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[GoneWithTheWind]

Grand Prix Assignments for the Italian Skaters:

Skate America: Daniel Grassl

Skate Canada: Guignard/Fabbri

Cup of China: Daniel Grassl, Della Monica/Guarise, Ghilardi/Ambrosini

NHK: Matteo Rizzo

IdF: Gabriele Frangipani

Rostelecom: Matteo Rizzo, Della Monica/Guarise, Guignard/Fabbri


Somewhat surprisingly, G/F got an excellent draw of events, and look to be favourites for 2 silver medals.

DM/G look to be solid favourites for a bronze at CoC, but will be in for a fight to medal at Rostelecom.

I'm excited to see Frangipani get a GP spot too!

 

[Sylvia]

Cafecito con Masha's 30-minute interview with Daniel Grassl earlier today (July 12): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNTHrcGiL2g

 

[TAHbKA]

Can Kostner just decide she wants another Olympic bronze medal, unretire and get team Italy to the bronze? I mean gold will go to Russia, silver to the USA, but the bronze is pretty much for grabs. Between Georgia and Italy with Kostner am not sure who would take it.

 

[npavel]

Can Kostner just decide she wants another Olympic bronze medal, unretire and get team Italy to the bronze? I mean gold will go to Russia, silver to the USA, but the bronze is pretty much for grabs. Between Georgia and Italy with Kostner am not sure who would take it.

Kostner never retired. She has started to go on ice only a few months ago

 

[zigzig]

Woooah - they used Kostner's Shostakovich music in White Lotus. So random and cool.

 

[Sylvia]

ISU feature on Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise (interviewed at WTT): https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...-what-we-have-and-what-we-do?templateParam=15

Catching up on 2 more ISU "In the Spotlight" interviews (YouTube interview links are embedded)...

Matteo Rizzo (July 23): https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...races-change-to-move-forward?templateParam=15

Daniel Grassl (Aug. 20): https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...a-venturing-into-outer-space?templateParam=15

Re-posting this news from the GP assignments thread (posted on the Italian federation's website today):

Italy (Turin) has applied to replace Cup of China

https://www.fisg.it/web/figura-la-f...tare-la-terza-tappa-di-isu-gran-prix-2021-22/

Machine translated excerpt:
"Since 2017 we have been organizing major events on our territory continuously, demonstrating capacity, generating value and with important feedback from all points of view" - explains the president of the FISG, Andrea Gios. "We did not hold back last season, in full pandemic, by organizing the Italian Grand Prix in complete safety, and so we want to give our availability also on this difficult occasion in which to get involved, given the circumstances, involves greater risks. We intend to do so, once more, to support our athletes, to allow them to compete on such a prestigious stage and in a stage that will certainly be crucial in their approach to the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games. We now look forward to the answer with confidence of the ISU."

 

[Jeschke]

As it came up in the Finlandia SP thread:
Is Rizzo back with his old coaches?

http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00013919.htm

 

[Andrea82]

The selection criteria set by Italian Federation for 2021/22 seasons is

Single and Pairs

The selection of the athletes / pairs of the National Team fort ISU Championships (World and Junior World Championships, European Championships), the Olympics, Universiade and Youth Olympics (YOG), the EYOF, the Team Event, the World Team Trophy, are made on the basis of the calculated ranking position:

- at the end of the Italian Championships for the designation to the European Championships and Youth Olympics (YOG), Universiade;

- at the end of the European Championships and in any case within the deadline for registrations to the Junior World Championships, if the ISU calendar foresees none or too few races in the second part of the season, for the designation to the Junior and Senior World Championships, to the Olympics , to the Team Event and the World Team Trophy, unless otherwise indicated by CONI (Olympic Committee) and ISU for the closing of registrations.

The ranking is calculated by adding the total score including the choreo sequence (short + free) of the Italian Championships with:

• 2 highest total scores among those of the Italian Grand Prix races, FISG Calendar races, international competitions, ISU international competitions and ISU Events assigned by the CT (Italian Fed's Technical Commission) - for European Championships and YOUTH OLYMPICS (YOG)
• 3 highest total scores among those of the Italian Grand Prix races, FISG Calendar races, international competitions, ISU international competitions and ISU Events assigned by the CT - for Junior and Senior World Championships of which at least one must be obtained after the Italian Championships

When an athlete with relevant sporting merits (participation with results within top 10 at the Olympics, Junior and Senior World Championships and within top 5 at the European Championships, Team Event or Junior or Senior Grand Prix Final) does not have a position in the ranking, the Technical Commission may, after verifying the athlete's shape, select him to one ISU Championship.

