Marilena Kitromilis

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European Championships Senior Ladies FS: Results; Protocols
European Championships Senior Ladies: Results

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Well, I said that being in a close group after the SP meant that Marilena could climb considerably up the order. And I am delighted to now be able to say that that is exactly what she did!

Marilena finished 10th out of 24 in the FS, with a score of 105.20. This meant that she climbed to 13th place overall, with a score of 158.91.

Here is what I wrote in the competition thread at the time:

Unfortunately, she fell on her third element, the Triple Loop.

And such a pity about the landing on the Double Lutz later on. She very nearly had it and, if it had, it would have been beautiful!

The rest of the programme was exactly that - beautiful.

Thank you, Chris, for recognising that she is a talent!

She opens up a 8.29 point lead in the FS, and a 10.91 point lead overall.

Suffice to say, she's delighted. (And such a lovely smile!)

WELL DONE MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan​

Looking through the protocols, in general there were more minuses than I was expecting to see.

Unsurprisingly, the Triple Loop was the most costly element. Not only did it get -5 from all the Judges, but it also got -2.45 in GOE. That's half of the Base Value gone!

The Duble Lutz I mentioned was the next costliest element in terms of Judges marks, getting one -1; one -2; six -3's; and one -4. However, in terms of GOE, it was only the fourth most costly element, getting -0.60.

Although I didn't spot it, she had problems with both of the Triple Flips that she did. The first one, which was done on it's own, didn't have a clear edge. It got -0.61 in GOE, and from the Judges got two 0's; four -1's; and three -2's. The second one, which was done at the start of a sequence of jumps which also included a Double Axel and a Double Toe, was landed on the quarter. it got -0.68 in GOE, and from the Judges got one 0; five -1's; and three -2's.

It is interesting to see how the Technical Panel and the Judges were viewing things differently.

Marilena finished the Free Skate 4.29 points behind 9th position, Nicole SCHOTT (DEU), and 1.18 points ahead of 11th position, Sofja STEPCENKO (LAT). Marilena was at the head of a group of 3 skaters that was completed by Julia SAUTER (ROU) in 12th position, who was 1.36 points behind Marilena.

Overall, Marilena finished 0.17 points behind 12th position, Olga MIKUTINA (AUT), and 0.81 points ahead of 14th position, Lindsay van ZUNDERT (NED). All three were part of a larger group where 8 skaters were covered by 5.44 points, stretching from Sauter in 10th position, 1.51 points ahead of Marilena, to Josefin TALJEGARD (SWE) in 17th position, 3.93 points behind Marilena.

This was a great result for Marilena. To get into the Top 10 of the Free Skate after being 18th in the Short Programme is a great achievement. And she was not far off getting into the Top 10 overall either.

I don't want to say it, but I have to - it was that weird fall on the Step Sequence in the SP that killed her chances of a Top 10 overall finish.

But, let's not dwell on that. Let's concentrate on how well she did to come back from it, achieving her third highest ever FS score to get her into the FS Top 10.

And let's also concentrate on the fact that she got to perform in the Gala!!! I haven't watched the Gala yet, as I haven't finished watching the Men and the Pairs and don't want to find out the results until I do. But, I am really looking forward to seeing what Marilena gives us.

All in all, I hope she is happy with her European Championships results. Because I am.

Oh, I can't wait for Worlds now!!!

But we don't have to wait that long to see her again, as she will be back in action in a few days time at the Bavarian Open in Obrstdorf.

WELL DONE!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

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Well, I did say it wouldn't be long to wait for Marilena to be back in action. She is skating again today at the Bavarian Open.

That's the good news. The bad news is that you have to pay for the stream. So, I am concentrating on the Sofia Trophy this week.

The Senior Ladies SP is due to start today at 13:00:00 CET (07:00:00 EST / 12:00:00 GMT / 14:00:00 EET). So 6 hours from now.

Marilena will be the 11th skater to start. So, sixth and final skater to go in Group 2 (and final skater to go in the segment).

The Group 2 Warm-Up is due to start at 13:34:00 CET (07:34:00 EST / 12:34:00 GMT / 14:34:00 EET). So 6h 34m from now.

Marilena is due to start at 14:08:00 CET (08:08:00 EST / 13:08:00 GMT / 15:08:00 EET). So 7h 08m from now.

But, those times may change if somebody that is due on before her withdraws.

