It is quite strange that Aboian/Veselukhin were not added to the ISP as they've surely achieved the minimum score requirements at Dallas Classic, and a team who scored much worse were added. USFS could have straight up forgot or it's a typo, but the only other possibility is that there's some issue around his release, which would be very strange considering he has never competed internationally nor even competed at Russian Nationals.
Thanks for the info about when Danill likely came to the U.S. Hana was born in the U.S., and I'm sure Danill is on his way to obtaining U.S. citizenship. They have at least three more eligible years of junior competition, during which they can compete internationally and gain substantial competitive experience repping the U.S. Possibly, they will have more financial support from U.S. figskating than they would from Armenia. I also do not know how long Hana's family has lived in the U.S., but having been born here, I get the feeling she is not considering the option of repping another country, at least not currently.
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Would love to see Flores/Desyatov at Skate America!!!
Yea I think usfs was waiting for Morozov/chen bc they most likely knew wolfkostin/tsarevski were heading junior. F/d rly deserve the spot so it wud be rly dumb not to chose them
It was only Daniil V. who required a release (from Russia). Since Daniil has been in the U.S. for nearly two years, I would imagine he gained his release within a year of his family moving to the U.S. (especially if he never competed at Russian Nationals and never repped Russia internationally). Thus, more than likely, Daniil had his release prior to partnering with Hana. In Hana's case, she is a U.S. citizen. Her parents are Armenian immigrants, but she and her brother were born in the U.S.
Yes, a highly anticipated expectation, especially since Flo/Des should have been named outright to Skate America after a successful international and national 2023-24 season. Morosov/Chen and Pham/Spirodonov, while established internationally with previous partners, are new teams who have a learning curve together. Since their new status did not stop USfigsk from waiting to see their debut performances before making the SA tbd decision vs Flo/Des, I have a suspicion that USfigsk may still be holding out to see how M/C might improve before end of October. The reason I say this is because of Chen's past competition cred and due to the political influence Annabelle's father might have bts. In addition, M/C train at MIDA and USfigsk are supportive of MIDA team and students.
More than knowing Wolf/Tsar were heading back to juniors, it is being discussed that Usfigsk suggested this strategy to Wolf/Tsar in order to shore up their depleted junior ice dance discipline (with some teams having split and others moving up to seniors). It is being speculated that USfigsk wants to ensure they have a chance to maintain three spots in ice dance at 2025 junior Worlds.
Jenna and Ben split back in April already, so I'm not sure we have to feel sorry for her now that he has potentially found a new partner.
Yeah, I felt sorry for Jenna at the time of the split, and I still do. I and some fan friends had purchased the Egna Dance Trophy stream (largely to see Flo/Des skate their WSS FD and 80s RD for the last time). It was a good event to watch. Hauer & Starr won bronze in juniors; Renzi & Lissauer won silver in advanced novice; and, of course, Flo/Des won silver in seniors after placing first in the RD. It was a well-skated event.Jenna and Ben split back in April already, so I'm not sure we have to feel sorry for her now that he has potentially found a new partner.
To be honest, even though I liked them as a team, they clearly had their own issues - They had split before, with both even having had new partners, but paired back up after almost a year apart. It seems like that is no better of an idea in a professional setting than a personal setting, unfortunately.
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When is it?First confirmed competition that will have a livestream with music along with kiss and cry then
Last week, I posted links to the archived streams with time stamps here.
Very interested! Does Lombardia typically have a stream?
I think it does, but from what I heard, the quality wasn't very good last year...and of course it's not free.
Thanks -- I don't want to shell out tons of money for a stream here, a stream there -- but even less so if it's poor quality. That's a shame.
Thanks. I’m quickly losing interest not being able to watch comps. So haven’t been here much.
