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kazuha-pista-badam · 3 years ago

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a thread about sambo 70's dirty work

tw// abuse of young kids in figure skating

this thread was originally made by someone else on twt. i'm just posting it here so y'all can spread it. you can also translate it in different languages.

for those who don't know: sambo 70 is a major sports club in russia and the figure skaters under this club are abused by their coaches eteri tutberidze & daniil gleikhengauz

some keywords: owg- winter olympics gp- grand prix jgp- junior grand prix gpf- grand prix final fs- free skate/long routine 4cc- 4 continents cup

Thread: Eteri Tutberidze and the team at Sambo 70 have a long and horrifying history of disregarding skater health, diminishing serious injuries, and forcing injured teenage athletes into premature retirement. All of this has been enabled by the ISU, judges, and commentators.

1. Yulia Lipnitskaya OWG: 🥇 (2014) WC: 🥈 (2014) Retired at: 19 (injury & anorexia) "Eteri Tutberidze was proud to inform the press that Yulia Lipnitskaya ... sometimes existed almost entirely on a diet of 'powdered nutrients.'"

2. Polina Tsurskaya Youth Olympics: 🥇 (2016) Junior GPF: 🥇 (2015) Retired at 17 after struggling with consistency due to body changes. Polina at her prime

3. Daria Panenkova Junior GP: 🥇🥈 (2017) Retired at 17. After she left Sambo, her old coaches accused her of shirking training: "[She] once again refused to go on the ice ... she said that did not want to go to training."

4. Anastasia Tarakanova Junior GPF: 🥉 (2017) Retired at 17, citing "health reasons." She also struggled with receiving funding and federation support at the end of her career.

5. Alena Kanysheva Junior GPF: 🥉(2017) - under coach Svetlana Panova. Switched to ice dance from singles at 15 following a chronic back injury aggravated by training the 4T (Quadruple Toeloop, a jump) at Sambo. Retired from the sport entirely at 16. Alena's beautiful JGPF FS

6. Elizabet Tursynbaeva (KAZ) Youth Olympics: 🥉 (2016) 4CC: 🥈 (2019) Worlds: 🥈 (2019) Retired at: 21, but had not competed since age 19. Despite a chronic back injury, she trained and competed a 4S. She cited her health as the reason for her retirement.

7. Evgenia Medvedeva Olympics: 🥈🥈 (2018) - had a stress fracture. Worlds: 🥇🥇🥉 (2016-17, 2019) Has not competed since age 20. She can only safely execute two types of jumps due to a chronic back injury that leaves her unable to turn to the left.

8. Alina Zagitova Olympics: 🥇🥈 (2018) Worlds: 🥇 (2019) Has not competed since age 17. Alina commented that she and Evgenia were not permitted to drink water to keep their weight down at the Olympics: "We just rinsed our mouths and spit it all out."

9. Daria Usacheva Jr Worlds: 🥈 (2020) Jr GPF: 🥉 (2019) Daria fractured her hip (reported by Russian media as an upper leg injury) in warmup at the 2021 NHK Trophy, at age 15. She left in a wheelchair and has not competed since. Tw: Injury, bodily harm

10. Alena Kostornaia GPF: 🥇 (2019) Euros: 🥇 (2020) Eteri claimed Alena had refused to share the ice with other girls. When Alena returned to Sambo after a season with another coach, she was placed on a "probationary period" that required her to re-master the 3A (triple axel, one of the hardest jumps) in two months. Alena later fractured her wrist during a 3A attempt and could not compete for an Olympic spot. Eteri said, "I believe that with such an injury it was possible to skate." She is 18

11. Anna Shcherbakova (2022 Olympian) Worlds: 🥇 (2021) Euros: 🥈🥈 (2020, 2022) Sambo's choreographer, Daniil Gleikhengauz, bragged that Anna could eat two shrimp for dinner and be full, and said he was "glad that she was not obsessed with food." Anna contracted pneumonia in the fall of 2020 and visibly struggled to breathe at 2020 Russian Nationals. Her coaches gave her something to inhale at the boards, possibly smelling salts. Despite this, her "tenacity" was praised by commentators. She is 17.

12. Alexandra Trusova (2022 Olympian) Worlds: 🥉 (2021) Euros: 🥉🥉 (2020, 2022) Sat out most of the fall of 2021 due to a fractured foot, but still competed quadruple jumps in the events that she entered. She is 17.

13. Kamila Valieva (2022 Olympian) Euros: 🥇 (2022) Kamila is undefeated this season and the favorite for the Olympic title. On Feb. 8, after the team event, it was revealed that she had tested positive for TMZ, a banned substance used to increase heart metabolism. She is 15.

14. Adian Pitkeev Jr Worlds: 🥈 (2014) Jr GPF: 🥈 (2013) Left singles skating at 18. Most elite men are able to compete well into their late 20s. Spent much of his career competing on a chronic injury. Despite this, Sambo coaches persisted in having him train quadruple jumps.

Skating fans are well-aware of the horrors that arise from Sambo 70's training methods. I hope that this thread will help bring this into a mainstream light. As fans, there's little we can do, but sports authorities can and should act.

Please protect these kids.

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yuriplisetsky-rp · 4 years ago

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Yuri Altin: Potential GOAT or Fake?

Fans split over skater’s dominating win at Worlds

Sunday, April 25, 2021

Last month, Yuri Altin of Russia dominated Worlds to win by over thirty points with three new World Records in part of a Russian sweep of the golds. It has been heavily debated since. Few fans debate the win, but there is a lot of discussion about whether or not the World Records, and the number of points by which he won, were deserved.

[Tweet #1: I’m not debating Altin’s win here, but… by that amount? With those scores? Give me a break.]

[Tweet #2: Let’s be honest here, firstly, someone had to have paid off the judges OR maybe Yuri just slept with all of them. I wouldn’t put it past him.]

[Tweet #3: The judges are trying to make it seem like he’s the best thing ever, even better than Nikiforov, and it’s just so sad because it’s ruining this sport.]

[Tweet #4: How do you think Nikiforov feels seeing those scores and knowing he doesn’t deserve it?]

[Tweet #5: So both Altins get on the podium (again), and now Yuri Altin’s boyfriend does, too? I smell something very fishy…]

[Tweet #6: People are acting like this is a shock and not deserved. Maybe they should go back and watch the programs again. I’m not saying other skaters weren’t underscored (cause some were), but it was well deserved.]

