2024 Worlds: General Info and Pre-game chat

[labgoat]

Thoughts on women

• Kaori looks to be in control of her destiny. If she can maintain control and complete her weakest elements my bet is on her. Maturity and charisma help her stand out.
• Loena has a solid chance to be podium bound if she too maintains control and checks of her technical boxes as the judges will give her the marks for presentation and maturity. Her own competitive spirit and willingness to fight for her goals will control her destiny.
• Three talented young women Monę, Chaeyeon and Hana will vye for a shot at the podium. Nina P may have an outside shot as well. Anastasia Gubanova may put herself in the mix as well, but may not have the speed or firepower to stay ahead of the others.
• The Americans Amber and Isabeau need to find some consistency in order to challenge. Amber has the talent and the skills and just needs to believe in herself enough and concentrate to show us she has got this. Isabeau hopefully can regroup from her disastrously erratic season. The programs are beautiful and she has been working on her weaknesses. Perhaps not having too travel far will help her be less fatigued and stressed. She too needs to dig deep and trust herself and her hard work. The U.S. hopes for a decent finish for a home country worlds to showcase a growing crop of talent.
• I look to see Maddie bounce back and rise to the occasion of skating at home.

 

[labgoat]

Thoughts on dance in no order

• There are three strong contenders for the title and clean execution will matter a lot.
• Chock & Bates have the most audience/judge friendly RD and have executed it well barring illness. Their FD is very well thought out and meticulously choreographed with many intricate changes of position. The slower, mellow reflective Pink Floyd music and Dali-impressionist gloss makes for an interesting free dance. the scoring for the FD is the closest - a brand new lift may add some points.
• Piper & Paul have a trademark, quirkier RD that has lost a few points here and there. A clean skate here will help them a lot. Pipers pants are also a constant delight as are the synchronized slides. Their free dance is a dramatic version of Wuthering Heights. If they get their levels, this could win the free dance and put them atop the podium.
• Charlene & Marco have a RD that shows off their technique and speed against the Blades of Glory style music. Their free dance again shows off their technique and speed and echoes their earlier dramatic skates.
• How close can Lilah & Lewis get to the podium? Their energetic RD if cleanly skated will net the great marks in presentation. Their Rocky free dance will be the decider in where they finish. If mistakes happen in the top trio they could take advantage. Solid technique and power will dictate their marks.
• Laurence & Nikolaj have crowd friendly programs and seem to be gaining consistency for a home worlds. Will they continue on after this? Their future has clouds on the horizon and off ice distractions could have them place lower than expected.
• Three talented teams are on the rise Alison/Saulius rocked their way to a great Europeans, Lopareva/Brissaud have been steadily impressing with solid skating, and the Finns Julia & Matthias have beautiful artistry.
• Eagerly awaited is the return from injury for the exciting and talented Lajoie/Lagha and rising Americans Carreira/Ponomarenko, she born in Canada and Bratti/Somerville who make their debut.
• A close field of talented skaters, some of whom will miss the cut sadly.

 

[NoNameFace]

To those with boots on the ground - have the most fun, take care and enjoy!!
Well, my 30th bday adventure, delayed by 4 years, is all go (unless farmers' protests on Wednesday prevents me to be on time at the airport). I'm full of doubts, sprinkle of fear, dash of hope and with colorful circus packed (that I'm not even sure I'll be able to get into the arena...).

Let's hope I can get there and...enjoy too.
Sneak peek for those invested. Let me know if you want numbers or destination. Oh, the plan is to be there Thu-Sat, so if you would like to meet, let me know (will try my best to be on good behaviour lol)

 

[Andrea82]

Technical panels

MEN
Referee: Anthony Leroy (France)
Technical controller: Yukiko Okabe (Japan)
Technical specialists: Terry Kubicka (USA) and Jae Eun Chung (Korea)

WOMEN
Referee: Leanna Caron (Canada)
Technical controller: Leena Laaksonen (Finland)
Technical specialists: Sandor Galambos (Switzerland) and Filip Stiller (Sweden)

PAIRS
Referee: Margaret Worsfold (Great Britain). At her last international judging appearance as she ages out at the end of the season (as born in 1954)
Technical controller: Jeroen Prins (Netherlands)
Technical specialists: Peter Cain (Australia) and Alexander Koenig (Germany)

ICE DANCE
Referee: Jennifer Mast (USA)
Technical controller: Hillary Selby (Great Britain)
Technical specialist: Marie Bowness (born McNeil) (Canada)
Technical specialist: Fabrizio Pedrazzini (Italy)

 

[Ruthypegs]

Does anyone have a giphy of Keegan waving the Canadian flag?

is it too much to hope that Keegan will be there in person waving said Canadian flag

 

[Ruthypegs]

Hey,

I have a question please.

