2025 GP Finlandia Trophy: General Info and Pregame Chat

[4everchan]

I m waiting for @saine to come up with the rulebook to clarify this once and for all.. until next year

the point though to be made : if none of us know the rules for sure... then, the rules are unclear, ever-changing, etc

it's not our fault if our memory can take only so much. The ISU should have clear and consistent rules

 

[saine]

IIRC it normally applies to only one skater/team per discipline. Other local skaters must be in the top 75 SB. It would be a total mess otherwise.

I can't copy and paste from my phone. Page 4, paragraph f has the requirements for host spots. They don't have to be in the SB 75 or meet the Grand Prix score requirements. But it's strongly suggested that they meet the score requirements.

The scores are on the same page, under 2.3.

 

[4everchan]

I can't copy and paste from my phone. Page 4, paragraph f has the requirements for host spots. They don't have to be in the SB 75 or meet the Grand Prix score requirements. But it's strongly suggested that they meet the score requirements.

The scores are on the same page, under 2.3.

 

[TT_Fin]

For some reason I got this message private - in Finnish but I translated it In English -: "In order for the organizing country to receive three places, at least one skater must be in the TOP 75 Season Best statistics. If there are no skaters in the TOP 75 Season Best statistics, the organizing country will receive one place." I tried to find it out from rules but did not find it neither, so I just believed it and thought my English is not good enough to understand - and in many cases it is not.

 

[lariko]

Just a small heads-up for those interested (or/and invested) in crafting gifts - unsure if I'll manage to do/finish everything as planned, but if I can, please expect around 25 things to be gifted , and I say things because I've made Moulin Rouge top hat In black and red for Juho (yesterday last minute effort) and for Ioulia I've made green, feathered tiara with some golden beads . Plus the plan is to make more of flowery headband than a crown/wreath for 3 skaters (won't spoil who), but I have tonight and tomorrow to figure it out
Oh, and apologise in advance if this will be too much for some - I totally get my crafts are not universally liked (because it's not even their purpose), but...this may be the competition where I see some of skaters for the last time, so I wanted to make as much as I can, pour my respect, like, love into everything, saying thank you.

Of course looking forward to see skating friends in person (I will be probably seen from Mars with my crafting stuff lol)!!!

My daughter was under the impression that your flower crowns were the parts of the costumes they prepared for the podiums. They are great.

 

[NoNameFace]

My daughter was under the impression that your flower crowns were the parts of the costumes they prepared for the podiums. They are great.

This is a big compliment for me, please say thank you from me!!! I definitely tried to match/reflect FS/FD costumes also this time, sometimes it's just the limitations of crepe paper colors, sometimes it's the fact that skater had more than one costume & I won't know which one will be in Finland (like Maddie Schizas, so I made a pink/green hybrid )

 

[lariko]

This is a big compliment for me, please say thank you from me!!! I definitely tried to match/reflect FS/FD costumes also this time, sometimes it's just the limitations of crepe paper colors, sometimes it's the fact that skater had more than one costume & I won't know which one will be in Finland (like Maddie Schizas, so I made a pink/green hybrid )

I will. She loves her fashions, so she was blown away that someone matches the costumes so well. Maddie should look great with pink/green imo. And thank you again.

 

[Perkie1968]

Do we have the starting orders/results link yet? Please and thank you!

 

[AlexBreeze]

For some reason I got this message private - in Finnish but I translated it In English -: "In order for the organizing country to receive three places, at least one skater must be in the TOP 75 Season Best statistics. If there are no skaters in the TOP 75 Season Best statistics, the organizing country will receive one place." I tried to find it out from rules but did not find it neither, so I just believed it and thought my English is not good enough to understand - and in many cases it is not.

It might be informal rule.

 

[TT_Fin]

It might be informal rule.

Probably so. Finland has not often had three (or more) men in senior national team and to give place to more highest skaters so they were told so because our men's have not been near their best this and last season.

In women Selma was maybe a bit lucky because skaters who have been higher in PB rankings had a disaster skaters - expect the ones selected - at test skates, she did not even to skate her best to get the spot here. I hope she can skate clean at Finlandia.