[Tweet #7: This is what’s wrong with this sport, that at the WTT Short Program Altin beat Leo DLI in the short program even with the fantastic program he had. It shouldn’t be all about the jumps, and it is.]

[Tweet #8: Altin is the best jumper, and sometimes not even that. WTT proves that, and he shouldn’t have won either segment with the shaky programs he had, yet he still did.]

For a bit of background, Yuri Altin (born Yuri Plisetsky) was a former student of Yakov Feltsman, who moved from Moscow to St. Petersburg to train with the famed coach when he was 10. He made his international debut during the 2014 – 2015 Junior Grand Prix season. Over the next two years, he would only lose twice on the international level – the 2014 JGP Final and the 2015 Junior Worlds, both to future boyfriend, Guang-hong Ji. He went undefeated during the 2015 – 2016 season, even winning bronze at Senior Nationals.

Since he made his senior debut in 2016, he has only landed off the podium three times, all three during his rocky, injury-riddled Olympic season (6th at Cup of China, 4th at Europeans, and 6th at the Olympics). He has won a total of three World medals in three appearances (bronze in 2017, silver in 2019, and gold in 2021), two European titles, three Grand Prix final medals, including his controversial win in 2016, making him the youngest male Grand Prix Champion ever, and two Russian National titles.

On to the argument at hand, what made Plisetsky a star on the international scene was his jumps. He ruled the junior level because of those jumps, on top of solid basic skating skills – something all of Feltmsan’s students are credited with. What made him better was embracing an artistic side he’d fought against. After the Olympic season, he left his longtime coach and moved to Japan to be coached by Viktor Nikiforov. Nikiforov continued to help Plisetsky continue to embrace his artistic side, along with Plisetsky choreographing his own programs and choosing his own music. Nikiforov and his husband, Yuuri Katsuki, both give advice and help make sure that proper transitions are put in place.

What has this done? For those who don’t think the component scores are deserved are some of those who think that Viktor Nikiforov was overrated, and didn’t deserve his, either. The component scores are based on skating skills, music interpretation, transitions, performance, and composition. We have established he has good skating skills, which have only gotten better with time. His performance is dependent upon his emotional state, but he is capable of performing very well and in the past couple of years, more often than not, been able to perform through mistakes, allowing for great musical interpretation as he has developed as a choreographer as well.

Plisetsky, with the help of his coaches, have composed some very good programs. Nikiforov is one of the best choreographers today, and would be very sought after as one if he choreographed for anyone other than himself, his husband, and his students. While he does not help Plisetsky choreograph his programs, he does offer advice – this advice has helped Plisetsky (now Altin) develop into a very good choreographer. He also has some of the best transitions in the business today, doing some of the most difficult ones possible, even for his Quad jumps.

That brings us to the other half of the scores – the technical score. Altin has some of the best spins being done, due to his great flexibility. His step sequences have improved greatly under the Katsuki-Nikiforov’s, always hitting Level 4’s for both. He also does some of the most difficult jumping layouts being done today, keeping difficult jumps for the end and doing five quad programs, something very few skaters are doing. What differentiates him is the transitions. Doing transitions in and out of Quads are difficult, and Altin has been working on doing more. This has caused him to not skate a clean long program in a while.

That changed at the 2021 World Championships. After his loss to his (then new) husband in 2019, Altin added an extra Quad, going from four to five quads. This made his programs that were already difficult even more so. Adding in transitions, many felt like his programs were not possible to be done cleanly, that he was doing too much. He proved them wrong last month when he did a clean long program. Was the World Record deserved? Based on technical ability, transitions, and performance? Yes. I could go into more detail into each element as to why, but that would be an entire new article.

What that doesn’t mean is that Altin is the new GOAT (Greatest of All Time). That title, if it belongs to anyone, still belongs to Viktor Nikiforov, with five undefeated seasons and five Olympic medals (four of them gold, one silver), he also has thirteen European medals and 13 Russian National medals (12 consecutive titles, and a silver each), and a total of 10 World medals (5 gold, 5 silver). It’s a resume that will likely never be topped.

Does that mean that others who came after him cannot break some of those records? Yes, it’s possible. Could Altin? Yes, he most certainly could, but at the age of twenty, is he a GOAT? No. But a potential one? To look at his programs and not see the greatness in what he did would be a mistake. But Altin is not Nikiforov, and the times have changed. Nikiforov was ahead of his time, and set the stage for many skaters to come, including Yuri Altin. Figure skating and it’s judges are subjective, but Altin has thrown down a gauntlet. There are other skaters who can pick it up, and next season will be a huge deciding factor in how things will go during the his Olympic Quad.

The point that is being made? Altin is the overwhelming Olympic favorite. Can others challenge him? Yes. He is not the only one with great jumps, spins, and transitions in a five quad program. He is just the one who put them together and did it first, much like Nikiforov did before him. Unlike when Nikiforov did it, no one else could pick it for a long time. Times have changed. Will someone do it next season? That remains to be same, but let’s not diminish what Yuri Altin did here. It was well deserved.

#fake gossip article #fake news article #worlds2021 #yuri plisetsky #blog canon

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gogogogolev · 4 years ago

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Stephen’s interview after the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, published in World Figure Skating Magazine No. 89.

Stephen Gogolev

I was able to experience a year of growth

Born December 22, 2004 in Toronto, Canada. His parents are from Russia. 2018 Junior GP Final champion, 2nd at 2019 Canadian Nationals. In spring of 2019 he changed his training base from Toronto to California, under Rafael Arutunian. In the 2019-2020 season he came 2nd at JGP USA, 5th at JGP Croatia, and 17th at the Junior World Championships.

Q: Your second World Junior Figure Skating Championships have ended. How do you feel right now? A: I feel a bit disappointed with the competition. But I could feel that I grew from last time. Especially in terms of my skating, I think I was able to grow a lot

Q: You had to withdraw from Canadian Nationals in January due to an injury of your right ankle. Has it healed now? A: Yes. I'm in good shape now. Rather than risking an injury [by competing], I would say I took care in order to train for Junior Worlds.*

Q: This season you had an injury, and the tough times continued. How did you overcome that? A: I took it one step at a time, but I made sure to never stop progressing. Rather than doing just anything and trying everything, it's really [doing things] little by little.

