Grenoble 2024 news, photos, practice reports, clips, recaps, etc.

[TAHbKA]

the medical team is back. Good. There are no French pairs, but still...

 

[TAHbKA]

There are little kids somewhere on the top of the rink who are screaming bloody hell every time something interesting (or not, they were screaming during Fear/Gibson's lifts... there was nothing interesting about those) going on

 

[TAHbKA]

Metelkina/Berulava LP
Macii did a huge 3T with a 2a. Conti 3t2a2a

 

[TAHbKA]

Metelkina/Berulava sbs3s, he continued to a 2a2a

Ghilardi/Ambrisoni did a throw, it was so huge I thought it was a split twist - she was scratching the ceiling.
MetelkinaBerulava sbs 3t

Metelkina/Berulava trow 3lz

 

[TAHbKA]

ContiMacii are saking whether papa can hear them. GhilardiAmbrosini 3t2a2a

Metelkina 2s/Berulava 3s

 

[TAHbKA]

This time Berulava popped the jump, Metelkina did a 3.

Ghilardi/Ambrosini are quite impressive, but I have a soft spot for Conti/Macii.

 

[TAHbKA]

The last group of today. yay. Am freezing and a bit tired.

The Japanese seem to be skating much slower than the Americans adn the Germans

 

[TAHbKA]

Miura/Kihara are skating through the programme without the elements.
Hase/Volodin did the elements without the programme

 

[TAHbKA]

Kam/OShea skated the whole programme with the elements, got a bit apart on the spins.

 

[TAHbKA]

KamOshea sbs 3t she falls. Kam 3t clean

Hase/Volodin split twist nice, not as enormous as Ghilardi/Ambrosini.

There isn't much going on on the rink, frnakly...
Miura 3t turns 1a 2a
Kihara 3s
KamOShea sbs 3s Kam falls.

 

[TAHbKA]

Thank you for flying brown Grenoble sparrows, see you tomorrow! Not sure I will come to all the practices, but will try to see the seniors.

 

[Evgeniafan]

Thank you for flying brown Grenoble sparrows, see you tomorrow! Not sure I will come to all the practices, but will try to see the seniors.

Your posts are great.

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks for sharing @TAHbKA! Hope you were able to warm up.

NBC Sports' Nick Zaccardi's GPF preview (Dec. 3):

Grand Prix Final figure skating preview: Can Ilia Malinin, Kaori Sakamoto be dethroned?

The Grand Prix Final, the most exclusive event in figure skating, airs live on Peacock this week.

www.nbcsports.com

Golden Skate has begun posting mixed zone photos & quotes on X & Instagram: https://x.com/goldenskate & https://www.instagram.com/goldsk8

 

[Sylvia]

The ISU also made a 2-minute promo/hype video for the Junior Grand Prix Final skaters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f87ugpzLh_U

Mone Chiba article by Shintaro Kano (Dec. 4): https://olympics.com/en/news/figure-skating-grand-prix-final-2024-chiba-mone

MAO Yanzheng is in Grenoble and has a dedicated page for his GPF/JGPF photos: https://www.mao.ph/2024gpf

 

[Sylvia]

Re-posting 3 clips here from Yuma Kagiyama's fan thread:
4F landed with flow out: https://x.com/kagiyamas/status/1864282547082985854
Not jumping: https://x.com/kagiyamas/status/1864280511532663200 & https://x.com/kagiyamas/status/1864284465339473941

Jackie Wong's previews/predictions for the Men: https://www.rockerskating.com/news/...-preview-men-maybe-this-one-will-be-different
Women: https://www.rockerskating.com/news/...-final-preview-women-japan-nationals-plus-one

 

[barbk]

The ISU also made a 2-minute promo/hype video for the Junior Grand Prix Final skaters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f87ugpzLh_U

Mone Chiba article by Shintaro Kano (Dec. 4): https://olympics.com/en/news/figure-skating-grand-prix-final-2024-chiba-mone

MAO Yanzheng is in Grenoble and has a dedicated page for his GPF/JGPF photos: https://www.mao.ph/2024gpf

OK, the way the YouTube red button overlays the graphic, it looks like we're in for some Snarkle on Ice. And I'm here for it!

 

[toddlj]

OK, the way the YouTube red button overlays the graphic, it looks like we're in for some Snarkle on Ice. And I'm here for it!

New name for the snark thread.

 

[4rkidz]

Thank you for flying brown Grenoble sparrows, see you tomorrow! Not sure I will come to all the practices, but will try to see the seniors.

Thanks for all the reports, I will track you down tomorrow

 

[TAHbKA]

Thanks for all the reports, I will track you down tomorrow

I will be wearing THE scarf

 

[Sylvia]

Hana Yoshida video interview by Judith Dombrowski (Dec. 1): https://www.goldenskate.com/hana-yoshida-welcomes-challenges/

Kevin Aymoz article by Lena Smirnova (Dec. 4): https://olympics.com/en/news/france...enoble-grand-prix-final-home-family-interview

Who will podium at Grand Prix Final? | That Figure Skating Show (with Asher Hill and Brenda Irving for CBC Sports): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mntr2dAnrGo

Jackie Wong's Pairs preview/predictions: https://www.rockerskating.com/news/...prix-final-preview-pairs-an-exciting-showdown

ETA link to Japanese Junior practice photos:

フィギュアGPファイナル　ジュニア公式練習 ［写真特集1/15］ | 毎日新聞

ジュニア女子の公式練習に臨む島田麻央＝フランス・グルノーブルで2024年12月4日、猪飼健史撮影

mainichi.jp

 

[TAHbKA]

Greetints from the rink, the place is the usual mess - there are 3 accreditation centres and all 3 don't have the lists and send people from one to the other. I missed proibably the first pracitce of the parirs.

KamOShea are attempting the throw jump, she falls 1/2 of the time

 

[TAHbKA]

Conti/Macii music - carmen. EEeeekkkk...

They are skating through without the elements.

The Germans did the elements without the programme. The Japanese did the split twist and a sbs 3t (she stepped out I think)

 

[TAHbKA]

Kihara's jumps would not shame a Japanese single skater. Big ones, covering a lot horizontally. Think he has to tame himself to match Miura

 

[TAHbKA]

Macii's jumps are... just as well he is a pair skater.

 

[TAHbKA]

Ladies practice. All 6 are here, Sakamoto, Glenn, Higuchi and one more skater are with the costumes

 

[TAHbKA]

Аm uploading short videos to instagram

 

[TAHbKA]

Matsuikes music 3z3t clean . spins, 3f fall on the one knee glide. I'm sure there was a 2a, but I missed it

 

[TAHbKA]

Chiba - no costume for her. I kinda hate the music, 3/3t 2a think the edge was so deep it was lucky she didn't slip. Kaori and Chiba were jumping at the same time, so no idea who did what

 

[TAHbKA]

Yoshida's music. No costume for her either, Higuchi 3z3t Yoshida 3/3t

 

[TAHbKA]

Higuchi's music. She is incredibly fast.