Nebelhorn Trophy

So now the Men's result is up. As Inskate said, Nobu won !!
LP:
http://www.deu-event.de/results/Nebelhorn_2008/SEG002.HTM

TOTAL:
http://www.deu-event.de/results/Nebelhorn_2008/CAT001RS.HTM

A really good start for Nobu this season, and for team Morozov.
I can see, with my eyes closed, Nicholai proudly smiling beside Nobu.

Congrats to Nobu's remarkable comeback !!

Great start for Oda! Nebelhorn was his competition to lose. Great score too. And his score will only rise with better pcs in a near future.

sorcerer said:

I can see, with my eyes closed, Nicholai proudly smiling beside Nobu.

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Indeed! he beat out a Junior and not of the Morozov technqiue.

sorcerer said:

A really good start for Nobu this season, and for team Morozov.
I can see, with my eyes closed, Nicholai proudly smiling beside Nobu.

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Actually, Morozov is probably busy planning some more heavy training. It reminds me of a situation when a fan said to Morozov after the Moran Memorial competition that his skaters were amazing. Nikolai replied simply: "Not amazing!"
I think he has very high standards, but also believes that his skaters can reach them. I think it's one of the things that make his pupils good competitors; they become stronger mentally.
After a training session with Morozov a competition is probably a walk in the park!

Indeed! he beat out a Junior and not of the Morozov technqiue.

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So winning against non-Morozovian skater has recently become less prestigious? I must have missed a memo.

I think that was definitely a huge step forward for Nobunari. This was his first international competition, and not so long ago he wasn't mentally stable enough to compete at all. He suffered from mental trauma and struggled with harder jumps because of an eating disorder.
In addition, he missed an entire season and came into this event as a big unknown, to compete against European Champion and former Nebelhorn Champion who is doing great in the junior GP. He was under heavy pressure, because he has very few international assignments, and he needs to establish himself as a contender as soon as possible and get his PCS back to the level they were before.
Moreover, he competed against skaters for whom Obersdorf is their home rink. Meanwhile, Nobunari is not used to competing at high altitude. I received a PM with a report translation, saying that Nobunari felt quite exhausted while skating, and missed his second 3A and some revolutions in the final spin because he was losing stamina faster than usual.

In spite of all those struggles, and the the fact that in minor competitions so early in the season the judges aren't being very generous, his final score would put him on the podium at last Worlds, and his LP TES were slightly higher than Brian Joubert's. And that's despite the fact that now there is one less spin required in the LP! I think that's definitely a huge accomplishment and a great start for the season.

Good luck for Alyssa, Laura and Akiko! I hope they have a great skate. Nebelhorn turns out to be a great competition, with as many good skaters as some GP events. :thumbsup:

Wrlmy said:

Alissa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, if she places really well at Skate Canada, is there any hope she will get one more gp assignment?? Please?

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Let's hold on folks....lol... Can she skate a clean 5 or 6 triple jump Free Skate? I am hoping she can, but frankly am not confident she will. It takes alot of time and work (physical and mental) to overhaul technical and confidence issues. Personally I will be shocked if she holds on to a top three finish, let alone win this event. Happy, delighted, but in total shock!

Ladies FS results:

1 Alissa CZISNY
USA 111.73 55.05 56.68 7.07 6.71 7.07 7.29 7.29 0.00 #20
2 Laura LEPISTO
FIN 99.17 47.39 51.78 6.61 6.14 6.36 6.61 6.64 0.00 #17
3 Akiko SUZUKI
JPN 91.91 42.13 49.78 6.39 5.79 6.21 6.36 6.36 0.00 #18
4 Jenna McCORKELL
GBR 82.55 38.33 44.22 5.82 5.18 5.57 5.64 5.43 0.00 #19
5 Na-Young KIM
KOR 81.87 43.06 39.81 5.54 4.64 5.07 5.07 4.57 1.00 #16
6 Myriane SAMSON
CAN 81.78 39.32 42.46 5.64 4.86 5.36 5.29 5.39 0.00 #13
7 Elena GLEBOVA
EST 81.39 39.96 41.43 5.57 4.93 5.04 5.29 5.07 0.00 #21
8 Sarah HECKEN
GER 77.59 39.49 38.10 5.18 4.39 4.82 4.79 4.64 0.00 #15
9 Kristin WIECZOREK
GER 75.97 38.44 39.53 5.14 4.61 4.82 5.07 5.07 2.00 #12
10 Constanze PAULINUS
GER 75.27 38.60 36.67 4.82 4.21 4.54 4.71 4.64 0.00 #6
11 Chrissy HUGHES
USA 73.54 35.11 39.43 5.04 4.64 4.82 5.11 5.04 1.00 #9
12 Annette DYTRT
GER 70.69 25.93 46.76 5.93 5.46 5.68 6.11 6.04 2.00 #22
13 Alexandra IEVLEVA
RUS 70.48 35.73 37.75 5.18 4.32 4.64 4.89 4.57 3.00 #7
14 Katharina HAECKER
GER 69.60 29.29 40.31 5.36 4.68 5.00 5.11 5.04 0.00 #14
15 Tugba KARADEMIR
TUR 63.20 27.45 38.75 5.18 4.46 4.68 4.93 4.96 3.00 #11
16 Bettina HEIM
SUI 62.87 28.21 35.66 4.79 4.04 4.43 4.57 4.46 1.00 #10
17 Nella SIMAOVA
CZE 62.10 29.96 33.14 4.43 3.89 4.18 4.21 4.00 1.00 #8
18 Ana Cecilia CANTU
MEX 58.53 28.14 32.39 4.21 3.75 4.00 4.21 4.07 2.00 #3
19 Victoria MUNIZ
PUR 55.43 25.92 30.51 4.32 3.50 3.82 3.86 3.57 1.00 #2
20 Radka BARTOVA
SVK 55.11 26.19 28.92 4.04 3.29 3.57 3.75 3.43 0.00 #1
21 Emma HAGIEVA
AZE 53.84 21.90 31.94 4.07 3.71 3.96 4.18 4.04 0.00 #4
22 Aneta MICHALEK
POL 45.37 20.01 27.36 3.71 3.21 3.39 3.54 3.25 2.00 #5