If I'm going on Thursday to the Men's Short Program (which is almost 6 hours long!) is it better to miss the beginning, or leave early at the end?

I know usually it's better to see the end because that's when the best skaters skate, but I heard at the Worlds it's organized by groups, and then by the rankings in each group, so the best skaters are evenly distributed in the groups.

Is there an advantage for either option, if I can't stay for it all?

Please let me know, thanks

Hiya - I like the earlier groups - it's an opportunity to see up-and-coming skaters and/or skaters who you might not see at other major events (like the Grand Prixs). For example, Jari Kessler and Davide Lewton Brain - both expressive, interesting skaters who will likely be in the earlier groups of Men.

The 6 hours whizzes by - hopefully, you'll be able to see everyone!

 

[el henry]

To those with boots on the ground - have the most fun, take care and enjoy!!
Well, my 30th bday adventure, delayed by 4 years, is all go (unless farmers' protests on Wednesday prevents me to be on time at the airport). I'm full of doubts, sprinkle of fear, dash of hope and with colorful circus packed (that I'm not even sure I'll be able to get into the arena...).

Let's hope I can get there and...enjoy too.
Sneak peek for those invested. Let me know if you want numbers or destination. Oh, the plan is to be there Thu-Sat, so if you would like to meet, let me know (will try my best to be on good behaviour lol)

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Beatrice, they are gorgeous as always! I hope that you are able to get them into the arena,

Safe travels, enjoy your trip and please tell us all about it!

 

[4everchan]

Technical panels

MEN
Referee: Anthony Leroy (France)
Technical controller: Yukiko Okabe (Japan)
Technical specialists: Terry Kubicka (USA) and Jae Eun Chung (Korea)

WOMEN
Referee: Leanna Caron (Canada)
Technical controller: Leena Laaksonen (Finland)
Technical specialists: Sandor Galambos (Switzerland) and Filip Stiller (Sweden)

PAIRS
Referee: Margaret Worsfold (Great Britain). At her last international judging appearance as she ages out at the end of the season (as born in 1954)
Technical controller: Jeroen Prins (Netherlands)
Technical specialists: Peter Cain (Australia) and Alexander Koenig (Germany)

ICE DANCE
Referee: Jennifer Mast (USA)
Technical controller: Hillary Selby (Great Britain)
Technical specialist: Marie Bowness (born McNeil) (Canada)
Technical specialist: Fabrizio Pedrazzini (Italy)

None of the too harsh ones...

USA got screwed in dance... Interesting TP and no judge in the field...

 

[el henry]

Maybe he has worked before and I missed it, but interesting to see Peter Cain as a TS (and identified as Australian, which he is, although living abroad for 25 plus years ).

I wonder if he became eligible as soon as Ashley and Timothy retired?

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Maybe he has worked before and I missed it, but interesting to see Peter Cain as a TS (and identified as Australian, which he is, although living abroad for 25 plus years ).

Prior to last season, his last competition as a TS was 2018 Euros.
He also was a TS at 2023 Jr Worlds

 

[yuumagical]

Hello everybody! I just got to Montreal and was checked by a border security guard who looked a lot like Ilia Malinin! I hope to see you guys starting tomorrow! Now to find out how to get to my Sonder...

 

[4everchan]

is it too much to hope that Keegan will be there in person waving said Canadian flag

He is skating in the gala... so who knows ?

 

[Andrea82]

Maybe he has worked before and I missed it, but interesting to see Peter Cain as a TS (and identified as Australian, which he is, although living abroad for 25 plus years ).

I wonder if he became eligible as soon as Ashley and Timothy retired?

He and his sister Elizabeth are still listed as Australian in the ISU official lists. They are not the only ones who are still under their country of origin for ISU roles even if they moved in the USA decades ago. I can think of Gilberto Viadana, Konstantin Kostin, Yevgeny Martynov, Galit Chait, Andrzej Dostatni. Also there are some former pair and dancer skaters who switched country in their competitive career and then became officials for their new country even if still based on their previous one (Kristen Fraser still being for Azerbajian).

