2024-25 Challenger Series

[farahfan]

The senior pair entries for Trophee Metropole Nice (non-Challenger)! I wrote to the skating club and this is what they sent:

Crafoord/Crafoord (SWE)
Ehrhard/Pellegris (FRA)
Gamez/Korovin (PHI)
Hase/Volodin (GER)

 

[Karen-W]

The senior pair entries for Trophee Metropole Nice (non-Challenger)! I wrote to the skating club and this is what they sent:

Crafoord/Crafoord (SWE)
Ehrhard/Pellegris (FRA)
Gamez/Korovin (PHI)
Hase/Volodin (GER)

Interesting that neither Faula/Belle nor Les Kovs are entered. Both teams are scheduled to start their GP at GPdF a couple weeks later.

 

[farahfan]

Interesting that neither Faula/Belle nor Les Kovs are entered. Both teams are scheduled to start their GP at GPdF a couple weeks later.

I noticed that they both competed at the Master de Patinage domestic competition last weekend. Faula/Belle 1st with 157.85 and Kovalevs 2nd with 137.63 (ouch).

Camille Kovalev said on her Instagram afterwards:
We were there to advance in our preparation for the Grand Prix.
A few months ago, Pavel had surgery and we were told 6 to 9 months before he could do skating skills, so being present at these Masters was totally unexpected for us.
Our only goal is to return to our best level and experience the strong emotions that our sport can offers us.

 

[Karen-W]

I noticed that they both competed at the Master de Patinage domestic competition last weekend. Faula/Belle 1st with 157.85 and Kovalevs 2nd with 137.63 (ouch).

Camille Kovalev said on her Instagram afterwards:
We were there to advance in our preparation for the Grand Prix.
A few months ago, Pavel had surgery and we were told 6 to 9 months before he could do skating skills, so being present at these Masters was totally unexpected for us.
Our only goal is to return to our best level and experience the strong emotions that our sport can offers us.

They did - the FFSG had a livestream each day and Les Kovs had a terrible fall on the throw in the SP. It also impacted them in the FS.

Both of them are entered at Tayside Trophy this coming week, so maybe they just wanted 3 weeks rather than 2 before their GP debuts.

 

[Sylvia]

"Don't miss your chance to access all livestreams for the Budapest Trophy - ISU Challenger Series & International Competition - at the early bird price of just €19/$21! This special offer is available until October 7th, after which the regular price of €23/$25 will apply." https://hunskate.tv/hunskate-tv/

Entries as of Sept. 27: https://hunskate.hu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Budapest-Trophy-List-of-Entries_0927.pdf

WD as of Oct. 3: Lajoie/Lagha and Demougeot/Le Mercier (eta link) https://results.isu.org/events/cshun2024_IceDance.htm

Two more withdrawals today - Hana Cvijanovic (CRO) and Katarina DelCamp/Berk Akalin (TUR): https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120591.htm

 

[Karen-W]

The Hungarian fed has posted the link to their microsite for Budapest Trophy with lots of useful links & info - https://hunskate.hu/external/BPTrophy/BPTrophy.html

 

[sk9tingfan]

The Hungarian fed has posted the link to their microsite for Budapest Trophy with lots of useful links & info - https://hunskate.hu/external/BPTrophy/BPTrophy.html

Any specific links to event times? It appears that only the practice times has been posted for Thursday. I'm half Hungarian but never learned a word of it. Like my Russian half, none of my grandparents ever spoke a word of either language.

 

[Karen-W]

Any specific links to event times? It appears that only the practice times has been posted for Thursday. I'm half Hungarian but never learned a word of it. Like my Russian half, none of my grandparents ever spoke a word of either language.

Doesn't look like it yet. The ISU Event Announcement is pretty vague also. We'll have to wait for the Results page to be activated and then we'll have a better idea, I suspect.

 

[Karen-W]

Any specific links to event times? It appears that only the practice times has been posted for Thursday. I'm half Hungarian but never learned a word of it. Like my Russian half, none of my grandparents ever spoke a word of either language.

