2024 Finlandia Trophy: Info and pre-game chat

[TT_Fin]

Finland's evening post TV schedule (Telkku.com) was a on Saturday "Taitoluistelun SM" which means figure skating national championships. I gave them feedback that it is GP, not nationals. Now they have changed it "Taitoluistelun MM" which means figure skating world championships. I gave feedback again, let's see if they bother to fix it.

 

[CoyoteChris]

Finland's evening post TV schedule (Telkku.com) was a on Saturday "Taitoluistelun SM" which means figure skating national championships. I gave them feedback that it is GP, not nationals. Now they have changed it "Taitoluistelun MM" which means figure skating world championships. I gave feedback again, let's see if they bother to fix it.

Well. you are doing better than I have! When ever I try and correct a local TV station about a major "faux Pas" or a plain falsehood they have made about something I actually know something about, they ignore me.....

 

[AlexRus]

ISU GP Finlandia Trophy 2024
Helsinki / FIN
15.11.2024-17.11.2024

In order of Personal Best, * — unofficial best if no official.
In (brackets) Season best of this season if any.

Men
No. Name Nation Score
1 Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN 310.05 (300.09)
2 Junhwan CHA KOR 296.03 (260.31)
3 Kevin AYMOZ FRA 282.97 (282.88)
4 Daniel GRASSL ITA 278.07 (267.08)
5 Sota YAMAMOTO JPN 274.35 (262.72)
6 Lukas BRITSCHGI SUI 274.09 (238.02)
7 Kazuki TOMONO JPN 273.41 (231.48)
8 Camden PULKINEN USA 271.69 (226.97)
9 Aleksandr SELEVKO EST 256.99 (226.11)
10 Vladimir SAMOILOV POL 230.17 (175.83)
11 Valtter VIRTANEN FIN 204.02 (187.63)
12 Makar SUNTSEV FIN 200.55 (194.62)

Women
No. Name Nation Score
1 Mai MIHARA JPN 218.03 (174.93)
2 Hana YOSHIDA JPN 208.31 (196.47)
3 Rino MATSUIKE JPN 202.21 (192.16)
4 Sarah EVERHARDT USA 201.90 (201.90)
5 Lindsay THORNGREN USA 199.42 (179.45)
6 Ahsun YUN KOR 195.87 (185.57)
7 Niina PETROKINA EST 194.55 (187.57)
8 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA 188.86 (188.86)
9 Lorine SCHILD FRA 183.86 (179.70)
10 Nella PELKONEN FIN 179.31
11 Janna JYRKINEN FIN 176.96 (168.97)
12 Olivia LISKO FIN 152.79 (152.79)

Pairs
No. Name Nation Score
1 Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN 221.56 (206.24)
2 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 204.60 (196.67)
3 Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE USA 201.11 (178.31)
4 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA 195.68 (192.47)
5 Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER CAN 175.73 (174.08)
6 Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI JPN 172.47 (172.47)
7 Milania VAANANEN / Filippo CLERICI FIN 172.31 (165.48)
8 Naomi WILLIAMS / Lachlan LEWER USA 146.00 (145.94)

Ice Dance
No. Name Nation Score
1 Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN 219.68 (214.84)
2 Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR 215.19 (210.65)
3 Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS FIN 198.21 (189.01)
4 Natalie TASCHLEROVA / Filip TASCHLER CZE 196.39 (189.60)
5 Emilea ZINGAS / Vadym KOLESNIK USA 194.34 (194.34)
6 Eva PATE / Logan BYE USA 191.20 (180.83)
7 Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN USA 187.62 (186.96)
8 Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN KOR 187.10 (177.29)
9 Yuka ORIHARA / Juho PIRINEN FIN 180.48 (180.48)
10 Mariia PINCHUK / Mykyta POGORIELOV UKR 167.22 (162.28)

 

[NoNameFace]

Hello everyone, already in Helsinki with colorful circus in tow
However I'll need to check tomorrow between practices if I'll be able to throw crowns onto the I've without issues because there's a gap between stands and ice . Another *make it work* moment, let's hope those 20+ planned crowns won't be wasted.
I have also a non-crowns craft for Yuka and Juho..., we shall see if naughty Beatrice comes out on Sunday to call them to the boards to collect their gifts hehe.
Hope everyone who plans to attend had safe travels!

 

[TT_Fin]

Telkku.com is sill showing worlds to us. They don't bother to fix it. And hotel receptionist had no clue what competition there is when I checked the route from her because I will walk there. I have walked the route before but it was 6 years ago with less buildings and area looked different. This hotel is only 1,5 km from the Arena. I think local fed needs more help with marketing. Something should be done to get the media interested. I don't know what. Some attraction is needed.

 

[surimi]

If you throw them frisbee style, I think the distance is doable.
I've got two smallish paper bags with support letters and lightweight but fragile gifts inside, so, the common gift bags suggested by the security guy for during the competition don't sound super appealing, but their collision with ice sounds even worse, so it might be my only chance.

Question for the resident Finns, does the country have especially good ties with Czech republic or something? While sightseeing, I noticed an expensive-looking restaurant in a historic building near the Main Railway Station, and its name was Vltava. I wonder why. Or does that mean anything in Finnish? Also, a Scandic hotel offers a Velkopopovicky Kozel beer brand in its menu, which is not a renowned or high quality brand AFAIK, and must be super hard to pronounce... Just interested because I find it curious.

I want to try the Mountain Nepali restaurant recommended by Lyyli tomorrow after pairs as it's so conveniently close to the arena. So far, I was very pleased with Robert's Coffee (or Robert's Cafe, can't recall now). I can recommend that chain to other visitors - it must be a chain as there's at least two downtown.

