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[Hedwig]

I thought, I would start a thread to give us a thread to general dump these things!

 

[Hedwig]

Predictions - hm, hard

Women
Loena Hendrixx
Nina Pinzarrone
(and how cool would that be to have two women from Belgium on the podium?)
Kimmie Repond

Men
Adam
Matteo
Nikolaj

Pairs
Hase/Volodin
Conti/Macii
Metelkina/Berulava

Ice Dance
there I am in no teknik and give no predictions
But I will cheer for Orihara/Pirinen, even though they likely won't medal.

 

[Frau Muller]

Pairs - Hase/Volodin and Metelkina/Berulava

Men - Fa, Memola, and Afro-beat Britschgi

Women - Pinzarrone, Repond, and Hendrick

Dance - Guignard/Fabbri, Turkkila/Versluis, and Fear/Gibson

 

[TAHbKA]

Went to a men practice on Monday:
Siao Him Fa was all over the place, hardly landed anything, his free leg is bent in the knee and he opens in the middle of the jump
Rizzo looked solid
Memola didn't land much, was chasing a 3A with no.success
Frangipani.was ok, loved the programme
Aymoz did his lP, the.programme is amazing, wish he was skating in his practice costume.
Samoilov had something that supports his back. His jumps are ENORMOUS.
Litvintsev is tiny and incredibly soft and elegant
Brigschi looked very confident and all around great.
Vasiljevs fell from a 4s several.times, the 3a didnt really happen either. A 3lz3t was nice

Economides' SP is pure genious. Not sure whether he'll pull it when it matters, but the programme, the skating, the emotions are excrptional

 

[Wyliefan]

Pairs skaters' best dance moves.

ISU Figure Skating ⛸ on Instagram: "Did you think only Ice Dancers had great dance moves?! 🔥⛸ These Pair Skaters definitely prove differently! 😎 #FigureSkating"

1,357 likes, 13 comments - isufigureskating on January 10, 2024: "Did you think only Ice Dancers had great dance moves?! 🔥⛸ These Pair Skaters definitely prov..."

www.instagram.com

 

[Hedwig]

Predictions - hm, hard



Men
Adam
Matteo
Nikolaj

 

[airgelaal]

what a wonderful top-3

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[TAHbKA]

Also this combination

 

[Finnice]

Kovalevs have withdrawn from thr PF. 15 to go.

 

[Aceon6]

Kovalevs have withdrawn from thr PF. 15 to go.

They’re not my favorite, but I hope she‘s not badly injured.

 

[victorskid]

Kovalevs have withdrawn from thr PF. 15 to go.

From Camille's Instagram account, she has been struggling with illness since Monday which is the main reason for their WD.

 

[Hedwig]

From Camille's Instagram account, she has been struggling with illness since Monday which is the main reason for their WD.

that makes sense then, So she was not only winded from the fall but exhausted from the skate. It looked like she could barely make it to the boards.

 

[victorskid]

Here's the (machine) translation of Camille's full Instagram post:

We had a lot of messages of support yesterday after our short program and many worried about not seeing me on the kiss and cry.
Firstly we would like to thank you for your support.
To give you some explanations,
been very sick since Monday night probably stomach bug. So I can't eat or sleep properly anymore. We tried to adapt the training best so that we can compete and hope my health improves till the last minute...
Unfortunately it was very difficult yesterday to keep the program short and I was exhausted. After consulting with the whole team (medical, trainer and federal) the decision was made this morning after the warm up floor not to skate today in order not to endanger my health. So the competition ends there for us.
La déception est énorme car nous nous sommes préparés et nous ne pouvons pas montrer notre travail.

We will now rest and recover so we can resume training as soon as possible when we get back to France.

This time the top of the mountain was too high and we couldn't reach it. But we don't give up anyway.

Thank you to our coaches present on site and those at a distance for your support. Thanks to the entire medical team present for doing their best in this situation.
Thank you all for your heart warming messages in this difficult time.