Q: After the free skate you mentioned that that you wanted to change something so you moved to Coach Rafael Arutunian in California. A: There were a lot of things that changed since moving from Canada to California. But there are so many, it's hard to name something specific.

Q: Everything's changed? A: Something like that. (lol)

Q: What's it like to train with Coach Arutunian? A: I train hard every day. Rafael makes plans for every practice session and every week.

Q: You are training with some of the world's best athletes. A: It's very motivating. I think we boost each other's motivation.

Q: Do you also train with World Champion Nathan Chen? A: When Nathan is in California we train together. It's amazing to be able skate with him. I also get motivated.

Q: Rafael is also from Russia. Are conversations in both Russian and English? A: When it's just the two of us we speak in Russian. In a group we occasionally speak Russian, but usually English.

Q: You must have gained a lot of attention since you won Junior Grand Prix Final last season. What do you feel has changed? A: I've gained confidence. I can do it if I try; I have the confidence to aim for the top at other competitions as well.

Q: By the way, how did you start skating? A: It was my older brother's influence. When my brother and I were young we used to do downhill skiing. My brother started skating so I tried it with him, and I chose skating. But my brother didn't really like skating. (lol)

Q: Who is your role model? A: Yuzuru Hanyu. His skating, jumps...I like everything.

Q: Please tell us your dreams for the future. A: To become World and Olympic champion.

Q: Will you compete in senior next season? A: It's not decided yet. I think I will practice more, and will decide with Rafael.

Q: What are your plans for the off season? A: I'm going to rest a bit then return to practice, but I don't think it will be that strict. After this competition I will go to Russia. I'm thinking of visiting the rink and familiar places in the town where I grew up.

Q: What are your hobbies off ice? A: I like mountain biking. Also, since moving to California I have fallen in love with surfing.

Q: In this one year you've become more confident in your performances and your interviews. A: I've become more confident in speaking with people as well. Last season I was still very shy and it was a bit scary to speak in front of people.

Q: Finally, please give a message to your fans in Japan. A: Thank you for your support. Your support means a lot to me.

(March 7, 2020, interview the day after the men's FS at Junior Worlds) Text ・ composition: Editorial department Text by World Figure Skating Photo caption: FS ― “Peter Gabriel Medley”

Note: The 笑 kanji is translated to ‘lol’. *ETA: Thank you to my friend SH for helping edit this line.

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This post was a while in the making. The magazine took nearly two months to arrive. Thank you all for your patience.

What a well spoken guy Stephen is. I hope we get to read more interviews with him. Thanks to WFS for giving us this one.

If you recall, Michal Březina also discussed how the Team Raf skaters encourage each other. They seem to be a supportive group.

I am glad to hear Stephen was able to continue progressing despite the challenges he faced last season. I am also happy to hear he has more confidence as a result of his past experiences. We’re all looking forward to seeing what Stephen’s got to offer this season.

And thanks to Peter for getting Stephen involved in this sport.

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If you would like to repost this translation please link back to this post. I edit translations when I can to improve them. This text went from English to Japanese and now back to English so some things may have been lost in translation. Please feel free to send in corrections.

If you would like to purchase this magazine with international shipping you can do so through CD Japan, HMV & Books, and Honto.

#stephen gogolev #2020 Junior World Championships #yuzuru hanyu #Team Raf #junior #2019 2020 season #interview

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sywtwfs · 5 years ago

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2019 Junior & Senior Grand Prix Final & CS Golden Spin of Zagreb: Info & Streaming

After weeks of exciting competition, the top six skaters and teams in each discipline will now fight for the top spot at the Junior and Senior Grand Prix Final! Here’s how you can watch. More information may be added to this post as it appears.

SCHEDULE

Central European Time (UTC+1). Subscribe to our Google Calendar to get all competition times in your own time zone!

Dec. 5 15:30 Junior Men’s SP 16:35 Junior Pairs’ SP 17:50 Junior Ladies’ SP 19:50 Senior Pairs’ SP 21:10 Senior Men's SP

Dec. 6 15:00 Junior Rhythm Dance 16:20 Junior Ladies’ FS 18:30 Senior Rhythm Dance 19:50 Senior Ladies' SP 20:55 Senior Pairs’ FS

Dec. 7 13:00 Senior Men's FS 14:20 Junior Pairs' FS 15:45 Junior Men's FS 18:00 Junior Free Dance 19:25 Senior Free Dance 20:55 Senior Ladies' FS

Dec. 8 14:00 Gala

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HOW TO WATCH: THE JUNIOR GRAND PRIX FINAL

ISU: The ISU will livestream and archive the entire competition on the JGP Youtube channel without geographic restrictions.

CBC Sports: Canada’s CBC Sports will stream the entire competition live. Schedule in EST:

12/5: Men’s SP 9:30AM; Pairs’ SP 10:35AM; Ladies’ SP 11:50AM

12/6: Rhythm Dance 9:00AM; Ladies’ FS 10:20AM

12/7: Pairs’ FS 8:20AM; Men’s FS 9:45AM; Free Dance 12:00PM

Official stream (geoblocked)

Channel One Russia: Russia’s Channel One will stream the entire competition live. Schedule in Moscow Time:

12/5: Men’s SP 17:25; Pairs’ SP 18:30; Ladies’ SP 19:45

12/6: Rhythm Dance 16:55; Ladies’ FS 18:15

12/7: Pairs’ FS 16:15; Men’s FS 17:40; Free Dance 19:55

Official stream (all events, geoblocked)

RaiSport: Italy’s RaiSport and Raisport+HD will air the entire competition live except for the ladies’ short program. Broadcast schedule in CET:

12/5: Men’s SP 15:30 (live); Pairs’ SP 16:35 (live)

12/6: Rhythm Dance 15:00 (live); Ladies’ FS 16:20 (live)

12/7: Pairs’ FS 14:20 (live); Men’s FS 15:45 (live); Free Dance 18:00 (live)

Official streams: RaiSport, RaiSport+HD (geoblocked)

TAP GO: TAP GO’s TAP W channel will stream the entire competition live in the Philippines. Official stream (click on “TAP W” link; geoblocked)

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HOW TO WATCH: THE SENIOR GRAND PRIX FINAL

Fan streams: These fan-run streams may livestream part or all of the event: QQ Live. Check the streams when the events are on. The streams are available worldwide.