I hope everyone has a safe competition tomorrow, and for Kazuki and Sota to have redemption skates.

 

[Seven Sisters]

Hello everyone, already in Helsinki with colorful circus in tow
However I'll need to check tomorrow between practices if I'll be able to throw crowns onto the I've without issues because there's a gap between stands and ice . Another *make it work* moment, let's hope those 20+ planned crowns won't be wasted.
I have also a non-crowns craft for Yuka and Juho..., we shall see if naughty Beatrice comes out on Sunday to call them to the boards to collect their gifts hehe.
Hope everyone who plans to attend had safe travels!

I absolutely cannot wait to see the gifts for Yuka & Juho, as they are favorites of mine as well.

So many fabulous skaters at this event—I’m not surprised to hear that you have 20 crowns at the ready

 

[NoNameFace]

I absolutely cannot wait to see the gifts for Yuka & Juho, as they are favorites of mine as well.

So many fabulous skaters at this event—I’m not surprised to hear that you have 20 crowns at the ready

Yes, the line-up is way too good, lots of crowns is a must.
Yeah, be prepared for Sunday, crowns (and not crowns hehe) are planned for 5 pairs and 5 dance teams. Plus of course quite a few for singles.

 

[Seven Sisters]

Yes, the line-up is way too good, lots of crowns is a must.
Yeah, be prepared for Sunday, crowns (and not crowns hehe) are planned for 5 pairs and 5 dance teams. Plus of course quite a few for singles.

I’m going to amuse myself by coming up with a list of who I’d personally like to see crowned at this event

Should I tell everyone now, or place my list in a sealed envelope to be opened later?

Who wants to join me in this game? We can ask @NoNameFace to pick the winner

 

[NoNameFace]

I’m going to amuse myself by coming up with a list of who I’d personally like to see crowned at this event

Should I tell everyone now, or place my list in a sealed envelope to be opened later?

Who wants to join me in this game? We can ask @NoNameFace to pick the winner

It's honestly fun idea
I always encourage folks to guess the overall number of crowns and/or guess the recipients...because every event I attend is different, sometimes I can come prepared, but logistics do not work, sometimes I'm prepared but pessimistic about gifting chances, yet everything gets done.
Plus I always wish I did more, but with workdays spent at work, trying to organise my life I some order plus my depressive bouts it's sometimes difficult to do as much as I'd like.

 

[Jeanie19]

I’m going to amuse myself by coming up with a list of who I’d personally like to see crowned at this event

Should I tell everyone now, or place my list in a sealed envelope to be opened later?

Who wants to join me in this game? We can ask @NoNameFace to pick the winner

I would like to play.

 

[Biibi]

Question for the resident Finns, does the country have especially good ties with Czech republic or something? While sightseeing, I noticed an expensive-looking restaurant in a historic building near the Main Railway Station, and its name was Vltava. I wonder why. Or does that mean anything in Finnish? Also, a Scandic hotel offers a Velkopopovicky Kozel beer brand in its menu, which is not a renowned or high quality brand AFAIK, and must be super hard to pronounce... Just interested because I find it curious.

The czech beer was a big thing here back in the days. They were the first “quality” beers that found their way in supermarkets and pubs. Vltava doesn’t mean anything in Finnish, but we use that word as a name for the river that runs through the Prague. Imo the restaurant is medium priced, because it belongs to S-group which is the other big grocery store chain in Finland. The building is indeed historic, over 100 years old jugend style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vltava_(restaurant)

Edit. Ditto to Robert’s Coffee, I love their coffee!

 

[pesto]

That's interesting to me, because every GP weekend, I plan two evening meals, one for the hosting nation, and one representing a non-GP host with skaters competing. This week, my guest nation is Czechia - we'll be cheering the speedy Taschlers.

I can't remember ever having seen a Czech restaurant in the UK.

 

[Lyyli]

Yesterday there were surprisingly many people in the audience. International crowd, heard many languages spoken there. Lots of wonderful skating and serious training and serious faces but Mai shared a lot of smiles and Piper&Paul were really in good spirits and looked relaxed. Their new costumes were a fun surprise. That RD really takes me to the beach. Camden had a hard fall and was in pain afterwards. I hope he can skate. Nella looked healthy, no hesitation with the jumps, just some failures here and there. I really respect all of these skaters for their hard work in this extremely difficult discipline.

The seating chart promises that there will be a pretty good crowd each day. Saturday is always the most popular day, but many people will be attending today and on Sunday too.

@NoNameFace I probably saw you yesterday after the practices when I was leaving the venue by my bike. I will look you up and come to say hi for sure!

 

[Arriba627]

Thank you for your report @Lyyli . Sounds like it will be a fun event. Please give us a few details whenever you have some spare time. Enjoy!!!

 

[TT_Fin]

Today I am working here at hotel and will be there maybe an hour before the competition starts. Tomorrow I am planning to watch some practice too.

 

[TT_Fin]

There is a mascot. Pinguin which is named Steppi. I have a guess who she is. If I am right I am a bit surprised. White shoes so it is a she. I noticed a picture somebody wearing similar new looking skates.

 

[fia_nrt]

I am so excited to be looking at the skates again (online) this weekend!
These GP weekends are some of my favorite weeks of the year ^^

 

[TT_Fin]

I sit here near above the skaters entry. Fd second group is waiting their turn. Juulia and Paul noticed their costumes are almost exactly same colour. Cute.

 

[TT_Fin]

Lilah fell and is carried away. I was watching others I just saw she is sitting on the ice. Did not see what happened.