Here is the link for the livestream:
https://solidsport.com/bavarian-open/watch/saturday-session-1-senior-women-sp

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://www.deu-event.de/results/BAY/BO2023/FSKWSINGLES-----------QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://www.deu-event.de/results/BAY/BO2023/SEG003.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

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Bavarian Open Senior Ladies SP: Results; Protocols

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Marilena finished 5th out of 11 in the SP, with a score of 50.31.

Unfortunately, I haven't seen Marilena's SP, so this report is done purely from the Protocols.

Looking at the Protocols, the only issues were with her opening element, the Triple Flip. It was under-rotated, which got her a large negative GOE of -1.27; as well as -2 from Judge 4; and -3 from the other four Judges.

But, this was more than made up for by the Base Value of the following element, the Triple Lutz-Triple Toe combination. And it got positive GOE as well, at +0.39!

Most of her elements got Judges marks in the 0 to +2 range. After the opening element, she only got one -1, and that was from Judge 4 for her third element, the Change Foot Combination Spin. Incidentally, the other Judges marks for it were two 0's; and two +1's. The GOE was +0.10, the second lowest of the programme (not by much, though. The Flying Sit Spin got +0.09)

The only other element that got a mark outside this rance was the final element, the Layback Spin. This got a +3 from Judge 5. The other Judges marks for it were two +1's; and two +2's. It also got the second highest GOE of the programme, at +0.32.

The highest GOE was for her fifth element, the Step Sequence. It got +0.43. The Judges marks were 0 from Judge 1; +1 from Judge 4; and +2 from the three remaining Judges.

Marilena is currently 1.64 points behind 4th position, Julia SAUTER (ROU), and 3.11 points ahead of 6th position, Tara PRASAD (IND). Marilena is at the back of a group of 3 skaters headed by Ginevra NEGRELLO (ITA) in 3rd position, 1.84 points ahead of Marilena.

At 6.85 points ahead of Marilena, the leader, Marina PIREDDA (ITA), is probably out of reach. However, at 3.89 points ahead of Marilena, 2nd position, Kristina ISAEV (DEU), is within striking distance. As it stands, Prasad is the only skater that could possibly cause problems from behind.

All of which means that a good Free Skate could get Marilena a medal.

Oh, I hope she does! it would be a great achievement for both her and Stefania to win medals at the same event. And it would be fitting if they turned out to be the same colour, i.e. silver.

WELL DONE!!!

CaroLiza_fan

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The Senior Ladies FS is due to start at 12:00:00 CET (06:00:00 EST / 11:00:00 GMT / 13:00:00 EET). So 5 hours from now.

Marilena will be the 7th skater to start. So, second skater in Group 2.

The Group 2 Warm-Up is due to start at 12:40:40 CET (06:40:40 EST / 11:40:40 GMT/ 13:40:40 EET). So 5h 40m from now.

Marilena is due to start at 12:54:00 CET (06:54:00 EST / 11:54:00 GMT/ 13:54:00 EET). So 5h 54m from now.

But, those times may change if somebody that is due on before her withdraws.

Here is the link for the livestream:
https://solidsport.com/bavarian-open/watch/sunday-session-1-senior-women-fs

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://www.deu-event.de/results/BAY/BO2023/FSKWSINGLES-----------FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://www.deu-event.de/results/BAY/BO2023/SEG004.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

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MARILENA WAS THIRD IN THE SENIOR LADIES FREE SKATE AND WON THE BRONZE MEDAL!!!

Bavarian Open Senior Ladies FS: Results; Protocols
Bavarian Open Senior Ladies: Results

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Well, I said after the SP that being at the back of a tight group of 3 skaters stretching up to 3rd position meant that Marilena could win a medal. And I am delighted to now be able to say that that is exactly what she did!

Marilena finished 3rd out of 24 in the FS, with a score of 100.94. This meant that she climbed to 3rd place overall, with a score of 151.25.

Unfortunately, I haven't seen Marilena's FS, so this report is done purely from the Protocols.

She started off well, with the opening element, the Double Axel, getting the second highest GOE of the programme, at +0.66. It was also the element that got the highest Judges marks, and one of only two elements in the programme that got a +3 (both coming from Judge 5). The other Judges marks were +1 from Judge 3; and three +2's.

Unfortunately, this is where things started going wrong. Her second element was a Triple Lutz-Tripole Toe combination, and she fell. Presumably it was on the Triple Toe as, if it had been on the first part, she wouldn't have got doing the second part! This combination gave her the biggest GOE hit of the programme, at -2.95. And from the Judges, she got -4 from Judge 5, and -5 from the other four Judges. Fortunately, the Base Value being so big meant that it was nevertheless the second-highest scoring element of the programme.

