2011 Mont Blanc Trophy

[siberia82]

The event will take place in Courmayeur, Italy on Feb. 15-20. Here is the official website: http://www.mbtc.it/home.php

The list of competitors can be found here: http://www.mbtc.it/competitors.php

 

[siberia82]

Kristoffer Berntsson's name has been removed from the Mont Blanc Trophy competitors' list. Does anyone know why? The Swedish federation hasn't chosen a replacement for him (at least not yet). Viktoria Helgesson is also no longer a participant, but another Swedish skater has taken her spot.

 

[sequinsgalore]

^ I suppose it's too close to The Nordics 2011 which end the 13th of february.

 

[snowflake]

^ I suppose it's too close to The Nordics 2011 which end the 13th of february.

^
Could be, but also considering how bad they need ranking points. Joshi and Adrian are still listed though. And the finnish guy Virtanen. All of them going to Nordics as well.

Sequinsgalore, are you going to Nordics? Some live reports maybe

 

[siberia82]

^ I suppose it's too close to The Nordics 2011 which end the 13th of february.

I've considered that, but Koffe did participate in both the Ice Challenge and the Merano Cup earlier this season (both competitions were also scheduled several days apart). Of course, he may have had unexpected deadlines related to his graduate studies or his job.

I think it's a bit odd that the Swedish federation hasn't named a replacement for him. :scratch:

 

[cloudkicker09]

So Yana and Fedor are going to compete in the Bavarian Open this weekend, then they are going to turn around and compete in the Mont Blanc trophy just a couple of days later. GO YANA AND FEDOR!!!!

 

[dorispulaski]

Which brings up the question: D&W, V&M, C&Z, and S&S will all be at 4CC's. I would think they would be travelling to Taipei in a day or so. Aren't both S&Z going to be going with them? Is Marina in Europe with Jana & Fedor? Or will she be?

 

[cloudkicker09]

Igor is going to go to 4CC and Marina always travels with Yana and Fedor

 

[dorispulaski]

They'd better give Igor a cot in the KnC. He's going to be living there

 

[kiz_4Ever]

for anyone interested, here there's a live streaming: http://www.mbtc.it/live.php

here instead the official results page: http://www.mbtc.it/results.php

 

[sequinsgalore]

for anyone interested, here there's a live streaming: http://www.mbtc.it/live.php

here instead the official results page: http://www.mbtc.it/results.php

Thanks! I haven't noticed it before.

 

[kiz_4Ever]

you're welcome!

 

[icemusings]

Vartman and Van Cleave lead in senior pairs with three teams including Volosozhar and Trankov to go.

 

[icemusings]

Senior Pairs Short Program Results:

Volosozhar/Trankov, RUS: 68.30
Vartmann/Van Cleave, GER: 47.18
Tarasova/Chudin, RUS: 37.34
Malakhova/Kenchadze, BLR: 35.21
Kiefer/Martini, AUT: 28.95

 

[cloudkicker09]

Can someone please translate http://www.wer-art.com/conf/

 

[mousepotato]

V/T did a great job. Huge triple twist, side by side triples were done great, nice lift, great throw triple but she put her hand down. Spins were good and so was the death spiral. Full levels on everything except the step sequence.

Some have said Trankov said in an interview that they were only going to do enough to get the minimum score and that they held back but I really think (if he really said that) it's just an excuse in case they didn't do well or get the score they wanted. I think they were surprised the score wasn't as high as got at nationals but that is to be expected. I think they were trying their best and did just as good as at nationals.

With that score they would have been 3rd at Euros

Seasons highest SP Scores

S/S - 74.40 GPF
P/T - 71.41 4CC
K/S - 69.49 EUR
V/T - 68.30 MBT

 

[Tanja90]

Volosozhar/Trankov won the free skate with 131.54! total score of 199.84!
They are close to their first medal in world stage!

 

[yunafan1860]

Here's their Long

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upixtMT5QqM

 

[oleada]

That's higher than P/T at 4CCs. If they skate well at Worlds, they'll be on the podium for sure. It wasn't as good as Russian Nats - I'm betting altitude.

 

[zizi]

Come on V/T! Please stand on the Worlds podium！