Ekaterina Luneva

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Ekaterina LUNEVA (Russian: Екатерина ЛУНЕВА) is a Ladies Singles skater who represents Cyprus. She was born on 15th May 2004 in Moscow, Russia.


Updated: 9th March 2020


Biographical Info

ISU Bio:
https://results.isu.org/bios/isufs00107918.htm

Rink Results Bio:
https://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=34562

Skating Scores Bio:
https://skatingscores.com/cyp/ladies/ekaterina_luneva/

Stats On Ice Bio:
https://www.statsonice.com/skater/ekaterinaluneva/

Tracings Bio:
https://tracings.net/lune-ekat.html


Programmes

Ladies​	Short Programme​	Free Skate​	Exhibition​
2019–20 Season
2018–19 Season

Personal Best Scores

ISU Personal Best Scores for Ekaterina Luneva:
https://results.isu.org/bios/isufs_pb_00107918.htm

+5 / -5 Grade Of Execution System

Ladies​	Short Programme​	Free Skate​	Total​
ISU Personal Best Score	Ekaterina’s best score is 31.96 at 2019 ISU Junior Grand Prix Riga Cup. Link places it on ISU best ever list.	Ekaterina’s best score is 47.95 at 2019 ISU Junior Grand Prix Riga Cup. Link places it on ISU best ever list.	Ekaterina’s best score is 79.91 at 2019 ISU Junior Grand Prix Riga Cup. Link places it on ISU best ever list.
2019–20 ISU Season’s Best Score	259th Place 31.96 at 2019 ISU Junior Grand Prix Riga Cup	281st Place 47.95 at 2019 ISU Junior Grand Prix Riga Cup	275th Place 79.91 at 2019 ISU Junior Grand Prix Riga Cup

The Personal Best and Season Best scores that the ISU uses for a skater only take into consideration certain competitions. For example, they do not take into consideration domestic competitions, such as Sectional, Regional or National Championships.

The table below takes into consideration all the events that the skater has taken part in. These scores are referred to as “Absolute Personal Best” and “Absolute Season’s Best” so as to distinguish them from the scores recorded by the ISU.

Absolute Personal Best Score​

Absolute Season’s Best Score​

The Absolute designations are based purely on the contents of the Competitive History table in this post. If anybody knows of any scores that are not in the table, please let us know, and we will be only too happy to add them in.

+5 / -5 Grade Of Execution System

Ladies *​	SP Date​	Competition​	SP Score​	FS Date​	Competition​	FS Score​	Event Dates​	Competition​	Total Score​
Major Championships			​			​			​
Grands Prix	05 Sep. 2019	ISU Junior Grand Prix Riga Cup	31.96​	06 Sep. 2019	ISU Junior Grand Prix Riga Cup	47.95​	04–07 Sep. 2019	ISU Junior Grand Prix Riga Cup	79.91​
Challenger Events			​			​			​
Other International Competitions	15 Feb. 2020	Haabersti Cup	43.86​	16 Feb. 2020	Haabersti Cup	69.74​	13–16 Feb. 2020	Haabersti Cup	113.60​
National Championships	18 May 2019	Cyprus Championships	34.69​	19 May 2019	Cyprus Championships	63.64​	18–19 May 2019	Cyprus Championships	98.33​
Other Domestic Competitions			​			​			​
Absolute PB	15 Feb. 2020	Haabersti Cup	43.86​	16 Feb. 2020	Haabersti Cup	69.74​	13–16 Feb. 2020	Haabersti Cup	113.60​

* = For more information about Personal Best scores, and to find out how the competitions were defined for the purposes of the above table, please see the following post:

https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/posts/2144915


Competitive History

Absolute Personal Best Score​

Absolute Season’s Best Score​

Disclaimer: Absolute Personal Best (PB) and Absolute Season’s Best (SB) score designations are based purely on the contents of the Competitive History table in this post. If anybody knows of any scores that are not in the table, please let us know, and we will be only too happy to add them in.