ISU: The ISU will livestream the entire competition and gala on the Skating ISU Youtube channel in countries that do not have broadcasting rights for the event. See here for a list of broadcasters that have ISU broadcasting rights.

NBC Gold: Subscribers in the USA can watch the competition (excluding the gala) live on NBC Gold.

CBC Sports: Canada’s CBC Sports will stream the entire competition and gala live. Schedule in EST:

12/5: Pairs’ SP 1:50PM; Men’s SP 3:10PM

12/6: Rhythm Dance 12:30PM; Ladies’ SP 1:50PM; Pairs’ FS 2:55PM

12/7: Men’s FS 7:00AM; Free Dance 1:25PM; Ladies’ FS 2:55PM

12/8: Gala 8:00AM

Official stream (geoblocked)

Channel One Russia: Russia’s Channel One will stream the entire competition and gala live. Some events will also be aired live on TV (*starred below). Schedule in Moscow Time:

12/5: Pairs’ SP 21:45; Men’s SP 23:05

12/6: Rhythm Dance 20:25; Ladies’ SP 21:45; Pairs’ FS 22:50

12/7: Men’s FS 14:55; Free Dance 21:20; Ladies’ FS* 22:50

12/8: Gala 15:55

Official stream (all events, geoblocked)

TV streams (non-geoblocked): Stream 1, Stream 2, Stream 3, Stream 4, Stream 5, Stream 6

Teledeporte: Spain’s Teledeporte will air parts of the competition live. Schedule in CET:

12/5: Pairs’ SP 20:15 (live); Men’s SP 21:15 (live)

12/6: Pairs’ FS 21:00 (live)

12/7: Rhythm Dance 00:40 (taped); Ladies’ SP 01:30 (taped); Men’s FS 17:05 (taped); Ladies’ FS 21:00 (live); Free Dance 22:05 (taped)

12/8: TBA

Official stream (geoblocked)

Kazsport: Kazakhstan’s Kazsport will air parts of the competition live. Schedule in local time:

12/5: Pairs’ SP 22:40 (live)

12/6: Men’s SP 00:00 (live); Rhythm Dance 23:30 (live)

12/7: Ladies’ SP 00:50 (live); Pairs’ FS 01:55 (live)

Official stream (geoblocked)

Non-blocked streams: Stream 1, Stream 2, Stream 3, Stream 4, Stream 5

CCTV5: China’s CCTV5 & CCTV5+ will air the entire competition live except for the men’s free skate. Schedule in China Standard Time:

12/6: Men’s & Pairs’ SP 02:50 (CCTV5, live)

12/7: Rhythm Dance, Ladies’ SP, Pairs’ FS 01:30 (CCTV5, live); Men’s FS 22:15 (CCTV5, taped)

12/8: Free Dance & Ladies’ FS 02:25 (CCTV5+, live); Gala 21:00 (CCTV5+, live)

Official streams: CCTV5, CCTV5+ (geoblocked)

Instructions for creating an account on feiliuzhibo (free unblocked streaming)

Tencent: China’s Tencent will livestream parts of the competition. Schedule and links in China Standard Time:

12/7: Men’s FS 20:00 (live)

12/8: Gala 21:00 (live)

ELTA: Taiwan’s ELTA Sports 3 will air the entire competition and gala live. Schedule in China Standard Time:

12/6: Pairs’ SP 03:00 (live); Men’s SP 04:15 (live)

12/7: Rhythm Dance 01:30 (live); Ladies’ SP 03:00 (live); Pairs’ FS 04:15 (live); Men’s FS 20:00 (live)

12/8: Free Dance 02:30 (live); Ladies’ FS 04:00 (live); Gala 21:00 (live)

Official stream (geoblocked)

TAP GO: TAP GO’s TAP W channel will stream the entire competition and gala live in the Philippines. Official stream (click on “TAP W” link; geoblocked)

Other TV channels: Other TV channels such as Japan’s TV Asahi, Italy’s RaiSport and Viaplay in Nordic countries will air parts of the competition. See here for a list of broadcasters with ISU broadcasting rights. Check your local TV channels for other skating broadcasts.

On demand: The ISU Youtube channel archives their livestreams. The videos are available in countries that do not have broadcasting rights. Videos will also be uploaded online by fans. Search skaters' names on Youtube and filter by upload date for the latest videos.

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GOLDEN SPIN OF ZAGREB

Golden Spin is the last Challenger Series competition of the season. Events for junior skaters will also be held at this competition; see the website for entries.

Designation: Challenger Series When: Dec. 4-7 Where: Zagreb, Croatia Level & disciplines: senior men, ladies, ice dance, pairs How to watch: No live stream

Senior Schedule (CET, UTC+1) 12/5: Ladies’ SP 11:30; Pairs’ SP 15:45; Men’s SP 19:00 12/6: Rhythm Dance 11:30; Ladies’ FS 13:45; Pairs’ FS 19:00 12/7: Men’s FS 10:00; Free Dance 15:00

Notable entries: Morisi Kvitelashvili, Alexei Bychenko, Artur Danielian, Makar Ignatov, Jason Brown, Alexei Krasnozhon, Camden Pulkinen, Sofia Samodurova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Hanna Harrell, Miriam Ziegler/Severin Kiefer, Minerva Fabienne Hase/Nolan Seegert, Ksenia Stolbova/Andrei Novoselov, Ashley Cain-Gribble/Timothy Leduc, Tarah Kayne/Danny O’Shea, Alexa Scimeca Knierim/Chris Knierim, Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri, Annabelle Morozov/Andrei Bagin, Caroline Green/Michael Parsons, Lorraine McNamara/Quinn Carpenter

#figure skating #grand prix #gpf #gpf 2019 #jr grand prix #jgpf #jgpf 2019 #challenger series #golden spin #golden spin 2019 #events #season: 2019 2020 #how to watch

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chibihao · 5 years ago

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Kamila Valieva || 2019 JGP Russia, FS: Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)

#kamila valieva #fskateedit #figure skating #mine*

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figureskatingfanblog · 5 years ago

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Russian Men swept the Junior Men's podium at the JGP Chelyabinsk.

