OES News 2016-2017

[fan]

Netta Schrieber has announced her retirement on instagram. She has been suffering from injuries and thought it best to complete her competitive career.

 

[Jeschke]

Netta Schrieber has announced her retirement on instagram. She has been suffering from injuries and thought it best to complete her competitive career.

Thanks for the update!
Always sad, when injuries are among the reasons.

A shame we will lose those dramatic knc's
The first time I saw her ever was a big knc and to close her career last week we had the same in Torún after the SP (following the WD for the free). Not to mention all the times in between. That will be missed for sure!

 

[eurodance2001]

Perhaps this is in the Euros thread, but I just saw that Zoe Jones is entered in the pairs with Chris Boyadji! Talk about blast from the past! Wishing them success tomorrow in their SP.

 

[Seerek]

The newest blog post at her website.

Not sure what think.... or .

Sadly, the news is not good for Niki Wories

https://www.facebook.com/figureskaternikiwories/

 

[Sylvia]

Perhaps this is in the Euros thread, but I just saw that Zoe Jones is entered in the pairs with Chris Boyadji! Talk about blast from the past! Wishing them success tomorrow in their SP.

Here's an August 2016 article about Zoe Wilkinson launching her pairs career: http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/...irs_career_as_British_champion_s_new_partner/

 

[Sylvia]

Sadly, the news is not good for Niki Wories

https://www.facebook.com/figureskaternikiwories/

Dated January 18, 2017:

After 2 surgeries, 2 concussions and a serious fall on the ice last Monday, Niki and Bruno [Marcotte, coach] made the difficult but courageous decision to withdraw from the EC 2017!

Best recovery wishes to Niki!

 

[kwanfan1818]

Natasha McKay just made the FS cut at 2017 Euros, as did Anna Line Gjersem:
http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1617/ec2017/SEG003.HTM

 

[eurodance2001]

Zoe and Chris are 12th after the SP and within range to potentially finish 10th; I'd think that would be an amazing accomplishment. I hope they get sent to Worlds.

 

[Vagabond]

potential here!

I hope they actually compete, there is a live feed, and we can see the kiss&cry (that's all).

There would be potential if she were better.

Not from Torun, but from today's SP, where they finished last: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGV6lOr_mc

If you just watch the Kiss and Cry part (starting at 5:45), you would think that they had skated separately and just happened to be getting their scores at the same time.

 

[kwanfan1818]

For 2018 Euros:

ITA has three Ladies' spots back (3rd for Kostner + 9th for Rodeghiero) and SVK, HUN, and BEL get two spots, thanks to Rajicova, Toth, and Hendrickx (her first Euros!). There are SVK and HUN Ladies who have the Euros minimums and could get the second spot. Is Vandersarren still skating? She's .02 shy of the Euros TES FS minimum.

FIN, FRA, and GER retained two, and RUS, of course, three.

 

[aftershocks]

... we can see the kiss&cry (that's all).

OMG, that avatar of yours with Pogo's coach sticking out her tongue.

Anna Tsareva's Wu-Tang name generator alias is Gentleman Mastermind. Eh, her expressions make her seem more like Devious Diva Mastermind.

 

[oleada]

Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed watching both Rajicova and Hendricx at this competition.

 

[Seerek]

Looks like post-Deniss Vasiljevs, Benoit Richaud has found Ivett Toth to create some really great programs. Here's hoping some other OES utilize his choreography in the future.

 

[alexikeguchi]

I was impressed with both Hendrickx siblings and enjoyed Moris Kvitelashvili's free skate too. They all have excellent skating skills and quite decent technical content, though Jorik seems to take the Jason Brown approach and go for GOE over base score. Laurine Lecavelier was very entertaining too and could be quite competitive for top ten at Worlds if she can make her jumps a little tidier, bump up levels on her spins, and work on transitions. I hope to see them all showing up more reliably in GP events and suppose Jorik and Laurine have reasonable likelihood of getting two each.

 

[aftershocks]

Here's J/C's fp and the medal ceremony. The crowd kept cheering for Vanessa and Morgan. Bruno seemed to give them an extra special hug at the podium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBhQR3FEnnA TAT says 'brava' Can anyone provide English translation for the rest of TAT's commentary?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_mMlI5a6OM Medal ceremony

Here's J/C's free skate without commentary. Let their skating do the talking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoW3Zx_-3h8

 

[leigh466]

James/Cipres produced THE moment of the event. Just thrilling.

 

[aftershocks]

^^ Indeed it was. Good luck to Vanessa & Morgan at Worlds.

