwards. Are they a couple?

 

[Sabine-Yuna]

Aww poor Hase/Seegert. I felt for him. She was so lovely and supportive to him afterwards. Are they a couple?

They are not a couple. She probably was expecting a meltdown like this. He barely makes it through a FS anyway without major mistakes, but after beeing in quarantine for so many days... If it wouldn't have been be the Olympics they probably would have skipped this competition. I'm glad she was never in danger falling down on a lift or so.

 

[Kelvster]

it is indeed v tough but when they look back I hope they will be proud of all that they have achieved.

Kudos to Minerva for showing what a supportive Partner she is ... I hope they can come back strong and deliver excellent results in the future!

 

[text_skate]

Article on Hase / Seegert:

Eiskunstlauf bei Olympia 2022: Erst Traum, dann Albtraum

Minerva Hase und Nolan Seegert werden im Paarlauf Letzte. Das Resultat sagt vor allem etwas über die erbarmungslose Quarantäne aus.

www.sueddeutsche.de

Excerpts, maschine translation:

Pair skating is an extremely artistic, strength-sapping discipline with complicated throws and triple jumps as well as lifts in which the partner has to let the partner rotate on her hands above her head, all in motion, in time to the music and on narrow skates. After four minutes, the skaters come off the ice exhausted, panting with exertion. "Everyone experiences it differently," says Seegert, "sometimes you have heavy legs afterwards, sometimes you can't breathe, sometimes you lose coordination, and if it hits you really bad, then the man with the hammer comes." And those are just strains on normal days. On Saturday, in the Olympic FS, he felt a mix of everything.

interesting bit about his time in c19 jail

The DOSB managed to organise a new room for him, plus an ergometer, which was delivered after a week, but Seegert did not use this either because he was "stringently rejected", as he recounted. His daily PCR tests showed fluctuating CT values, the quarantine doctors would have suspected a causal connection between cycling and viral load, the German doctors ruled this out. "But since I didn't want to mess with the hotel staff every day, I let it go."

Ususally the author of the article is reliable, in this piece OTOH she says H/S were 5th at Euros. Most likely she looked up the results of Euros 2 yrs ago

 

[sandra_persch]

German Team for worlds has been announced

Janse van Rensburg & Steffan will be the dance entry

DEU-Team für Eiskunstlauf-Weltmeisterschaften 2022 in Montpellier 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

 

[text_skate]

German Team for worlds has been announced

Janse van Rensburg & Steffan will be the dance entry

I'm so happy for them . Hopfully they skate in Montpellier as they did at German nationals .

 

[Karen-W]

German Team for worlds has been announced

Janse van Rensburg & Steffan will be the dance entry

DEU-Team für Eiskunstlauf-Weltmeisterschaften 2022 in Montpellier 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

That's great! They deserve it after winning Nats! They gave Mueller/Dieck a strong fight for the Olympics spot.

Also, Nikita Starostin is their entry for Men.

 

[text_skate]

Why go back to Russia in this situation?
dpa, yesterday: https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/e....urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-220301-99-340051

Russia has refused the pairs skaters Minerva Hase and Nolan Seegert as well as the ice dancers Katharina Müller and Tim Dieck entry for training.

"We have been informed of this by the German Armed Forces," Reinhard Ketterer, Vice President of Competitive Sports at the German Skating Union, told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur. Both pairs are in the Bundeswehr's sports promotion programme.

In response to a dpa enquiry, the Federal Ministry of Defence announced that it had decided on Tuesday to ban all male and female sports soldiers from taking part in trips as well as training and competitions in Russia and Belarus. The ban applies to activities that take place within the framework of their official duties. The ministry did not comment on the cancelled plan of the figure skaters.

 

[skatingguy]

Why go back to Russia in this situation?
dpa, yesterday: https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/e....urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-220301-99-340051

I'm assuming that they would have some sort of apartment or residence with personal items they might want to collect, but it was probably naïve to assume that they could just return to training in Moscow as if nothing has changed.

 

[sandra_persch]

I'm assuming that they would have some sort of apartment or residence with personal items they might want to collect, but it was probably naïve to assume that they could just return to training in Moscow as if nothing has changed.

At least they are at home with their families and friends!

