News and updates à la Française, part quatre

[allezfred]

Looking forward to hearing Chris and Simon pronouncing Theo’s surname on Eurosport.

 

[Nmsis]

Looking forward to hearing Chris and Simon pronouncing Theo’s surname on Eurosport.

Easy. Tay-oh Bee-go.
..... Disapointing, isn't it ?

OTOH, did they ever learn to pronounce Guillaume correctly during the 8 last years ?

 

[miffy]

Easy. Tay-oh Bee-go.
..... Disapointing, isn't it ?

OTOH, did they ever learn to pronounce Guillaume correctly during the 8 last years ?

I think they’ve only just found out Takahashi isn’t actually Die-SOO-kee after all

 

[allezfred]

Easy. Tay-oh Bee-go.
..... Disapointing, isn't it ?

OTOH, did they ever learn to pronounce Guillaume correctly during the 8 last years ?

I think you underestimate the ways in which the Eurosport guys can butcher names. My money is on Theee-Oh Big-got.

Think they finally got Guillaume’s name right at the Olympics.

 

[miffy]

I think you underestimate the ways in which the Eurosport guys can butcher names. My money is on Theee-Oh Big-got.

Think they finally got Guillaume’s name right at the Olympics.

Back when I started really following skating C&S were my main source of information. I trusted them. Imagine the shame when I started going to watch live skating and meeting up with FSUers to discover I couldn’t even pronounce names of some Olympic champions correctly...

 

[SLIVER]

Back when I started really following skating C&S were my main source of information. I trusted them. Imagine the shame when I started going to watch live skating and meeting up with FSUers to discover I couldn’t even pronounce names of some Olympic champions correctly...

Like Maria Butryskaya as Simon Reed called her for years(and made me do the same too ). Not Maria Butyrskaya...

 

[allezfred]

Who can forget the incredible Mayo Asado?

 

[Sylvia]

FFSG’s 2022 Junior World team announcement earlier today (March 5): https://www.instagram.com/p/CauefOzI7j7/

@Nmsis posted after Junior Nationals in early February in Kiss & Cry:

Men (2):
Corentin SPINAR (coach : Didier Lucine), François PITOT (Florent Amodio)

Pair (1): Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Flavien GINIAUX (Bruno Massot)

Ice Dance (2):
Célina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX (Karine Arribert)
Eva BERNARD / Tom JOCHUM (Karine Arribert)

Lorine SCHILD (Junior National silver medalist; scored 154.83 to Lola GHOZALI’s 157.88) - coached by Malika Tahir according to her ISU bio.

 

[annelise]

New French pair.
Coline Keriven/Tom Bouvart
They will train in Caen and Paris with Bruno Massot and Claude Peri.

Coline Keriven on Instagram: "Hello everyone ☀️ Après plusieurs semaines d’essais, @tom.bouvart et moi sommes très heureux de vous annoncer notre partenariat! 👊 Nous préparons la prochaine saison au côté de @bruno_massot et @periclaude entre paris et

898 likes, 36 comments - colinekeriven on March 21, 2022: "Hello everyone ☀️ Après plusieurs semaines d’essais, @tom.bouvart et moi sommes très heureux de vous annoncer notre partenariat! 👊 Nous préparons la prochaine saison au côté de @bruno_massot et @periclaude entre paris et Caen 😊 After...

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[Vagabond]

FFSG’s 2022 Junior World team announcement earlier today (March 5): https://www.instagram.com/p/CauefOzI7j7/

@Nmsis posted after Junior Nationals in early February in Kiss & Cry:

Men (2):
Corentin SPINAR (coach : Didier Lucine), François PITOT (Florent Amodio)

Pair (1): Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Flavien GINIAUX (Bruno Massot)

Ice Dance (2):
Célina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX (Karine Arribert)
Eva BERNARD / Tom JOCHUM (Karine Arribert)

Lorine SCHILD (Junior National silver medalist; scored 154.83 to Lola GHOZALI’s 157.88) - coached by Malika Tahir according to her ISU bio.

I foresee some challenges for the British Eurosport guys in the seasons to come.

 

[Karen-W]

Not sure where this belongs, but I'm loving this from the FFSG!