I expect the schedules below may change a bit - at least for the Sr Men as there was another WD today so there are only 12 men now (Chitipakhovian ARM is out) now. Also WD are Emmi Peltonen FIN and Lim/Quan KOR.

Friday's schedule - https://hunskate.hu/wp-content/uplo...Trophy_practice_and_competition_1011_ver4.pdf
Saturday's schedule - https://hunskate.hu/wp-content/uplo...Trophy_practice_and_competition_1012_ver4.pdf
Sunday's schedule - https://hunskate.hu/wp-content/uplo...Trophy_practice_and_competition_1013_ver4.pdf

 

[Karen-W]

Nepela Memorial stream info - https://ice-stars.tv/nepela-memorial/access

2024 Nepela Memorial EARLY BIRD OFFER

15.99 USD
Enjoy all days of the 2024 Nepela Memorial live, and whenever you want. Now to an EB offer! But hurry up, the offer is only valid until the 2024-10-22 at 23:59, after that the price is 15.99EUR.

Somehow, I don't think they understand what Early Bird offer is supposed to mean, lol.

 

[Miezekatze]

Nepela Memorial stream info - https://ice-stars.tv/nepela-memorial/access

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Somehow, I don't think they understand what Early Bird offer is supposed to mean, lol.

I think it might be confusing cause you get shown the first price in USD and the second in EUR?

When I click on it, I get both prices in EUR and then it makes sense, it says 13.99 EUR now and 15.99 EUR after the Early Bird phase.

 

[Karen-W]

I think it might be confusing cause you get shown the first price in USD and the second in EUR?

When I click on it, I get both prices in EUR and then it makes sense, it says 13.99 EUR now and 15.99 EUR after the Early Bird phase.

No, when I clicked on the page earlier it said 15.99 EUR now and 15.99 EUR after the Early Bird phase.

 

[sandra_persch]

The senior pair entries for Trophee Metropole Nice (non-Challenger)! I wrote to the skating club and this is what they sent:

Crafoord/Crafoord (SWE)
Ehrhard/Pellegris (FRA)
Gamez/Korovin (PHI)
Hase/Volodin (GER)

Did you get the junior entries as well?

 

[Sylvia]

Did you get the junior entries as well?

No Junior Pairs event this year in Nice, according to the Announcement.

ETA - CS standings so far:

Men after 4 events: https://results.isu.org/events/cs2024/csmen.htm
Women after 4 events: https://results.isu.org/events/cs2024/cswomen.htm
Ice Dance after 3 events: https://results.isu.org/events/cs2024/csdance.htm
Pairs after 3 events: https://results.isu.org/events/cs2024/cspairs.htm

 

[ivagall]

No, when I clicked on the page earlier it said 15.99 EUR now and 15.99 EUR after the Early Bird phase.

It was 13.99 EUR for the early bird price ever since they posted the stream info yesterday.

 

[Karen-W]

It was 13.99 EUR for the early bird price ever since they posted the stream info yesterday.

You can say that but I know what I saw on my screen when I posted the link.

 

[farahfan]

Did you get the junior entries as well?

Sorry, I only asked for senior pairs. Hopefully they get their full entry list out soon.

 

[ivagall]

You can say that but I know what I saw on my screen when I posted the link.

Whatever.

 

[danafan]

Entries for the Tallinn Trophy are up

https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120611.htm

 

[Sylvia]

CS Tallinn Trophy entries as of Oct. 14:

Men
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Douglas GERBER AUS 1
2 Roman SADOVSKY CAN 2
3 Euken ALBERDI ESP 3
4 Tomas-Llorenc GUARINO SABATE ESP 3
5 Iker OYARZABAL ALBAS ESP 3
6 Arlet LEVANDI EST 4
7 Mihhail SELEVKO EST 4
8 Arttu JUUSOLA FIN 5
9 Matias LINDFORS FIN 5
10 Samy HAMMI FRA 6
11 Edward APPLEBY GBR 7
12 Kai JAGODA GER 8
13 Nikita STAROSTIN GER 8
14 Aleksandr VLASENKO HUN 9
15 Corey CIRCELLI ITA 10
16 Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA 10
17 Raffaele Francesco ZICH ITA 10
18 Rakhat BRALIN KAZ 11
19 Daniels KOCKERS LTU 12
20 Daniel KORABELNIK LTU 12
21 Kornel WITKOWSKI POL 13
22 Gabriel FOLKESSON SWE 14
23 Casper JOHANSSON SWE 14
24 Andreas NORDEBACK SWE 14
Jonathan EGYPTSON SWE 14 S
25 Kyrylo MARSAK UKR 15
26 Ivan SHMURATKO UKR 15
27 Sergey SOKOLOV UKR 15
28 Jimmy MA USA 16
29 Daniel MARTYNOV USA 16
30 Jacob SANCHEZ USA 16 - senior international debut!
(This is the 3rd Challenger for both Ma & Martynov which should give them byes to Nationals.)

Women
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Maria CHERNYSHOVA AUS 1
2 Jade HOVINE BEL 2
3 Nina PINZARRONE BEL 2
4 Sara-Maude DUPUIS CAN 3
5 Marilena KITROMILIS CYP 4
6 Martaliis KUSLAP EST 5
7 Nataly LANGERBAUR EST 5
8 Olesja LEONOVA EST 5
9 Kristina LISOVSKAJA EST 5
10 Karoliine RAUDSEPP EST 5
11 Linnea CEDER FIN 6
12 Oona OUNASVUORI FIN 6
13 Selma VALITALO FIN 6
Pihla BERGMAN FIN 6 S
Minja PELTONEN FIN 6 S
14 Mae Berenice MEITE FRA 7
15 Lea SERNA FRA 7
16 Nina POVEY GBR 8
17 Tara PRASAD IND 9
18 Sarina JOOS ITA 10
19 Sofia SAMODELKINA KAZ 11
20 Anastasija KONGA LAT 12
21 Emilija OZOLA LAT 12
22 Sofja STEPCENKO LAT 12
23 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU 13
24 Linnea KILSAND NOR 14
25 Mia RISA GOMEZ NOR 14
26 Lovisa AAV SWE 15
27 Josefin BROVALL SWE 15
28 Josefin TALJEGARD SWE 15

Ice Dance
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Romy MALCOLM / Kobi CHANT AUS 1
2 Alicia FABBRI / Paul AYER CAN 2
3 Lily HENSEN / Nathan LICKERS CAN 2
4 Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH CYP 3
5 Katerina MRAZKOVA / Daniel MRAZEK CZE 4
6 Sofia VAL / Asaf KAZIMOV ESP 5
7 Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA 6
8 Lou TERREAUX / Noe PERRON FRA 6
9 Karla Maria KARL / Kai HOFERICHTER GER 7
10 Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS IRL 8
11 Victoria MANNI / Carlo ROETHLISBERGER ITA 9
12 Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA LTU 10
13 Sofiia DOVHAL / Wiktor KULESZA POL 11
14 Emily BRATTI / Ian SOMERVILLE USA 12
15 Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Dimitry TSAREVSKI USA 12 (debuting the Senior version of their programs here)

 

[Karen-W]

CS Tallinn Trophy entries as of Oct. 14:

28 Jimmy MA USA 16
29 Daniel MARTYNOV USA 16
30 Jacob SANCHEZ USA 16 - senior international debut!
(This is the 3rd Challenger for both Ma & Martynov which should give them byes to Nationals.)

Interesting. Volvo Cup entries are up on their Sportity app and Martynov is listed for that competition as well (only US entry - but there are other Amodio skaters entered).

Also, they have a Sportity password - TTR2024 - that's where we can expect to see the Jr Men, Women & Ice Dance entries when they're published.

 

[Kateri]

CS Tallinn Trophy entries as of Oct. 14:

Men
Entries
No. Name Nation

9 Matias LINDFORS FIN 5

Is this Matias' senior debut as well?