 

[Wyliefan]

Pairs press conference Twitter thread:

https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1745564752674193651

[Do you have the same celebrations because of your age difference?] Guarise: “Mine is go to my room, have a chamomile and go to sleep, Lucrezia’s is a mystery.”

 

[Wyliefan]

We have a Chris H. bingo card!

https://twitter.com/helsinkibaby/status/1745590401770148091?t=I_Sq9QIMX-pW_vbNvhN5dQ&s=19

 

[victorskid]

We have a Chris H. bingo card!

https://twitter.com/helsinkibaby/status/1745590401770148091?t=I_Sq9QIMX-pW_vbNvhN5dQ&s=19

That same person posted at least 3 versions on X

 

[Wyliefan]

That same person posted at least 3 versions on X

I know, because people kept in sending more suggestions for it.

 

[victorskid]

I know, because people kept in sending more suggestions for it.

And, according to Louise, Chris is fine with it

 

[Wyliefan]

Ice dancers trying pairs moves: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2Abb3eNQmL/?igsh=djlnczllMXBneWUz

 

[miffy]

And, according to Louise, Chris is fine with it

I hope the ISU will see this as a success and use Chris again. I like Chris and all his sayings

 

[Wyliefan]

Gala lineup: https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1746273823547129867/photo/1

 

[skatingguy]

I hope the ISU will see this as a success and use Chris again. I like Chris and all his sayings

They used Chris last year for the European Championships, and he also did Skate America this season. I think they've heard the feedback about how much people enjoy Mark Hanretty's commentary, and so he's the got to, but obviously Mark's not available all the time so Chris is decent replacement. I hope that Belinda Noonan is back to do world's with Mark again, because they were great last year.

 

[MacMadame]

I hope the ISU will see this as a success and use Chris again. I like Chris and all his sayings

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 

[Wyliefan]

I like him too, despite some of his goofy opinions. He did a good job overall.

 

[airgelaal]

Gala lineup: https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1746273823547129867/photo/1

Not a very wide variety of countries...

 

[skatingguy]

Not a very wide variety of countries...

I count 13 - that covers the countries with the top finishers - until recently someone like Taljegard wouldn't have been considered because she didn't finish top 5, and isn't from the host nation.

 

[Hedwig]

They used Chris last year for the European Championships, and he also did Skate America this season. I think they've heard the feedback about how much people enjoy Mark Hanretty's commentary, and so he's the got to, but obviously Mark's not available all the time so Chris is decent replacement. I hope that Belinda Noonan is back to do world's with Mark again, because they were great last year.

Mark with Belinda is my favorite pairing as well. And one where I actually prefer commentary to no commentary which is normally never.

 

[skatingguy]

Multiple Entries for 2025 European Figure Skating Championships

Men
3 Entries
2 Entries

Women
3 Entries
2 Entries

Pairs
3 Entries
2 Entries
Note: I'm not sure about the 2 entries for France. Reading the ISU rules, pg 26 link below, it addresses a withdrawal of a skater(s) in the top 10 after the short program/rhythm dance, and implies that other skater(s) who withdraw are given points according to where they would have finished. If I'm understanding the wording the Kovalevs are 16 points by making the free skate, and so that would give France two entries next year.

https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-regulations-rules/file

Ice Dance
3 Entries
2 Entries

 

[Karen-W]

Multiple Entries for 2025 European Figure Skating Championships

Men
3 Entries
2 Entries

Women
3 Entries
2 Entries

Pairs
3 Entries
2 Entries
Note: I'm not sure about the 2 entries for France. Reading the ISU rules, pg 26 link below, it addresses a withdrawal of a skater(s) in the top 10 after the short program/rhythm dance, and implies that other skater(s) who withdraw are given points according to where they would have finished. If I'm understanding the wording the Kovalevs are 16 points by making the free skate, and so that would give France two entries next year.

https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-regulations-rules/file

Ice Dance
3 Entries
2 Entries

You are correct about France having 2 pairs teams next season.

 

[MacMadame]

I like him too, despite some of his goofy opinions. He did a good job overall.

I don't agree that he did a good job. Too many of his comments were inane and did not match what was happening on the ice.