Figure skating in Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)

[Anna K.]

The official website of Estonian Skating Union:

Esileht – Uisuliit

Tere tulemast Eesti Uisuliidu kodulehele. Siit leiab informatsiooni võistluste, sportlaste ning uudiste kohta.

www.uisuliit.ee

The official website of Latvian Skating Association:

skatelatvia.lv – Latvijas Slidošanas asociācija

www.skatelatvia.lv

The official website of Lithuanian Skating Federation:

Oficialus Lietuvos čiuožimo federacijos (LČF) internetinis puslapis - Lietuvos čiuožimo federacija

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www.lcf.lt

Skaters' list (credited to @dorispulaski ):

Skaters in bold are ones who either qualified for Europeans or World's, or who are doing well as Juniors.

Others are ones who competed on the JGP or in a Challenger this season, and for whom we have program data so far - I am sure I have missed a few or they did not file their program data in their bio timely!

I think that's enough for a Skate of the Nations thread.

Women

Aleksandra GOLOVKINA DOLINSKĖ LTU
Agne Ivanovaite LTU
Gabriele Juskaite LTU
Veronika Lucko LTU
Milana Siniavskyte LTU
Evelina Stavickyte LTU
Meda Variakojyte LTU
Kira Baranovska LAT
Jelizaveta Derecina LAT
Nikola Fomchenkova LAT
Natasa Jermolicka LAT
Taisia Krivosheya LAT
Miriama Sosina LAT
Sofja STEPCENKO LAT
Elina Goidina EST
Maria Eliise Kaljuvere EST
Eva-Lotta Kiibus EST
Nataly Langerbaur EST
Kristina LISOVSKAJA EST
Marianne Must EST
Elizabeth Nou EST
Niina Petrokina EST
Marta Helena Prangel EST
Jelizaveta Rudneva EST


Men

Mantas Gryba LTU
Daniel Korabelnik LTU
Luka Imedashvili LTU
Ratmirs Aleksandr SELEVKO LAT
Kirills Korkacs LAT
Nikolajs Krivoseja LAT
Fedir KULISH LAT
Denis Vasiljevs LAT
Janis Znotins LAT
Vladislav Churakov EST
Daniels Kockers LTU
Arlet Levandi EST
Jegor Martsenko EST
Aleksandr SELEVKO EST
Mihhail SELEVKO EST

Dance

Paulina Ramanuskaite & Deividas Kizala LTU
Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevicius LTU
Arina Beljajeva & Frederick Merilo EST
Solene MAZINGUE / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO EST
Ksenia Sipunova & Miron Korjagin EST

No Pairs


Baltic skaters' threads at Fan Fest forum
(skater's name, subforum):

Estonian skaters:

Nina Petrokina - Women
Aleksandr Selevko - Men
Mihail Selevko - Men
Arlett Levandi - Men
Solene Mazingue/Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko - Ice Dance

Latvian skaters:

Deniss Vasiljevs - Men
Angelina Kuchvalska - Women
Diana Nikitina (has not competes since 2018, now works as a coach ans TV presenter) - Women

Lithuanian skaters:

Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevicius - Ice Dance
Aleksandra Golovkina - Women
Selina Kaneda - Women
Paulina Ramanauskaite (single skater turned ice dancer) - Women

 

[Jeanie19]

Do we need a thread about it?

Yes. There are a lot of promising skaters in both juniors and seniors.

 

[dorispulaski]

Ok. I put my info and a bit more in the OP

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Thank you for starting this thread, @Anna K.



First bit of news. Aleksandra GOLOVKINA (LTU) has got married since we saw her at Europeans in Kaunas, and appeared on the Provisional Entry List for this week's Tayside Trophy in Dundee under her married name, Aleksandra DOLINSKĖ.

However, when the entries were updated last week, she was no longer there.

Aleksandra put a video up on Instagram on Monday of her working out in the gym she has started working in, and she had her left knee strapped. So, I suspect that may be the reason for her withdrawal.

It's a pity that she is missing her home club's biggest event of the year, but it's better to be cautious. Knees are nasty things if you hurt them.

