News and updates à la Française, part trois

[Sylvia]

Participants list updated since post #225 above: https://ffsg.org/evenement/masters-de-patinage-villard-de-lans/

SENIORS Dames (4):
FROETSCHER Julie
LECAVELIER Laurine
MEITE Maé-Bérénice
SERNA Léa
(Froetscher moved up from Junior; Nadjma Mahamoud & Anna Malkova removed)

SENIORS Messieurs (8)
AYMOZ Kévin
BESSEGHIER Chafik
ECONOMIDES Luc
LEWTON-BRAIN Davide (added; skating as guest for MON)
PONSART Romain
ROLS Joshua
TESSON Adrien
WARREN Philip

SENIORS Couples (2)
JAMES Vanessa / CIPRES Morgan
MENDOZA Camille / KOVALEV Pavel
(Removed: KERIVEN Coline / PIERRE Noël-Antoine)

SENIORS Danse (5)
PAPADAKIS Gabriella/CIZERON Guillaume
LAURIAULT Marie-Jade/LE GAC Romain
WAGRET Julia/SOUQUET Pierre
GALYAVIEVA Adelina/THAURON Louis
MONTANER Lise/ABECCASSIS Laurent


JUNIORS Dames (9)
CAGNON Adriana
CROZET Alizée
DUBECQ Charlotte
KUZMENKO Anna
GHOZALI Lola
MAYINDU Clémence
MUGNIER Naomie
PIEGAD Océane
SCHILD Lorine
(Froetscher moved up to Senior; removed: PITOT Héloïse, RAMOND Sandra, WANNER Pauline)

JUNIORS Messieurs (12)
BELLE Théo - added
BOUVART Tom
COLLET Maxence
GOMEZ Mathieu
HERREBOUDT Antonin
LE MAY Landry
MIMAULT Vincent
SEREIR Lotfi
SIAO HIM FA Adam
SPINAR Corentin
VAUCLIN Ian
VAUCLIN Xavier
(Removed: FRECHON Yann)

JUNIORS Couple (1)
MOLCHANOVA Liudmila / BELMONTE Rémi

JUNIORS Danse (8)
LAGOUGE Natacha/RAHIER Corentin
DEMOUGEOT Loicia/LEMERCIER Théo
DUPAYAGE Marie/NABAIS Thomas
SECLET MONCHOT Lila-Maya/MANCEAUX Renan
TERREAUX Lou/PERRON Noé
TERREAUX Ninon/BAUMGARTNER Alric
KUZINA Alisa/COUYRAS Mathieu
LOPAREVA Evguenia / BRISSAUD Geoffrey
(Removed: FRADJI Célina / FOURNEAUX Jean-Hans)

 

[aliona22]

KUZMENKO Anna

I can't wait to see more of Anna's skating. She was wonderful at JGP Linz. Really exciting for France to have a strong ladies contender coming up.

 

[hanca]

So Russia gave France Lopareva for ice dance and Molchanova for pairs, and Kuzmenko for ladies (all of them juniors). I wonder if France will give out one senior, Novoselov. It is not as if he was bringing them medals.

 

[Orm Irian]

And congrats to Mae-Berenice Meite for her bronze medal in the Ladies Singles at Autumn Classic International today! It was fantastic to see her skating at full power again after battling injuries for so long.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

So after today Im kinda excited to see all 3 French ladies go up against each other at GP France.

But dont get crazy - Bradie winning.

 

[Loves_Shizuka]

Meite scoring a 120 LP and winning bronze is a fabulous result for her

And J/C win

 

[Peepsquick]

I watched Kevin Aymoz' SP: I loved it! It has loads of controlled energy, great expressiveness and is totally in tune with the music. Now, if he could land his jumps ... we'd have a new star!

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Haven't followed that closely but congratulations to Miete for her bronze. She one of those ones that has plugged away for a really long time. To see her medal is wonderful. Like Voronov winning a gold last year or Ge getting bronze in France. And don't forget she's an adult doing this. As all the girls will tell you - harder when you're older.

 

[Peepsquick]

Yep! Kevin's FD was a thing of beauty today, full of emotion and beautiful jumps!
I am really looking forward to watching him skate this season!

 

[Enchanted]

This season start has been rather great for the French skaters so far. Three medals already and other promising results.

Next weekend we will see P/C and Ponsart at their first competition of the season (and the other French skaters as well).

 

[laviemn]

Schedule for Masters
https://ffsg.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SCHEDULE-MASTER-1.pdf

FFSG replied to an inquiry on their Facebook that there will be a stream.

Doesn't it seem redundant for James/Cipres, Meite, and Amyoz to spend the time and money to go to Masters after competing in front of international panels, winning medals, and collecting World points? Does only Didier understand the logic of having test skates in the middle of Senior B season?

 

[Sylvia]

FFSG replied to an inquiry on their Facebook that there will be a stream.

Thanks.