+5 / -5 Grade Of Execution System

Date​	Competition​	Level​	SP Pos​	SP Score​	FS Pos​	FS Score​	Total Pos​	Total Score​
	2019–20 Season​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
13–16 Feb. 2020	Haabersti Cup	Junior​	5​	43.86​	8​	69.74​	7​	113.60​
13–15 Dec. 2019	Grand Prix Of Bratislava	Junior​	7​	36.38​	5​	68.78​	6​	105.16​
04–07 Sep. 2019	ISU Junior Grand Prix Riga Cup	Junior​	32​	31.96​	35​	47.95​	34​	79.91​
	2018–19 Season​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
18–19 May 2019	Cyprus Championships	Junior​	1​	34.69​	1​	63.64​	1​	98.33​
03–04 May 2019	Armenian Open Championships	Junior​	4​	35.14​	4​	59.89​	4​	95.03​
21–24 Mar. 2019	Coppa Europa	Junior​	17​	31.00​	15​	52.40​	14​	83.40​

Absolute Personal Best Score​

Absolute Season’s Best Score​

Disclaimer: Absolute Personal Best (PB) and Absolute Season’s Best (SB) score designations are based purely on the contents of the Competitive History table in this post. If anybody knows of any scores that are not in the table, please let us know, and we will be only too happy to add them in.


Videos

2019–20 Season

6th September 2019: ISU Junior Grand Prix Riga Cup FS (Canadian Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azRN9ClSgjs
5th September 2019: ISU Junior Grand Prix Riga Cup SP (Canadian Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROBbySgW0Bc

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Just letting you know that all the photos I was talking about did eventually get put together into a public post on the Skate Cyprus club's Facebook Page. They can be viewed in this post:

https://www.facebook.com/skatecyprus.org/posts/2179630792115071

Included at the end of this post is a nice group photo of most of the Junior and Senior skaters, as well as the Ice Dancers, with their trophies, medals and certificates. Here is the direct link:

https://www.facebook.com/skatecyprus.org/photos/a.135549496523221/2179620968782720/?type=3&theater

As we look at them from left to right:

• Ekaterina Luneva (1st Junior Ladies)
• Diana Lekhtman and Nikita Vitryanyuk (1st Advanced Novice Ice Dance Guests)
• Polina Ustinova (1st Senior Ladies)
• Ilia Karankevich and Angelina Kudryavtseva (1st Advanced Novice Ice Dance)
• Giorgia Isabella Sechi (3rd Junior Ladies)
• Daniella Vanessa Ipsarides (Special Achievement Award)

All the best to them!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Angelina Kudryavtseva and Ilia Karankevich will be making their second Junior GP appearance at the Riga Cup. The Ice Dance SD starts at 13:00 CEST on Friday 6th September, while the Ice Dance FD starts at 17:20 CEST on Saturday 7th September.

Joining them in Riga for what will be her Junior GP debut is the 2019 Junior Ladies Champion, Ekaterina Luneva. The Ladies SP starts at 13:00 CEST on Thursday 5th September, while the Ladies FS starts at 16:30 CEST on Friday 6th September.

Although I will be posting further updates, I would like to just take this opportunity to wish all the Cypriot skaters all the best in all their upcoming competitions.

ALL THE BEST!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Tallink Hotels Cup: 13–16 February 2020

Over in Estonia, Ekaterina Luneva (2019 Cypriot Junior Ladies Champion) showed that she is the favourite to retain her National title with a very good showing at the Tallink Hotels Cup. She finished 7th overall out of 19, having been 5th in the SP, and 8th in the FS.

Tallink Hotels Cup Junior Ladies SP: Results; Protocols
Tallink Hotels Cup Junior Ladies FS: Results; Protocols
Tallink Hotels Cup Junior Ladies: Results

Incidentally, Katia achieved the SP minimum TES for Junior Worlds at the Tallink Hotels Cup. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have the FS minimum TES. Plus it happened a week after the deadline, so it wouldn’t have counted anyway.

But, it just shows that if she had entered some more competitions since her Junior GP (she only did the GP Of Bratislava in December), she could very well have been going to Tallinn in March to join her Leader team-mates Angelina and Ilia at Junior Worlds.

WELL DONE!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

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Apologies that I didn't get posting before skating started in The Hague, but my computer died again this week. Fortunately, this time I had everything I needed and knew what I was doing, so it only took 2 days to sort it, rather than the month that it took the last time.

Emilea ended up withdrawing from the Tallink Hotels Cup, presumably because it would mean competing two weeks in a row. There was a bit of confusion as to where she would be competing this week, as she was entered for both the Challenge Cup and the Sofia Trophy.

Well, she competed in the SP at the Challenge Cup today. She finshed 5th out of 18 in the SP, with a score of 55.05.

Challenge Cup Senior Ladies SP: Results; Protocols

There is no video uploaded yet.

This score was only 0.94 points lower than her absolute PB for the SP, achieved at the 2019 Midwestern Sectional Championships when she was skating in America. HOWEVER, the significance is that her TES today was 30.13. Which means that she now has all the minimums that she needs to compete at the World Champiponships!!! (She already had the minimum TES for the FS from the Santa Claus Cup)



I haven't actually seen Emilea's skate today. But, given the scores, I'm sure it looked good!

