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CaroLiza_fan

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I'm always amazed at how many girls figure skate. maybe there is nothing really surprising in this, but unfortunately I am not a Turkey expert. on the other hand, with the exception of Güzide Irmak Bayir, none of them made a deep impression on me

That's the funny thing. There are lots of girls that compete internationally at the lower levels, but very few of them make it to Senior level.

For a long number of years, there was a core group of 4 or 5 girls that regularly competed internationally at Senior level. The last one standing, Sinem Kuyucu, hasn't competed since last season, so I think she has now finally joined the others in retirement. But, as they have retired, there hasn't been any obvious new stars coming through to replace them.

The worrying thing is that there were only 2 girls competing in Seniors at Nationals over Christmas. The winner was a newly imported Russian that only ever competed in smaller domestic competitions back home (she didn't even get to the Russian Cup, never mind Nationals); and the runner-up hasn't competed outside of Turkey since her first season in Juniors in 2015. That's why they had nobody competing at Europeans.

For a country that has so many girls competing at younger levels, and promising looking ones at that, you would expect the situation to be better than that.

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Oh. One of the Bulgarian skaters, Filip KAYMAKCHIEV, has withdrawn. And he's from a Sofia club, so that's a shame for the local fans (I don't know if his club uses this rink, though).

Both of the Vaclavik brothers from Slovakia are here, though, and they go back-to-back to finish the segment.

It's always fascinating to watch siblings skating straight after each other.

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Wow! Slovakian 1-2-3-4!!! :jaw:

Lukas VACLAVIK goes into 2nd, while brother Tadeas slots into 3rd. But, there is a big gap of 14.28 points between them.

More worrying for Tadeas is that he has Marko PILIAR breathing down his neck, just 0.21 points behind him.

Adam HAGARA leads by 5.33 points.

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Wasn't Nicolas VD VIJVER also at Bavarian Open a few days ago?

Sadly he missed the minimum TES again by a few points.

He was indeed.

3rd in Monday's SP, and 4th in Tuesday's FS, making him 4th overall.

Boys but that is a busy schedule! :drama:

Thank goodness he had a couple of days in between to travel and to proverbially recharge his batteries.

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CaroLiza_fan

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We move to the Seniors now, and it is back to the girls. And it is exactly the same format as for the Junior Men - 9 girls, arranged into a group of 4 followed by a group of 5.

Livestream for the Senior Ladies SP is now on air.

Here is the link for the archived livestream (starts at 2h 55m 18s):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os1i_P5K2-I&t=10518

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://sofia-trophy.clubdenkovastav...--------02QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://sofia-trophy.clubdenkovastaviski.com/2023/ISU/SEG003.htm

Hope this helps

:cheer: ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!! :cheer:

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fehervari

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Jade and Anna Tzu-Han skate for Saitama. in fact, I suspect that Ema Doboszova too (the Slovak champion is very far from the WC). fingers crossed
 

CaroLiza_fan

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Oh, Elisavet VOULGARI, the only Greek skater in the competition, has withdrawn. 😞

Hopefully there will not be any more withdrawals.

Straight onto the first Bulgarian, Alexandra FEIGIN.

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Boys but that was a long wait that Ema DOBOSZOVA (SVK) had to find out her scores. I was starting to wonder if we were having an unscheduled break to make up for the withdrawal.

Hang on, maybe we are.

Right, I have to pause this for 10 mintes or so, as I have to do something before the top of the hour, and this seems like an appropriate time to do it.

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Jade and Anna Tzu-Han skate for Saitama. in fact, I suspect that Ema Doboszova too (the Slovak champion is very far from the WC). fingers crossed

My goodness, it only dawned on me there now what you were talking about. :drama:

I thought you meant that they trained in Saitama, and I was thinking "I thought that because there is not enough rink time available in Japan to do everybody that wants it, that Japanese skaters were given preference to foreign skaters. And, hence, foreign skaters generally don't train in Japan". I even went to their ISU Bios to check if they had the same coaches.

But, you were actually talking about skating to get minimums for Worlds.

I'm an idiot. :slink:

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fehervari

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But, you were actually talking about skating to get minimums for Worlds.


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unfortunately this was not an evening for tech.min deficit girls. Jade Hovine especially makes me sad, I was really cheering for her. she will definitely have another competition until March (e.g. Challenge Cup, I think), but she has to skate perfectly for 32 points in a very difficult situation. I don't think she's used to it. Anna 4CC. Ema (or Michaela Filcova)... I have no idea what the Slovak fed's strategy is
 

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And what better way to finish the opening day than with a little bit of Friday night chaos? :devil:

It is just a little bit, as there are only three of them. Nevertheless, I'm going to have to delay watching them until later, as I am going to eat now.

Livestream for the Senior Men's SP is now on air.

Here is the link for the archived livestream (starts at 4h 18m 54s):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os1i_P5K2-I&t=15534

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://sofia-trophy.clubdenkovastav...--------01QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://sofia-trophy.clubdenkovastaviski.com/2023/ISU/SEG001.htm

Hope this helps

:cheer: ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!! :cheer:

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CaroLiza_fan

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Day 2 is Junior and Senior FS day. Same order as yesterday - the two Junior segmentss followed by the two Senior segments. Girls then boys in each case.

Livestream for the Junior Ladies FS is now on air.

Here are the links for the archived livestream:
Part 1 (ends at the end of the Group 5 Warm-Up) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCz6mTfFDOE
Part 2 (starts during the Group 6 Warm-Up) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kfJ7jIwjNY

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://sofia-trophy.clubdenkovastav...JUNIOR--04FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://sofia-trophy.clubdenkovastaviski.com/2023/ISU/SEG008.htm

Hope this helps

:cheer: ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!! :cheer:

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fehervari

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Nadia Festic is quite adroit, but Leila... ok, lovely performer. did their mom tell the BIH Fed that it's both or neither?
 

CaroLiza_fan

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to watch, or not to watch, that is the question

DO IT!!!

You know you want to! ;) :biggrin:

Nadia Festic is quite adroit, but Leila... ok, lovely performer. did their mom tell the BIH Fed that it's both or neither?

:laugh:

When I found out they were twins, I was curious to know if they were identical or not. So, before Leila skated yesterday, I looked them up so that I could do a comparison. And, I don't think they are. Ignoring the obvious difference in hair colour, they have different shaped faces. And noses.

But, I had to laugh. Nadia's most recent post on Instagram is a picture of herself in Bosnian team gear. And very pretty she looked in it too! But, as hashtags, she had practically every figure skating element you could think of; as well as Julia Lipnitskaya, Evgenia Medvedeva, and Yuzuru Hanyu's names. And I just thought "typical teenage girl!" :laugh:

Personally, I think them both signing up with the Bosnian Fed was a good move. They'll have more opportunities there than in America. Plus, what better incentive is there to push forward than having your sibling as competition. Especially when it's your twin.

...says an only child. :p

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fehervari

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in Bosnian team gear. A
in the summer, Nadia wrote that she's a member of the US advanced novice team, and also removed the Bosnian flag from the Insta. then she got a nice uniform in the winter... but I don't think they are really opponents, Nadia seems much better. and more purposeful
 

fehervari

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DO IT!!!

You know you want to! ;) :biggrin:
maybe it was too early in the morning and my judgment wasn't working well, but I loved the first group. really good performances. but the second... especially the first two Bulgarian girls were a huge disappointment. apparently not they wanted to compete, but the coaches and grannies
 

fehervari

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I still don't know why Abigail Liew's jgp result 2019 was cancelled. maybe her change of nationality wasn't in order
 
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