An athlete who, due to adequately documented force majeure, cannot take part in the Italian Championship, can replace the score, for the purposes of the partial ranking, with the total score (short + free) of an international competition of the current season. or, failing this, the last international competition of the previous season. In the latter case, the total score must be multiplied by the coefficient of 0.9 if it is from ISU Championships or Challenger Series and by 0.8 if it is an international competition.

In the event that the difference in score in the ranking between two or more athletes competing for the selection is less than or equal to:

• 30 points in the male category
• 20 points in the female category
• 15 points in the couples category

the Technical Commission can select for different competitions not only the athlete or the couple with the best ranking position, but also those in the following positions, so as to allow athletes of a similar level to gain experience in important competitions , also taking into consideration the ISU ranking and, for the Junior, YOG and EYOF World Championships, the execution of the most valuable mandatory elements in the Short Program.

Source: https://static.fisg.it/wp-content/u...olamento-ARTISTICO-2021-22-CF-94-08072021.pdf

Ice Dance

All the couples that are part of the Elite National Team and the National Team 2021/22, are ordered according to a ranking calculated by adding the total score of the following races:
 Junior and senior categories:
Italian Championship + Egna Dance Trophy + average of the 2 best international and / or national competitions (Egna excluded)
 Novice categories (basic, intermediate, advanced):
Italian Championship + 2 best national or international competitions
The total score of the selected races is added together and defines the valid score for the ranking (Total ranking score).

The couple who, for serious reasons of force majeure adequately documented, could not take part in one of the scheduled races or in the Italian Championship, for the calculation of the ranking can use the score obtained in another race on the national / international calendar.

In the event that a junior or senior couple does not participate in the Egna Trophy, the total score of this race will be considered equal to zero, except as provided for in article 24. Only for couples who have achieved a result in the current or previous season in the first 5 places at the ISU championships, the total score of another race of the current season will be considered as a total score.

(article 24) If due to accidents, causes of force majeure (for example cancellation of an international competition), serious and documented family reasons, a couple is totally or partially devoid of valid scores for the definition of the ranking (could not participate in one or more races among those foreseen for the calculation of the ranking1), this will be defined considering a minimum number of two races (national and / or international) of the season, subject to communication to the CT.

The selection of the Ice Dance teams of the National Team for ISU Championships (European, World and Junior World Championships), at the Olympics, Universiade, EYOF, YOG and Team Event, are made on the basis of the calculated ranking position:

• at the end of the Italian Championships for the designation to the European Championships and Youth Olympics (YOG),
• at the end of the Egna Dance Trophy for the designation to the Junior and Senior World Championships, the Universiade, the Olympics, the Team Event and the World Team Trophy,unless otherwise indicated by CONI and ISU for the closing of registrations.

On the basis of the ranking position, the designated couples will gradually be enrolled in the ISU Championships as owners or as first substitutes and thereafter, compatibly with the ISU requirements for participation in the competition in question, age and achievement of the necessary score.

In the event that the difference in score in the ranking between two or more couples competing for the designation is less than or equal to 15 points, the Technical Commission may designate the couple that it deems most suitable for participation in the competition in question, also taking into account consider the ISU ranking.

In order to ensure the adequate and better representation of Italy in the aforementioned matches, in cases where, on the basis of a sequence of recent results, a couple not belonging to the National Team and Athletes Team of National Interest is clearly of a higher than a team that is part of it, or a team in a lower ranking position is clearly higher than a pair in a higher ranking position, the first may be designated instead of the second on the motivated opinion of the Technical Commission.


Source: https://static.fisg.it/wp-content/u...-Regolamento-DANZA-2021-22-CF-95-08072021.pdf

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So basically, the "at least one must be obtained after the Italian Championships" will basically ensure that Europeans score for Rizzo, Grassl and Frangipani will be one of the 3 international scores included in the calculation.
Guignard/Fabbri are exempted from doing Egna Dance Trophy.
The "if the 2 competitors are within X points in the ranking, we can do whatever we want" is pretty priceless...

 

[Andrea82]

Based on the competitions done so far, the rankings (sum of top 2 total scores) look as follows:

Men (2 Olympic spots, 3 Euro spots)
Rizzo 473.15 (238.75 Finlandia + 234.4 Budapest)
Grassl 469.23 (247.8 Lombardia + 221.43 Skate America)
Frangipani 438.64 (229.39 Nebelhorn + 209.25 Finlandia)
Memola 400.72 (197.63 JGP Linz + 203.09 Nice)

The other men seen in JGPs are way behind.