I've started a competition thread in the Kiss & Cry section for the French Masters: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...18-in-villard-de-lans-27-29-septembre.104436/

 

[barbarafan]

Participants list updated since post #225 above: https://ffsg.org/evenement/masters-de-patinage-villard-de-lans/

SENIORS Dames (4):
FROETSCHER Julie
LECAVELIER Laurine
MEITE Maé-Bérénice
SERNA Léa
(Froetscher moved up from Junior; Nadjma Mahamoud & Anna Malkova removed)

SENIORS Messieurs (8)
AYMOZ Kévin
BESSEGHIER Chafik
ECONOMIDES Luc
LEWTON-BRAIN Davide (added; skating as guest for MON)
PONSART Romain
ROLS Joshua
TESSON Adrien
WARREN Philip

SENIORS Couples (2)
JAMES Vanessa / CIPRES Morgan
MENDOZA Camille / KOVALEV Pavel
(Removed: KERIVEN Coline / PIERRE Noël-Antoine)

SENIORS Danse (5)
PAPADAKIS Gabriella/CIZERON Guillaume
LAURIAULT Marie-Jade/LE GAC Romain
WAGRET Julia/SOUQUET Pierre
GALYAVIEVA Adelina/THAURON Louis
MONTANER Lise/ABECCASSIS Laurent


JUNIORS Dames (9)
CAGNON Adriana
CROZET Alizée
DUBECQ Charlotte
KUZMENKO Anna
GHOZALI Lola
MAYINDU Clémence
MUGNIER Naomie
PIEGAD Océane
SCHILD Lorine
(Froetscher moved up to Senior; removed: PITOT Héloïse, RAMOND Sandra, WANNER Pauline)

JUNIORS Messieurs (12)
BELLE Théo - added
BOUVART Tom
COLLET Maxence
GOMEZ Mathieu
HERREBOUDT Antonin
LE MAY Landry
MIMAULT Vincent
SEREIR Lotfi
SIAO HIM FA Adam
SPINAR Corentin
VAUCLIN Ian
VAUCLIN Xavier
(Removed: FRECHON Yann)

JUNIORS Couple (1)
MOLCHANOVA Liudmila / BELMONTE Rémi

JUNIORS Danse (8)
LAGOUGE Natacha/RAHIER Corentin
DEMOUGEOT Loicia/LEMERCIER Théo
DUPAYAGE Marie/NABAIS Thomas
SECLET MONCHOT Lila-Maya/MANCEAUX Renan
TERREAUX Lou/PERRON Noé
TERREAUX Ninon/BAUMGARTNER Alric
KUZINA Alisa/COUYRAS Mathieu
LOPAREVA Evguenia / BRISSAUD Geoffrey
(Removed: FRADJI Célina / FOURNEAUX Jean-Hans)

Thank-you

 

[Orm Irian]

According to the comments on this post, the event will be live broadcast on the FFSG Facebook page.

 

[cgirl8]

AFP recently interviewed Romain Haguenauer about Papadakis/Cizeron before French Masters which includes some information about their new programs: https://www.france24.com/fr/20180927-danse-glace-papadakis-cizeron-operation-nouveau-souffle
English translation: http://chocktaw-salchow.tumblr.com/post/178551686298/translation-papadakis-and-cizeron-operation

 

[Peepsquick]

I was very much impressed by the level of artistry and fluidity of the men today at VdL. If only they were more consistent with their jumps!

 

[Orm Irian]

Congratulations to Laurine Lecavelier for winning the Senior Ladies competition at the Masters de Patinage with a 127.89 free skate and overall 195.65 (and a very nice half-and-half asymmetrical grey-and-black dress). Congrats too to Mae-Berenice Meite for her very solid 120.63 and overall 182.48 to finish in second!

 

[Orm Irian]

FFSG has put up a couple of videos from the Masters de Patinage on their new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ik7ZU2_a5O6WDdaYkz-mg/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0

It remains to be seen whether any more will see the light of day. And no, the senior ice dance video does not include P/C...

 

[Joubabe]

Congratulations Laurine! One of my favorite ladies. I hope you have a fabulous season!

 

[Enchanted]

The success continues. Adam Siao Him Fa won the Armenian JGP and qualified for the JGPF.

 

[Jeschke]

Now watch DG forgetting of the existence of Aymoz, Ponsart & Co.

 

[Peepsquick]

Now watch DG forgetting of the existence of Aymoz, Ponsart & Co.

Aymoz is unforgettable! Let DG try and fail ...

 

[Dobre]

Congratulations, Adam!

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

Aymoz is unforgettable! Let DG try and fail ...

The French Fed is paying for the coaches in Florida. That's the scary part. DG can pull the plug any time he wants. If he wants Aymoz to go with a different coach, things will get nasty.
There was a video of Adam landing 4Lz in practice too. He is quite the jumping bean.

 

[Peepsquick]

If Kévin can be more successful with his jumps, he will be a force to be reckoned with. He was brilliant in Canada. The French Fed would jeopardize their best hope at medaling if they chose to cut him off.

 

[Orm Irian]

Congrats to Lea Serna who just won silver in the Senior Ladies' event at Minsk Arena Ice Star with a total score of 153.38!

 

[Marco]

Perhaps the mid program dress change was distracting enough for me to pay attention to her other qualities, but I never realized until this Skate America that Laurine is so stiff.

 

[Orm Irian]

I wouldn't describe her as stiff in terms of how she moves, but it's true she doesn't have the kind of deep back flexibility some other skaters have (maybe as a result of her past injuries?). But I don't mind, as I tend to find that quite stomach-churning to watch. Laurine's clean lines are more to my taste - more dancer than gymnast.

And that was a nice start to her international season. Fifth in the free and overall, some lovely jumps (her lutz looks amazing now) and a very respectable score, plus an audience that was well on her side. She should be killing it by Nationals! Congrats Laurine!

 

[kwanfan1818]

I didn't find her stiff at all, in either program or in the exhibition.

But I did feel wuzrobbed in the EX: I thought the loose white shirt she was wearing was surely part of a costume change, but, alas, non.

 

[Enchanted]

Not the greatest competition for Romain Ponsart but perhaps slightly better than at the French Masters. He achieved 10th place.

At the moment he seems to be more comfortable with the short program than the free. I believe he said in an interview Cizeron suggested that FS music to challenge him but it might be too challenging for him. The programs don't have much of transitions but his programs have never had much of them. So, it might be too late in his career to have proper transitions. On the positive side, his movement at the SP was much more polished than before.