overall standing:

1 Alissa CZISNY USA 168.28 1 1
2 Laura LEPISTO FIN 154.21 2 2
3 Akiko SUZUKI JPN 146.93 3 3
4 Elena GLEBOVA EST 131.63 4 7
5 Jenna McCORKELL GBR 128.67 6 4
6 Myriane SAMSON CAN 127.35 7 6
7 Na-Young KIM KOR 123.65 9 5
8 Annette DYTRT GER 117.67 5 12
9 Sarah HECKEN GER 113.77 12 8
10 Kristin WIECZOREK GER 112.70 11 9
11 Katharina HAECKER GER 110.76 10 14
12 Constanze PAULINUS GER 109.23 15 10
13 Chrissy HUGHES USA 108.97 14 11
14 Tugba KARADEMIR TUR 108.03 8 15
15 Alexandra IEVLEVA RUS 106.59 13 13
16 Nella SIMAOVA CZE 95.63 16 17
17 Bettina HEIM SUI 94.71 17 16
18 Ana Cecilia CANTU MEX 88.06 21 18
19 Victoria MUNIZ PUR 86.98 19 19
20 Emma HAGIEVA AZE 85.23 20 21
21 Radka BARTOVA SVK 81.31 22 20
22 Aneta MICHALEK POL 76.93 18 22
WD Anastasia GIMAZETDINOVA UZB

Alissa!! It was so worth getting up early on saturday.

Congrats to Alissa.. I am so happy she won this competition. What a confidence booster for her. YAY!!!!!. Thanks for posting the results..

Wow! this is very impressive for ALissa. Sounds like it was a clean skate. I hope she can skate well at Nationals. That's where it will count the most.

At Liberty the entire crowd was mesmerized by her program.

WHERE ARE THE VIDEOS??????????

Oh My God! Thankyou Skate Gods! Congratulations Alissa! WOW! arty:

Free Dance

1 Emily SAMUELSON / Evan BATES
USA 88.26 47.54 40.72 6.79 6.63 6.79 6.92 6.92 0.00 #10
2 Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKI
ISR 84.96 44.41 40.55 6.75 6.71 6.75 6.79 6.83 0.00 #14
3 Jane SUMMERSETT / Todd GILLES
USA 84.00 46.86 37.14 6.21 6.00 6.21 6.38 6.29 0.00 #12
4 Andrea CHONG / Guillame GFELLER
CAN 75.83 42.39 34.44 5.75 5.50 5.83 5.83 5.96 1.00 #13
5 Julia ZLOBINA / Alexei SITNIKOV
RUS 73.09 41.56 33.53 5.58 5.50 5.58 5.67 5.67 2.00 #8
6 Kamila HAJKOVA / David VINCOUR
CZE 69.64 38.71 30.93 5.13 5.08 5.17 5.33 5.13 0.00 #7
7 Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANN
GER 69.41 38.90 30.51 5.08 4.92 5.13 5.13 5.29 0.00 #6
8 Phillipa TOWLER-GREEN / Phillip POOLE
GBR 69.23 41.34 27.89 4.67 4.50 4.67 4.71 4.79 0.00 #9
9 Alina SAPRIKINA / Pavel KHIMICH
UKR 65.71 39.66 26.05 4.42 4.17 4.42 4.42 4.38 0.00 #2
10 Christina CHITWOOD / Mark HANRETTY
GBR 64.98 39.75 28.23 4.67 4.63 4.83 4.71 4.75 3.00 #5
11 Siobhan KARAM / Kevin O'KEEFE
CAN 62.88 34.09 33.79 5.63 5.50 5.58 5.83 5.71 5.00 #11
12 Leonie KRAIL / Oscar PETER
SUI 59.64 35.87 24.77 4.04 3.96 4.29 4.25 4.25 1.00 #3
13 Christa-Elizabeth GOULAKOS / Bradley YAEGER
GRE 52.44 30.89 22.55 3.79 3.63 3.75 3.83 3.88 1.00 #4
14 Nadine AHMED / Bruce PORTER
AZE 46.11 29.52 18.59 3.13 2.96 3.25 3.21 3.04 2.00 #1


