2025 IceChallenge | Nov 5-9

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Solomiia ZALETSKA (AUT) was skating to "Proud" by Tamara Todevska.

What a song to skate to! And Solomiia lived up to it!

She was wearing a light blue dress with dark blue trim.

She goes into 10th position in the FS, and 7th position overall.

She can't understand it. And neither can I. I thought she would be higher too.

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Since they were showing adverts during the Warm-Up, I was able to catch up.

Arrrr! This be pirate music!

Or maybe not. It got less pirate like and more spooky. But, it is still good music!

Ada KORIĆ (BIH) is wearing a dark blue and black dress. Which probably should have given away that it was a spooky programme.

I loved it!!! But, I always tend to love spooky programmes.

It's been a while since we saw somebody go for the crowns. She put one on herself, and another on her coach,

She goes into 4th position in the FS, and 2nd position overall.

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Back-to-back Slovenians now.

Klara JEVNIK (SVN) was wearing a grey and silver dress.

I enjoyed her music, and her programme.

She got a lot of cuddly toys thrown down to her.

She goes into the lead of both the FS and overall.

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The second of the Slovenians, who is not a team-mate to the previous one, was Luna ROZMAN (SVN). And she was wearing a white sports bra with gold trim, a black skirt, and black ankle warmers.

Never heard the song before.

That was a very different programme. A bit too modern for me. But, she did it well.

She goes into 4th position in the FS, and 3rd position overall.

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The last Hungarian in the compeittion, Olivia Zoe SZILI (HUN), was wearing a dress in two different shades of green.

Beautiful song. I just looked up some lyrics and found out it was "Broken Vow" by... Lara Fabian

Wow! Lara is actually a really good singer. It's just the songs that get chosen for skating to don't do justice to her voice.

Olivia fell on her first element. But was good after that.

She is holding very tightly onto that cuddly toy that she was given.

She's disappointed with her score.

She goes into 4th position in the FS, and 3rd position overall.

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I loved Victoria YONEMORI (AUT) yesterday. But this music today!

I normally don't mind "Carmen" programmes. But this one had vocals during "Habernera". And I hate female opera singers. Thankfully it was just the music for the "March Of The Toreadores"

She was wearing a black dress, with red pattern.

Unfortunately, she had a fall early on, but otherwise the skating was good.

Ouch. She goes into 17th position in the FS, and 10th position overall.

She seemed to be expecting it. But I wasn't!

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Valentina BEER (DEU) was wearing a dress that was pale blue on the right hand side and black on the left hand side.

The music was beautiful And so was the skating.

I think we could have a new leader here.

Actually, looking at the scores from the SP, she had a decent advantage over all the skaters behind her. This is actually the start of the battle for the Gold Medal. There was practically nothing separating the Top 3 after the SP.

She goes into 2nd positon in the FS, and the lead overall.

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Right, I saw this programme from Lili Liisa SAKS (EST) a couple of days ago when catching up on Gliss Extra, where she was fighting with my youngest kid for the title. So I know it is beautiful.

She was wearing a white dress with gold and black pattern. And was skating to "Jenny Of Oldstones" by Florence & The Machine.

She had a fall early on when she did this programme on Sunday. But no such issues today.

On Sunday, she scored 79.70 in the FS, and 123.97 overall. Today, she scored 76.51 in the FS, and 117.63 overall.

She goes into the lead of both the FS and overall.

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Ophelia Seramoon KRAMER (DEU) was wearing a royal blue dress which faded to white on the skirt part.

Back-to-back Florence & The Machine to finish this competition. But very different songs! This time it was "Dog Days Are Over".

Well, that was a lot of fun!

Such contrasting programmes between Lili and Ophelia. I don't know how you can compare them.

Ophelia wins the FS and overall.

I don't think Ophelia understood what the announcer was saying. But then the coach told her, and this massive smile came over her face.

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A break now until the top of the hour. So, time to organise food.

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Hey, I just went back to the stream with the start of the Advanced Novice Ladies FS on it to double-check which skater we were at when the "stream suspended" message appeared, so that I can add it to the table in the OP. And I discovered that, on the archived livestream, you can actually watch the skaters that we missed when that message was up!

That's something to know for future reference!

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We now move onto the remaining Pairs SP competitions. 3 Junior partnerships, followed by 10 Senior partnerships.

And we have our scheduled change of stream.

Livestream for the Junior Pairs SP is now on air.

Here is the link for the livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcQv51MKP_w

All the other information you may need can be found in the OP of this thread.

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

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It's not often you see the guy falling in a Pairs programme. But that was what happened early on in the programme from the opening partnership, Paola JURIŠIĆ / Michail SAVENKOV (AUT).

Thankfully, it was when they were doing side-by-side jumps, rather than a lift or something involving both of them.

Paola seems disappointed with the scores. Michail and the two coaches show no reaction.

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Johanka ŽILKOVÁ / Matyáš Rafael BECERRA (CZE) were skating to a piece that can only be described as classical / rock crossover. According to their ISU Bio, it was "The Moldau" by Bedrich Smetana.

I loved it!!!

She was wearing a purple dress. He was wearing a matching purple shirt, and black trousers.

They were good.

Nobody sitting with them on the sofa. Well, at least they have each other. Although, there isn't much interraction between them. She is sitting there like a statue. He is moving about a lot, so the stream definitely isn't frozen.

They go into the lead.

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Unlike the Hungarian girl earlier, I don't have to twist anything to convince myself that Ninon DAPOIGNY's new partner has Irish heritage. It's obvious that Connor O'GRADY does! (He's American).

First time I have seen Ninon DAPOIGNY / Connor O'GRADY (FRA) together. And you can see that they are new. They are very rough around the edges. But, considering Connor is new to Pairs, he isn't doing so bad.

I hate their costumes. She is wearing a cream dress with red pattern. He is wearing a matching top, with black trousers.

Connor is very happy with the score. Ninon not so much so.

They go into 3rd position.

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Oh, I thought we were going straight onto the Seniors. But, although there isn't a resurfacing scheduled, we have a break until quarter to the hour.

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Senior Pairs starting now.

Looking through the entries, it is a quality field!

Oh, I hate the way the stream always coughs and splutters for a while after the adverts end and we return to LIVE pictures. But, it always settles down within a minute.

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"Thrasher Kieran from Canada". That sounds like somebody you wouldn't want to meet in a dark secluded place.

Or maybe you would, @4everchan !

Jazmine DESROCHERS / Kieran THRASHER (CAN) were skating to a Black Eyed Peas medley. "Meet Me Halfway" followed by "Boom Boom Pow".

The longer I saw them, the more I liked Jazmine's costume. But I can't say the same about Kieran's costume.

A great start to the competition.

They go into the lead. Obviously.

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Gabriella IZZO / Luc MAIERHOFER (AUT) skating to an Edith Piaf medley.

Gabbie wearing a maroon dress with silver pattern on it, while Luc is wearing a black shirt and black trousers.

Gabbie fell trying to land a throw early on. But, otherwise, they were good.

They go into the lead.

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Neamh DAVISON / Daniel BORISOV (GBR) wearing matching peach costumes.

Gaaah!!! Another announcer who doesn't know how to pronounce Neamh's name!!!

I know I don't speak Irish, but it always gets to me when I hear people saying "neem" instead of "neeve".

Anyway, a bit of a mixed bag there.

They go into 3rd position.

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