Coming up
Rizzo: NHK, Rostelecom
Grassl: GP Italy, Challenger Warsaw
Frangipani: GP Italy, Internationaux de France
Memola: Challenger Warsaw

Race for #2 Pair Olympic spot (they have 3 spots for Euros)

Ghilardi/Ambrosini 326.77 (172.68 Lombardia + 154.09 Budapest)
Conti/Macii 303.78 (150.22 Lombardia + 153.56 Nice)

Coming up
Ghilardi/Ambrosini: GP Italy, Internationaux de France
Conti/Macii: GP Italy, Challenger Warsaw

Women
Too few have already 2 international competitions to make the totals worthy.

 

[Jeschke]

Thanks @Andrea82 , I had such a busy weekend and are way behind.
Does Memola's JGP score count towards senior's race?
Not that I think it would matter in the end, just outta curiosity.

 

[Andrea82]

Thanks @Andrea82 , I had such a busy weekend and are way behind.
Does Memola's JGP score count towards senior's race?
Not that I think it would matter in the end, just outta curiosity.

Good question. In the section of the regulations about selection rankings, they don't specify if Junior events count towards the selection ranking for senior ISU championships.

In the section about the general ranking of the national team, they count because for Seniors you have to eliminate the points of the choreo sequence (and various adjustments for pair lifts) in order to make senior scores comparable to junior scores.
Indeed, back in 2018/19 when the Fed published the final of the ranking at the beginning of following season, in the same ranking with Rizzo, etc, they had Memola with 603.59 points which was the sum of Junior Nationals+Egna+Cup of Tyrol+Skate Victoria

https://static.fisg.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/09125000/SQUADRA-NAZIONALE-ARTISTICO-2019-2020-1.pdf

I agree that it won't matter in the end. Memola has done well in JGP and Nice and it is doing around 200 points which is not enough to threaten Frangipani.
Counting or not Junior competitions could have mattered in Women. However, Fed basically didn't send any-one around in JGP series except for Negrello who skated poorly anyway.

 

[Andrea82]

Beccari was scheduled for Tirnavia Cup but withdrew in the end.

So far this season, at international level, we have seen only

Gutmann 166.98 at Lombardia + 164.60 at Nebelhorn
Negrello 143.93 at Lombardia + 130.02 at Courchevel#2

Looking at the national competitons, among the usual or potential names, I only see Rodeghiero who competed at the first stage of of National Championship Series (and she scored very poorly: 117.50 beaten by Greta Baldan).

Coming up

Italian GP: Gutmann, Beccari
Cup of Austria: Negrello, Rodeghiero
Warsaw Cup: nobody
Skate Celje: Gurmann, Rodeghiero

On 13-14th November there is the second stage of National Championship Series in Aosta and the women entry list currently is

1 Baldan Greta
2 Beccari Lucrezia
3 Gennaro Lucrezia
4 Gutmann Lara Naki
5 Negrello Ginevra Lavinia
6 Pezzetta Anna
7 Piredda Marina
8 Poletti Francesca
9 Rodeghiero Roberta
10 Schwarz Ester

 

[Jeschke]

We need news on Talalaikina's release procedure.

If this turns out to be Gosviani 2.0 I will be lv.4.

 

[Andrea82]

Attempt to compute the rankings for selection...

They published the criteria in July. They couldn't be certain that we would have had a sort of normal season. So the list of competitions where to get the scores contains everything, from GP Final to the Cup of Friendship...
The elephant in the room is the "assigned by the technical commission" part and we don't know such assignments.

In computing the following rankings, I didn't consider regional/national competitions for skaters who were sent out internationally (for instance, I ignored Grassl's score at the first stage of Italian Championship Series).
I will consider such events when the field includes all the main contenders (such as next week's stage for Women)

Criteria according to Federation's document

Single and Pairs
Europeans: sum of nationals + 2 other best results
Olympics/Worlds: sum of nationals +3 other best results, one of them being achieved after Nationals.
Dance
European: Nationals + average of the 2 best international and / or national competitions
Worlds: Italian Championship + Egna Dance Trophy + average of the 2 best international and / or national competitions