WELL DONE!!!

The FS will be held tomorrow afternoon, starting at 13:00 CET (07:00 EST / 12:00 GMT / 14:00 EET). There is no Time Schedule PDF, so I do not have an exact time that Emilea will be skating. But she will be the fourteenth skater to start. So, second skater to go in Group 3.

Here is the link for the livestream (costs €5):

https://livestream.schaatsen.nl/ticket-challenge-cup-26-februari/

And here is the live scoring:

http://kunstrijden.knsb.nl/2020-2021/20210225/SEG021.HTM

The interesting thing is that Emilea is still on the Entry List for the Sofia Trophy. Looking at the timetables, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that she could do both competitions. The FS in the Challenge Cup is on Friday afternoon. And the SP at the Sofia Trophy isn't until Saturday evening.

Don't forget, back in 2015, Anastasia Galustyan, Aleksandra Golovkina and Angelīna Kučvaļska did both the EYOF in Austria and the European Championships in Sweden in a single week, with the FS of the EYOF the day before the SP of Europeans.

It's a big ask, though. Especially in these pandemic days when there are a lot less flights happening. However, there is a flight on Saturday morning leaving Amsterdam at 10:20 CET and arriving in Sofia at 14:00 EET...

The thing that makes me think that Emilea will head to Sofia is that there are skaters from the Cypriot team competing there in the younger categories. The team could have a show of strength.

Ekaterina Luneva will be competing in Junior Ladies, while Stefania Yakovleva will be competing in Advanced Novice Ladies.

ALL THE BEST TO ALL OF THEM!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

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Well, the FS did it again for Emilea!

Emilea finished 2nd out of 18 in the FS, with a score of 116.25. This meant that she climbed to 3rd overall, with a score of 171.30.

Challenge Cup Senior Ladies FS: Results; Protocols
Challenge Cup Senior Ladies: Results

There is no video uploaded yet.

I may not be a Billie Eilish fan, but boys that FS programme is bringing in the goods for Emilea!

WELL DONE EMILEA!!!

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The SP Start Orders for the Sofia Trophy were put up yesterday afternoon, and Emilea has indeed withdrawn. Stefania and Katya are still entered (and, by sheer coincidence, are both the antepenultimate starter in their respective SP).

Here is the link for the livestreaming channel (link for the actual stream is not up yet):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQm3qTqSVlHzxkUADN_q_cA


The Advanced Novice Ladies SP is due to start at 10:30:00 EET (08:30:00 GMT). So 3 hours from now.

Stefania Yakovleva will be the 22nd skater to start. So, sixth skater to go in Group 3.

She is due to start at 12:29:45 EET (10:29:45 GMT). So, a whisker under 5 hours from now.

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://sofia-trophy.clubdenkovastav...ESGIRLS1.7.2005-30.6.2010_SP_TimeSchedule.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://sofia-trophy.clubdenkovastaviski.com/2021/ISU/index.html?page=SEG011.HTM


The Junior Ladies SP is due to start at 13:30:00 EET (11:30:00 GMT / 14:30:00 MSK). So 6 hours from now.

Ekaterina Luneva will be the 28th skater to start. So, fourth skater to go in Group 3.

She is due to start at 17:14:30 EET (15:14:30 GMT). So, 9h 44m 30s from now.

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://sofia-trophy.clubdenkovastaviski.com/2021/ISU/pages/ST2021_JUNIORLADIES_SP_TimeSchedule.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://sofia-trophy.clubdenkovastaviski.com/2021/ISU/index.html?page=SEG007.HTM

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

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Good News and Bad News.

The Good News is that Stefania put in a great performance in the Advanced Novice Ladies SP, and is lying third going into the FS, with a score of 33.83.

Sofia Trophy Advanced Novice Ladies SP: Results; Protocols

There is no video uploaded yet.

Here is what I wrote at the time in the competition thread:

It has been a long time since I last saw Stefania, and I have to admit I couldn't remember what she was like. But, I liked what I saw today! That was very good!!!

Just the one wee mistake that I spotted, but it was just a minor thing.

With 2 to go, she goes into 3rd position, just a smidgeon behind 2nd.



With Emilea, Marilena and Stefania all looking good, things are really looking up for Cyprus.

We just have to wait for Junior Ladies later on to see what form Ekaterina is in this season.

WELL DONE STEFANIA!!!

