2021 Finlandia Trophy: General Info

[gsk8]

The 2021 Finlandia Trophy is the third in a series of nine events of the 2021-22 Figure Skating Challenger Series. It is currently scheduled to take place in Espoo, Finland, October 8-10, 2021.

The Challenger Series was established by the International Skating Union (ISU) during the 2014–15 season and the events consist of a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The series allows skaters to gain World Standing Points and is also a chance for officials to officiate at an international level.

• ISU Event page
• Official Site
• Announcement
• Results

 

[Lyyli]

Finlandia Trophy 2021 will get an extra day due to large number of participants. Sounds exciting! It will begin already on Thursday October 7th by Special Olympics skaters and pairs and men´s SPs. Those who have All event tickets don´t need an extra ticket for Thursday.

The announcement of Finnish FSA in English:

An additional day to Finlandia Trophy Espoo competition - Finlandia Trophy

The international Finlandia Trophy Espoo competition weekend turned into a four-day one. The figure skating event will start according to the new schedule as early as Thursday, October 7th, 2021 and will continue over the weekend, ending on October 10th, 2021. The event will be held at Espoo...

www.finlandiatrophy.com

 

[Lyyli]

Finland has announced the Finlandia Trophy team: Emmi Peltonen, Jenni Saarinen, Oona Ounasvuori, Valtter Virtanen, Makar Suntsev, Turkkila/Versluis, Orihara/Pirinen and a new pairs team Väänänen/Akulov.

 

[Impromptu]

USFSA has announced their entries: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/...22-international-assignments-and-results.aspx

Chen Glenn

Brown Naumov

Cain-Gribble/LeDuc Calalang/Jonhson

Carreira/Ponomarenko Chock/Bates

 

[el henry]

Jason!

Maxim!

Like the other US entrants too

 

[Kati]

Jason!! Yess! It will be the second time for me to see him live. If he was the only skater of FT, I would certainly go to watch!

 

[Skatesocs]

Entry list has been updated.

Anastasia Gubanova will be skating for Georgia for the first time internationally.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Dueling Schindler's Lists! And a really stacked event in pairs and ice dance. This should be an interesting Challenger.

 

[yume]

Entry list has been updated.

Anastasia Gubanova will be skating for Georgia for the first time internationally.

Great for her. I'm happy that Russian fed released her, since they didn't want to give her a chance to compete internationally.

 

[Skatesocs]

Great for her. I'm happy that Russian fed released her, since they didn't want to give her a chance to compete internationally.

IIRC they released someone else to Armenia or Azerbaijan recently. I'll pull that name up and post it in European ladies thread if it exists. (ETA: Nope, it was supposed to be Talalaikina to Italy, but apparently it never happened)

 

[Jeanie19]

I think this is my favorite competition yet. However, where is Aymoz and Vasiljevs? I miss them.

 

[Lyyli]

Here´s the ISU page for entries: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00110970.htm

More tickets have been released for sale lately https://www.finlandiatrophy.com/en/2021/09/13/lisaa-lipppuja-myyntiin/

 

[LadyB]

And a really stacked event in pairs and ice dance. This should be an interesting Challenger.

What a line-up for a Challenger event! This is gonna be fab!

 

[Lamente Ariane]

I see interesting matchups in every discipline, but I’m particularly excited for Dance (season debut of Chock/Bates and Papadakis/Cizeron!) and Ladies I do hope my schedule allows me to see all of it.

 

[ladyjane]

A small mistake has been made in the line-up. Chelsea Verhaegh and Sherim van Geffen are mentioned in the Pairs, but they really are an ID couple. It's unclear whether they are coming, but they should be shifted to ID, or that Daria Danilova and Michel Tsiba are intended to come who are a pair (but there's already another Dutch pair on the list).

 

[NoNameFace]

I am debating whether to go, at least for Friday & Saturday. It is however week after JGP in Gdańsk and I am not sure, if I will get time off work approved...But YOLO travel urge is strong.

 

[Skatesocs]

I am debating whether to go, at least for Friday & Saturday. It is however week after JGP in Gdańsk and I am not sure, if I will get time off work approved...But YOLO travel urge is strong.

GO!

 

[Novalis]

I am debating whether to go, at least for Friday & Saturday. It is however week after JGP in Gdańsk and I am not sure, if I will get time off work approved...But YOLO travel urge is strong.

Come!

 

[alexocfp]

Liza is coming to Finnish everyone off!

That’s my bad joke for the day, let me get it out of my system. Haha

Good to see a competitive lineup though.

 

[TT_Fin]

18 pairs! Or 17, if the one is listed on wrong discipline, but still I think it is a lot. Finlandia Trophy has taken it's place in pairs, hope it will continue so. I decided to skip to go on place this year, but Keegan, It would haven been great to see him live, also many other interesting names. I am ready to pay for live screen, if there is no free one.