 

[Sylvia]

Is this Matias' senior debut as well?

Yes, internationally (hard to believe he turned 17 back in March ): http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00111443.htm

ETA that the Tallinn Trophy non-CS Junior & Adv. Novice entries were published today on Sportity:

Also, they have a Sportity password - TTR2024 - that's where we can expect to see the Jr Men, Women & Ice Dance entries when they're published.

 

[Karen-W]

Yes, internationally (hard to believe he turned 17 back in March ): http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00111443.htm

ETA that the Tallinn Trophy non-CS Junior & Adv. Novice entries were published today on Sportity:

Direct link to the Tallinn Trophy results page - https://current.fsresults.info/2024-2025/CSEST2024/index.htm

No mention on either the competition website or the Sportity app about a Livestream. IIRC, Tallinn Trophy was streamed on YT in previous years.

 

[Wyliefan]

Withdrawals from Nepela Memorial: Filip Kaymakchiev, Eva-Lotta Kiibus, and Jennifer Janse van Rensburg/Benjamin Steffan. https://x.com/AnythingGOE/status/1846927261393359017

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

delete. Wrong thread

 

[Sylvia]

Info on the Nepela Memorial paid stream: https://ice-stars.tv/nepela-memorial

Early Bird offer is 13.99 EUR: https://ice-stars.tv/nepela-memorial/access

Enjoy all days of the 2024 Nepela Memorial live, and whenever you want. Now to an EB offer! But hurry up, the offer is only valid until the 2024-10-22 at 23:59, after that the price is 15.99EUR.
* Valid through 31 December 2024

 

[Karen-W]

The ridiculous ISU website revamp has made it hard to find the entry lists we're all familiar with even just clicking on the event page for the upcoming Challengers that haven't reached the deadline for entries yet. I did a bit of digging and found the familiar links and want to share them here for future reference:

Warsaw Cup - entry deadline is Oct 25th, so we should see entry lists next week - https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120616.htm

Golden Spin of Zagreb - entry deadline is Nov 8th, so we won't see the entry lists for a few more weeks - https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120621.htm

 

[Karen-W]

Warsaw Cup entries are up at this link - https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/entries/isu-cs-pge-warsaw-cup-2024/

ETA - some of these skaters may be alternates - the "new & improved" ISU website lists ALL skaters in numerical order instead of designating which ones are substitutes - the new Tallinn Trophy entries list shows 30 women but there are only 28 with 2 alternates from Finland on the old entries list. Since only the host countries for a Challenger can have unlimited entries, one of the French ice dance teams listed has to be an alternate/substitute.

Men -
1 Douglas GERBER AUS
2 Maurizio ZANDRON AUT
3 Beat SCHUEMPERLI BUL
4 Alexander ZLATKOV BUL
5 Matias Lindford End
6 Valtter VIRTANEN END
7 Luc ECONOMIDES FRA
8 ??? – someone without an ISU bio?
9 Connor BRAY GBR
10 Kai JAGODA GER
11 Gabriele FRANGIPANI ITA
12 Matteo NALBONE ITA
13 Daniels KOCKERS LTU
14 Jakub LOFEK POL
15 Kornel Witkowski Pol
16 Matvii YEFYMENKO POL
17 Adam HAGARA SVK
18 Gabriel FOLKESSON SWISS
19 Kyrylo MARSAK UKR
20 Ivan SHMURATKO UKR
21 Lucas BROUSSARD USA
22 Ilia MALININ USA
23 Maxim NAUMOV USA

