Italian figure skating news & updates

[Sylvia]

When will they announce about the doping Violations and what has transpired?

Who knows? IF Grassl is found to have committed an ADRV, NADO publishes Antidoping Rule Violations here:

Antidoping Rule Violations (ADRVs)

www.nadoitalia.it

 

[Sylvia]

Re-posting here from the GP Assignments thread:

Grassl is now out of his events, so I guess that answers that

Grassl's 2 GPs were #3 France & #6 NHK Trophy.

 

[Wyliefan]

Quad flip by Memola: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy3W_Bdoalz/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

[Andrea82]

Sarina Joos is set to debut for Italy at Tallinn Trophy.

In Junior Ice Dance, Paolino/Tuba won over Tali/La Fornara at Mezzaluna Cup by 2 points a few weeks ago.
However, last week at Pavel Roman Memorial, Tali/La Fornara won the head to head easily (12 points lead).
T/L also lead in terms of Season Best in JGP season (146 to 141).
Selection criteria for Junior Worlds is
score at Nationals + score at Egna Dance Trophy + average of two best international score (excluding Egna)
For both couples so far the best 2 scores are those from Mezzaluna Cup and Pavel Roman Memorial.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Wondering… If Daniel is currently banned or on pause from ISU events, is he allowed to compete at the Italian nationals?

 

[skatingguy]

Wondering… If Daniel is currently banned or on pause from ISU events, is he allowed to compete at the Italian nationals?

If, as we believe, he's provisionally suspended for missing tests then no he can't compete.

 

[On My Own]

@Andrea82 you have been featured on twitter！

https://twitter.com/x/status/1725651143727124620

 

[Wyliefan]

Circelli's switching??

 

[On My Own]

Circelli's switching??

If Grassl ends up retiring, then why not I guess.

 

[beckab81]

Circelli's switching??

That seems like it would be an odd choice? I guess he could be top 5 in Italy vs top 6 or 7 in Canada?

 

[On My Own]

I don't know what kind of benefits are available for Canadians vs the Italians, beyond just his placement at nationals, but there could be

And he might just want to move to Italy, why not?

 

[honey]

Yeah, if he’s thinking of switching, Italy wouldn’t be the country I’d go to if I also had a UK passport (which I think he does?).

 

[Sylvia]

Corey Circelli is a current CAN Fund recipient: https://www.instagram.com/p/CzHL8V4rkld/

He could be skating as a guest and visiting his buddy, Memola?

 

[Belsornia]

Yeah, if he’s thinking of switching, Italy wouldn’t be the country I’d go to if I also had a UK passport (which I think he does?).

I don’t think he’s ever said if he has UK citizenship (though during GP Sheff he shared a cute photo of himself as a baby in a union flag onesie). Since he was born here chances are he would be eligible, but unless one of his parents is British it would depend on their immigration status at the time and possibly whether or not they were married to each other.

I’ve been hoping for a while that he would consider switching to the UK.

 

[beckab81]

It could just be a nice extra competition opportunity for him, not a switch? He’s close with Memola, maybe he’s spending some time training in Italy.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I don’t think he’s ever said if he has UK citizenship (though during GP Sheff he shared a cute photo of himself as a baby in a union flag onesie). Since he was born here chances are he would be eligible, but unless one of his parents is British it would depend on their immigration status at the time and possibly whether or not they were married to each other.

I’ve been hoping for a while that he would consider switching to the UK.

Yeah, I have a friend who was born in the UK but both of her parents were immigrants. Her father had UK citizenship and her mother did not, so she had to go through a whole process involving proving her parents were married when she was born (as opposed to getting married after she was born) in order to get UK citizenship.

As an American, I've lately found myself explaining to people that birthright citizenship is actually not common all over the world. (Specifically it's much more common in the Americas and much less common elsewhere.)

 

[honey]

I don’t think he’s ever said if he has UK citizenship (though during GP Sheff he shared a cute photo of himself as a baby in a union flag onesie). Since he was born here chances are he would be eligible, but unless one of his parents is British it would depend on their immigration status at the time and possibly whether or not they were married to each other.

I’ve been hoping for a while that he would consider switching to the UK.

Yes, you’re correct I don’t think he ever said he had UK citizenship. I was misremembering something he posted on Instagram with another passport. It was an Italian passport (I just went back and checked). I was thinking it had been a UK passport for some reason. So yeah, no reason to particularly think he has UK citizenship I guess.