I have been catching up with Euros performances, and I noticed that Daniel Samohin had problems in the sp and he failed to qualify for the fp. He clearly seemed to be skating with an injury. Does anyone know what was wrong with Daniel? How's he doing?

 

[allezfred]

He clearly seemed to be skating with an injury.

Not sure how you were able to diagnose an injury from your computer screen, but he was actually skating in someone else's boots because his airline lost his luggage.

 

[Sylvia]

Does anyone know what was wrong with Daniel?

From J-C Berlot on IN: Czech guláš: Samohin battles on borrowed blades
(Side note: I don't think James/Cipres belong in a thread for "Obscure European Skaters").

BTW, @reut recently started an Israeli skater & skating news/articles thread: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/index.php?threads/israeli-skating-news.100460/

Photo of Hendrickx siblings (as kids): https://www.instagram.com/p/BPmTGAgB0_n
And after 2017 Euros: https://www.instagram.com/p/BP252XRhFgf

Jorik & Loena have a joint website: http://www.belgianfigureskaters.com (also includes links to their individually named domains)

 

[aftershocks]

^^ Thanks @Sylvia. Yes, re J/C, I should have posted about them in the French skaters news thread.

Not sure how you were able to diagnose an injury from your computer screen, but he was actually skating in someone else's boots because his airline lost his luggage.

Thanks for the explanation. After seeing a video of Daniel's sp performance with non-English commentary, I wondered whether he might have been skating with an injury because he seemed to be so hesitant and not his normal self. I should have phrased my post differently. I posted in this thread to find out whether or not he was suffering from an injury.

What a shame about the airline losing his luggage. I guess there's no way for skaters to avoid the possibility of these occurrences. Perhaps a back-up plan would be to try and break in more than one pair of boots and have a coach or relative carry the extra pair in their luggage, and pray at least one set of luggage won't be lost.

 

[reut]

Thanks, @Sylvia, I will add Daniel's skates' saga to that thread.

 

[Seerek]

1 spot away from qualifying for U.S. Junior Nationals in 2015 and 2016, Morgan Flood got the technical minimums for Junior Worlds earlier this month and will represent Azerbaijan next month in Taipei City.

 

[text_skate]

Here is an article about Kerstin Frank AUT: Goals and training conditions. It's interesting how training works for a skater in a small fed with no money and lack of funds.
http://derstandard.at/2000054902822/Kerstin-Frank-das-schiefe-Eis-und-das-lange-Ausharren?ref=rss

In Vienna she has difficulties to train, ice quality, sometimes a lot of kids on the ice
Her coach is sick, so she trained for 6 weeks in Mannheim with Petr Szypa and for one week in Oberstdorf (due to lack of other coaches in Vienna). She dosen't know where to train next season, yet. She dosn't like moving, and moving again.
Goal is Olys, afterwards perhaps working as a coach. She already has licence.

Respect for pulling through

 

[Enchanted]

https://instagram.com/p/BS66TnRF63q/

It seems Tran/Ambrulevicius have retired.

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks @Enchanted - I've cross-posted your link in the dance hall discussion thread: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/in...king-rhumba-magic.101001/page-14#post-5071759

OES pairs who have split since Worlds (one partner is listed on icepartnersearch.com):

Ioulia Chtchetinina (SUI): http://icepartnersearch.com/showbio.php?i=5938
Her ISU bio with Noah Scherer (they competed in SP at past 2 Worlds): http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00035156.htm

Emilia Simonen (FIN) who competed at Helsinki Worlds in her first season of pair skating with Matthew Penasse: http://icepartnersearch.com/showbio.php?i=5918

Latvia's Glebs Basins, age 18, is also on IPS looking to skate pairs at the Junior level and aiming for 2022: http://icepartnersearch.com/showbio.php?i=5898
His ISU singles bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034227.htm

 

[Jeschke]

https://instagram.com/p/BS66TnRF63q/
It seems Tran/Ambrulevicius have retired.

Ah no, I iked Ambrulevicius

 

[Seerek]

Latvia's Glebs Basins, age 18, is also on IPS looking to skate pairs at the Junior level and aiming for 2022: http://icepartnersearch.com/showbio.php?i=5898
His ISU singles bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034227.htm

Good plan for the long term, though I hope Basins considers sticking with singles at least through to next year so he can compete at Europeans next season before switching disciplines.

 

[Ka3sha]

Ivan Righini moved to Svetlana Sokolovskaya
http://www.ivanrighini.it

 

[Jeschke]

Ivan Righini moved to Svetlana Sokolovskaya
http://www.ivanrighini.it

Combo from hell

 

[levineismine]

Combo from hell

It's baby Rizzo's time to strike for that only men spot