The third element, the Triple Loop, was landed on the quarter. This meant that it got GOE of -0.82, and Judges marks of three -2's and two -1's. Apart from Judge 4 giving -1 for her Flying Change Foot Combination Spin and her Flying Sit Spin, these were the last minuses to appear in Marilena's Protocols.

After this, things largely went well. The only blip was that she singled her fifth element, the Flip jump. As a result, she got 0 in GOE; and 0 from all the Judges. In fact, this was the first of two elements where she got 0's all round, the other being the ninth element, the Double Salchow-Double Toe.

It was also the first of three elements that got 0 in GOE, the other being the seventh element, where she did a Triple Flip-Double Axel-Double Tow in sequence. But, the 0's didn't really matter, because this series of jumps had the highest Base Value of the programme, so it was still the highest scoring element of the programme.

The highest GOE of the programme came for the eighth element, the Triple Lutz. It got +0.79 in GOE which, when added to the Base Value, meant that it became the second highest scoring element of the programme. It was also the second and last element to get a +3, from Judge 5. The other Judges marks were three +1's; and +2 from Judge 4.

Marilena finished the Free Skate 2.83 points behind 2nd position, Kristina ISAEV (DEU), and 8.80 points ahead of 4th position, Ella CHEN (ISR).

Overall, Marilena finished 6.72 points behind 2nd position, Isaev, and 9.02 points ahead of 4th position, Ginevra NEGRELLO (ITA).

Admittedly, the withdrawal of Julia SAUTER (ROU), who had been 4th after the SP, helped, as she could have potentially scored more than Marilena in the FS. However, on the other hand, Julia was the middle skater in the group after the SP, and Marilena managed to leapfrog the skater that was leading the group. So, you could argue that Sauter's withdrawal didn't make any difference! That Marilena did it all by herself!

Either way, it was a great result for Marilena. And a great event for the Cypriot team, with Marilena and Stefania both taking home medals.

In the past 3 events, Marilena has won two Bronze Medals, and climbed considerably up the order in the event in between. This is just the sort of run that you want coming up to the World Championships!

WELL DONE!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

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Marilena will be competing at the World Championships in Saitama, Japan, tomorrow morning.

The Senior Ladies SP is due to start today at 15:50:00 JST (02:50:00 EST / 06:50:00 GMT / 08:50:00 EET). So 10 hours from now.

Marilena will be the 12th skater to start. So, first skater to go in Group 3 (and first to skate after the first resurfacing).

The Group 3 Warm-Up is due to start at 17:30:20 JST (04:30:20 EST / 08:30:20 GMT / 10:30:20 EET). So 11h 40m from now.

Marilena is due to start at 17:38:10 JST (04:38:10 EST / 08:38:10 GMT / 10:38:10 EET). So 11h 48m from now.

But, those times may change if somebody that is due on before her withdraws.

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the ISU YouTube Channel (starts in 10 hours from now):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgGv92n4SWI

Here is the link for the British Eurosport 1 coverage on the Eurosport website (starts in 9h 50m from now):
https://www.eurosport.com/figure-skating/saitama/_brdeurosport-e15212292c0ch2/video.shtml

Here is the link for the "No Advert" coverage on the Eurosport website (starts in 9h 41m from now):
https://www.eurosport.com/figure-sk..._brdeurosport-e100249751c0ch20071/video.shtml

Here is the link for the British Eurosport 1 coverage on Discovery+ UK (starts in 9h 50m from now):
https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/vi...sport/world-championships-e1-coverage-4387931

Here is the link for the "No Advert" coverage on Discovery+ UK (starts in 9h 41m from now):
https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/vi...dplus-sport-sport/world-championships-4462103

Here is the Time Schedule:
https://results.isu.org/results/season2223/wc2023/time0203.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
https://results.isu.org/results/season2223/wc2023/data0203.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

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World Championships Ladies SP: Results; Protocols

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Marilena finished 31st out of 35 in the SP, with a score of 48.92.

Here is what I wrote in the competition thread at the time:

Wow! What a start! Those first few elements were amazing!

But then a fall on the Axel.

Fortunately the rest of it was beautiful too.

That was the best I have seen Marilena skate for a while.

In my eyes, she should be the new leader. But, it all depends on how much they punish her for the Axel.

Smiles and waves from Marilena. Sergei looks serious, but then again he usually does. That said, he did do one of those hand heart things.

NINTH?! My goodness! I knew the Axel would be damaging, but I didn't think it would be that damaging.

