Yesterday, in the morning: A portrait by Swiss TV srf about Ice Dance team Gina Zehnder and Beda-Leon Sieber, who are participating at YOG:
Gina Zehnder und Beda-Leon Sieber machen erst seit einem Jahr Eistanz. Nun sind sie an den Jugendspielen dabei.
www.srf.ch
Introduction
both train in Zurich (Küsnacht)
Beda is 15, Gina is 14
Hobbies?
Gina: swimming, skiing and dancing
Beda: drawing
What are your flaws/quirks?
Gina about Beda: When he's thinking about sth he's always looking up, and then clicks his tongue.
Beda about Gina: Well, at the moment, I can't think of any (with some silent smile in the back of his eye)
What do you like about about Gina?
Beda about Gina: particularly the confidence she has in him. It's important for a lady in ice dance because she's completely dependent on the man: he has to be there for her, when sth happening, or that he catches her, when falls
Falls?
Happen, plus, sometimes they fall together
Where did they meet?
Both were in the same club, first as single skaters. Their coach, who used to be an ice dancer, suggested to team up
Daily routine?
up in the morning just before 7, breakfast, school until 12.30 p.m., then straight to training until 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 p.m.
How many times?
Train for 6 days a week, on mondays off-ice like ballet and strength training
Relationship off-ice?
same as on-ice. A good off-ice relationship is important. They have it.
The interaction between these two is really heart-warming
. Gina and Beda are so well-spoken.
Interview with their Dance coach Cornelia Leroy:
Trainerin Cornelia Leroy über Gina Zehnder und Beda-Leon Sieber sowie über die Disziplin Eistanz.
www.srf.ch
First she's explaining ice dance: pairs, no jumps, elements, twizzels, RD with pattern, and FD
In Switzerland it's not easy to find a male ice dancer. The big names in CH are single skaters, nobody for dance to look up, or to be inspired. When figure skaters can do jumps, they stay in singles. It's really an enormous task to fill boys with enthusiasm for ice dance.
Now, they've won the jackpot with Beda and Gina, who are from the same club, and decided to do ice dance. Apparently Swiss fed pushed/nudged the club, and told them to build up new teams. In Küsnacht (Zurich) they have three young teams.
Future of Beda and Gina – Re. YOG: The other teams are skating a lot longer together, the youngsters are just getting started (apprx. 1 y). They did all to qualifiy for YOG (inner Swiss comp). Their coach will be satisfied, when they show, what they can do. For the future, she sees a lot of potential, if they keep going, if they don't get injured.
Both geo-blocked
, you'll know, what to use
. I'll translate later today: two down, none to go
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While looking for a post-competition report, I found a pre YOG report on the ice dance team, choose translator of your choice:
www.lokalinfo.ch
as well as a team website with pics, also of the younger team mentioned in the article above:
Link hier!
beda-leon.jimdofree.com
I enjoyed their interview and liked their perfomances. I hope they're in for the long run. I see potential, and would be very thrilled to watch them grow.
and could become the next World Champion in this discipline. She skated pairs with Antoine Dorsaz.
Anaïs 