Spots
Men: 3 for Europeans, 2 for Olympics and Worlds, 2 for Junior Worlds
Women: 2 at Europeans (really, I forgot we had 2 spots), 1 everywhere else
Pairs: 3 for Europeans, 2 for Olympics and Worlds, 1 for junior Worlds
Ice Dance: 2 for Europeans, 2 for Worlds, 1 for Olympics, 1 for Junior Worlds

Men

1) Grassl 516.8 (269 GP Italia + 247.8 Lombardia)
2) Rizzo 473.15 (238.75 Finlandia + 234.4 Budapest)
3) Frangipani 438.89 (229.39 Nebelhorn + 209.5 Finlandia)
4) Memola (eligible for Juniors) 400.72 (203.09 Nice Sr + 197.63 JGP Linz)
5) Nalbone (Jr) 355.53 (179.13 NRW Jr + 176.4 JGP Baltic Cup)
6) Zich (Jr) 320.25 (161.83 NRW Jr + 158.42 Nice Sr)
7) Indelicato (Jr) 310.4 (159.07 JGP Linz + 151.33 Nice Jr)
8) Barison (Jr) 248.58 (130.48 Nice Jr + 118.1 Stage 1 of National Championship Series)
9) Fadini 145.81 (Nice Sr)
10) Renoldi (Jr) 121.23 (JGP Baltic Cup)


Women

Gutmann 331.58 (164.6 Nebelhorn + 166.98 Lombardia)
Negrello 270.95 (140.93 Lombardia + 130.02 JGP Courchevel)
Beccari 148.29 (GP Italia)

Nobody else seen internationally so far. Even at national level. Only Rodeghiero with a poor 117 score.


Pair

1) Della Monica/Guarise 367.36 (188.1 Lombardia +179.26 GP Italia)
2) Ghilardi/Ambrosini 338.13 (172.68 Lombardia + 165.45 GP Italia)
3) Conti/Macii 306.28 (153.56 Nice + 152.72 GP Italia)

Junior

the two pairs seen at JGP don't have the minimum TES so far.

Dance

1) Guignard/Fabbri 202.75 (average of Lombardia and Skate Canada)
2) Portesi Peroni/Chrastecky 155.4 (Lombardia and Nebelhorn)
3) Moscheni/Fioretti 148.13 (Mezzaluna Cup and GP Italia)

PP is currently injured. PP/C will miss Nationals. If recovery goes well, they may be back for Egna Trophy but they won't be in top shape with all missing months of training.

Junior

(I included only those with 2 international competitions this season)

1) Calderari/Cilli 145.275 (JGP Kosice and Mezzaluna)
2) Tali/Frasca 139.99 (Mezzaluna + NRW)
3) Galimberti/Mandelli 134.095 (JGP Russia + Volvo Cup)
4) Kirichenko/Pellegrini 130.345 (Mezzaluna + NRW)
5) Ventura/Bonetto 110.64 (NRW+Mezzaluna)
6) Finelli/Pedesini 102.575 (NRW+Nice)

 

[Jeschke]

Rizzo not safe for now, but with that non-great-scoring FS of Frangi his chances seem pretty good.

 

[Andrea82]

A Ice Dance tryout for Elisabetta Leccardi and Mattia Dalla Torre?

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[Panja]

A Ice Dance tryout for Elisabetta Leccardi and Mattia Dalla Torre?

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Well, Mattia and Eliabetta both are beautiful skaters if not superb at the jumps. Ice Dance of course has other requirements but I can see them doing well.

 

[Andrea82]

Rizzo not safe for now, but with that non-great-scoring FS of Frangi his chances seem pretty good.

Update

1) Grassl 516.8 (269 GP Italia + 247.8 Lombardia)
2) Rizzo 494.59 (255.84 NHK + 238.75 Finlandia)
3) Frangipani 438.89 (229.39 Nebelhorn + 209.5 Finlandia)

I think the ranking based in the end on 4 results suits Rizzo better than Frangipani. At the moment, Frangipani is not consistent enough. He is already not consistent within the same competition. However, if everything clicks, I see him getting 250-260 scores. However, I really can't see him doing these kind of scores enough times to challenge Rizzo.

Women

Negrello scored 147.85 at Cup of Austria.
Rodeghiero scored 114.49 which is in line with the score she scored in a domestic competition a few weeks ago (IIRC 117-118). Basically, she is out of contention.

