Practice Reports

[Sylvia]

Worlds 2024 coloured time schedule: https://results.isu.org/schedules/WC2024_ColouredTimeSchedule.pdf

Practice groups/Music rotation document: https://results.isu.org/schedules/WC2024_MusicRotationAll.pdf

Below is the order of the Bell Centre practices on Monday, March 18 (6:30-23:15 local); Verdun Auditorium practice rink order by discipline is Women, Men, Dance, Pairs (6:30-23:15).

ICE DANCE

Group 1
Katerina MRAZKOVA / Daniel MRAZEK CZE
Natalie TASCHLEROVA /Filip TASCHLER CZE
Yuka ORIHARA / Juho PIRINEN FIN
Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS FIN
Misato KOMATSUBARA / Tim KOLETO JPN

Group 2
Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER FRA
Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA
Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO
Jennifer JANSE VAN RENSBURG / Benjamin STEFFAN GER

Group 3
Olivia SMART / Tim DIECK ESP
Mariia HOLUBTSOVA / Kyryl BIELOBROV UKR
Emily BRATTI / Ian SOMERVILLE USA
Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO USA
Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA

Group 4
Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SOERENSEN CAN
Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN
Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA CAN
Olivia OLIVER / Filip BOJANOWSKI POL

Group 5
Phebe BEKKER / James HERNANDEZ GBR
Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR
Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA
Victoria MANNI / Carlo ROETHLISBERGER ITA
Milla Ruud REITAN / Nikolaj MAJOROV SWE

Group 6
Solene MAZINGUE / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO EST
Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS IRL
Mariia NOSOVITSKAYA / Mikhail NOSOVITSKIY ISR
Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN KOR

Group 7
Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN AUS
Adrienne CARHART / Oleksandr KOLOSOVSKYI AZE
Xizi CHEN / Jianing XING CHN
Mariia IGNATEVA / Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO HUN
Anna SIMOVA / Kirill AKSENOV SVK

Group 8
Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA LTU
Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU
Hanna JAKUCS / Alessio GALLI NED
Gina ZEHNDER / Beda Leon SIEBER SUI

PAIRS

Group 1
Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR
Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE USA
Ellie KAM / Danny O'SHEA USA
Valentina PLAZAS / Maximiliano FERNANDEZ USA

Group 2
Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER CAN
Lia PEREIRA / Trennt MICHAUD CAN
Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN
Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK POL

Group 3
Federica SIMIOLI / Alessandro ZARBO CZE
Milania VAANANEN / Filippo CLERICI FIN
Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN
Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN PHI

Pairs
Group 4
Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO
Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER
Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER
Greta CRAFOORD / John CRAFOORD SWE

Group 5
Sophia SCHALLER / Livio MAYR AUT
Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY GBR
Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE ITA
Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA

Group 6
Anastasia GOLUBEVA / Hektor GIOTOPOULOS MOORE AUS
Cheng PENG / Lei WANG CHN
Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN
Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED

WOMEN

Group 1
Nataly LANGERBAUR EST
Niina PETROKINA EST
Mariia SENIUK ISR
Chaeyeon KIM KOR
Haein LEE KOR
Young YOU KOR

Group 2
Alexandra FEIGIN BUL
Anastasiia GUBANOVA GEO
Sofja STEPCENKO LAT
Anastasia GRACHEVA MDA
Vanesa SELMEKOVA SVK

Group 3
Loena HENDRICKX BEL
Nina PINZARRONE BEL
Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU
Mia RISA GOMEZ NOR
Julia SAUTER ROU
Tzu-Han TING TPE

Group 4
Madeline SCHIZAS CAN
Lorine SCHILD FRA
Ekaterina KURAKOVA POL
Livia KAISER SUI
Kimmy REPOND SUI
Josefin TALJEGARD SWE

Group 5
Eliska BREZINOVA CZE
Nella PELKONEN FIN
Kristina ISAEV GER
Mone CHIBA JPN
Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN
Hana YOSHIDA JPN

Group 6
Olga MIKUTINA AUT
Nina POVEY GBR
Sarina JOOS ITA
Anastasia GOZHVA UKR
Amber GLENN USA
Isabeau LEVITO USA

MEN

Group 1
Semen DANILIANTS ARM
Wesley CHIU CAN
Roman SADOVSKY CAN
Vladimir SAMOILOV POL
Burak DEMIRBOGA TUR

Group 2
Georgii RESHTENKO CZE
Valtter VIRTANEN FIN
Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN
Kao MIURA JPN
Shoma UNO JPN
Donovan CARRILLO MEX