Petr Gumenik won the free skate, coming up one spot to win the gold with a 222. Artur Danielan win the silver medal, only .21 points behind with a 221.93. Ilya Yablokov won the bronze with a 207.68.

#figure skating #jgp chelyabinsk 2019 #jgp russia 2019 #junior grand prix #junior men free program

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alena-kostornaia · 5 years ago

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BUSINESS Online: Two years ago, Kostornaia was last* in the Championship of Russia. She was told that she would not become a star

Sports.ru released an article written by Rustam Imamov analyzing Alena Kostornaia’s growth within the past two years. Translated by Edwin, edited by @birdie02.

[*t/n: Technically, Alena placed 16th out of 18 at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships.]

Last week, Alena Kostornaia won her first Grand Prix competition of her career. She performed three 3As and outscored Olympic Champion Alina Zagitova by 20 points. Earlier, Alena just as confidently beat the 2015 World Champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva at Finlandia Trophy.

Now Kostornaia is one of the main favorites of the season. They say that Alena is the most talent skater in gliding and interpreting the character within the music. She is admired by many experts, distinguished among the three juniors [turned seniors, including Alexandra Trusova and Anna Shcherbakova] from Team Tutberidze.

But only two and a half years ago, practically no one believed in Kostornaia’s prospects at the international level.

Some insider’s notes:

Kostornaia secretly watched Team Tutberidze practices before moving to the group. [t/n: Before Alena moved to train under Eteri Tutberidze, she studied from Elena Zhgun at the same rink as Eteri Tutberidze, Sambo-70.]

Eteri kept Alena for a test period for a week.

Belief in Kostornaia’s 3A was returned by her friend Daria Pavliuchenko, who performs in pair skating.

Skating and musicality is the merit of coach Elena Zhgun, as Alena herself says.

Nobody believed in Kostornaia before her transfer to Team Tutberidze

Back in 2017, Kostornaia contemplated ending her career, hinting at the lack of prospects to get into the national Russian team.

“I’ve never been on the podium of major tournaments, and they always told me that you won’t get there. You will not become a star. You are behind the top ten, you are only average. I heard this all the time,” Alyona modestly told in an interview with Channel One.

There was justification of this criticism. In February 2017, the Russian Junior Championships was held in Saint Petersburg. Alina Zagitova confidently took first place, and the fight with her for the victory was led by Stanislava Konstantinova and Alexandra Trusova. At that competition, Kostornaia took 16th place. Alena lost to Zagitova by almost 60 points.

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A year later, in an interview with the Russian Figure Skating Federation, Alena admitted that this tournament was her point of no return. There were two ways further. Either look for a new coach and develop, or quit figure skating and concentrate on studying. Fortunately, the skater chose the first.

Alena knew where to go right away - to Team Tutberidze. According to a source from Kostornaia’s entourage, her decision was influenced by one of the Russian Cup stages, where she got into the same workout with Team Tutberidze skaters. Alena looked at Zagitova and Polina Tsurskaya, who won all the medals in the international junior competitions in 2017 and could not understand what she was doing wrong. Why did the students of Tutberidze win, but she did not?

“The girls who worked with Eteri Georgievna had good results. And I also wanted to stand on the podium,” Kostornaia argued.

Kostornaya secretly watched skaters from Team Tutberidze in training

Before training under Tutberidze, Alena skated with two specialists. The first coach is Marina Cherkasova, silver medalist of the Olympic Games in pair skating. With Cherkasova, Kostornaia received basic knowledge about sports.

At the age of seven, she moved to Sambo-70 – but not to Tutberidze, but to the Tchaikovskaia group. Elena Tchaikovskaia is a well-known trainer who trained World champions and Olympic champions (Maria Butyrskaya, Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov, Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov). But due to her age (Tchaikovskaia is 79 years old now), she acts more like a consultant coach. The main work with Kostornaia was conducted by Elena Zhgun.

Zhgun did not have a bright career in sports, and besides Alena, she did not work with any high-level skater or skater. Normally, her group belonged to the same sports school, Sambo-70, along with the Khrustalny, the “Crystal,” department where Tutberidze works. Therefore, Kostornaia kept in touch with the strongest skaters of Eteri Georgievna - with Zagitova, Tsurskaya, Evgenia Medvedeva, and little Alexandra Trusova and Anna Shcherbakova.

Alena several times secretly sat in the stands of the “Crystal” and watched the Team Tutberidze girls train. In the end, her parents helped her arrange the transition. The Sambo-70 leadership was not opposed: it was not fundamentally important to them which skater trained under which coach. Eteri's consent was necessary.

“I knew that Eteri Georgievna was very demanding. Therefore, it took a long time to prepare,” Alena recalled. “I came to see her, skated a little, and when the ice time ended, they seemed to have taken me in.”

It turned out that Tutberidze had decided to arrange a trial period for Kostornaia. She watched her for a week, freezing the signature of the transition documents. Alena even performed at a competition for Tchaikovskaia when she was testing with Tutberidze. Only in the second week did Eteri come up to Kostornaia after practice and told her that she was on Team Tutberidze.

Kostornaia won her first competition after she transferred to Tutberidze

From then, Kostornaia’s history is more like a fairy tale. In one of her interviews, skater Anastasia Gubanova doubted Zagitova’s success, accusing the Olympic champion of a too sharp increase in results. But Alina’s growth was still gradual and continued, and Kostornaia’s was unprecedented.

Alena won the first competition with Eteri Tutberidze, majorly updating her personal best. She then was seeded for the Junior Grand Prix series and in the JGP Final she placed second, losing to Trusova by only one point.

In December 2017, Kostornaia placed third in the Russian Senior Championships. Behind her were the winners** of the World Championships in recent years, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Elena Radionova, and the winner** of the 2012 World Championships Alena Leonova. “I know a lot of young skaters, I know girls who train quads. But I only heard about Kostornaia for the first time in October of this year [2017],” Andrei Zhurankov admitted in a television broadcast.

[**t/n: Within the three skaters mentioned, only Tuktamysheva is a World Champion. Radionova and Leonova are Junior World Champions. Leonova was the silver medallist at the 2012 World Championships.]