Result of second stage of Italian Champioship Series held this weekend in Aosta

Gutmann 186.96
Pezzetta (born in 2007. So not age eligible for Seniors) 167.76
Beccari 159.29
Piredda 159.16

Gutmann looks the favourite for the Olympic spot (Team Event).
For the second Euro spot the race could be tight. Beccari and Piredda tied this week. And 159 with a domestic panel isn't probably so much higher than Negrello's 147 in Austria. Beccari had around 8 points more in PCS than at GP Italia.

 

[Sylvia]

We need news on Talalaikina's release procedure.

If this turns out to be Gosviani 2.0 I will be lv.4.

Nov. 14th article by Rustam Imamov "Skater Talalaikina can not issue a transfer to the Italian national team": https://m.sport-express.ru/figure-s...et-oformit-perehod-v-sbornuyu-italii-1857611/
Machine translation:

Figure skater Maria Talalaikina, who previously competed in Russian domestic competitions in the last offseason, planned to arrange a transfer to the Italian national team. Talalaikina previously trained in St. Petersburg with coach Evgeny Rukavitsyn.

As it became known to "SE", Maria has not yet been able to settle the transition with the Russian Figure Skating Federation and has no right to compete for Italy at international competitions. At the moment she left our country and plans to train in Europe.

Note that earlier Talalaikina's coaches reported that she did not discuss with them her transfer to another national team and the termination of further cooperation. Also, the general director of the FFKKR Alexander Kogan stated that the FFKKR did not give Maria permission to move. Recently, any athlete who has played in the last two seasons at the national championship or championship has no right to change sports citizenship without the consent of the national federation.

 

[Jeschke]

So what are we making out of this? Fed is pissed and Talalaikina has still to wait 13months at least?
Wasn’t the 2yrs time period for those with international outings and one for those 1 inner-fed?

I am known no country-switch fan (in singles) but I am less a fan of holding a skater without giving them any prospects of competing internationally.

 

[Karen-W]

So what are we making out of this? Fed is pissed and Talalaikina has still to wait 13months at least?
Wasn’t the 2yrs time period for those with international outings and one for those 1 inner-fed?

I am known no country-switch fan (in singles) but I am less a fan of holding a skater without giving them any prospects of competing internationally.

Sounds about right. It sounds like they're ticked off that she didn't ask for a release before it was announced. I can't say I blame the fed for being pissed/annoyed in that scenario, especially in an Olympic season. If she's serious about skating for Italy, long term, then sitting out until Jan 2023 and just focusing on her training isn't that big of a deal. It isn't as though any of the Italian women, either senior or junior, are setting the skating world on fire. There will be opportunities for her in 13 months.

 

[love_skate2011]

Why is she in such a hurry ? I understand why they dont want to release her.

like leaving the country and already training somewhere else and waiting just for the release, anticipating much isn't really good
usually the plan will not happen.

 

[Andrea82]

The entries for Senior Nationals (4-5 December)

Women

1 Baldan Greta 14/05/2002
2 Beccari Lucrezia 18/12/2003
3 Gennaro Lucrezia 25/07/2001
4 Gutmann Lara Naki 06/11/2002
5 Negrello Ginevra Lavinia 17/12/2004
6 Orru' Alice 27/11/2001
7 Pezzetta Anna 06/03/2007
8 Piredda Marina 28/09/2002
9 Poletti Francesca 24/04/2002
10 Rodeghiero Roberta 07/04/1990
11 Schwarz Ester 09/04/2005
12 Tornaghi Alessia 03/07/2003

Men

1 Fadini Alessandro 04/05/1998
2 Frangipani Gabriele 31/12/2001
3 Grassl Daniel 04/04/2002
4 Rizzo Matteo 05/09/1998
5 Zich Raffaele Francesco 23/06/2006

Pairs

1 Della Monica Nicole - Guarise Matteo
2 Ghilardi Rebecca - Ambrosini Filippo
3 Conti Sara - Macii Niccolò
4 Valesi Anna - Piazza Manuel
5 Caldara Irma Angela - Maglio Riccardo Maria

Senior Ice Dance

1 Guignard Charlene - Fabbri Marco
2 Moscheni Carolina - Fioretti Francesco
3 Leccardi Elisabetta - Dalla Torre Mattia

 

[her grace]

Tornaghi

 

[GoneWithTheWind]

The entries for Senior Nationals (4-5 December)

4-5 December is going to make for a very tight turnaround before the GPF for Charlene and Marco (assuming they qualify, barring any major issues they should hope for a silver at Rostelecom to go with their silver from Skate Canada). GPF is 9 – 12 December.