Cain is not the only parent-offspring technical specialist. Currently and in the last few seasons, there were also Yevgeny Martynov who is the father of Daniel Martynov; Svetlana Lyapina who was the mother of Jonathan Guerreiro,
They can't judge their own children obviously...it becomes a bit tricky when they can judge athletes who are potential competitors of their own children. They need to serve in 2 competitions in previous 24 months to keep their ISU qualification...but it can be somehow done. For instance, Marytnov is calling only in Senior competitions since his son started to compete in Junior. I guess when he moves to Senior, he can judge only Junior events.

 

[AlexRus]

ISU World Championships 2024
Montreal / CAN
18.03.2024-24.03.2024
In order of Season Best this season.
In (brackets) Personal Best if no Season Best.

Men
No. Name Nation Score
1 Ilia MALININ USA 314.66
2 Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN 307.58
3 Adam SIAO HIM FA FRA 306.78
4 Shoma UNO JPN 297.34
5 Kao MIURA JPN 274.56
6 Junhwan CHA KOR 272.95
7 Mikhail SHAIDOROV KAZ 264.46
8 Lukas BRITSCHGI SUI 263.43
9 Boyang JIN CHN 258.67
10 Aleksandr SELEVKO EST 256.99
11 Gabriele FRANGIPANI ITA 251.59
12 Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA 250.37
13 Nika EGADZE GEO 243.35
14 Mark GORODNITSKY ISR 243.29
15 Wesley CHIU CAN 240.38
16 Vladimir LITVINTSEV AZE 237.44
17 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT 237.42
18 Jason BROWN USA 236.75
19 Camden PULKINEN USA 230.84
20 Luc ECONOMIDES FRA 230.74
21 Hyungyeom KIM KOR 230.46
22 Vladimir SAMOILOV POL 230.17
23 Georgii RESHTENKO CZE 226.67
24 Adam HAGARA SVK 222.78
25 Roman SADOVSKY CAN 217.83
26 Ivan SHMURATKO UKR 215.68
27 Semen DANILIANTS ARM 212.07
28 Nikita STAROSTIN GER 211.85
29 Sihyeong LEE KOR 209.13
30 Maurizio ZANDRON AUT 207.59
31 Tomas-Llorenc GUARINO SABATE ESP 205.41
32 Edward APPLEBY GBR 202.68
33 Donovan CARRILLO MEX 202.47
34 Valtter VIRTANEN FIN 200.83
35 Andreas NORDEBACK SWE 198.95
36 Alexander ZLATKOV BUL (188.07)
37 Aleksandr VLASENKO HUN 183.76
38 Burak DEMIRBOGA TUR 182.95
39 Davide LEWTON BRAIN MON 175.95
40 Jari KESSLER CRO 169.97

Women
No. Name Nation Score
1 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN 226.13
2 Loena HENDRICKX BEL 221.28
3 Mone CHIBA JPN 214.98
4 Isabeau LEVITO USA 208.15
5 Anastasiia GUBANOVA GEO 206.52
6 Chaeyeon KIM KOR 204.68
7 Hana YOSHIDA JPN 203.97
8 Nina PINZARRONE BEL 202.29
9 Livia KAISER SUI 194.72
10 Niina PETROKINA EST 194.55
11 Kimmy REPOND SUI 191.94
12 Haein LEE KOR 191.10
13 Madeline SCHIZAS CAN 189.91
14 Amber GLENN USA 189.63
15 Lorine SCHILD FRA 183.86
16 Ekaterina KURAKOVA POL 181.98
17 Young YOU KOR 181.80
18 Sarina JOOS ITA 180.83
19 Nella PELKONEN FIN 179.31
20 Mariia SENIUK ISR 175.75
21 Olga MIKUTINA AUT 173.46
22 Tzu-Han TING TPE 171.87
23 Julia SAUTER ROU 168.40
24 Nataly LANGERBAUR EST 165.85
25 Josefin TALJEGARD SWE 165.03
26 Anastasia GOZHVA UKR 163.77
27 Sofja STEPCENKO LAT 157.69
28 Kristina ISAEV GER 155.28
29 Nina POVEY GBR 154.05
30 Alexandra FEIGIN BUL 153.04
31 Vanesa SELMEKOVA SVK 152.59
32 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU 152.58
33 Anastasia GRACHEVA MDA 146.62
34 Mia RISA GOMEZ NOR 146.45
35 Eliska BREZINOVA CZE 143.09