It is impossible to accuse Zhurankov of lack of professionalism, because before the transition to Team Tutberidze, almost no one had heard of Kostornaia. To reiterate: the Russian Junior Championships, where Kostornaia was 16th, took place in February 2017, and the Russian Senior Championships, where she won the bronze medal, took place in December 2017. The difference is less than a year.

“Earlier in training [before moving to train under Tutberidze], I did not give all my best,” Kostornaya told the Russian Figure Skating Federation. “Back then, it seemed to me that I was working. And when I moved to Team Tutberidze, I realized that I had never worked hard during training before. Everything I did [previously] was useless, because I stopped by, did a jump and stood for five minutes. No duty nor discipline.”

According to Kostornaia, Zhgun also was a demanding coach; she insisted on the careful study of each element in training. However, Zhgun could not find the right words to motivate Kostornaia [to work harder]. Tutberidze could.

Kostornaia is afraid of the 3A

In fact, at the 2017 Russian Championships in Saint Petersburg, Alena won her ticket to the Pyeongchang Olympics. But technically, Kostornaia could not go to the Olympics nor to the World Championships. In Russia, skaters can compete among the senior ranks from the age of 13, but in the international scene, skaters must be at least 15 before July 1st of the season.

Alena was a little unlucky – her birthday on August 24th. Therefore, Kostornaia spent the entirety of last season in the junior ranks [for international competitions], even though she was already 15 years old.

This fact was very sad for the skater. She openly said that she was bored of skating internationally as a junior. Last season, her average results were higher than those of Konstantinova, Daria Panenkova, Tsurskaya and even Medvedeva, even though these skaters performed in the senior Grand Prix series, whereas Kostornaia competed in the junior Grand Prix series.

Alena was on the podium at every competition, but she rarely won. She was constantly beaten by Trusova and Shcherbakova due to the complexity of their programs. Anna and Alexandra competed with quads, but Kostornaia did not. Despite Alena’s advantage in artistry, musicality, skating and gliding, the main share of success in modern figure skating is given by jumps.

Alena answered her rivals with a 3A. Kostornaia tried this jump for the first time while still training with Zhgun, and she began to jump it consistently in Team Tutberidze thanks to Sergei Dudakov, a specialist in jumps. Unfortunately, during one of the training sessions last year, she twisted her ankle, and as a result was not able to go to the Junior World Championships. At a press conference, Alena hinted at forgetting about the jump.

She was stopped by the risk of a new injury, and she was afraid of this jump. As Kostornaia told a BUSINESS Online correspondent at IDF 2019, her friend Daria Pavliuchenko, who performs in pair skating with Denis Khodykin, helped her to cope with this fear.

“I had a day off after the Russian Test Skates and I decided that something needed to be changed. I tried the 4S, but it didn’t work out,” Alena recalls. Upset, she went to Daria Pavliuchenko's home. When Alena sat wearily at Daria’s house, Daria supported her and said that she could do anything. “The day after I went to practice and Sergei Rozanov offered me to try the 3A again. I made up my mind and landed it on my second attempt.”

The second reason Alena decided to jump the 3A is the opinion of experts. At the Russian Test Skates in Moscow, experts began to bury Kostornaia’s chances, pointing to a weak technical base. Two years later, she is again spoken of as an “average” skater.

“I walked around and heard from different sides that “well, yes, you’ve done well, but if only you had jumped something [more complex]. These ‘if only’ piss me off!” Said Kostornaia. “Does that mean that in the second half of the season I will skate again in the juniors [ranks]?”

Kostornaia is now jumping three 3As in two programs. In terms of base-value, a 3A is less valuable than a quad, but it is no less important.

Firstly, the Axel is a compulsory jump; it must be executed in the program, but you can choose the type of element [1A, 2A, 3A, etc.]. A more valuable version of the jump [t/n: switching 2A to a 3A] gives Kostornaia an advantage of at least 10 points.

Secondly, the 3A can be jumped in a short program. It is prohibited to jump a quad in the ladies’ short program. Since the 3A is a jump with 3.5 revolutions [it doesn’t have full 4 revolutions], the element is allowed.

Even with her 3A, Kostornaia thinks about quads. She tried 4Ts and 4S using a special harness and has successfully attempted these quads several times. “When you watch how Sasha does three, four, or five quadruples, you involuntarily think about making [your program] harder,” says Kostornaia. “It's a shame others do them and you don't.”

An important advantage of Alena is enhanced metabolism. She, like any athlete, must monitor her weight, but she does not have to race after the scales, like most skaters. Kostornaya can afford proteins, fats and carbohydrates in a required amount and it will not affect her weight.

Choreography and skating skills were acquired from Zhgun.

And yet, the main feature of Kostornaia, with which she conquered the figure skating world for two seasons, was not complex jumps, but unique skating skills and a program full of connections and other aesthetic elements.

Well-known American journalist Jackie Wong tweeted about Kostornaia after her first international senior start: “This is a unique skater. She can change the idea of what a truly great skating run should look like.”

Young skaters are often criticized for working on their technical value to the detriment of components. Kostornaia’s programs are the exact opposite of this approach. Each element of her program follows from the previous one, and with her outstanding artistry, Alena herself gives a feeling of a picture of completeness within itself.

Starting from the Junior Grand Prix series, Kostornaia has never received less than 7.5 points [in components]. Periodically, they give her 8.0 and even 8.5 points, which is unheard of for junior skaters.

At the same time, Alena owned these gliding skills even before moving to Team Tutberidze. Developing these skills is a laborious process that requires many years of work. “The style of my skating, ideal or imperfect, is not for me to judge, said Elena V. Zhgun. We worked hard to get a feeling of sliding,” Kostornaia recalls.

Alena is also good at interpreting the character of the music. In a recent interview, she admitted that the most important thing for her is to touch the heart of every viewer. “I tried as best I could to fill the arena,” said Kostornaia after skating at IDF 2019. “People come to watch figure skating in the same way as they come to the cinema. They come not only to watch the jumps, but also for everything else.”

In her work on artistry, she was greatly assisted by acting lessons she took as a child. She attended courses at the request of Zhgun. Now, when working on each image [of the program], Kostornaia is trying to get used to the role she plays and convey the feelings and experiences of the portrayed character.

