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Ted Barton interviewed Vadym and Avonley after their win at JGP Gdansk:

https://youtu.be/yCfk0xfp4RI (1:51, posted Sep 23)​

The interview also is embedded in the ISU recap of JGP Gdansk, which also includes a dramatic photo from near the end of Avonley/Vadym's FD.


Group photo of Team USA at JGP Gdansk:

https://instagram.com/p/B2u-w7BnRSf/ (posted Sep 22 by Coach Laura)​

Congratulations to Avonley/Vadym for new PBs for everything, including TES and PCS for both RD and FD. :bow:

For posterity, more links for Gdansk:

RD video: https://youtu.be/kuvRuSOWnMk (6:00, Sep 20)

Victory ceremony video: https://youtu.be/MPtmUJo_cok (9:40, Sep 21)

Victory ceremony photo: https://isu.org/docman-documents-li...sandr-vaskovich-rus-jgpfs-pol-1176184539/file

Liu, Nguyen and Kolesnik Qualify for Junior Grand Prix Final with Wins in Poland


FD photo of Avonley and Vadym is at the top of the Fan Zone recap of JGP Gdansk and Nepela:


:bm: 2019 JGP Gdansk​

BTW, attached to Sylvia's congratulatory tweet re Gdansk is her nice photo of the official JGP Lake Placid banner that featured photos of Avonley/Vadym and Alysa.


Avonley/Vadym's and Alysa's photos also were used for the official JGP Lake Placid marketing posters seen all around town.

ETA:

Skating Club of New York re JGP Gdansk:


USFS Monday Motivation graphics showcasing Avonley/Vadym and Team USA's other Gdansk medalists:
 
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One month from today is the RD competition at JGPF. :hap85:

In Nov issue of Skating magazine, Avonley and Vadym are in a photo of USFS Emerging Athletes -- along with Gabbie Izzo, Audrey Shin, Ryan Dunk, Andrew Torgashev, Laiken Lockley, and Keenan Prochnow. (Not in the photo, but Alysa Liu and Hanna Harrell are part of the group too. Hope that I have not forgotten anyone.)
(Before heading to JGP Lake Placid, some other U.S. juniors also had the opportunity to train at Champs Camp -- so I was interested to see which of the skaters at CC were designated as Emerging Athletes.)

Charlie White was working with ice dancers Ales/Tsarik in Novi this week, per Daniel's Instagram. I hope that Vadym and Avonley also had an opportunity to work with Charlie. :pray:

BTW, in this short preview of what I think was supposed to be the traditional ISU "music video" at the end of the seven JGPs, I love the brief glimpses of Avonley and Vadym -- the shot of just their hands squeezing, and the one of Vadym waving at the end.


(If the full version of this season's video was played during JGP Egna live streaming, I missed it. :(
In previous years, the full video has been posted on YT, but I have not seen this season's edition there.)
 
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IDC: If you could have a lesson from any ice dancer past/present, who would it be?
….
Kolesnik: I think it would be cool to have lessons with Charlie White and Scott Moir.
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Thanks to Charlie White, part of Vadym's wish (from 2017) has come true. :hap93:

Photo of Charlie, Vadym, and Avonley, newly posted on her Instagram:


(Christina also thanked Charlie for working with Anthony and her.
Now … if only Scott would return to Novi when Vadym, Avonley, and Igor are not away at a competition. :pray:)

ETA (on Nov 12):
Charlie White is with Ritter/Wang in another Novi photo -- from today (per Jim's Instastory). I wonder whether Charlie has been working daily with Novi dancers for a full week?​
 
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ice coverage said:
… In Nov issue of Skating magazine, Avonley and Vadym are in a photo of USFS Emerging Athletes -- along with Gabbie Izzo, Audrey Shin, Ryan Dunk, Andrew Torgashev, Laiken Lockley, and Keenan Prochnow. (Not in the photo, but Alysa Liu and Hanna Harrell are part of the group too. Hope that I have not forgotten anyone.) ...
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Online version of the November issue of Skating magazine finally is available:

Emerging Athletes Step Up At Champs Camp (article + photo)

Also, a photo of Avonley/Vadym's Lake Placid RD is in a spread re Team USA's JGP skaters.
 
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Vadym is the only junior who is included in "Team USA Gives Thanks," a collection of quotes published by USFS fan zone.