No, I don't agree with that. At all.

I don't care. I thought she did well, so:

WELL DONE MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan​

After I looked at the Protocols, everything made sense.

In my coment at the time, I said the first few elements were amazing. And the protocols agree for the first and third elements. The Triple Flip that opened the programme got +0.68 in GOE, and Judges marks of 0 from Judge 4; five +1's; and three +2's. Double Australian Ladies Champion (1973 Junior and 1980 Senior) Belinda Noonan in commentary described it as "very solid".

The thrid element, the Layback Spin, got lower GOE, at +0.45, but better Judges marks, with two +1's; six +2's; and +3 from Judge 2. Belinda didn't pass comment, but I thought it was devine.

To me, the element in between, the Triple Lutz-Triple Toe, looked devine too. But then Belinda commented "maybe they'll have a look at that landing". And, unfortunately, she was right - the second part was under-rotated. As a result, she got the biggest GOE hit of the programme at -1.18, and Judges marks of two -3's; five -2's; and to -1's. Fortunately, this combination had by far the highest Base Value of the programme, so it was actually the highest scoring element of the programme.

As I suspected, it was the fourth element, the Axel, that was the biggest problem. She had an awkward landing on her right foot, and fell, with a double hands down. Although Belinda actually pointed it out, what I didn't realise at the time was that Marilena didn't get around far enough before she fell for it to be classified as a Double Axel. Instead, it was classed as a Single Axel. And because skaters are expected to do better than a Single Axel in Senior skating, it was called as an invalid element.

As you may know from past comments, I do not agree with this being done. A Single Axel has a Base Value of 1.10 in lower levels of skating. So, for goodness sake, use this in Senior skating, and give them minus GOE and minus Judges marks. At least give the skater credit for attempting the jump, rather than treating it as if the jump wasn't there.

Sorry, I digress.

This mistake didn't faze her, because, as I said in my initial commment, the rest of her programme was beautiful. The Step Sequence that followed was just faultless. and the people that count liked it too. She got GOE of +0.42, and Judges marks of three 0's; +1 from Judge 5; and five +2's.

Marilena went from the Step Sequence effortlessly into a Flying Camel Spin, which looked great to me. She got GOE of +0.28, and Judges marks of 0 from Judge 3; and +1 from the remaining eight Judges.

The programme finished with a Change Foot Combination Spin. When I saw it live on the stream, I didn't notice anything wrong with it. And when I first looked at the protocols, I couldn't understand why it got -0.07 in GOE, and Judges marks of -2 from Judge 3; four -1's; three 0's; and +1 from Judge 5. However, when I watched it again when writing this post, it did look a bit messy when she was moving from one sit spin to the next. So, the lack of positive marks does make sense.

Marilena is currently 1.63 points behind 30th position, Anastasia GRACHEVA (MDA), and 1.63 points ahead of 32nd position, Eliška BŘEZINOVÁ (CZE). No, that is not a pasting error. The gap on either side of Marilena is eactly the same. 33rd position, Daša GRM (SVN), is 0.25 points behind Březinová, and 1.88 points behind Marilena.

Unfortunately, all of them have already finished their World Championship campaigns, as only the Top 24 go through to the Free Skate. Alexandra FEIGIN (BUL) was the last skater to qualify, and she was 5.73 points ahead of Marilena.

Nevertheless, if you ignore the Axel, it was a very good skate for Marilena. And although she will understandably be disappointed to not get doing her Free Skate, she should take comfort from just how good her performance of her Short Programme was.

If you take out the Axel from all the Short Programmes she has done this season, this World Championships SP actually has the highest TES of the season. Which really shows just how well she skated in Saitama.

All in all, I am taking this as a good sign. And I can't wait to see her in action again next season.

WELL DONE!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

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Typical! I write a greeting yesterday, and then realise that I was a day early. And then I forget to re-do it today until now.

Haven't posted here in a while, because it has been a while since we last saw Marilena. But between now and the end of the month, we have a lot of birthdays within the Cypriot team. And we kick off today with Marilena's.

HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY MARILENA!!!



I hope you are having an enjoyable day, and that the coming year is a good one for you, both on and off the ice.

I really hope it won't long until we see Marilena in action, because I for one have been really missing her.

Just over a week ago, Stefania posted a montage on Instagram showing her training and doing activities in Dubai, and Marilena was in quite a few of the still photos used (both on ice and off). I don't know if the photos were recent, but I hope they were. Because if Marilena is actually on the ice, then it is a good sign that she is not out of action through injury. That it is all just part of a plan for the season.