 

[Jeschke]

Tornaghi

@Hanna

 

[Andrea82]

Some points, not necessarily connected

- Local competition in Trento this weekend: Negrello 180.71 Piredda 174.42

- I notice a lack of international competitions for women this season, except for Gutmann and Negrello. It is a bit strange because in the other disciplines skaters have been sent around often. Up and coming men have gotten opportunities in Challengers, second tier junior men have gotten JGPs and some B events. Junior Dancers had JGPs and those not making JGPs were sent to NRW or Nice (other than Mezzaluna Cup). Junior Pairs (who are, without wanting to sound offensive, pretty weak) got JGPs. Third-tier senior pairs got B events. So it must have not been a Fed strategy but rather some choice by the skaters' coaching teams.

- I re-read the ranking document published this summer. It is sometimes ennerving that often skating documents are not written clearly. It is often happen with ISU documents too. Here, in the Single & Pair document, I see that first they state that the selection for Europeans will take place after Italian Championships and the selection for Worlds and Olympics will take place after Europeans. And then, in the following point, they specify how the ranking is calculated for Europeans (Nationals + 2 other competitions) and for Worlds (Nationals + 2 other competitions including 1 being after Nationals) but they forget to say which ranking should be used for Olympics. I suppose it is the same method used for Worlds as the cut-off is the same (after Europeans).

- Updated on the ranking (top 2 international competitions)

Men

Neither Grassl or Frangipani improve their standing as this week's performances outscore their previous top 2. Memola had a solid outing in Warsaw

1) Grassl 516.8 (269 GP Italia + 247.8 Lombardia)
2) Rizzo 494.59 (255.84 NHK + 238.75 Finlandia)
3) Frangipani 438.89 (229.39 Nebelhorn + 209.5 Finlandia)
4) Memola 414.68 (211.59 Warsaw + 203.09 Nice) ** but he's not entered at Senior Nationals. Junior Nationals will be in February
5) Zich 372.57 (189.53 Warsaw + 183.04 Austria)
..(sone juniors only doing junior events)
Fadini 324.94 (179.13 Skate Celje + 145.81 Nice)

Rizzo can further improve with a good outing at Rostelecom Cup. Fadini and Zich are the ones assigned to Golden Spin. It means Frangipani isn't supposed to do any other international competition before Europeans, meaning that his current top 2 international scores will be part of the final calculation.

Pair

Conti/Macii sensibly improved their performances at Warsaw Cup. However, Ghilardi/Ambrosini also improved at IdF. Overall, the C/M cut the deficit but they are still quite behind.

1) Della Monica/Guarise 367.36 (188.1 Lombardia +179.26 GP Italia)
2) Ghilardi/Ambrosini 348.87 (176.19 IdF + 172.68 Lombardia)
3) Conti/Macii 321.6 (168.04+153.56 Nice)

 

[GoneWithTheWind]

The Italian team (DM/G, G/F and Rizzo) have finally arrived in Sochi for Rostelecom, after being stuck on the plane for an extra 3.5 hours due to a snowstorm. However, Rizzo is now facing the same problem as the Canadian skaters: his luggage with his skates hasn't arrived. (This is possibly true of DM/G and G/F too, but I've only seen an Instagram story from Matteo R. about it).
Hopefully the problem is resolved soon!

 

[GoneWithTheWind]

The Italian team (DM/G, G/F and Rizzo) have finally arrived in Sochi for Rostelecom, after being stuck on the plane for an extra 3.5 hours due to a snowstorm. However, Rizzo is now facing the same problem as the Canadian skaters: his luggage with his skates hasn't arrived. (This is possibly true of DM/G and G/F too, but I've only seen an Instagram story from Matteo R. about it).
Hopefully the problem is resolved soon!

Matteo's luggage has now arrived!
In total, it took the Italian contingent nearly 40 hours to get to Rostelecom, wishing them all the best of luck!

 

[Andrea82]

The entries for Senior Nationals (4-5 December)

Women

1 Baldan Greta 14/05/2002
2 Beccari Lucrezia 18/12/2003
3 Gennaro Lucrezia 25/07/2001
4 Gutmann Lara Naki 06/11/2002
5 Negrello Ginevra Lavinia 17/12/2004
6 Orru' Alice 27/11/2001
7 Pezzetta Anna 06/03/2007
8 Piredda Marina 28/09/2002
9 Poletti Francesca 24/04/2002
10 Rodeghiero Roberta 07/04/1990
11 Schwarz Ester 09/04/2005
12 Tornaghi Alessia 03/07/2003

Tornaghi has withdrawn