The Advanced Novice Ladies SP is due to start at 08:30:00 EET (06:30:00 GMT). So 10 minutes from now.

Stefania Yakovleva will again be the 22nd skater to start. So, sixth skater to go in Group 3.

She is due to start at 10:44:30 EET (08:44:30 GMT). So, 2h 24m from now.

Here is the link for the livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk6-H26SvIY

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://sofia-trophy.clubdenkovastav...ESGIRLS1.7.2005-30.6.2010_FS_TimeSchedule.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://sofia-trophy.clubdenkovastaviski.com/2021/ISU/index.html?page=SEG011.HTM

The Bad News is that Ekaterina Luneva withdrew from the Junior Ladies SP. :disapp:

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST STEFANIA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Last month, we had a week with three birthdays in it. And it is happening again this month!

May's birthday week starts with Ekaterina Luneva's 17th birthday!!!

С Днем Рождения Екатерина!!!

I hope she has had a really enjoyable day, and that the coming year is a good one for her.

Unfortunately, we have not seen Katia in action since the start of the pandemic. Her scores from the last competition she did (the Tallink Hotels Cup in Estonia) were very encouraging, so I really hope that we will get to see her compete again internationally next season.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

There have been quite a few things have happened since I last posted in this thread. So, I think it would be best to tackle them in chronological order.

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Firstly, in June, Daniella did an interview with the English language In-Cyprus website (which used to be the Cyprus Weekly newspaper):

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/int...of-figure-skating-daniella-vanessa-ipsaridou/

Then a week later, she was interviewed by Maria Ioannou on the Omega TV programme "Ela Na Deis". Here is the video on Daniella's Facebook Fan Page:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=912731879457270&id=149071529156646

This interview was in Greek, so I don't know what she was saying (I suspect it was something similar to the newspaper interview). But, it had a song I love as the backing music, so I can't complain!

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Secondly, Marilena has already got her first competition of the 2021–22 Season under her belt. Just over 2 weeks ago, she competed at Skate Milwaukee.

I have to admit, I was worried last season when she had such a good first half of the season, and then seemed to completely disappear off the radar in the second half. So, it is so good to see her back. And boys, but she hit the ground running!

Skate Milwaukee Senior Ladies SP: Results; Protocols

There is no video uploaded yet.

Marilena finished 1st out of 13 in the SP, with a score of 58.31. This was 3.74 ahead of Maxine Marie Bautista in second place.

She was the only skater in the Top 4 to not have any deductions. In fact, she was one of only 2 skaters in the Top 8 to not have any deductions (Emily Zhang in 5th position was the other).

This score was a new absolute PB for the Short Programme, surpassing the 46.41 she scored at the 2019 US Challenge Skate by a massive 11.90 points!



Unfortunately, after winning the Short Programme, the Free Skate did not go as well.

Skate Milwaukee Senior Ladies FS: Results; Protocols
Skate Milwaukee Senior Ladies: Results

Marilena Kitromilis Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emm1cX2WfoU

Marilena finished 8th out of 12 in the FS, with a score of 76.02. This meant that she dropped to 8th place overall, with a score of 134.33.

Typical luck that of the two programmes, the one that got a video uploaded was the one where things went wrong rather than the one where things went right!

The first half of the programme was a disaster. Four deductions for falls says it all. To be honest, I suspect that the pressure of being the overnight leader got to her. However, she pulled it together for the second half, which was actually really good.

She was skating to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" (well, according to YouTube's algorithms, there were only sections from "Summer", "Autumn" and "Winter"). And, although I may be biased, I do think that when she skates it clean, it will be impressive.

Nevertheless, despite the problems in the FS, the overall score was still a new absolute PB, surpassing the 132.93 she scored at the 2020 Santa Claus Cup by 1.40 points.

WELL DONE MARILENA!!!

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Thirdly, on Sunday, I was checking YouTube for new videos, and discovered by chance that Angelina has her own YouTube channel. She has been using it since 2017, but I never found it until now.

I have added links for all the videos to the post about Angelina over in the separate Fan Fest thread for her and Ilia:

https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/posts/2123988/

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Finally, the Provisional Entry Lists for the second Junior Grand Prix in Courchevel were released yesterday, and I was pleasantly surprised to see Stefania on it. I thought she still had another year or two to wait until she was old enough for Juniors!

http://results.isu.org/events/jgpfra22021_JuniorWomen.htm

Ekaterina is down as the substitute if Stefania is not able to go.

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So, here's to a great 2021–22 Season for Team Cyprus!!!