Vadym Kolesnik
"There are not enough words to describe how thankful I am to my parents. They taught me so much and going away to skate in the United States made me realize how much they both mean to me. Sometimes it's easier to focus on what we don't have, rather then what we have. So always cherish your parents who gave you life."​


Brings a tear to my eye. :sad4: :ghug:

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone ... and good luck to Avonley and Vadym at the JGPF. :yay:

ETA (on Dec 2):

Vadym and Avonley are included in today's J/GPF promo video on the official social media for Torino 2019 (not all J/GPF skaters are included, but they are):


For posterity, I belatedly am adding a link to an older JGPF promo graphic of Avonley and Vadym, also from the official social media.
I like how it comes through that Avonley's strength is important for the lift :cool: (and of course Vadym's strength is important too).


USFS promo video featuring Team USA skaters who will compete at JGPF and GPF:


ETA (on Dec 3):

Nguyen and Kolesnik Reflect on How Skating has Shown Them the World (pre-JGPF article from USFS fanzone):

https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/...g-has-shown-them-the-world.aspx?path=rinkside (Dec 3)​

ETA (on Dec 4):

I think Ted Barton's birds-eye snippet of this morning's practice happens to show a cantilever from Vadym? :cool:
(Not within the program runthrough.)


I'm pretty sure that it is the practice group for Avonley and Vadym (which is the first J/GPF practice of the whole week), and that Avonley and Vadym are wearing their RD costumes. Kazakova and Reviya are identifiable in the same video, as is Demougeot (the only blonde lady among the JGPF dancers).
ETA:
Photo from upnights confirms that Avonley and Vadym were wearing RD costumes at practice today:
https://twitter.com/michlmint/status/1202136469990760450​

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Love this mention from Ondrej Hotarek: He already had watched Avonley and Vadym earlier in the season at the urging of Anna Cappellinni, who told her husband that they are "amazing."

My paraphrasing above is from Ondrej's JGPF post-RD interview yesterday with Avonley and Vadym:

Good luck to Vadym and Avonley in the FD. :yay:

JGPF RD (with new PB for RD PCS, surpassing JGP Gdansk):

Yesterday's Olympic Channel blog described their RD as "a vibrant and polished performance." :agree:


ETA:

Will gradually add assorted JGPF-related links to this post.

Very exciting that Avonley and Vadym were invited to skate in the GPF/JGPF gala. (Not all the junior silver medalists were invited.)


ETA (on Dec 8):

Partial video of Friday's FD runthrough:

https://instagram.com/p/B5vTwh_IU8w/ (Dec 6)​

ETA (on Feb 24, 2020):

Avonley/Vadym JGPF FD: https://youtu.be/26VBg-NshmI (Dec 7, 8:03)

Link below is for video of full JGPF RD. Introductions for second/final group with Avonley/Vadym start at approx. 34:06.


Link below is for video of full JGPF FD. Introductions for second/final group with Avonley/Vadym start at approx. 36:57.


Avonley/Vadym's program starts at approx. 58:20.

Some Avonley/Vadym highlights are replayed at approx. 1:18:01.​

:bm: 2019 JGPF Torino​
 
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On Ice Perspectives has published another video of Vadym and Avonley. :yay:


It is part of a runthrough of their delightful RD.
Jordan Cowan's incredible camerawork really captures their amazing speed, unison, and musicality.

Avonley and Vadym are in practice clothes at Novi (presumably during Jordan's visit over the summer).
Even though I love the RD costumes, I do not miss them here -- because Jordan's video already has so much to appreciate.

I cannot stop watching this video. :luv17:
Thank you, Jordan! :bow:

ETA (on Dec 10):

A photo of Avonley and Vadym's FD is among the ISU's choices for best pictures of the JGPF:

https://isu.org/isu-news/news/126-j...prix-of-figure-skating-final?templateParam=15 (Dec 9)​
 
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On Ice Perspectives has published another video of Vadym and Avonley. :yay:


It is part of a runthrough of their delightful RD.
Jordan Cowan's incredible camerawork really captures their amazing speed, unison, and musicality.

Avonley and Vadym are in practice clothes at Novi (presumably during Jordan's visit over the summer).
Even though I love the RD costumes, I do not miss them here -- because Jordan's video already has so much to appreciate.

I cannot stop watching this video. :luv17:
Thank you, Jordan! :bow:
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It's a wonderful video!! :luv17: Thanks for posting..
 
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Post-JGPF article:

Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik Fueled by Competitive Spirit


Lots of quotes from the two partners and from Igor.​

ETA (on Dec 13):

Vadym and Avonley are among the J/GPF skaters in this holiday message to fans (put together by Olympic Channel):

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6AsHDGoZmG/ (Dec 13)​

ETA (on Dec 18):

 
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Congratulations to our new U.S. junior dance champions. :bow:
And good luck at Bavarian Open this week. :yay:

So much to catch up on (and I will try to gradually edit more into this post later), but for starters:

~ Avonley and Vadym are among the many dancers seen and heard in this pre-Nats local news video about Team Novi:

https://www.clickondetroit.com/spor...pete-in-2020-us-figure-skating-championships/ (3:31, Jan 20)

Vadym speaks at about the one-minute mark.