Watch this story by FF Sports de Glace on Instagram before it disappears.

instagram.com

No anciens champions

 

[Nmsis]

As the "little" championships are ending, here are a few french skaters to remember :

Stefania Gladki, coached by Rodolphe Maréchal (Adam Siao Him Fa's coach when he was in Toulouse) in Nice.
She'll be 12 yo next season. She has her triples up to the lutz and two 3-3 but has been punished for under-rotation at novice nats (a bit severe).
She's quite lovely to watch (on this video at 7:48:12)

In the past, this would be the moment where Gailhaguet would put his boot on promising girl coach's throat, her and her parents' head to force her to go to Bercy where she would disapear into the competitive night over the summer.
praying the skating gods that this won't happen anymore

In ice dance, I love far too many novice dancers.
Starting with Dania Mouaden and Théo Bigot (6:03:30, holy cow, was that sharp !)
Nell Denton and Joseph Booth (5:56:10) are also very good. New couple, actually a Schoenfelder/Delobels couple, half Lyon, half St Gervais.

 

[synian]

For those who would like to see the french Team tour exhibition, il will be shown on the https://www.telegrenoble.net/direct.html tonight at 8 PM french time (it is 11 am juste now). or on tv (depend on your tv access : freebox = 903, bbox = 316, sfr = 477, orange = 348, tnt 38 numericable = 477)
Not sure but outside of france you will probably need a vpn ....
The exhibition will be presented by Brian joubert and philippe Candellero.

 

[synian]

running now

 

[Enchanted]

The commentators on Tele Grenoble are rather chatty.

ETA: Now Joubert is skating to Je suis malade I wish the French skaters would choose other songs when skating to French music.

ETA 2: I’m happy Bonheur and Dytrt have the possibility to have a solid show skating career but that program was scary.

ETA 3: The order of the cities is a bit weird. They will travel from Brive to Poitiers. Then from Poitiers to Bourdeaux and then to Tours. That order makes no sense.

 

[cholla]

ETA 3: The order of the cities is a bit weird. They will travel from Brive to Poitiers. Then from Poitiers to Bourdeaux and then to Tours. That order makes no sense.

Geographically it's totally illogical (and long and exhausting) but it's been planned this way because of rinks availabilities. Lots of them have public sessions in the afternoon and evening, + sessions for schools, but not many have 2 ice arenas. Yesterday in Grenoble, the main arena was almost filled to capacity with the gala, but the public rink was very crowded too.

 

[Orm Irian]

Geographically it's totally illogical (and long and exhausting) but it's been planned this way because of rinks availabilities.

I wondered if it might have been something like that!

 

[Enchanted]

An interview with Lea Serna. She will continue to train in Poitiers with Joubert.

 

[Orm Irian]

Mae-Berenice will be competing at Egna Spring Trophy on 9 and 10 April!

 

[cholla]

Guillaume Cizeron will be the choreographer of next Lopareva/Brissaud's FD. Sounds very interesting and promising.

 

[rara64]

Just discovered Dania Mouaden / Théo Bigot , what an impressive young couple they are. Great glide, musicality and poise for their age. If they can continue, they are definitely a young team to watch out for.

Another great performance for them during the National Championships 2 weeks ago : https://fb.watch/cdy5rFcs7M/

They won the title in advanced novices at only 12 and 13 (like Papadakis / Cizeron, the last ones to achieve that) against some dancers aged between 15 and 17 ! For their age, they are super consistent, glide so well, and work on their expression... Must follow...

 

[Taso]

Guillaume Cizeron will be the choreographer of next Lopareva/Brissaud's FD. Sounds very interesting and promising.

Just curious where are they training now? They had been working in Moscow with Rubleva and Shefer, I believe since they paired up in 2018

 

[cocotaffy]

Another great performance for them during the National Championships 2 weeks ago : https://fb.watch/cdy5rFcs7M/

They won the title in advanced novices at only 12 and 13 (like Papadakis / Cizeron, the last ones to achieve that) against some dancers aged between 15 and 17 ! For their age, they are super consistent, glide so well, and work on their expression... Must follow...

They look incredibly pro for their age. If they stay together, I can see a great future for them.