All the best!

CaroLiza_fan

 

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As you know, we have not seen Marilena all season. There was a glimmer of hope when her name appeared on the Provisional Entry List for the final event of the Challenger Series, the Golden Spin Of Zagreb, at the start of December. But then it disappeared by the time the final Entry Lists came out.

I'm sure I was not the only one that was worrying about the prospect of her going into the European Championships without having done any competitions this season. And then even more worried when the Provisional Entry Lists for Euros were released, and she was not even on them.

Well, I contacted Marilena's mother a few days ago, and I was surprised and delighted when she actually passed me over to her daughter. This was the first time I had chatted with Marilena, and she really is as lovely as I thought she would be.

Anyway, Marilena explained what has been going on. Basically, the knee injury that she suffered last season is still bad. She tried everything she could to get into a position where she could be able to compete this season, but it was not to be. She is now going to have surgery on it shortly, which should hopefully sort it out once and for all. And she is looking forward to coming back next season.

As a fan, of course I miss her. But, I am glad that she is being sensible and is not trying to come back prematurely. Because when athletes do that, it usually makes matters worse.

I am really looking forward to seeing her when she does come back fully fit.

All the best with your surgery and subsequent recovery, Marilena.

CaroLiza_fan

 

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As you know, we have not seen Marilena all season. There was a glimmer of hope when her name appeared on the Provisional Entry List for the final event of the Challenger Series, the Golden Spin Of Zagreb, at the start of December. But then it disappeared by the time the final Entry Lists came out.

I'm sure I was not the only one that was worrying about the prospect of her going into the European Championships without having done any competitions this season. And then even more worried when the Provisional Entry Lists for Euros were released, and she was not even on them.

Well, I contacted Marilena's mother a few days ago, and I was surprised and delighted when she actually passed me over to her daughter. This was the first time I had chatted with Marilena, and she really is as lovely as I thought she would be.

Anyway, Marilena explained what has been going on. Basically, the knee injury that she suffered last season is still bad. She tried everything she could to get into a position where she could be able to compete this season, but it was not to be. She is now going to have surgery on it shortly, which should hopefully sort it out once and for all. And she is looking forward to coming back next season.

As a fan, of course I miss her. But, I am glad that she is being sensible and is not trying to come back prematurely. Because when athletes do that, it usually makes matters worse.

I am really looking forward to seeing her when she does come back fully fit.

All the best with your surgery and subsequent recovery, Marilena.

CaroLiza_fan

She is charming and accomplished…. And sensible as you say. Wishing her well and a speedy return to competition

 

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Today is a special day. Because exactly 20 years ago, two little babies came into this world.

HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY MARILENA AND MIKHAIL!!!



I hope they are having an enjoyable day, and that the coming year is a good one for both of them.

And there is more good news about Marilena. The Provisional Entry Lists for the Tallinn Trophy in a month's time have been released. And Marilena is included!!!

Of course, we had false alarms before, the most recent being a month ago when the Provisional Entry Lists for the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge (which finished just over a week ago) came out. But, I do think that this time it may happen. Because a few weeks ago, she took part in an Exhibition in Dubai (where she trains). Here is an album she posted:

https://www.instagram.com/lena.mariki/p/DANPxnCosc-/

Video of clips from what will be this season's Short Programme on second page of the album.

She's looking good!

From watching that video, her knee doesn't appear to be giving her bother. It isn't even strapped, but she's able to jump away like there was nothing wrong.

Now that we have seen that she can do a full programme, it is probably a good idea to get a Challenger in as soon as possible. So that she has the opportunity to get another one in before the end of the year if she needs to. Because, with being out of action for so long, all her TES's will have expired. And we don't want her to miss out on Euros and Senior Worlds due to not having eligible Minimums. Especially since we know she has achieved them in the past.

Having seen the video, I can't wait to see her in competitive action, because she looks bang on form! If she skates like she did then, she could surprise a few people.

Anyway, I hope she has a great birthday.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

The long wait is finally over. 597 days after we last saw her in competition (2023 Worlds SP), Marilena will be back in action today at the Denkova-Staviski Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The Senior Ladies SP is due to start today at 18:15:00 EET (11:15:00 EST / 16:15:00 GMT). So 10 hours from now.

Marilena will be the 13th skater to start. So, third and middle / antepenultimate skater to go in Group 3 (and third skater to go after the resurfacing).

The Group 3 Warm-Up is due to start at 19:29:40 EET (12:29:40 EST / 17:29:40 GMT). So 11h 14m from now.