Igor and physical acting coach Michael Lee also are included.

ETA (on Feb 22):
Just realized that the video also was posted on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/J9vdGO-RRDs (Jan 20)​

~ Thanks to Jordan Cowan for his congratulatory post with more On Ice Perspectives video of Avonley and Vadym's FD (recorded in August).


:bm: 2020 NATIONALS Greensboro​

ETA (on Feb 5):

A snippet of Avonley and Vadym's "Demons" exhibition was included in a nice fancam montage of the Nats gala (starting at approx. 0:33):

https://youtu.be/yXK2fQ5PbvA?t=32 (posted Jan 28, 8:06)​

ETA (on Feb 9):

Avonley and Vadym's video message after Nats RD:

https://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/status/1219819386921455616 (16 seconds, posted Jan 21)​

ETA (on Feb 10):

ice-dance.com's re-cap of Nats junior dance:

https://www.ice-dance.com/site/recap-2020-u-s-nationals-junior-dance/ (Jan 24)​

ETA (on Feb 24):

USFS recap of Nats junior FD -- with great photo of Avonley/Vadym:

https://www.usfigureskating.org/new...2-2020-toyota-us-figure-skating-championships (Jan 22)​

ETA (on Feb 8):

A video snippet of the Bavarian Open medal ceremony is the second part of this post from Vancouver Ice Dance:


Congratulations to Avonley and Vadym for the gold :yay: and to all in the top five, especially Miku and Tyler :luv17:.​

ETA (on Feb 9):

Bavarian Open photo showing Vadym sitting in the stands with other skaters (Bashynka/Beaumont and many others):

https://twitter.com/Huriye/status/1226198511915544576 (Feb 8)​

ETA (on Feb 10):


:bm: 2020 BAVARIAN OPEN​

ETA (on Feb 14):

Vadym and Avonley's video message for USFS adult skaters (perhaps recorded at Nats?):

https://www.facebook.com/USFSAdultSkatingCommittee/videos/507673176605881/ (Feb 4, 26 seconds)​

ETA (on Feb 16):

Full video of the entire J/GPF gala finally has become available on USFS fan zone:


Avonley and Vadym's Demons exhibition starts at approx. 39:05.

Finale with all skaters starts at approx. 2:06:49.
Avonley and Vadym enter at approx. 2:09:54.

(I usually don't like to complain, but a giant boo-hiss to the director, who way too frequently takes extended shots of the live singer and the aerialists instead of showcasing the encore moves of the skaters. Terrible disrespect even for the likes of Sui/Han. Simply unforgivable.)​

ETA (on Feb 24):

JGPF article from Jan 2020 issue of Skating magazine has quotes from Avonley and Vadym + photos.

https://online.flippingbook.com/view/464454/14/ (p. 14)

ETA (on Mar 10):
Sorry to see that the Skating magazine link evidently will be re-used each month for successive issues. In other words, it now is showing the Feb 2020 issue.​

Oldie, but goodie (and not previously posted in the thread, AFAIK):

A photo from 2016 Nats of Avonley and Max Gart was PSA's Photo of the Year. And was the cover photo for Professional Skater magazine's Jul-Aug 2016 issue.


Photographer: Mark Walentiny.

ETA (on Apr 9)

PSA collected all the Photos of the Year going back to 2016 into one post:


Avonley and Max -- intermediate U.S. silver medalists -- are the fourth photo in the post. The winning photos in more recent years are all of seniors: Nathan Chen 2019; Tessa/Scott 2018; and Karen Chen 2017.​

ETA (on Mar 2):

Avonley was wearing a (beautiful) new FD dress at Junior Worlds practice in Tallinn.


And interesting that Vadym was not in costume at all. Wonder whether a big reveal is coming from him??

In any case, best of luck to them! :ghug: :yay:​

ETA (on Mar 3):

- RD practice photos from today at JW:


- LOL, Avonley was back in her original FD dress (or one very similar?) at today's practice. And Vadym was back in all black.


:bm: 2020 JUNIOR WORLDS Tallinn​
 
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Congratulations for winning gold medal! :hap10::):thumbsup: So happy for them. They are amazing:)
 
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:love: the KnC. Igor & Pasquale were as ecstatic as Avonley & Vadym!

What a great skate, both technically and in the performance.

Congratulations!!!
 
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Congratulations to the 2020 World Junior Champions :medal" :medal" and their team. :yay:

Love these two partners so much. :ghug:
I am totally verklempt at their determination as they pushed past some bumps in the road toward this pinnacle ... and at their overwhelming joy :hap93: and emotion :sad4: at the moment that the scoreboard showed that they had achieved their goal. The thrill of victory!