Women
1 Maria Chernyshova AUS
2 Stefanie PESENDORFER AUT
3 Nargiz SUELEYMANOVA AZE
4 Katherine MEDLAND-SPENCE CAN
5 Kaiya RUITER CAN
6 Eva-Lotta KIIBUS EST
7 Olesja LEONOVA EST
8 Pihla BERGMAN END
9 Emmi PELTONEN END
10 Eve DUBECQ FR
11 Lorine SCHILD FR
12 Lea SERNA FRA
13 Arabella SEAR-WATKINS GBR
14 Kristina ISAEV GER
15 Anna Pezzetta Italy
16 Marina Piredda Italy
17 Sofia SAMODELKINA KAZ
18 Games AGLINSKYTE LTU
19 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU
20 Maral-Erdene GANSUKH MGL
21??? – someone without an ISU bio?
22 Marietta ATKINS POL
23 Karolina BIALAS POL
24 Ekaterina KURAKOVA POL
25 Catherine-Charlotte LAPIERRE POL
26 Julija POLNIUK POL
27 Agnieszka REJMENT POL
28??? – someone without an ISU bio?
29 Laura SZCZESNA POL
30 Magdalena ZAWADZKA POL
31 Ana Sofia BESCHEA ROU
32 Julia SAUTER ROU
33 Antonina DUBININA SRB
34 Livia KAISER SUI
35 Emma DOBOSZOVA SVK
36 Vanessa SELMEKOVA SVK
37 Josefin TALJEGARD SWITZERLAND
38 Clare SEO USA

Pairs -
1 Anastasia GOLUBEVA / Hektor GIOTOPOULOS MOORE AUS
2 Gabriella IZZO / Luc MAIERHOFER AUT
3 Fiona BOMBARDIER / Benjamin MIMAR CAN
4 Barbora KUCIANOVA / Martin BIDAR CZE
5 Brooke MCINTOSH / Marco ZANDRON ESP
6 Tilda ALTERYD / Noel-Antoine PIERRE FRA
7 Louise EHRHARD / Matthis PELLEGRIS FRA
8 Aurelie FAULA / Theo BELLE FRA
9 Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY GBR
10 Letizia ROSCHER / Luis SCHUSTER GER
11 Julia Sylvia GUNNARSDOTTIR / Manuel PIAZZA ISL
12 Lucrezia BECCARI / Lucrezia BECCARI ITA
13 Irma CALDARA / Riccardo MAGLIO ITA
14 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA
15 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED
16 Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN PHI
17 Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Tom BOUVART SUI
18 Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR
19 Isabelle MARTINS / Ryan BEDARD USA
20 Audrey SHIN / Balazs NAGY USA

FOUR teams making their international debut - Izzo/Maierhofer debut at IceChallenge Graz two weeks before Warsaw Cup; while Gunnarsdottir/Piazza and Vouillamoz/Bouvart will be debuting at NRW Trophy the week before Warsaw Cup.

Ice Dance
1 Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN AUS
2 Nadiia BASHYNSKA / Peter BEAUMONT CAN
3 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC CAN
4 Eva BERNARD / Amedeo BONETTO FRA
5 Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS FRA
6 Natacha LAGOUGE / Arnaud CAFFA FRA
7 Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA
8 Jennifer JANSE VAN RENSBURG / Benjamin STEFFAN GER
9 Emese CSISZER / Mark SHAPIRO HUN
10 Lucy HANCOCK / Ilias FOURATI HUN
11 Carlotta ARGENTIERI / Francesco RIVA ITA
12 Victoria MANNI / Carlo ROETHLISBERGER ITA
13 Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN KOR
14 Olexandra BORYSOVA / Aaron FREEMAN POL
15 Sofiia DOVHAL / Wiktor KULESZA POL
16 Anastasia POLIBINA / Pavel GOLOVISHNIKOV POL
17 Maria Sofia PUCHEROVA / Nikita LYSAK SVK
18 Anna SIMOVA / Kirill AKSENOV SVK
19 Emma KIVIOJA / Erik PELLNOR SWE
20 Mile Ruud REITAN / Nikolaj MAJOROV SWE
21 Katarina DELCAMP / Berk AKALIN TUR
22 Zoe LARSON / Andrii KAPRAN UKR
23 Eva PATE / Logan BYE USA
24 Emilea ZINGAS / Vadym KOLESNIK USA

 

[Wyliefan]

What's up with #10 in men?