Group 3
Maurizio ZANDRON AUT
Boyang JIN CHN
Edward APPLEBY GBR
Aleksandr VLASENKO HUN
Gabriele FRANGIPANI ITA
Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA

Group 4
Aleksandr SELEVKO EST
Mark GORODNITSKY ISR
Junhwan CHA KOR
Hyungyeom KIM KOR
Sihyeong LEE KOR
Deniss VASILJEVS LAT

Group 5
Vladimir LITVINTSEV AZE
Adam HAGARA SVK
Ivan SHMURATKO UKR
Jason BROWN USA
Ilia MALININ USA
Camden PULKINEN USA

Group 6
Alexander ZLATKOV BUL
Jari KESSLER CRO
Tomas-Llorenc GUARINO SABATE ESP
Mikhail SHAIDOROV KAZ
Davide LEWTON BRAIN MON
Lukas BRITSCHGI SUI

Group 7
Luc ECONOMIDES FRA
Adam SIAO HIM FA FRA
Nika EGADZE GEO
Nikita STAROSTIN GER
Andreas NORDEBACK SWE

 

[Wyliefan]

Jackie Wong has started his practice notes: https://twitter.com/rockerskating

 

[skatingguy]

Jackie Wong has started his practice notes: https://twitter.com/rockerskating

For those of us who don't want to access the platform formerly known as twitter.

2024 World Championships: Practice notes — Rocker Skating - Analysis by Jackie Wong

Your one-stop shop for practice notes at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, Canada

www.rockerskating.com

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Can someone refresh my Kahlúa and Cheerios. Are there no practices being shown on Peacock or the tubes?

 

[Karen-W]

Can someone refresh my Kahlúa and Cheerios. Are there no practices being shown on Peacock or the tubes?

No. Canada never indulges us like NBC does when it is in charge of providing the video for the competition.

 

[Sylvia]

Jackie's Verdun Auditorium practice rink photo early this morning:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1769683434803278038

I believe he's also cross-posting his practice observations on Threads. He's just starting to post about the Men in the practice rink now.

More media credentialed accounts to follow for practice reports & photos:

Golden Skate: https://www.instagram.com/goldsk8/ & https://twitter.com/goldenskate

In the Loop’s first photos are of the 3 Korean women at the practice rink: https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1769692375679418827
Lim/Quan practicing at Bell Centre: https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1769716012117618701

Mao Yanzheng's first set of practice photos are Komatsubara/Koleto at Bell Centre: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4p7bUcOOAs/

 

[ignosk8er]

No. Canada never indulges us like NBC does when it is in charge of providing the video for the competition.

I don’t see practices listed on Peacock. If I’m wrong, someone, anyone please correct me. Thanks in advance.

 

[skatingguy]

I'm a bit surprised that IAM skaters are at the practices the first day. I would have thought they would take advantage of being in their home training environment as long as possible.

 

[skatingguy]

I don’t see practices listed on Peacock. If I’m wrong, someone, anyone please correct me. Thanks in advance.

No, what @Karen-W is saying is that Skate Canada does not produce broadcasts of the practices the way that NBC/Peacock does for competitions held in the US.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm a bit surprised that IAM skaters are at the practices the first day. I would have thought they would take advantage of being in their home training environment as long as possible.

I believe once they check into the official hotel they are not allowed to practice except during official practices. The Verdun rink is one of the rinks they use, so if it was unavailable because it is the official practice rink that would make it more difficult to schedule their skaters at the other Montreal rinks they use. It probably was just easier on IAM in general to have their Worlds teams check into the hotel yesterday and let the rest of their teams fight for ice time at the other rinks they use for this week.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I swear we have seen practices on YouTube or some other competitions besides skate America and US nationals, I swear I remember watching Amber in Finland for her practices. And some of the other Grand Prix events.

 

[Sylvia]

If I come across any practice footage filmed by fans on YT I will post links in this thread (ditto for any notable practice clips on Instagram or X). Credentialed media (like Jackie) are not allowed to post clips on social media.

According to Jackie, "Looks like Amber Glenn has swapped 3Lz2A2A for 3Lo2A2A"; she attempted 3 3A - stood up on 2 & landed 1.

 

[quartz]

We need bootleg practice videos!!

 

[Karen-W]

I'm praying we get some main rink practice reports during the next hour when our US pairs teams are on the ice.

 

[Wyliefan]

I'm seeing a few 5-second clips here and there, but not full runthrough videos or anything like that.

 

[Lara]

Got to Verdun in time for Amber’s SP run through.