I will miss this season's programs, both of which I loved too. :luv17:

Hope that Vadym and Avonley get as much relaxation as they can before gearing up for next season.
Their big win in Tallinn has earned them Envelope B, Tier 2 funding :cool: for 2020-21. (Up from Envelope C, Tier 1 for 2019-20.)

(For posterity, will start adding links re Junior Worlds to this post. Recaps, photos, etc.)


ETA (on Mar 9):


ETA (on Mar 10):

Video of the entire RD segment for all couples, with Ted Barton's commentary:

https://youtu.be/Yfoi0jylvwA (Mar 5, 4:26:24)

At approx. 3:42:00, the five-minute warm-up begins for the final group.

At approx. 3:54:34, Avonley and Vadym skate second in the final group.

At approx. 4:21:58, post-segment highlights of Avonley and Vadym begin.​

Video of the entire FD segment for all couples, with Ted Barton's commentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fat5rJq8Zxg (Mar 7, 3:32:36)

At approx. 2:30:36, the five-minute warm-up begins for the final group.

At approx. 3:04:50, Avonley and Vadym skate fifth (and last) in the final group.

At approx. 3:17:35, post-segment highlights of Avonley and Vadym begin, and then are followed by the victory ceremony.​

ETA (on Mar 16):


The April issue of Skating magazine will have Lynn Rutherford's full article on Vadym and Avonley's win at Junior Worlds. Excerpt here:


On Ice Perspectives video of Vadym and Avonley's Tea Time Foxtrot from their Aladdin SD:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9bIeBQJcQZ/ (published Mar 7, recorded Aug 2019)​

ETA (on Mar 19):

Lovely black-and-white off-ice photos of Avonley and Vadym from Junior Worlds:


ETA (on Apr 3):

Joosep chose a color version of one of these photos when updating his website's portfolio with the 2019-20 season.

http://joosepmartinson.com/ice-20192020/#30​

In Vadym's brief video for Jackson Ultima, he is learning to play violin?
(Per his Instastory on his own account, I think Jim Wang and he are/were learning to paint together as well. Maybe Livvy Shilling too.)

 
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They are such a stunning team.. so musical, fluid. . Appreciate the Junior WC Gala post Doris... This may be the last time we will see Demons performed.. Masters of Ice Dance
 
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Vadym and Avonley selected and demonstrated the exercises for the third installment of the USFS #OffIceChallenge.


So nice to see them. :ghug: #core #core #core #core

They were nominated for the challenge by Madi Chock and Evan Bates at the end of the second installment.

ETA (on Apr 2):

Today USFS finally posted YouTube version of Avonley and Vadym's #OffIceChallenge video:

https://youtu.be/wDD6NjaOvpY (Apr 2)​

ETA (on Apr 3):

March issue of Skating magazine has Lynn Rutherford's article about Junior Dance at Nats, with good quotes from Avonley and Vadym.

Caveat: The link will work only temporarily (it gets reused for each current issue).

 
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Best Moment: Nguyen/Kolsenik (USA) edge Kazakova/Reviya (GEO) in exciting Junior Ice Dance battle in Tallinn

Apr 15, 2020


Nice that Avonley/Vadym and Maria/Georgy are being featured in today's edition of the ISU's "Best Moment" series. :cool:

(It is a good recap of all three top couples at Junior Worlds.)

ETA (on Apr 16):

Eeek ... just realized that the ISU misspelled Vadym's last name. Sigh.​

A day or two ago, I wanted to re-watch the Junior Worlds medal ceremony ... and was sorry to discover that the official Skating ISU full video of entire FD competition + medal ceremony has gotten blocked at this point, at least in the U.S.

Alternative stand-alone link to the medal ceremony:


All six skaters are sweet and gracious, and of course it is wonderful to see Avonley and Vadym's joy and emotion.

Side note that the strong friendship between Vadym and Georgy once again is palpable and endearing. So much chatting and smiling/laughing shared between these two. Vadym literally could not wait for them to be together on the top step of the podium. (The first time that he innocently reached out to bring Georgy up, it turned out to be a little too early for the photographers. After a few more photos on separate steps, Vadym reached out again to welcome Georgy, and the second time was the charm.)

ETA (on May 6):

The group victory hug among Avonley/Vadym/Igor/Pasquale in the Kiss and Cry at Junior Worlds is the closing shot of the USFS "year in review" video ... slightly preceded by the four leaping to their feet at the moment that they knew for sure that they had won Junior Worlds.
A clip of their FD at Nats also is included (at approx. 0:30).

 
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