Although the entries have not been announced yet (the deadline was only on Wednesday), looking at the provisional schedule in the Announcement PDF does raise some interesting questions.
Firstly, there is no level specified for the Ice Dance. When I first saw that, I wondered if this meant that Angelina and Ilia (and anybody else, if they are entered) are competing at Senior level. But, reading the Technical Data section earlier on in the Announcement PDF, it only gives the details for Junior Ice Dance. So, I guess the level was omitted to save space on the table.
I have been wondering for a while if Nikita Vitryanyuk might end up switching back to Cyprus now that his partnership with Sofía Val for Spain has ended. Although he will be too old for Juniors next season, he is actually still Junior eligible right now. So, might he be having one last Junior competition with a new partner at his home rink? (Hey, it wouldn't be the first time that he has turned up to Cyprus Nationals at the end of the season with a different partner to what he started the season with).
Moving onto the Singles Skating competitions, I assume that, since no genders are specified, there are no boys competing and hence they are all Ladies Singles competitions.
The fact that Senior level is included in the schedule is intriguing. Because Marilena
said at the end of Worlds that "the end of the season is here", and that she was now going to be "taking proper time" for her knee injury to heal. So, with her not taking part, does that mean some of the old guard that have aged out of Juniors since they last competed are making a comeback? That would be very exciting!
I take it that the Adult competition has been included to provide a competitive run-out for the two Ladies that are representing Cyprus in the ISU International Adult Competition being held in Oberstdorf in a couple of weeks time. But, it would be a very nice surprise if there are also other Adult skaters competing at Nationals.
One thing that I am finding concerning is that there is only a show for the Beginner skaters. Does that mean that there are not enough skaters to make a competition? Given how many Beginners there were competing in previous editions, this would be very worrying for the future.
The other thing that I am finding concerning is that the provisional schedule is estimating that it will only take 2 hours to get through the whole event. This would indicate that the organisers are not expecting there to be a lot of entries. And if it does turn out that there are not many entires, it would be extremely worrying. Because, even though there have not been too many skaters representing Cyprus at International events, there were always lots of skaters competing at Nationals.
I guess we will find out everything tomorrow!
ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!
CaroLiza_fan