Men on now. Roman walked through the jumps in his free but still beautiful to see live. Fingers crossed the Japanese show up next group!

 

[Sylvia]

I believe this Japanese photographer is credentialed (women & men so far at the practice rink): https://twitter.com/fsphoto_syo
ETA link to see Donovan Carrillo''s "hot pink jacket" (& Kao Miura rinkside), mentioned by @Lara below: https://twitter.com/fsphoto_syo/status/1769741970715414996

This fan is posting practice photos, starting with the women at Verdun: https://twitter.com/michlmint
If she films any practice clips she usually uploads to her Instagram account (will post links if it happens).

Mao Yanzheng's photos of Lim/Quan: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qKfD4uPcj/

 

[Lara]

Team Japan is here!!! What a privilege. And I like Donovan’s hot pink Mexico jacket, I’m giving extra points to anything not black lol.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

If I come across any practice footage filmed by fans on YT I will post links in this thread (ditto for any notable practice clips on Instagram or X). Credentialed media (like Jackie) are not allowed to post clips on social media.

According to Jackie, "Looks like Amber Glenn has swapped 3Lz2A2A for 3Lo2A2A"; she attempted 3 3A - stood up on 2 & landed 1.

Praise Jesus! I’ve been wanting her to scrap that Lutz for 50 years.

 

[ignosk8er]

No, what @Karen-W is saying is that Skate Canada does not produce broadcasts of the practices the way that NBC/Peacock does for competitions held in the US.

Thanks. I wasn’t clear on my ask. I didn’t realize that Peacock only shows practices in the US. But now I know and I’m saddened.

My thanks to everyone posting practice content.

 

[Karen-W]

TheSalchows are uncredentialed and sharing clips from the main rink practices this morning -

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So far just some dance teams.

 

[skipaway]

Sad to report Ellie Kam didn’t land any of her throws or jumps during the run through of their Long.

 

[Sylvia]

TheSalchows are uncredentialed and sharing clips from the main rink practices this morning -

I always enjoy seeing this mother-daughter duo's Instagram story clips of practices : https://www.instagram.com/thesalchows/
They started with clips from Fear/Gibson's RD in group 5.

Their account displays their archived clips (Euros 2024, GPF 2023, etc.) under their profile info.

 

[Karen-W]

Sad to report Ellie Kam didn’t land any of her throws or jumps during the run through of their Long.

Welllllll... maybe that bodes well for the competition itself. Saving the good jumps for when it matters?

Any reports on Chan/Howe and how their lifts are looking?

 

[Sylvia]

This was just posted in the Pairs general discussion thread re. Howe:

Someone who attended the main rink practice reported it seems like he's still having some issues with his shoulder https://twitter.com/abbylckharts/status/1769746183931502903?t=QsuCSXpqxPCe37dDT76U0Q&s=19

Same fan has posted a 45-second clip of Plazas/Fernandez's FS run through to the end (that she called clean): https://twitter.com/abbylckharts/status/1769749191511707701

And 2 clips of Lim/Quan's RD: https://twitter.com/abbylckharts/status/1769720281617031335

 

[Lara]

Group just ended, wish they could’ve stayed longer. It wasn’t perfect, Yuma’s jumps weren’t on in run through and Kao had a fluke fall. Still going to be hard to top rest of day, Shoma and Yuma are truly butter and Kao’s ending footwork is electric.

Also should say Virtanen has become a very nice skater over the years - glad he got the minimums to be here! Hard fall in his SP but hopefully not come competition.

 

[Karen-W]

The Salchows just posted some clips of Holichenko/Darenskiy and Chan/Howe too. Chan/Howe ran through their SP - Emily seemed to intentionally bail out of her SBS jump and they only did one rev on their DS.

 

[Lara]

No Boyang sadly. Lol I think his SP music just got lowered in volume to avoid blasting. Appleby’s disco was fun!

 

[Sylvia]

Ellie Kam landed (off balance/- goe) her opening sbs 3S in TheSalchows' Insta story clip I just watched.

Yes, Emily Chan's 2T looked intentional.

There seem to be school kids in the audience today - they're reacting loudly after the pairs' tricks.

 

[skatingguy]

Thanks. I wasn’t clear on my ask. I didn’t realize that Peacock only shows practices in the US. But now I know and I’m saddened.

It's not that they would only show practices in the US it's that they would produce that content for themselves, and for competitions outside the US they have to rely on the local organization, and broadcaster, and Skate Canada doesn't have the same history of producing practices for broadcast for international events.