Marilena is due to start at 19:46:30 EET (12:46:30 EST / 17:46:30 GMT). So 11h 31m from now.

But, those times may change if somebody that is due on before her withdraws.

More information in the event thread:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/98532

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

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Denkova-Staviski Cup Senior Ladies SP: Results; Protocols

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Marilena finished 7th out of 20 in the SP, with a score of 53.51.

Unfortunately I was not able to watch the Denkova-Staviski Cup, as I was concentrating on the IceChallenge from Graz.

Marilena is currently 0.18 points behind 6th position, Laura SZCZĘSNA (POL), and 0.65 points ahead of 8th position, Tetiana FIRSOVA (UKR). The three of them are the top three skaters in a group of 9 skaters covered by 4.56 points, stretching down to Antonina DUBININA (SRB) in 14th position, 4.38 points behind Marilena.

Being realistic, if she has a good Free Skate, the best Marilena can do is to climb up one position. But, she has to make sure she does have that good Free Skate, because there is the potential to drop a lot of positions if she doesn't.

So let's hope she has a good Free Skate, and moves up!

WELL DONE MARILENA!!!

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The Senior Ladies FS is due to start today at 16:10:00 EET (14:10:00 GMT). So 9 hours from now.

Marilena will be the 14th skater to start. So, fifrth and penultimate skater to go in Group 3 (and fifth skater to go after the resurfacing).

The Group 3 Warm-Up is due to start at 17:42:00 EET (15:42:00 GMT). So 10h 32m from now.

Marilena is due to start at 18:08:00 EET (16:08:00 GMT). So 10h 58m from now.

But, those times may change if somebody that is due on before her withdraws.

More information in the event thread:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/98532

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

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Denkova-Staviski Cup Senior Ladies FS: Results; Protocols
Denkova-Staviski Cup Junior Ladies: Results

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Marilena finished 17th out of 20 in the FS, with a score of 82.48. This meant that she dropped to 16th position overall, with a score of 135.99.

Unfortunately I was not able to watch the Denkova-Staviski Cup, as I was concentrating on the IceChallenge from Graz.

Marilena finished the Free Skate 1.25 points behind 16th position, Ceren KARAŞ (TUR), and 5.56 points ahead of 18th position, Arabella SEAR-WATKINS (GBR).

Overall, Marilena finished 0.84 points behind 15th position, Eliška BŘEZINOVÁ (CZE), and 6.38 points ahead of 17th position, Karaş. Marilena is the bottom skater in a group of 3 skaters covered by 2.42 points, which is headed by Barbora VRANKOVÁ (CZE) in 14th position.

There is no getting around it - the Free Skate was a nightmare skate. But, at least she is back in action again on Tuesday, so she can focus on that and put Saturday to the back of her mind.

And hopefully the fact that Stefania will be in Tallinn will mean she has some extra support and give her a boost.

ALL THE BEST MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

You wait ages for a bus, and then two come along at once! After completing her Denkova-Staviski Cup campaign just 3 days ago, Marilena is back in action today at the Tallinn Trophy in Estonia.

The Senior Ladies SP is due to start today at 18:30:00 EET (11:30:00 EST / 16:30:00 GMT). So 10 hours from now.

Marilena will be the 16th skater to start. So, fifth and penultimate skater to go in Group 3 (and fifth skater to go after the resurfacing).

The Group 3 Warm-Up is due to start at 20:01:37 EET (13:01:37 EST / 18:01:37 GMT). So 6h 31m from now.

Marilena is due to start at 20:31:15 EET (13:31:15 EST / 18:31:15 GMT). So 7h 1m from now.

But, those times may change if somebody that is due on before her withdraws.

More information in the event forum:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/forums/1028

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Tallinn Trophy Senior Ladies SP: Results; Protocols

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRrkt4quDdA

Marilena finished 8th out of 23 in the SP, with a score of 49.72.

Here is what I wrote about her in the competition thread during the Warm-Up:

Now, in case anybody thinks Marilena's dress looks familiar, there is a reason it does:

It's Gabbie Izzo's 2019-20 Season FS dress.

First few times we saw her, she was just moving across the shot.

But then we saw her do a lovely jump at the far end of the rink.

There was one time it looked like she was goong to do a jump in the middle of the shot, but then somebody crossed her path, and she ended up doing it out of shot.

Then she came across and did a spin, and all we saw was her hand coming in and out of shot!

Next time we saw her was when she left the ice.