Final Standings:

1 Emily SAMUELSON / Evan BATES USA 176.15 2 1 1
2 Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKI ISR 168.59 1 3 2
3 Jane SUMMERSETT / Todd GILLES USA 163.53 3 2 3
4 Andrea CHONG / Guillame GFELLER CAN 151.42 6 4 4
5 Julia ZLOBINA / Alexei SITNIKOV RUS 145.41 5 8 5
6 Kamila HAJKOVA / David VINCOUR CZE 144.19 7 6 6
7 Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANN GER 142.28 8 5 7
8 Siobhan KARAM / Kevin O'KEEFE CAN 138.57 4 7 11
9 Phillipa TOWLER-GREEN / Phillip POOLE GBR 133.24 11 10 8
10 Christina CHITWOOD / Mark HANRETTY GBR 132.03 9 9 10
11 Alina SAPRIKINA / Pavel KHIMICH UKR 126.92 10 12 9
12 Leonie KRAIL / Oscar PETER SUI 119.28 12 11 12
13 Christa-Elizabeth GOULAKOS / Bradley YAEGER GRE 105.03 13 13 13
14 Nadine AHMED / Bruce PORTER AZE 94.72 14 14 14

YEA for Samuelson and Bates!!!!!!! Let's hope they keep this momentum going into Skate America

Could this be the season for Alissa? I really hope so, she deserves it.

According to the protocols Alissa did 3Lz+2T, 3F, 3Lo<, 2A+2T, 3Lz, 3T+2T, 2A.

Her only mistake seems to have been on the loop. It was downgraded and she got -2 GOEs.

She got a ! (advisory edge call) on her flip. The judges' GOEs on that elemnt were 1, 0, -1, 0, 0, -1, 0, 0, -1. It will be interesting to see how that new "!" call works out this season.

I hope this is the springboard to Alissa's best season yet!

Here's a link to Alissa's LP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcKn_m_wJFA

Nice choreography & music. Not to mention a nice skate for her.

I'm so happy for her, her long is lovely, I was anxiously waiting for someone to skate on Lara's theme!

feraina said:

Here's a link to Alissa's LP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcKn_m_wJFA

Nice choreography & music. Not to mention a nice skate for her.

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Thanks for the link. I really appreciate it.

She skated, imo, somewhat cautiously, but maybe that's what Brian was working on to ensure her jumps are well executed. She certainly made the jumps appealing. That opening Lutz was textbook. The take off edge was perfect and right out there in the open. No hiding that one. Her spins are like the skate was nailed down in the center and never moved.

She has those long legs and short torso body to make any of her flexible moves outstanding. Her arms were quite ordinary but maybe Brian told her not to worry about them which could take away from concentrating on the jumps. (It's all about points!)

Allissa has a tough going in Skate Canada. I just hope she skates her best with clean programs. Two great competitions in a row will make her a real contender for the US Nats.

Im wishing her the best of luck this season and really hoping she does well at Skate Canada and also ends up with a 2nd event.

Shawn Sawyer got a 2nd event so now my thoughts are on Alissa getting a 2nd events as well as Naomi/Themi & Yukina Ota getting events this year:agree: I know its not going to happen for Yukina & probably not for Naomi/Themi as well but one can dream

Pikachuusb said:

Im wishing her the best of luck this season and really hoping she does well at Skate Canada and also ends up with a 2nd event.

Shawn Sawyer got a 2nd event so now my thoughts are on Alissa getting a 2nd events as well as Naomi/Themi & Yukina Ota getting events this year:agree: I know its not going to happen for Yukina & probably not for Naomi/Themi as well but one can dream

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Ota and Naomi and Themi CANNOT get GP invitations because they are not on the ISU Seasons Best list. To get on the list, skaters must have participated in a JGP, GP or ISU Championship event. NN/L did not compete internationally last season, and Ota competed only in "B" Internationals, which do not count for the SB list.

chuckm said:

Ota and Naomi and Themi CANNOT get GP invitations because they are not on the ISU Seasons Best list.

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Well, they can be invited by their home nations when they host a GP, if anyone withdraws.

feraina said:

Well, they can be invited by their home nations when they host a GP, if anyone withdraws.

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Yes, but who decides the 3rd party?

The USA Ladies for Skate America are: Meissner, Flatt, Nagasu. Who would you leave off to be replaced by Allysa?

Video of Alissa has been removed. Anyone have another link possibly?