 

[Sera]

German nominations for Junior Worlds:

Olesya Ray
Louis Weissert
Letizia Roscher/Luis Schuster
Darya Grimm/Michail Savitskiy

EYOF: Arthur Mai

https://eislauf-union.de/media1/news/789-junioren-weltmeisterschaften-2022-nach-tallinn-verschoben

 

[text_skate]

Savchenko yesterday in "aktuelle sportstudio"

Savchenko: "Es ist schrecklich"

Die deutsch-ukrainische Eiskunstlauf-Olympiasiegerin Aljona Savchenko im sportstudio-Interview.

www.zdf.de

Her father made it out. Her 3 brothers stayed, two of them have medical education: one is a doctor, other still studying

 

[GoneWithTheWind]

Not sure if she technically still counts as part of German news, having been released to the U (competition-wise anyway), but here's some Aljona Savchenko news:

She has been named a Dutch national coach and head of the Dutch national figure skating training centre, with a contract that will last at least until mid-2024.

Article here (in Dutch, I used Google translate and it seemed fairly coherent): https://www.schaatsen.nl/nieuws/202...mpioene-savchenko-als-bondscoach-kunstrijden/

 

[sus2850]

No Janse/Steffan at worlds, sadly:

@benji_st on Instagram: "Unfortunately @jenny.janse and me will not be able to compete at the upcoming world championships this week because I tested positive for covid 19. Naturally both of us are very disappointed but we do wish everyone competing

210 likes, 35 comments - benji_st on March 21, 2022: "Unfortunately @jenny.janse and me will not be able to compete at the upcoming world championships this week because I tested positive for..."

www.instagram.com

 

[Sabine-Yuna]

No Janse/Steffan at worlds, sadly:

@benji_st on Instagram: "Unfortunately @jenny.janse and me will not be able to compete at the upcoming world championships this week because I tested positive for covid 19. Naturally both of us are very disappointed but we do wish everyone competing

210 likes, 35 comments - benji_st on March 21, 2022: "Unfortunately @jenny.janse and me will not be able to compete at the upcoming world championships this week because I tested positive for..."

www.instagram.com

I know it's pretty late, but maybe M/D can step in.

 

[text_skate]

No Janse/Steffan at worlds, sadly:

@benji_st on Instagram: "Unfortunately @jenny.janse and me will not be able to compete at the upcoming world championships this week because I tested positive for covid 19. Naturally both of us are very disappointed but we do wish everyone competing

210 likes, 35 comments - benji_st on March 21, 2022: "Unfortunately @jenny.janse and me will not be able to compete at the upcoming world championships this week because I tested positive for..."

www.instagram.com

Oh no ! Finally they secured a spot on the team, and then this. It's enough to make you jump out of your skin.

 

[Karen-W]

I know it's pretty late, but maybe M/D can step in.

Doubt it? Tim's been enjoying time off the ice and seemed to be on vacation the past week or so?

 

[Sylvia]

I know it's pretty late, but maybe M/D can step in.

The RD draw isn't until Thursday afternoon in Montpellier so there's still a chance, maybe?

Not sure if she technically still counts as part of German news, having been released to the U (competition-wise anyway), but here's some Aljona Savchenko news:

She has been named a Dutch national coach and head of the Dutch national figure skating training centre, with a contract that will last at least until mid-2024.

I didn't see your post until after I had created this GSD news thread last week (this info was also posted in the OES news thread):

Aljona Savchenko signs 2-year contract to be the Dutch national figure skating coach in Heerenveen NED

Starting a new thread with this news (thanks to @wobbly for the heads up in the OES News thread; oops I missed seeing @GoneWithTheWind’s post & link in the German news thread until well after I had started this thread): Aljona Savchenko to move to Heerenveen (Netherlands) to head new Dutch...

www.fsuniverse.net

 

[Sabine-Yuna]

M/D are not going to Worlds. DEU press release says Dieck was sick after the OG and they could not prepare.

 

[text_skate]

Hase/Seegert ending their season with a PB overall and 5th place is just a great ending to a season which resembled a mixed bag, earning best marks in their FS

 

[Sabine-Yuna]

For Seegert this is the best career ending he could ever have dreamed of. I can't imagine him going on (although they say they haven't decided yet).

 

[alj5]

I hope they consider staying in one more season. If Russian skaters still can't compete for next year's Euros, they would be strong contenders for a Euros medal/title.

Also, I just really love them.

 

[Sabine-Yuna]

I hope they consider staying in one more season. If Russian skaters still can't compete for next year's Euros, they would be strong contenders for a Euros medal/title.

Also, I just really love them.

Without their russian coach they'll probably can't keep that level or even improve. I think he is the important factor and it seems that working with him will be difficult in the next year(s).

 

[alj5]

Without their russian coach they'll probably can't keep that level or even improve. I think he is the important factor and it seems that working with him will be difficult in the next year(s).

Or hear me out - Robin Szolkowy returns to Germany and creates the next dynasty of European pairs fusing European, Russian, and a (very tiny) hint of American training methods/environments.