 

[Private Citizen]

Yeah, I have a friend who was born in the UK but both of her parents were immigrants. Her father had UK citizenship and her mother did not, so she had to go through a whole process involving proving her parents were married when she was born (as opposed to getting married after she was born) in order to get UK citizenship.

The UK ended birthright citizenship in 1981, so Circelli and really any elite skater (even Deanna Stellato ) is too young to be a citizen of the UK simply on the basis of being born here.

As an American, I've lately found myself explaining to people that birthright citizenship is actually not common all over the world. (Specifically it's much more common in the Americas and much less common elsewhere.)

No European country has birthright citizenship (except in very rare instances where the child would otherwise be stateless).

Many North Americans, like Circelli, do benefit from being born in countries with ius soli citizenship and descended from countries with ius sanguinis citizenship, making them dual citizens at birth though there's usually a process (long and involved) to get that citizenship recognized.

Italy has a number of quirks in its rules that makes entire lines eligible or ineligible. But if you happen to luck into an eligible line, that citizenship passes along forever with no generational limit, which is unique among European countries as far as I know. But, yeah, I don't see Circelli's results in Italy being much better than in Canada!

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Will Sarina qualify for seniors by the time the Olympics roll around? As much as I love the construction of Lara‘s programs Sarina and Anna are getting more impressive scores right now

Italy is becoming a major contender for a team medal

 

[Wyliefan]

We'll see. Anna had a really good competition in Warsaw, which is awesome, but now she's got to keep doing that. If she could figure out how to be consistent, she could go so far.

 

[Wyliefan]

I do believe Frangi just confirmed the Circelli switch. He says Corey will be at Italian nationals. https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1728376600553500900?t=h2DXhNBu0PayVyDWNiFhWA&s=19

 

[Andrea82]

Results of the domestic event are here:

CAMPIONATO ITALIANO (ELITE) - 2a prova

Event results for CAMPIONATO ITALIANO (ELITE) - 2a prova

www.fisg.it

Women event is packed with Gutmann, Negrello, Piredda, Pezzetta and Tornaghi.

 

[Wyliefan]

Thanks, @Andrea82. Lara leading the pack by nearly 10 points is something. Seems like she always comes through at home.

 

[victorskid]

I do believe Frangi just confirmed the Circelli switch. He says Corey will be at Italian nationals. https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1728376600553500900?t=h2DXhNBu0PayVyDWNiFhWA&s=19

He just competed at the Italian elite test event apparently: https://twitter.com/SkatingScores/status/1728490501492633938

 

[text_skate]

He just competed at the Italian elite test event apparently: https://twitter.com/SkatingScores/status/1728490501492633938

and had higher TES in SP than Rizzo

 

[Andrea82]

Easy win for Gurmann. Negrello's PCS elevated her above Pezzetta.

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Lara Naki GUTMANN	ITA	194.28	1	1
2	Ginevra Lavinia NEGRELLO	ITA	169.72	2	2
3	Anna PEZZETTA	ITA	165.54	4	3
4	Marina PIREDDA	ITA	154.99	3	5
5	Amanda GHEZZO	ITA	149.19	7	4
6	Alessia TORNAGHI	ITA	140.67	5	6
WD	Chiara MINIGHINI	ITA	50.82	6

 

[Wyliefan]

Glad to see Anna had a reasonably clean skate (1 pop, no falls) and pulled up to medal, at least.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Easy win for Gurmann. Negrello's PCS elevated her above Pezzetta.

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Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Lara Naki GUTMANN	ITA	194.28	1	1
2	Ginevra Lavinia NEGRELLO	ITA	169.72	2	2
3	Anna PEZZETTA	ITA	165.54	4	3
4	Marina PIREDDA	ITA	154.99	3	5
5	Amanda GHEZZO	ITA	149.19	7	4
6	Alessia TORNAGHI	ITA	140.67	5	6
WD	Chiara MINIGHINI	ITA	50.82	6

Italian nationals already happened? In November? Lara barely had time to even get back to Italy.

 

[Andrea82]

Italian nationals already happened? In November? Lara barely had time to even get back to Italy.

This competition was the second stage of Italian Championships Series, but not the final Nationals. Those will be held on 22-23 December.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

This competition was the second stage of Italian Championships Series, but not the final Nationals. Those will be held on 22-23 December.

A Catholic country like Italy is having this moments before Christmas? Why did so many Europeans have it around Christmas?

And when are Europeans? January or February? I always wondered why many countries have say the 2024 national championships in 2023