- Joined
- Jun 26, 2012
It's almost July and I have not heard of any retirements. In fact the GP assigments showed me that our pair still is going strong.
Last season's thread can be found here: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/dutch-figure-skating-2025-26.101295/
Pairs (SR)
Daria Danilova/Michel Tsiba - the first Dutch Pair ever to go to a Worlds Championships (in 2021) and the Olympic Games (last season) are still going strong. They were 21th at Worlds last season, 15th at Euros and managed to get an Olympic spot where they were 17th. They had a good skate at the OG, but then so did others. Two GP-assignments this year: Skate America and NHK trophy.
Ice Dance (SR)
Chelsea Verhaegh and Sherim van Geffen - they are coached by Maksim Nikitin and Oleksandra Nazarova (Ukranians who coach in The Netherlands). No GP's for them. They will have to work hard to get their minimums for World's.
Women
Julia van Dijk sadly had another injury last season, so it was cut short. However, she is back on the ice, and doing the jumps again!
Niki Wories returned two seasons ago, and went to World's where she only skated an SP. No knowledge of an intended retirement.
Jolanda Vos in also aiming to compete in Srs this season.
There still are some young women in JRs and (Advanced and Basic) Novice of whom Angel Delevaque still seems to be the most promising. She took part in Jr Worlds last year and attained the FS despite having suffered an injury and having been off the ice for a while. Let's hope she continues to go forward.
Men
We even have a boy (the first boy since Thomas Kennes) called Leon Lo. He had quite a few successes in competitions last season. I believe he will take part on the junio circuit this year.
Last season's thread can be found here: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/dutch-figure-skating-2025-26.101295/
Pairs (SR)
Daria Danilova/Michel Tsiba - the first Dutch Pair ever to go to a Worlds Championships (in 2021) and the Olympic Games (last season) are still going strong. They were 21th at Worlds last season, 15th at Euros and managed to get an Olympic spot where they were 17th. They had a good skate at the OG, but then so did others. Two GP-assignments this year: Skate America and NHK trophy.
Ice Dance (SR)
Chelsea Verhaegh and Sherim van Geffen - they are coached by Maksim Nikitin and Oleksandra Nazarova (Ukranians who coach in The Netherlands). No GP's for them. They will have to work hard to get their minimums for World's.
Women
Julia van Dijk sadly had another injury last season, so it was cut short. However, she is back on the ice, and doing the jumps again!
Niki Wories returned two seasons ago, and went to World's where she only skated an SP. No knowledge of an intended retirement.
Jolanda Vos in also aiming to compete in Srs this season.
There still are some young women in JRs and (Advanced and Basic) Novice of whom Angel Delevaque still seems to be the most promising. She took part in Jr Worlds last year and attained the FS despite having suffered an injury and having been off the ice for a while. Let's hope she continues to go forward.
Men
We even have a boy (the first boy since Thomas Kennes) called Leon Lo. He had quite a few successes in competitions last season. I believe he will take part on the junio circuit this year.
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