CaroLiza_fan

 

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Whole pile of updates.

Firstly, Stefania will now be making her Junior GP debut at the penultimate round, the Baltic Cup.

From what I can tell from the Announcement PDF's fo the various Junior GP's, Cyprus was always down for a Ladies slot in Gdańsk. So, unless they are given an extra slot at the Cup Of Austria to make up for the missed Courchevel slot, that means we will not be seeing Ekaterina in a Junior GP this season.

So, let's hope the ISU show some understanding.

Angelina and Ilia will also be competing at the Baltic Cup. They were originally down to do their second Junior GP in Krasnoyarsk, but that has now been changed. And I am kinda relieved, because it is never idea doing back-to-back competitions.

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Speaking of Angelina and Ilia, they will be kicking off their season this morning in Košice. I posted all the details in their own thread yesterday. But, to update the times:

The Short Dance starts in 4 hours from now.
Angelina and Ilia start in 4h 30m from now.

Of course, those of us that have been watching the Junior Grand Prix series so far will have already seen Angelina and Ilia on many occasions. Because they are featured in the montage that is being shown at the start of every segment!

Here is the link to the montage as a standalone video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRQEx61utRg

And here is the direct link to Angelina and Ilia's clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRQEx61utRg&t=52

I really enjoyed that programme.

Looking forward to seeing what they have for us this season!

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Now the big news. The Provisional Entry List for the Nebelhorn Trophy was released yesterday.

Emilea is entered, with Marilena as substitute.

I did wonder why Emilea was not entered for the Autumn Classic alongside Marilena. But, it didn't twig with me that it was the week before the Nebelhorn. So, everything makes sense now.

Have to be honest, I was kinda hoping that Angelina and Ilia would also be going to Oberstdorf. So, I am disappointed that they are not.

Nevertheless, what an opportunity for Cypriot Ladies skating. Fighting to qualify for the Olympics.

I wish Emilea all the best.

CaroLiza_fan

 

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Now that the dust has settled on the fantastic result in the Autumn Classic, it is time to get back to business.

Firstly, Marilena is on the Provisional Entry List for the fifth round of the Challenger Series, the Asian Open Trophy in Beijing.

Yes, as in the Olympic Test Event.

I was surprised to find that there is actually due to be quite a large contingent of skaters travelling from America to the Asian Open. Indeed, Marilena will have four of her Skating Club Of Boston team-mates with her - Ashley Lin (CHN) and Gabriella Izzo (USA) in Ladies; Jimmy Ma (USA) in Men; and Audrey Lu (USA) in Pairs.

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Emilea will be competing at the Nebelhorn Trophy this week, attempting to qualify Cyprus for a slot at the Olympics for the first time.

The Ladies SP kicks off today at 17:00:00 CEST (09:00:00 EDT / 15:00:00 GMT / 16:00:00 BST / 18:00:00 EEST). So 10 hours from now.

Emilea will be the 16th skater to start. So, first to go in Group 4.

The Group 4 Warm-Up is due to start at 19:09:30 CEST (11:09:30 EDT / 17:09:30 GMT / 18:09:30 BST / 20:09:30 EEST). So 11h 9m from now.

Emilea is due to start at 19:16:00 CEST (11:16:00 EDT / 17:16:00 GMT / 18:16:00 BST / 20:16:00 EEST). So 11h 16m from now.

But, those times may change if somebody that is due on before her withdraws.

Here is the link for the livestream:
https://sportdeutschland.tv/deutsche-eislauf-union/53-nebelhorn-trophy-2021-tag-1

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://www.isuresults.com/results/s...----------QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2122/csger2021/SEG003.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST EMILEA!!!

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With all the excitement that was happening last week, I never got the chance to post that the Provisional Entry Lists had been released for the last Junior Grand Prix, the Cup Of Austria, and there will be no Cypriot representation in Ladies after all.

Consequently, Stefania will have one Junior GP this season, and Ekaterina will have none. :disapp:

All because the French won't recognise vaccines that are not being used in France.

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At this week's Junior Grand Prix, the Ljubljana Cup, Nikita will be making his first competitive appearance for Spain with his new Ice Dance partner, Sofía Val.

The Short Dance is not until tomorrow afternoon. So, I will post the details later on when I do my report about Emilea's Nebelhorn SP.

I can't remember if I posted about it in here or not, but I have created a separate thread for the partnership between Sofía and Nikita:

https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/88896

So, I will be posting my reports about how they get on in their own thread. Just like I do with Angelina and Ilia when they have competitions.

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