2024 Tallink Hotels Cup | Feb 15-18

[norwegianfairytale]

That is a seriously cool dress

I can´t help it, but the surname Prangel makes me think of Pringles...

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

That was a different programme from Marta Helena PRANGEL (EST).

I was nearly sure I saw a Prangel in Lõunakeskus last week. But, I just checked and Marta wasn't there. So, maybe I'm getting her mixed up with a sister or something.

She's got a team-mate sitting with her and the coach, but it is not one of the Estonian skaters that we have seen so far.

She goes into 2nd, exactly 1 point behind Joos.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

That is a seriously cool dress

I can´t help it, but the surname Prangel makes me think of Pringles...

Just so long as she doesn't take the slogan "Once You Pop, You Can't Stop" to heart...

Personally, her surname makes me think of a car crash. (A "prang").

And I don't want her programmes to be car crashes either.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Emilija OZOLA (LAT) was 7th in the SP in Kaunas two weeks ago.

But, her score was higher today by 2.41 points.

She goes into 6th and penultimate position.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Just so long as she doesn't take the slogan "Once You Pop, You Can't Stop" to heart...

Personally, her surname makes me think of a car crash. (A "prang").

And I don't want her programmes to be car crashes either.

CaroLiza_fan

That sounds like the slogan some of our beloved cactus kings goes by All this time I didn´t know they were inspired by Pringles

Maybe instead of cactuses we shall call them Pringles?

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Now we will have the other talented Joos sister on ice! And on second thoughts, maybe their hair color isn´t so different at all

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Well done Sarina She is going to go into the lead ahead of her little sister.

I´m sure Sarina will make top 10 at JWC.

So maybe next year both Sarina and Noemi can go together to JWC.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Oh, didn't even notice when looking at the entries that both Joos sisters were competing at the same level.

Now we will have the other talented Joos sister on ice! And on second thoughts, maybe their hair color isn´t so different at all

I tell you, it's so hard to tell them apart! They are so similar, both on ice and off.

No baby this time.

She goes ahead of her kid sister by 10.36 points!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

What is it I always say about Finnish skaters always being such beautiful skaters...?

Well, Lotta ARTIMO is keeping up that tradition.

Beautiful music in "True Colours". Beautiful sky blue dress. And, most importantly, beautiful skating.

She goes into 4th. And is happy with that.

CaroLiza_fan

Why, oh why, did the Finnish skater that I adopted have to be the one that turned out to be a cactus?

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Pernille with Elea in K&C. They are really good friends supporting each other, cute

And she and Elea is basically tied in point, but Elea goes just ahead of Pernille!

 

[norwegianfairytale]

So they are not having ice resurfacing. Well I can understand that since it´s only one group left!

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Pernille with Elea in K&C. They are really good friends supporting each other, cute

And she and Elea is basically tied in point, but Elea goes just ahead of Pernille!

I just wound the stream back to make sure that it was Pernille before I started typing.

That is lovely seeing the camaraderie betweeen them.

They are so close off the ice, and so close on it too. Elea is just 0.86 points ahead of Pernille!

It is going to be such an epic battle tomorrow to see who gets the upper hand. And hopefully more hugs afterwards!

And Ida is next to skate after this Warm-Up! Are we liable to get all three Norwegian girls sitting together? (Rink Results is getting an upgrade at the moment, so I can't check what clubs they belong to).

Here we go!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[norwegianfairytale]

I just wound the stream back to make sure that it was Pernille before I started typing.

That is lovely seeing the camaraderie betweeen them.

They are so close off the ice, and so close on it too. Elea is just 0.86 points ahead of Pernille!

It is going to be such an epic battle tomorrow to see who gets the upper hand. And hopefully more hugs afterwards!

And Ida is next to skate after this Warm-Up! Are we liable to get all three Norwegian girls sitting together? (Rink Results is getting an upgrade at the moment, so I can't check what clubs they belong to).

Here we go!

CaroLiza_fan

They all skate for the same club, Asker Kunstløpklubb. Same for the senior girls.

Ida is wearing Linneas FS dress, looks like she might have lost her luggage?? I´m wondering if that means she is borrowing skates as well and that can´t be easy because Ida looks like having tiny feet

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

They all skate for the same club, Asker Kunstløpklubb. Same for the senior girls.

Ida is wearing Linneas FS dress, looks like she might have lost her luggage?? I´m wondering if that means she is borrowing skates as well and that can´t be easy because Ida looks like having tiny feet

Yipes! I hope she does have her own skates.

If everything is borrowed, she didn't do so badly. That was good.

And the three Norwegains are now line astern. She goes into 9th position, 2.13 points behind Pernille.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Music problems for the second of our Finns, Karina INNOS.

Have to admit, I wasn't fussed on the music when it did get going. In fact, I didn't like anything about the concept of that programme.

But, she did skate well.

Into 5th, one position and 2.33 points behind the other Finn, Lotta ARTIMO.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Yipes! I hope she does have her own skates.

If everything is borrowed, she didn't do so badly. That was good.

And the three Norwegains are now line astern. She goes into 9th position, 2.13 points behind Pernille.

CaroLiza_fan

Of course there could be another reason, like a dress malfunction or something or I wonder if it ever happen that a skater actually forgot to pack the dresses (seems unlikely though). Usually when this happens the skater has lost luggage. Perhaps tomorrow will give us a better explanation, if Ida is not wearing her light light blue glittering dress (really beautiful) I guess it´s safe to say she lost her luggage.

Also it´s possible she did have her skates with her on the plane, but the other luggage got lost, from my understanding if there is a direct flight it´s possible for skaters to have the skates as hand luggage as long as they have a paper for it? There is direct flights from Oslo - Tallinn.

Yes given the circumstances Ida did not do so bad, she got level 4 spins and step sequence 3, so good work all though her two first jumps didn´t work.

The coach said something about the dress but I could not hear it completely, maybe it was something about the PCS given that the dress is a total mismatch to the theme.

Pernille is most likely going to go ahead of the two girls tomorrow. She usually does well in the FS and and usually deliver a lot of triples in the FS. Elea only have 2 or 3 triples. Ida can perhaps match Pernille but has not the record of clean skates, but Ida will have the better spins and PCS.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Well done Gabriele, she might creep in between the Joos sisters, separating them in the standings

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

I'm wondering who that is sitting with the Latvian girls. She looks familiar. It's definitely not Kuchvalska, but I'm trying to think of other skaters that have retired in the past decade that it could be.

Linda DZERVE went into 13th position.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Well done Gabriele, she might creep in between the Joos sisters, separating them in the standings

Is that Mystic Meg speaking?

Oh wait, she died last year.

Gabriele did, but she is within striking distance for Noemi. Sarina still miles out in front.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[norwegianfairytale]

I´m not sure I have ever seen a A* in the protocols, but I have to agree it did not even look like a single axel