2025 IceChallenge | Nov 5-9

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Yay! The stream came back in time for the start of the programme for Olga LEPAGE, the first of two back-to-back French girls.

Unfortunately, I missed her because I hadn't noticed that the stream had paused when I dragged the window back over to the TV. (It is so easy to do this with this latest update to YouTube).

Ach, it's gone again!

Right, I'll take the opportunity to wind back and watch her.

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Glad I wound it back. I enjoyed that Middle Eastern programme from Olga LEPAGE (FRA). She was waring a light blue dress.

She geos into 10th position.

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And another Middle Eastern programme from her compatriot, Naomi GUYOT (FRA). But this one went weird half way through. And this spoiled it for me

She was wearing a matching purple bra and skirt.

I wonder if she is anything to Christophe Guyot, the owner of the GMT94 Yamaha team that used to compete in the Endurance World Championship, and now in the World Supersport championship..

And the stream gets suspended again!

It's definitely the music in between the skaters that is setting it off. And specifically this Adele song.

She goes into 13th position.

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Zala KAS (SVN) was wearing a black dress that was more a bra and skirt with see-through material on top.

She goes into 4th position.

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Now we have a skater that I was watching only yesterday. Lili Liisa SAKS (EST), who was competing at Gliss Extra in Estonia a few days ago.

Well, it was her FS that I watched yesterday. I didn't get to see her SP, because the stream for the day the Sp was held had got zapped.

And I suspect it was her music that got it zapped, because this stream has got suspended as soon as the first song started, then came back at the end of it, and then got suspended again straight away!

She is skating to a medley of Michael Jackson songs.

This is getting ridiculous. Something needs to be done to sort out the music problems we are constantly having with videos in this sport. If we can't watch the sport, how is it going to survive?!

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[CaroLiza_fan]

According to the livescoring, Lili went into quite a large lead.

The stream came back during the programme from the next skater, Hanna ELTETO (HUN), who was doing a flamenco programme. But then went again as soon as she finished.

According to the livescoring, she went into 6th position.

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[CaroLiza_fan]

Aha! We came back in the second half of the programme from Tea SAJKO (HRV). She was skating to "Hey Pachuco", but wasn't wearing yellow. She was wearing a dress where the top half was blue and the bottom half was creamy-white.

Oh, and there were some really big ruffles on her lower sleeves!

Awww. Her coach has crowned her!

What we saw looked good.

She goes into 4th position.

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And the stream has gone again, just after she got her scores. Hopefully it will be back by the end of the Warm-Up.

Oh, and we have a withdrawal from later on in this group.Skater #25 Sabina ASLANOVA (AUT).

She's been called back to Narnia.

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Another new stream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FGMXNnuKA

Just in time for the first skater in this group starting.

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I kinda feel sorry for Valentina BEER (DEU). I bet she was teased by the kids at school because of her surname.

Well, she showed them what a Beer can do!

She goes into 2nd position, about half a point behind the leader!

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Lola WANG (FRA) was wearing a beautiful black dress with red flower pattern and skating to "Por Una Cabeza".

What more can you ask for? It was beautiful!

She goes into 14th position.

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For a second there I thought we had another withdrawal. But it was just that the camera couldn't find the skater.

I'm glad that Ada KORIĆ (BIH) wasn't a withdrawal. She was great!

She was wearing a pink dress with dark patches. And I am kicking myself trying to remember what this music is. But, I love it!

She goes into 5th position.

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Klara JEVNIK (SVN) is wearing a pink dress and skating to piano music. I don't know if it was, but it sounded like something Rachmaninov would have written.

But then the music changed halfway through to something completely different.

It was a strange combination, but I enjoyed both parts of the programme.

She goes into 5th position.

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Ach!!! I know this song, and I've seen the film it is from. But the fact that it is in a different language than normal has thrown me.

Olivia Zoe SZILI (HUN) was wearing a pink dress.

That was beautiful.

Oops, she dropped her cuddly toy in the results area, and it rolled away. After she went to retrieve it, she gave it to her coach to look after.

She goes into 4th position.

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That was a very interesting programme from Lilien ZSIVKOVITS (AUT) to end this group with.

I have no idea what the song is. I tried putting some lyrics into Google, but it came up with nothing.

It was a fun programme.

Awww. As soon as they got into the results area, her coach crowned her. And then she put on a crown as well. And they sat there both wearing crowns and holding up one of those heart things.

She goes into 21st position.

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Mmmmm. I wasn't expecting another resurfacing yet. I thought it would be after the next group, at the end of the competition.

And this stream has ended as well.

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Isn't there an other stream yet?

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Isn't there an other stream yet?

The stream that was suppsoed to be for the Juniors is on air, but is just showing the graphic giving the start time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZjA-N--CoE

According to the livescoring page, the final group hasn't started yet.

I suppose the two withdrawals mean we are ahead of schedule, and so this is a longer break than normal.

At least, I hope that is what it is.

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Right, the Group 5 Warm-Up has finally started, on what was supposed to be the Junior stream.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZjA-N--CoE

Hopefully things will go smoothly and we will get to see all of this group.

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Awwww. This is the music that my youngest kid announced that she was using for her SP this season. But then she subsequently announced a programme with different music. So, I don't know which she is using now!

All being well, I'll find out this week, as she is entered for the Volvo Open Cup.

Anyway, Anna SERGIENKO (SVN) was wearing a beautiful bluey-green dress.

I enjoyed that.

Mmmm. She didn't go to the results area at all. She and her coach just stayed at the gate, and then left when the scores were being announced.

Judging by the body language of the two of them when we switched back to the main camera, it looked like the coach was telling her off.

She goes into 12th position.

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