2024-25 Spanish Nationals

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Sorry that I've been quiet. My Dad wanted to read his e-mails, and the stream was coughing and spluttering while he was doing it.

Bibian Esther NAVARRO RICALDI (MAD) from the Madrid Dreams club just did a beautiful programme wearing a beautiful dress which made me think of one of Liza Tuktamysheva's dresses.

She goes into 3rd in the FS, and 1st overall.

And she is overcome with emotion. She's not far off tears of joy.

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Inés VÁZQUEZ GARRIDO (MAD) from the Valdemoro club was not as happy as the skater before her. In fact, she looked very upset.

She goes into 6th in the FS, and 5th overall.

I'd be interested to find out more about her background. Because she has a Basque name (for goodness sake, her surname literally means "Basque"), but is based out of Madrid.

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I'm sorry. I just had a thought that made me laugh.

Methinks Daria MOSKVITINA (MAD) from the Madrid Dreams club is trying too hard to convince us that she is not Russian by wearing an Olè dress and skating to "Carmen".

It doesn't matter if this was the motivation. Because she was great!

She goes into 2nd position in both the FS and overall.

By the way, there is confusion over the spelling of Dasha's surname. There is an "o" in the middle of her surname in some Entries / Results pages (such as here and at Nationals last year), but there isn't on her Instagram page, or on the Entries / Results pages for other competitions she has competed in.

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This is funny. I knew that Blanca SALAZAR MARTÍN (MAD) was from La Nevera club without even checking the results page. How? Because she had FIVE team-mates sitting with her for her results! No other club has that many skaters entered!

Not bad.

She goes into 3rd in both the FS and overall.

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Wow. What a way to finish the girls.

Adriana GERBER ARENAS (MAD) from La Nevera club was doing a "Romeo And Juliette" programme. And it was great!

Suffice to say, when she finished, even the boys doing their final stretches in the background were applauding.

She wins the FS and overall.

So we have a La Nevera 1-2-3-4-7-8-9-10-11-14 in the FS, and 1-2-3-5-7-8-9-11-13-15 overall.

And we have skaters from clubs in Madrid occupying all of the Top 15 positions in both the FS and overall.

I think that is what you call domination.

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We complete our Advanced Novice double-bill with a group of 7 boys.

Livestream for the Advanced Novice Men's FS is now on air.

Here is the link for the archived livestream (starts at 3h 32m 6s):
https://www.coe.tv/videos/197370-sabado-parte-1-campeonato-de-espana-de-patinaje-2024-2025

Here is the link for the Time Schedule:
https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/upl...ADVNOV----FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the link for the live scoring:
https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/uploads/resultados-patinaje/CEsp_2024/SEG027.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

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As I said yesterday, we have a more balanced entry list in the boys. 4 from clubs in Madrid, and 3 from clubs in the Basque Country. And we started with the 2 skaters from the Anoeta Izotz club in the Basque Country.

I don't know who all the girls sitting with them were, because that club only has boys entered in Nationals. But it became rather crowded when the second of the boys arrived for his results.

A couple of the girls had Madrid flags on their jackets. So, that has widened the possibilities!

Methinks the second of the boys, Pablo AZURMENDI GALICIA (EUS), might have been inspired by Javier Fernandez. He did a "Pirates Of The Caribbean" programme.

He went into a massive lead over his team-mate, Asier GÓMEZ SERTUTXA (EUS)

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The Anoeta Izotz boys got split by the sole skater from the Madrid Dreams club, Pablo BUENO GARCÍA (MAD).

And then the last of the skaters from the Basque Country, Gonzalo VALLEJO GARCÍA (EUS) from CH Txuri-Berri (the club my kid Janire Idiakez belongs to), came out and made me smile.

He was wearing all black, and skating to Queen. Specifically "Who Wants To Live Forever".

It was beautiful.

Senior team-mate Iker OYARZABAL ALBAS (EUS) was sitting with him. And when the other guy looked towards the camera, he looked very familiar too. Just checked the club website - it's former Men's / Pairs skater Aritz MAESTU BABARRO (EUS), who is now coaching at the club.

He goes into 2nd in the FS (I don't know about overall, because the livescoring has gone up the creek)

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The final 3 skaters were all from Madrid clubs. David ESCRIBANO SALVADOR (MAD) from La Nevera took the lead of the FS, and then Sergio BERMEJO GARCÍA-ROMERAL (MAD) from Valdemoro slipped in behind him.

And then the final skater came out, and I started getting a feeling of déjà vu.

He was dressed all in black, and skated to Queen. It started with "Another One Bites The Dust", and then changed to... "Who Wants To Live Forever"!

He went into 2nd in both the FS and overall.

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Oh, I forgot to say, we're now into the break for practices. The competitive action resumes in 2h 20m from now with the start of the Ice Dancing.

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We come back to start a whole string of Ice Dance competitions. Both solo and partnerships. First up are all the Pattern Dance segments.

Livestream for the Intermediate Novice Pattern Dance 1 is now on air.