Pairs
No. Name Nation Score
1 Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN 214.64
2 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER 206.43
3 Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA 205.88
4 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 202.11
5 Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE USA (201.11)
6 Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE ITA 199.19
7 Lia PEREIRA / Trennt MICHAUD CAN 194.67
8 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 194.02
9 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER 191.76
10 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 190.77
11 Ellie KAM / Danny O'SHEA USA 187.28
12 Cheng PENG / Lei WANG CHN 186.16
13 Anastasia GOLUBEVA / Hektor GIOTOPOULOS MOORE AUS 185.39
14 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED 177.54
15 Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER CAN 175.73
16 Milania VAANANEN / Filippo CLERICI FIN 172.31
17 Valentina PLAZAS / Maximiliano FERNANDEZ USA 169.37
18 Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR 162.17
19 Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY GBR 159.82
20 Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK POL 159.15
21 Sophia SCHALLER / Livio MAYR AUT 150.35
22 Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN PHI 142.86
23 Greta CRAFOORD / John CRAFOORD SWE 139.38
24 Federica SIMIOLI / Alessandro ZARBO CZE (136.02)
WD Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 172.88

Ice Dance
No. Name Nation Score
1 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA 221.61
2 Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN 219.01
3 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 215.51
4 Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR 215.19
5 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SOERENSEN CAN 207.54
6 Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA CAN 206.02
7 Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU 203.37
8 Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA 197.17
9 Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS FIN 195.80
10 Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO USA 194.14
11 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO 192.67
12 Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER FRA 192.15
13 Natalie TASCHLEROVA / Filip TASCHLER CZE 191.55
14 Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN KOR 187.10
15 Emily BRATTI / Ian SOMERVILLE USA 183.43
16 Misato KOMATSUBARA / Tim KOLETO JPN 182.70
17 Katerina MRAZKOVA / Daniel MRAZEK CZE 182.33
18 Olivia SMART / Tim DIECK ESP 180.67
19 Yuka ORIHARA / Juho PIRINEN FIN 179.71
20 Jennifer JANSE VAN RENSBURG / Benjamin STEFFAN GER 179.42
21 Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN AUS 176.34
22 Phebe BEKKER / James HERNANDEZ GBR 169.74
23 Victoria MANNI / Carlo ROETHLISBERGER ITA 168.23
24 Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS IRL 168.19
25 Mariia HOLUBTSOVA / Kyryl BIELOBROV UKR 167.67
26 Mariia NOSOVITSKAYA / Mikhail NOSOVITSKIY ISR 164.08
27 Solene MAZINGUE / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO EST 163.75
28 Milla Ruud REITAN / Nikolaj MAJOROV SWE 160.76
29 Xizi CHEN / Jianing XING CHN 159.72
30 Anna SIMOVA / Kirill AKSENOV SVK 157.73
31 Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA LTU 156.91
32 Mariia IGNATEVA / Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO HUN 152.96
33 Adrienne CARHART / Oleksandr KOLOSOVSKYI AZE 150.19
34 Gina ZEHNDER / Beda Leon SIEBER SUI 148.57
35 Olivia OLIVER / Filip BOJANOWSKI POL 146.11
36 Hanna JAKUCS / Alessio GALLI NED 135.84

 

[slider11]

Interesting that it is almost 5 PM Eastern time and the Pairs starting order is not available. The Women Short, which starts after the Pairs, is loaded.

 

[ramurphy2005]

Interesting that it is almost 5 PM Eastern time and the Pairs starting order is not available. The Women Short, which starts after the Pairs, is loaded.

The pairs' draw hasn't happened yet, and if what I've read is right, there's still a few hours before they'll actually have the draw.

 

[apgold]

I saw the starting orders for the Women's SP. I'm attending in person and if my flight is on time, I hope I can catch the event starting with Group 4, which features Young You, Amber Glenn and Kimmy Repond. Planning to get to the Bell Centre around 7PM. Wish me luck!

 

[Jeanie19]

I saw the starting orders for the Women's SP. I'm attending in person and if my flight is on time, I hope I can catch the event starting with Group 4, which features Young You, Amber Glenn and Kimmy Repond. Planning to get to the Bell Centre around 7PM. Wish me luck!

Good Luck.

 

[apgold]

Hello everybody! I just got to Montreal and was checked by a border security guard who looked a lot like Ilia Malinin! I hope to see you guys starting tomorrow! Now to find out how to get to my Sonder...

Are you at the Sonder Maisonneuve? That's where I'm staying tomorrow thru Monday AM.

 

[CoyoteChris]

Hello everybody! I just got to Montreal and was checked by a border security guard who looked a lot like Ilia Malinin! I hope to see you guys starting tomorrow! Now to find out how to get to my Sonder...

Ahhhh....the flying Gods have been kind to you.......