#Damian Binkowski

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Jenna Hertenstein and Damian Binkowski's free dance costumes at the 2022 Dallas Classic.

(© Robin Ritoss Photography)

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2022 Lombardia Trophy entry #10

Short dance

Bratti/Somerville(USA)

Thoughts: Ian hon, I love you. But what is Emily wearing?!

Hertenstein/Binkowski(POL)

Thoughts: not the first time these two have made me smile. Especially Damian. Where did those curls come from?!

Guignard/Fabbri(ITA)

Thoughts: Charlene, you look FABULOUS!

Free dance

Guignard/Fabbri(ITA)

Thoughts: I liked the short program outfit better. But Charlene still looked so good.

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USIC 2021

Jenna HERTENSTEIN/Damian BINKOWSKI - I'm having a hard time getting past the music. No falls. They got through it.

Mariia NOSOVITSKAYA/Mikhail NOSOVITSKIY - Okay, they sucked me in. Whatever they were selling, I was buying. From the music to the costumes. The interpretation, imo, was perfect. I loved it. Calming, soothing, melodic, sweetness galore.

Shira ICHILOV/Laurent ABECASSIS - They had their moments. If you are dancing to a lyrical slow song, every missed movement, lift, glide, etc. is noticeable. Luckily, it is the beginning of the season and they can continue polishing it.

Lorraine MCNAMARA/Anton SPIRIDONOV - Wow! That was so dramatic. They really got into character. He was really into it. His hands are so expressive.

Chantelle KERRY/Andrew DODDS - Nice skate. I'm not going to rag on teams. It's been a difficult time and we are all doing our best. They are out here competing. That's a win for me.

Eva PATE/Logan BYE - That was fun! Costume change was cool (get rid of the hanging straps please). I wasn't sure at first, but it grew on me. Not bad ss either. Some rough patches but easily fixable

Yura MIN/Daniel EATON - Lovely. They lost me about half way through. The first half flowed beautifully. I didn't notice any glaring mistakes. Their twizzles looked good.

Diana DAVIS/Gleb SMOLKIN - Oh no they didn't. I don't like it already. Opening move was balls to the walls though.

Madison HUBBELL/Zachary DONOHUE - It was okay. Gosh, I wish I loved it. As Burno and Anderson say, I'm gonna leave the door open. Let me sit with it for a minute and give it a second look. Gold for sure in this comp...but against some other big guns....is this enough?

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More withdrawals from the Lombardia Trophy:

Kristina Grigorova (HUN)

Maria Manova (HUN)

Alexandra Mintsidou (GRE)

Lucrezia Beccari (ITA)

(Ice dance) Jenna Hertenstein / Damian Binkowski (POL)

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Jenna Hertenstein and Damian Binkowski competing in the Starlight Waltz short dance at the 2016 World Junior Championships.

(Photos by David W. Carmichael)

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Jenna Hertenstein and Damian Binkowski's free dance costumes at the 2019 Ondrej Nepela Memorial.

(Source: RHP)

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Jenna Hertenstein and Damian Binkowski skating to music from the Holiday Inn musical for their rhythm dance at the 2019 Ondrej Nepela Memorial.

(Source: RHP)

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Jenna Hertenstein and Damian Binkowski's free dance costumes at the 2016 Junior Grand Prix Dresden. They skated to the Amélie soundtrack.

(Source: eislauffotos.de)

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Kirsten Spours of Great Britain and Jiri Belohdrasky of the Czech Republic have been added to the Warsaw Cup.

There has been a lot of withdrawals from the event.

The following skaters have withdrawn from the Ladies event: Stefanie Psendorfer of Austria, Lea Johanna Dastich and Kristina Isasev of Germany, Yelizaveta Serova of Poland, Alexandra Michaela Frolova of Slovakia.

The following skaters have withdrawn from the Men’s event: Mikhail Selevko of Estonia, Paul Fentz, Kai Jagoda, and Thomas Stoll of Germany, and Gabriele Fragipani of Italy.

The following skaters have withdrawn from the Ice Dance event: Jenna Hertenstein / Damian Binkowski, Natalie Kaliscek / Maksim Spodyriev, and Anastasia Polinbina / Pavel Golovisnikov of Poland.

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Busy Nationals Weekend - Part Two - Four Nationals

The Four Nationals Championships are the combined Nationals of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. It took place last week, and because it’s four in one, it deserves its own post. Below the cut, as it’s long!

In the Men’s event, the Czech Republic dominated, taking the top 6 positions. Michal Brezina won the event for the fourth time, with Matyas Belohdradsky taking the silver and Jiri Belohdradsky taking the bronze. They are, of course, also the Czech Medalists.

Mickhail Mogilan of Poland (seventh overall) is the Polish Champion, with Luckas Kedzierski (eighth overall) taking the silver and Milos Witrowski (fourteenth overall) taking the bronze. Michal Neuman is the Slovakian Champion, ninth overall. Merco Klepoch (thirteenth overall) was the only other Slovakian competitor and won the silver. Andreas Csernoch (eleventh overall) won the Hungarian title, with Mate Borosch (twelfth overall) the only other Hungarian competitor winning the silver.

In the Ladies event, Ekatarina Kurakova won the event, with Ivett Toth of Hungary winning the silver, and Regina Schermann of Hungary winning the bronze. 

Ekaterina Kurakova, of course, won the Polish title, with Oliwia Rzepiel  (eleventh overall) winning the silver, and Elzbieta Gabryszak (twelfth overall) winning the silver. Ivett Toth and Regina Schermann went for the Hungarian podium, with Bernadett Szigetti (fifth overall) winning the bronze. Eliska Brezinova (fourth overall) won the Czech Ladies title, with Nikola Rychatarikova (sixth overall) winning the silver and Katarina Fricova (ninth overall) winning the bronze. Emma Doboszova (eighth overall) won the Slovakian title, with Claudia Mifkovicova (sixteenth overall) taking the silver, and Bianca Srbecka (eighteenth overall) taking the bronze.

In the Pairs event, there was only one competitor - Ioulia Chtchetnina and Mark Maygar of Hungary.

In the Ice Dance event, Poland dominated, taking the top three spots. Natalia Kaliszek and Maskym Spodyriev won the event, with Justyna Plutowska and Jeremie Flemin winning the silver and Anastasia Ploibina and Pavlo Golovishnikov winning the bronze. Emily Monaghan and Ilias Fouratti of Hungary were fourth and are the Hungarian Champions, with Leia Dozzi and MIchael Valdez of Hungary in fifth, taking the Hungarian silver. The only other team was a Polish team - Jenna Hertenstein and Damian Binkowski.