Somebody wrote at some social media "poor Finnish skaters" probably thinking that they will be last ones. I would not not think they are poor.. They are happy they got the opportunity and if they skate their PBs or SBs, they will be happy no matter what the placement is. They certainly know themselves how high the level is and they are thrilled already to skate with skaters who are their idols.

 

[CoyoteChris]

Individual videos of the performances are still available.

OK? I will check out youtube for my favs.... Thanks!

 

[TT_Fin]

At the moment weather forecast it will rain on Friday, but Saturday should be beatiful day. I will go for work for some hours, leave the office after sine hours, get my luggage and work at train some hours more. Tomorrow I will have summer holiday day I have saved but probably will do other things and be at the arena a couple of hours before competition starts.

Mr in our house had a flu at the beginning of this week and I was afraid I will repeat what happened two years ago, just waking up with high fever on day when I should have traveled. But at the moment I feel I am 100 % ok, just wishing not to get ill when I will be in Helsinki.

 

[Sai Bon]

I couldn't find any single major event that would explain the high hotel prices in the days before the Finlandia Trophy. However, there are very many concerts in Helsinki during the week, as well as two popular musicals and a premiere at the National Theatre. Surely the concert of Kraftwerk on November 20th at Finlandia Hall is reflected in hotel bookings in the city center but Finlandia Hall is not a large arena with about 1700 seats.

The previous week, the European Public Health Conference will be held in Helsinki, and on Saturday the 14th, the Finnish national football team will have a World Cup qualifying match against Malta at the Olympic Stadium. These events will certainly be reflected in hotel bookings.

If I notice some other events later, I'll let you know. I hope you end up coming to Helsinki! I agree the line up here will be amazing.

Kraftwerk? They are still going? I saw them in Tokyo in the last century and they were fab.

 

[Lyyli]

Kraftwerk? They are still going? I saw them in Tokyo in the last century and they were fab.

Yes, they are here with their Multimedia Tour tonight.

 

[Ruthypegs]

I couldn't find any single major event that would explain the high hotel prices in the days before the Finlandia Trophy. However, there are very many concerts in Helsinki during the week, as well as two popular musicals and a premiere at the National Theatre. Surely the concert of Kraftwerk on November 20th at Finlandia Hall is reflected in hotel bookings in the city center but Finlandia Hall is not a large arena with about 1700 seats.

The previous week, the European Public Health Conference will be held in Helsinki, and on Saturday the 14th, the Finnish national football team will have a World Cup qualifying match against Malta at the Olympic Stadium. These events will certainly be reflected in hotel bookings.

If I notice some other events later, I'll let you know. I hope you end up coming to Helsinki! I agree the line up here will be amazing.

I discovered on the Helsinki tram yesterday the reason for the high hotel prices during the week = another passenger told me there is a "Slush" here - an international $$$$£££ start-up/investment event, which has filled up a lot of the hotel rooms.

 

[TT_Fin]

I discovered on the Helsinki tram yesterday the reason for the high hotel prices during the week = another passenger told me there is a "Slush" here - an international $$$$£££ start-up/investment event, which has filled up a lot of the hotel rooms.

That explains why Pasila hotel was more expensive this time than the hotels on Helsinki as it usually is cheaper if there is nothing big happenings at Messukeskus, (Conference centre) Pasila. The Slush's main venue is there. I checked, last year there have been 13000 visitors.
My brother said he us going to watch Kraftwerk today. Another reason why I did not stay in his place this time, as he is not home when my train arrives.

See you tomorrow who want see!

 

[dorispulaski]

ISU GP Finlandia Trophy 2025

Event results for ISU GP Finlandia Trophy 2025

results.isu.org

Start Orders are up!

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

So officially only 11 women

 

[brblja]

Ugh, such a shame Samodelkina didn’t make it. Honestly, established athletes should just be getting multi-entry visas to start with - most sports have event calendars that take them all over the world each year and usually they return to the same places where he next year or within a few years.

I’m wondering if it isn’t because figure skating is not such a big and/or commercial sport, so the federation does not have the same access as some other sports. For example, in tennis, athletes have way many more events that cover many more countries - but I hardly remember visa issues ever being a prominent topic of conversation like it is i. skating. And I certainly don’t remember major ones, like one of the medal contenders not being able to show up to an event.

 

[cocteautwin]

We have Shibs 1st and FBC 2nd, feels like a travel in time