All the best Aleks!

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Although Aleksandra is no longer entered, there are still quite a few skaters from the Baltic States on the entry lists at the Tayside Trophy. Well, there are from Lithuania anyway.

In the ISU part of the event:

• Daniels KOCKERS (LTU) is entered in Senior Men

And in the Club part of the event:

• Lėja BRUŽAITĖ (LTU) is entered in Advanced Novice Ladies
• Silvija KUKTAITĖ (LTU) is entered in Intermediate Ladies
• Irūnė POŠKEVIČIŪTĖ (LTU) is entered in Basic Novice Ladies
• 3 Lithuanian girls are entered in National 2 Ladies

(I'm not actually sure what National 2 is the equivalent of on the international stage. But all three of the girls were competing at Beginner level last season. At the Volvo Open Cup in May, one of them was in the 2008-10 competition, and the other two were in the 2010-12 competition).

All the best to all of them!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Anna K.]

Ok. I put my info and a bit more in the OP

Thank you!
From my part, I added links to official websites of ESU, LSA, and LSF (this is official information so I hope it is ok to insert links).

Do you think it would be a good idea to merge this thread with the question thread from the Edge?

 

[dorispulaski]

I added this thread's link to the Edge thread. I will check whether any the posts should be copied over

 

[dorispulaski]

On review, the Edge thread is about whether we should have a thread and does not have a lot of posts that would work well here. IMO

 

[DenissVFan]

Deniss's free skate from Shanghai

 

[Anna K.]

On review, the Edge thread is about whether we should have a thread and does not have a lot of posts that would work well here. IMO

I added this thread's link to the Edge thread. I will check whether any the posts should be copied over

Sounds fine to me. Thank you!

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Good luck to Sofja Stepcenko for her first Senior GP event

...and also good luck to Deniss

 

[Anna K.]

Good luck to Sofja Stepcenko for her first Senior GP event

Sofija has to be patient. It will take time to stabilize after the growth spurt and also, to find herself as an artist (considering with whom she's training now, becoming an artist might be her priority). Her main goal for today is to stay injury-free and gather experience. Then, in a few years of time, we will see what she is ready to achieve

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Sofija has to be patient. It will take time to stabilize after the growth spurt and also, to find herself as an artist (considering with whom she's training now, becoming an artist might be her priority). Her main goal for today is to stay injury-free and gather experience. Then, in a few years of time, we will see what she is ready to achieve

I think she already has changed from last season, and I mean that in a positive way. Her skating has matured.

 

[DenissVFan]

 

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[Anna K.]

The 53rd Volvo Open Cup (31.10-03.11) is happening right now in Riga, Latvia (find more information and links to live streams in home page kristalice.lv or see ISU Results).
Josefin TALJEGARD is leading Senior Women after the short program.
Kyrylo MARSAK is leading Senior Men after the short program.
There are scheduled Senior Women, Senior Men, Junior Women and Junior Men events.

Meanwhile, the best of luck for Aleksandr Selevko and Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevicius who compete in the Grand Prix of France this weekend!

 

[Anna K.]

The best achievement from Baltic skaters in the Grand Prix series thus far: REED/AMBRULEVICIUS take NHK Trophy 2024 bronze to Lithuania!
Congratulations and celebrations!

 

[dorispulaski]

Quite a few Estonian and Latvian and a few Lithuanian skaters will be competing at Tallinn Trophy, which starts Monday with the Advanced Novices.

There are free Livestreams. Links to them are in the OPs

 

[Anna K.]

I have a question for forum members from Estonia: do you mostly look up the Tallinn Trophy information/coverage sources in Estonian or in English?

In Latvia, for instance, the Volvo Open Cup homepage is created in English and a Latvian language version is not even available in the menu. Which tells a rather unflattering story about how much attention this page receives from general Latvian public (because general Latvian public is rather petty in this regard and typically start fussing when some information is not put down in Latvian).

How does it work in Estonia? Is there coverage that is meant specifically for general Estonian public? Does it contain any interesting information that is not available in English?

 

[DenissVFan]