Here is the link for the archived livestream:
https://www.coe.tv/videos/197374-sabado-parte-2-campeonato-de-espana-de-patinaje-2024-2025

Here is the link for the Time Schedule:
https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/upl...INTNOV----QUAL0001PD--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the link for the live scoring:
https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/uploads/resultados-patinaje/CEsp_2024/SEG035.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

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Oh no, a disaster skate for the third and final partnership, Claudia GUTIÉRREZ / Bruno PEREIRA (MAD) from the Valdemoro club (like all the partnerships in this competition are).

Bruno had two falls. And then kinda gave up at the end.

This is cruel. They are being kept a long time waiting for their scores. So long that as soon as the scores were announced, the first of the Solo Dancers was called for her programme!

Inevitably, they went into 3rd and last position.

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And now for the first Solo Dance competition of the event. 2 girls who, like the Intermediate Novice partnerships, are all from the Valdemoro club.

Livestream for the Advanced Novice Solo Pattern Dance 1 is now on air.

Here is the link for the archived livestream (starts at 17m 48s):
https://www.coe.tv/videos/197374-sabado-parte-2-campeonato-de-espana-de-patinaje-2024-2025

Here is the link for the Time Schedule:
https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/upl...ADVNOV----QUAL0001PK--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the link for the live scoring:
https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/uploads/resultados-patinaje/CEsp_2024/SEG032.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

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A bit of confusion at the start of the programme for the second girl, Blanca FIDALGO BOLBAS (MAD) from the Valdemoro club.

She had barely more than been announced when her music started. She wasn't even in position yet.

Awww. The other girl, Mara CONDE HIDALGO (MAD), has stayed on for her team-mate getting her results.

Blanca goes into the lead, but is only 0.16 points ahead of Mara.

And again, it took the whole of the Warm-Up for the scores to be announced. But, I didn't think to post this early like I did the last time, so the next partnership has been announced but I have to wait 30 seconds before I can post again.

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Back to the 3 Intermediate Novice partnerships.

Livestream for the Intermediate Novice Pattern Dance 2 is now on air.

Here is the link for the archived livestream (starts at 26m 29s):
https://www.coe.tv/videos/197374-sabado-parte-2-campeonato-de-espana-de-patinaje-2024-2025

Here is the link for the Time Schedule:
https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/upl...INTNOV----QUAL0002PD--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the link for the live scoring:
https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/uploads/resultados-patinaje/CEsp_2024/SEG036.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

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I suppose "Just Dance" by Lady Gaga is an appropriate piece for Ice Dancers.

The first partnership, Sara NÚÑEZ / Éric del RÍO (MAD) from the Valdemoro club, were also kept a VERY long time too waiting for their scores.

Massive cheers when their team-mates Claudia GUTIÉRREZ / Bruno PEREIRA (MAD) were introduced. And when they finished. The audience are really getting behind them after their disaster in PD1.

They were Rick-Rolling us!

And the two partnerships are sitting together waiting for the results.

They go into the lead of PD2, and 2nd position overall.

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My goodness. Now all three partnerships are on the sofa!

But Alma PASCUAL / Rubén SAN JULIÁN (MAD) didn't get the memo. It's girls to the left and boys to the right! (Here I am stuck in the middle with you...)

They go into 3rd in PD2, and 2nd overall.

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And back to the 2 Advanced Novice Solo Dance girls.

Livestream for the Advanced Novice Solo Pattern Dance 2 is now on air.

Here is the link for the archived livestream (starts at 42m 42s):
https://www.coe.tv/videos/197374-sabado-parte-2-campeonato-de-espana-de-patinaje-2024-2025

Here is the link for the Time Schedule:
https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/upl...ADVNOV----QUAL0002PK--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the link for the live scoring:
https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/uploads/resultados-patinaje/CEsp_2024/SEG033.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

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Blanca FIDALGO BOLBAS (MAD) from the Valdemoro club took us to Havana (ooh na na).

But I didn't know the song that team-mate Mara CONDE HIDALGO (MAD) skated to.

Ach, we didn't see Mara getting her scores. So, I don't know if they were sitting together again (I expect they were).

Mara went into the lead of both PD2 and overall.

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Pattern Dances over. Now we move onto the Short Dances. First up, the Junior and then Senior Solo Dancers, who are all in the same group. And all of them (3 Juniors and 2 Seniors) are from different clubs.

Livestream for the Junior and Senior Solo Short Dance competitions is now on air.

Here is the link for the archived livestream (starts at 50m 7s):
https://www.coe.tv/videos/197374-sabado-parte-2-campeonato-de-espana-de-patinaje-2024-2025

Here are the links for the Time Schedules:
Junior Solo Short Dance - https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/upl...JUNIOR----QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf
Senior Solo Short Dance - https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/upl...----------QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here are the links for the live scoring pages:
Junior Solo Short Dance - https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/uploads/resultados-patinaje/CEsp_2024/SEG019.htm
Senior Solo Short Dance - https://www.rfedh.es/wp-content/uploads/resultados-patinaje/CEsp_2024/SEG007.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

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