Kostornaia is a unique skater. She is the only one who now combines sophisticated technique with bright and powerful choreography, high-quality skating and amazing gliding skills. The famous coach Marina Zueva complained in a recent interview with BUSINESS Online that only a few skaters think deeply about skating and image. A true champion should be good at everything: perform complex jumps and touch the audience to the core with their skating.

Alena is just such a case. Her programs cannot be limited to sports, where numbers, points and records are put at the forefront.

P.S. People come to figure skating in the same way they come to the movies. They come not only to watch the jumps, but also for everything else, says Kostornaia. This is her main message, her philosophy. Before Kostornaia, skaters focused on either technique or artistry. Kostornaia believes that it is possible to reconcile those sometimes raging supporters of this. Another concept is that it is she who will reconcile these two sides, since Alena cannot but be loved, for she brings us back to the roots!

A shot at the quadsters will have to wait, first and now Alena!

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birdie02 · 5 years ago

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Skating prodigy Andrei Kutovoi dreams of the Olympics

You might have noticed him during the Junior Grand Prix event in Courchevel, this August.

We sure did.

The posture, the qualities of his skating, the musicality. You just couldn’t take your eyes off Russia’s Andrei Kutovoi.

He finished the event – his single JGP assignment this season and his first ever international competition – with a bronze medal, and left skating fans in wonder, in amazement: who is this incredibly gifted teenager, debuting on the World stage? Andrei was still 13 this summer.

Well, he’ll tell you that himself, in an interview done in St. Petersburg, his home town, by our very own Natasha Ponarina. Based in St. Petersburg as well, and working as a figure skating photographer, Natasha knew Andrei already – she had been following him for a couple of seasons, eyes glued, lens glued to the talent that he was, practicing at Yubileyny Sports Palace and, since 2017, at Tamara Moskvina’s figure skating sport club.

Cousin of Elizaveta Nugumanova, another skating wunderkind (Elizaveta is three years older), Andrei tried skating as well, when he was 5. And, as everyone expected, he liked it that much that he literally started running on the ice – he’d tell you with a smile.

…and you’ll notice the smile, but also the seriousness, in the numerous photos accompanying this interview.

Work of Ms. Ponarina, the tens of pictures recompose Andrei’s journey and career so far – and we gladly share them with you. Adding, you’ll see, some heartwarming pictures from the family’s archive.

Ladies and gentlemen, there you have him: 14-year-old Andrei Kutovoi, Olympic hopeful.

Natasha Ponarina: Andrei, let’s start from the very beginning – when did you start skating? How old were you?

Andrei Kutovoi: I was almost 5 when I put the skates on for the first time.

And how did that happen? Were you watching skating on TV, were you following your cousin, Elizaveta Nugumanova? What made you decide that you wanted to skate?

By that time, Liza was already training, and they decided to bring me to the rink as well, just to try it, maybe I would like it. I wasn’t following skating then, so it wasn’t my decision.

Who brought you to the rink, remember?

It was my grandmother who brought me to the rink for the first time.

What do you remember from your first day on skates? Did you like it right from the very start?

I think the first day at the rink was exciting and interesting, because it was something new for me. My mom says my first steps on the ice weren’t really steps, but it was running. I was running on ice, so to speak [smiling].

And judging by the fact that we kept going to the rink, I think I really liked it.

Where did you learn to skate and who was your coach back then?

My first coach was Irma Georgievna Bukhartseva, we trained on a small rink of Yubileyny Sports Palace.

And on the practice rink of Yubileyny Palace, Alexei Mishin’s group trained, which I joined later – and it was where I met my current coach, Veronika Anatolyevna Daineko.

When you first started skating was there a skater you wanted to be like? What about now – do you have a skater you admire?

When I first started skating I didn’t know any skaters and I didn’t watch figure skating.

It changed over time, and now I’m watching closely what’s going on in the skating world. I try not to miss any event of junior and senior level.

I admire the Japanese skater Yuzuru Hanyu, his skating skills, musicality, the way he feels every single movement. The ice and Yuzuru are like a single entity, that’s his element. Nathan Chen is also very strong technically, he can do all the quads – it’s the highest level.

“MY FAVORITE JUMP IS THE LUTZ”

Tell us, what do you like to do in your free time? You tried drawing, maybe something else?

There isn’t that much free time, but if there is some outside my studying, then I like recreational activities. Recently, my mother and I have been to the Norwegian ropes course park “Orekh”, that was a lot of fun, all that climbing, I really liked it, and I’ll definitely come back there.

I like to draw, as you mentioned, and I also like dancing and photography.

How does your weekly schedule look like? One has to train a lot to get the result that you have. Do you have time for school?

I train six days a week and I have one day off. Each training day includes two ice practices, two warm-ups, cool-down, stretching, and, on different days, I have specialized physical training, acting classes, choreography, jazz classes.

Unfortunately, I don’t have much time for school, I get to go there infrequently, but I’m being home-schooled, with the help of my mom and online lessons.

You’re 14 now – tell us, which medal/result/competition you are most proud of so far? [Andrei turned 14 on October 4, 2019]

Some of the most important ones are the first places in Championships of Russia (Younger Age) in 2016 and 2017.

Which is your most vivid memory from your career so far? Looking back, what comes to your mind first?

The strongest memory so far is the first Junior Grand Prix in Courchevel [August 2019]. It was my first international competition.

I was also really impressed by a show in Germany I took part a while ago [Media Markt Eisgala – Concert on Ice 2016]. We were touring different cities on a bus, I was surrounded by, and performed with, amazing famous skaters, aerial and ice acrobats, and there were also famous singers and music bands in the show. It was such a memorable experience.

Was it hard to learn the triple Axel? Which jump do you like the most – and the least?

Yeah, triple Axel is an ultra-C jump, like quads, so you can’t equate it to the triples. My favorite jump is the Lutz, and I don’t have jumps that I don’t like.

Can you tell us about your programs this season, how would you describe them? Judging by your inspired performances, you really like them, you are so in character, one-on-one with the music…

Thank you, I’m really glad to hear it.

Most of my SP is to “Fly Me to the Moon”, it’s a love theme. At first, I’m waiting for my beloved, counting the hours, then I see her and I hold out my hand, inviting here to fly with me to the moon, to immerse into the music of the stars. And, in the end, I confess my love to her.

At the end of the program there is a part for the step sequence, and I just dance to the music “I Won’t Dance”, the modern version of it.