Boys but I am looking forward to seeing this programme. I've seen bits of it, and it looked great!

Right, back to food.

CaroLiza_fan

Here is what I wrote as she was being introduced:

Back now temporarily for my girl.

ALL THE BEST MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

And here is what I wrote about her programme:

Beautiful jump to start with.

The combination jump was beautiful

Beautiful combination spin

Wow! That jump was big!

Another beautiful spin.

This is getting to be a stuck record. So, I'll just say everything is beautiful.

I know I am biased, but I think that is the best I've ever seen her skate.



I said to her that "Masquerade Waltz" always makes a great programme, and she just proved it!

Oh, she's sitting on her own.

She goes into 6th position.

WELL DONE MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

Our bastion of positivity, @Jeanie19, commented:

Marilena. Pretty blue dress. Good program and skate.

My fellow British member, @FlossieH, thought the same as I did about how Marilena skated:

Best skate I've seen from Marilena for a while.

And Polish member @Karoltyna posted a more technical comment:

Jumps better than spins, overall it was decent.

While I was writing my post during the introduction, my good friend and fellow serial skater adopter @elektra blue had commented:

go Marilena! where's your father @CaroLiza_fan ?

When I saw this post after her skate, I decided to take advantage of replying to it to say something I was thinking:

Seeing her alone in the results area, I was thinking "If I'd been there, I wouldn't have left her sitting there on her own!"

CaroLiza_fan

Marilena is currently 1.01 points behind 7th position, Léa SERNA (FRA), and 0.11 points ahead of 9th position, Meda VARIAKOJYTĖ (LTU). The three of them are the bottom three skaters in a group of 8 skaters covered by 5.43 points, stretching up to Sara-Maude DUPUIS (CAN) in 2nd position, 5.32 points ahead of Marilena.

If she has a good Free Skate, Marilena has the potential to move considerably up the order. Maybe even onto the podium.

So let's hope she has a good Free Skate, and moves up!

WELL DONE MARILENA!!!

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The Senior Ladies FS is due to start today at 16:00:00 EET (09:00:00 EST / 14:00:00 GMT). So 6 hours from now.

Marilena will be the 16th skater to start. So, fifth and penultimate skater to go in Group 3 (and fifth skater to go after the resurfacing).

The Group 3 Warm-Up is due to start at 17:51:32 EET (10:51:32 EST / 15:51:32 GMT). So 7h 51m from now.

Marilena is due to start at 18:28:31 EET (11:28:31 EST / 16:28:31 GMT). So 8h 28m from now.

But, those times may change if somebody that is due on before her withdraws.

More information in the event forum:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/forums/1028

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Tallinn Trophy Senior Ladies FS: Results; Protocols
Tallinn Trophy Junior Ladies: Results

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lcgN7UKoR8

Marilena finished 19th out of 23 in the FS, with a score of 71.28. This meant that she dropped to 17th position overall, with a score of 121.00.

Unfortunately, I was watching.

Here is what I wrote about her in the competition thread during the Warm-Up:

Phew. Just about finished watching Anastasia Konga's SP before the Warm-Up started.

Saw Marilena going across the camera a couple of times early on. She's wearing a purple dress with sparklies.

The stream has started buffering on me.

In the middle of the Warm-Up, she did a lovely jump at the far end of the rink.

And in the last minute, she did a lovely spin just in camera shot.

But those were the only elements we saw her do within camera shot.

That said, there was one point when she was heading towards the camera and I thought she was going to jump right in front of it, but then she changed direction and did it out of shot.

I haven't seen any of Marilena's FS yet, so I am looking forward to seeing it. (Just hope it goes better than it did last week!)

CaroLiza_fan

Here is what I wrote when the skater before Marilena was getting introduced:

Oh, I forgot about Meda being after Kristina. I thought Marilena was next.

Nerves getting the better of me.

CaroLiza_fan

And here is what I wote when it was actually Marilena's turn to get introduced:

It's a very cold day here, and my hands are all sweaty right now! That's the effect Marilena has on me!

Right. Here we go.

ALL THE BEST MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

Here is what I wrote after the music started:

Oh no. Music problems. As soon as it started she came out of position.

She's talking to the panel.

Now she's going back into her starting position.

No, she decides to go skating around the rink to warm up a bit more.

Now she's being introduced again.

CaroLiza_fan

And here is what I wrote about her programme:

Yep, that's different music.

Beautiful jump to start. The music problems haven't affected her.

Fall on her second jump.

Not a great landing on her third jump.

Thankfully next jump beautiful. (Surprised she didn't put a combination onto it).