 

[Karen-W]

Geoffrey Brissaud and Ekaterina Ryabova (AZE) are engaged.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CcsQ9g7oG2e/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

 

[Bigbird]

Guillaume Cizeron will be the choreographer of next Lopareva/Brissaud's FD. Sounds very interesting and promising.

Y E S.

 

[Karen-W]

Evgeniia Lopareva is officially French! She received her French passport today. Congratulations!

Evgeniia & Geoffrey on Instagram: "🇫🇷 Officiellement française ! 🥳 Ça y est ! Enfin ! Depuis le temps … 🤪 Ce fut un parcours semé d’embûches, mais Evgeniia est enfin française ! 🥂 Nous remercions la @ffsportsdeglace mais également toutes les perso

223 likes, 1 comments - lopareva_brissaud on May 11, 2022: "🇫🇷 Officiellement française ! 🥳 Ça y est ! Enfin ! Depuis le temps … 🤪 Ce fut un parcours semé d’embûches, mais Evgeniia est enfin française ! 🥂 Nous remercions la @ffsportsdeglace mais également toutes les personnes qui nous ont...

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[Gris]

𝑬𝒗𝒂 𝒆𝒕 𝑻𝒐𝒎 on Instagram: "It is with great emotion that we announce the end of our ice dance partnership. During these 5 years we have lived a lot of things, unforgettable experiences, and we are proud of ourselves, of our sports career and of what w

262 likes, 16 comments - bernard_jochum on May 21, 2022: "It is with great emotion that we announce the end of our ice dance partnership. During these 5 years we have lived a lot of things, unforgettable experiences, and we are proud of ourselves, of our sports career and of what we have...

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Junior dance team Bernard / Jochum (11th at Junior Worlds 2022) has split. He'll focus on studies and she'll look for a new partner.

 

[Dobre]

𝑬𝒗𝒂 𝒆𝒕 𝑻𝒐𝒎 on Instagram: "It is with great emotion that we announce the end of our ice dance partnership. During these 5 years we have lived a lot of things, unforgettable experiences, and we are proud of ourselves, of our sports career and of what w

262 likes, 16 comments - bernard_jochum on May 21, 2022: "It is with great emotion that we announce the end of our ice dance partnership. During these 5 years we have lived a lot of things, unforgettable experiences, and we are proud of ourselves, of our sports career and of what we have...

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Junior dance team Bernard / Jochum (11th at Junior Worlds 2022) has split. He'll focus on studies and she'll look for a new partner.

They were my favorite French junior team last season.

 

[briancoogaert]

𝑬𝒗𝒂 𝒆𝒕 𝑻𝒐𝒎 on Instagram: "It is with great emotion that we announce the end of our ice dance partnership. During these 5 years we have lived a lot of things, unforgettable experiences, and we are proud of ourselves, of our sports career and of what w

262 likes, 16 comments - bernard_jochum on May 21, 2022: "It is with great emotion that we announce the end of our ice dance partnership. During these 5 years we have lived a lot of things, unforgettable experiences, and we are proud of ourselves, of our sports career and of what we have...

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Junior dance team Bernard / Jochum (11th at Junior Worlds 2022) has split. He'll focus on studies and she'll look for a new partner.

Good for them if it's their choice. So sad for Figure Skating, I really like them !

 

[Sylvia]

Kevin Aymoz announced that he is collaborating with Brice Mousset on his new programs: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cebh4LmIvOT/
Machine translation:

I have great pleasure to announce the collaboration with @bricemousset to create my new programs for the upcoming season. After 2 days of intense work and loving the short program, I am exploring and discovering new ways to express myself on ice! Can't wait to tell you all this!

More about Mousset: https://www.broadwaydancecenter.com/faculty/brice-mousset

Maé-Bérénice Méité posted today that she is working on her new programs with Rohene Ward: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cee3_dGAT9H/

My favorite process has begun, with an amazing person super excited to Collab with @rohenew for my 2022/23 season.
Both programs have a deep and specific meaning for me, and I am beyond excited that Rohene will be the one bringing that vision to life.
Thank you for accepting the challenge, thank tou for helping me pushing my limits further and higher, and excited to create some magic together
Sneak pic into the beginning of my choreo

ETA that Rohene shared this photo with Mae from a Chicago rink today: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ceei3jlv2qu/