My FS is to the music from “Les Misérables”. I represent the character from the times of French Revolution, Jean Valjean, but many people see me as Gavroche, which you can say is also right, since both these characters represent the best ideas of “Les Misérables”: independence, devotion, purity, compassion.

I really like these programs and I’m very grateful for them to Nikita Mikhailov.

You started you first season on junior Grand Prix level with a bronze medal in France. What are you plans and goals for this season, what do you want to achieve?

My plans include two triple Axels and a quad in a program and, of course, to skate clean. My team and I are working towards that.

What is your biggest dream as an athlete, a dream that you can share with the readers? What do you wish for as a skater?

[smiling] My biggest dream? The Olympic Games.

Please check out the rest of Inside Skating’s photo story featuring Andrei! His family has provided many photos from him starting out skating at five and his skating journey 💕

#figure skating #interviews #andrei kutovoi

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soyouthinkyoucansleep · 5 years ago

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Youth Olympic Games Preview(ish): Ice Dance

I wanted to do this as soon as the JGP was done (because the JGP was the last to determine which countries earned spots to the games), but of course, life got busy.

YOG is more restrictive than ISU Juniors in terms of age limits, so the field we will see in January (10-15 for figure skating). Skaters have to be born between January 1, 2003, and December 3, 2005, except for male ice dancers and pairs, who have to be born between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2005. For reference, the ISU age limits for this season are July 1, 2000, and June 30, 2006 (July 1, 1998, for the dance/pairs men).

Additionally, this is an IOC event so skaters must have citizenship for the country they represent, which may eliminate a few skaters from the selection.

Ice dance is especially affected by these restrictions, as none of the 6 pairs that qualified for the JGP final are age-eligible.

I know in the past the U.S. has used specific qualifying competitions and Canada hasn’t sent anyone due to conflicts with nationals. However, for all the previews I will do will assume that the countries will send their top skaters.

My preview will be in the order that the countries earned their spots (WJC 2019, followed by JGP, then host nation). Bolded names are age-eligible pairs we might see in Lausanne. Links will go to the pair’s ISU bio.

Canada

By virtue of Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha’s victory at World Juniors, Canada has earned two spots to the Ice Dance event in Lausanne. While Lajoie and Lagha are not age-eligible, Canada has multiple competitive pairs for the two spots.

Based on JGP results, the two spots will probably go to Natalie D'ALESSANDRO and Bruce WADDELL, and Emmy BRONSARD and Aissa BOUARAGUIA. D/W won silver at JGP Egna while B/B won bronze at JGP Croatia. I believe Skate Canada has stated that the top-scoring interested skaters at the end of the JGP will get the spots so assuming these two are interested, we will see them in Lausanne

Other options for Canada are Nadiia BASHYNSKA and Peter BEAUMONT who earned bronze at JGP Russia, and Miku MAKITA and Tyler GUNARA, who have a couple of 4th places finishes this season. The biggest question mark here would be Peter’s citizenship–he’s originally from Great Britain and represented the country until 2016, so I’m not sure if he has the Canadian citizenship required to be eligible.

Russia

With two pairs on the podium at World Juniors, Russia has earned 2 spots in Ice Dance. Russia had many duos on the JGP this season, but only one is age-eligible for YOG–Sofya TYUTYUNINA and Alexander SHUSTITSKIY, first alternates for the JGP final after winning a silver and bronze at their events.

With Russia’s depth in ice dance, however, I’m pretty sure they’ll have a second age-eligible pair who didn’t qualify for a JGP spot that they’ll send.

United States

Every country from here on out has one spot to the YOG. Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik, the top qualifiers for the JGPF are not eligible as Avonley is too old and Vadym doesn’t have U.S. citizenship.

Based on the JGP, Katarina WOLFKOSTIN and Jeffrey CHEN (Yes, Karen’s brother) are the top U.S. pair and will probably get the spot. They’re a new pair this season, and place 4th and 5th at their JGP events. Another option would be siblings Oona and Gage BROWN, “pewter” medalists at U.S. Junior Nationals last season.

Georgia

Georgia was the next country to earn a spot, but Maria Kazakova and Georgy Reviya (who earned the spot), are too old for YOG and Georgia doesn’t seem to have any other junior ice dance teams, so I predict this spot will be reallocated to the next country in line, Estonia (will later)

France

France’s top age-eligible pair is Celina FRADJI and Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX, who made their junior international debut this season at JGP France with the 10th place finish. Like the United States, France’s top pair and JGPF qualifiers Loicia Demougeot and Theo Le Mercier are too old for the YOG.

Ukraine

Ukraine will probably be represented by Anna CHERNIAVSKA and Oleg MURATOV who placed 11th at JGP Poland this season. Both are born in 2004 so they have many more years at the Junior level–YOG will probably be a good experience for them.

Italy

Italy had a few dance teams on the JGP this season but only one is age-eligible: siblings Giulia TUBA and Andrea TUBA. Born in 2004 and 2003, these two also have many years left at the junior level and YOG would be a good experience for them as well.

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic earned a spot in ice dance due to the Taschler(ova) siblings’ excellent performances on the JGP (3rd and 5th), however, the siblings are not age-eligible. Denisa CIMLOVA and Vilem HLAVSA will probably get the spot.

Japan

Japan also earned a spot on the JGP, due to the strong performances of Utana YOSHIDA and Shingo NISHIYAMA, who are age-eligible for the games! This team trains in Toronto (at the Cricket Club) with Tracy Wilson, Andrew Hallam, and Joey Russell, where they are training mates of D’Alessandro and Waddell.

Switzerland

Switzerland gets a spot in every discipline as the host nation, but they did not have an ice dance team on the JGP this season, so I doubt they have an age-eligible team for YOG. This spot will probably get reallocated to Great Britain

Estonia

*Probable reallocation from Georgia

Should Estonia get a reallocated spot, they will probably be represented by Darja NETJAGA and Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO, who train part-time in Russia under Alexei Gorshkov, who trains some of Russia’s top junior dance teams.

Great Britain

*Probable reallocation from Switzerland

Great Britain didn’t have any age eligible teams on the JGP, but Emily PHILLIPS and Jayin PANESAR are age-eligible and will be competing at a few smaller international events in the upcoming months.

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