And following spin beautiful too.

Fall on next jump.

And the next.

Popped next jump.

Spin good, but you can see she has lost confidence.

But it came back for the Step Sequence.

Beautiful spins to end with.

She looked so forlorn at the end.

I guess this is what it was like last week, @norwegianfairytale.

I don't want to see these replays. And I am sure Marilena doesn't either.

Poor girl. Having to sit there on her own after that programe.

Sending her lots of

She looks so upset. Well, at least she isn't crying.

She goes into 12th in the FS, and 10th overall.



CaroLiza_fan

I don't want to dwell on it, so let's just move onto the numbers.

Marilena finished the Free Skate 2.11 points behind 18th position, Josefin BROVALL (SWE), and 1.33 points ahead of 20th position, Linnea KILSAND (NOR).

Overall, Marilena finished 0.44 points behind 16th position, Lovisa AAV (SWE), and 1.28 points ahead of 18th position, Mia RISA GOMEZ (NOR). The three of them are the bottom 3 skaters in a group of 4 skaters covered by 2.30 points, which is headed by Emilija OZOLA (LAT) in 15th position, 1.02 points ahead of Marilena.

Why on Earth did I mention last week at the end of my post about the Warm-Up?! Now I feel that I jinxed her!

I just don't know what to say. Two weeks in a row she does so well in the Short Programme, and two weeks in a row she has a total meltdown in the Free Skate.

I felt so upset for her. I so wanted to just put my arms around her and tell her that it's alright, things will go better next time. But that's a bit hard to do when you're 2,000 miles away.

She really needed somebody to be there with her doing just that. Where was her coach? Is he in Tallinn at all? If he is, he should have been there with Marilena. It'll be interesting to see if he is there today with Stefania. Because if he is, it will open up a whole load of questions.

When I spoke to Marilena a few weeks ago, I asked her why, having kept the SP that she had planned to do last season, she didn't do the same with the FS, and instead brought out a different one. And she said that she didn't like the original one, and that it is hard to skate a full programme when you don't feel confident about it. Which is understandable.

But, after what has happened in the past 2 weeks, I dread to imagine where her confidence is with the FS programme that she has ended up doing.

I honestly don't know what would be the best course of action from here. Whether Marilena should ditch this programme, and then have all the disruption of either learning a completely new programme or getting back up to speed with an old programme. Or whether to persevere with this one, in the hope that the fact that she had two disaster skates was just a freak coincidence and that it will go better in the future.

It's a big decision that will have to be taken after careful consideration with her team. But, ultimately, it is down to what feeels right for her.

Whatever happens, my love goes out to Marilena.



CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Marilena will be back in action today at the Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Senior Ladies SP is due to start today at 16:35:20 TRT (08:35:20 EST / 13:35:20 GMT / 15:35:20 EET). So 5 hours from now.

Marilena will be the 1st skater to start. So, first skater to go in Group 1.

The Group 1 Warm-Up is due to start at 16:35:20 TRT (08:35:20 EST / 13:35:20 GMT / 15:35:20 EET). So 5 hours from now.

Marilena is due to start at 16:41:50 TRT (08:41:50 EST / 13:41:50 GMT / 15:41:50 EET). So 5h 6m from now.

But, those times may change if somebody that is due on before her withdraws.

More information in the event thread:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/98575

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Bosphorus Cup Senior Ladies SP: Results; Protocols

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3da4zJQy91o

Marilena finished 4th out of 20 in the SP, with a score of 49.72.

Unfortunately, I was not able to watch the Senior Ladies SP LIVE as I was watching the Formula 1 Free Practice 1 at the time. However, I started playing catchup once the coverage of the cars was over.

Here is the sort of comment that I would have written about the Warm-Up for the competition thread if I had been watching LIVE:

It's taking me a while to get used to these black team jackets. I always start off looking for white jackets, and then remember. But, at least the patches on the sleeves stand out.

After doing a lap of the rink (mostly in reverse!) Marilena just casually did a practice jump in the far corner, like it was no bother! And then took her jacket off and gave it to her coach on the way past.

She then circled round and did a beautiful jump in the same corner. Then headed off, but then backtracked and did some mini-jumps in the corner, before heading off again.

She then circled round and did another jump, but this time under the scoreboard, before she got to the corner. Although it was far away, it looked like she didn't get the whole way around. But, she circled round again and did another jump in the same spot, and it went a lot better.

After circling around again, sdhe did a combination jump under the scoreboard. The first part was beautiful, but the second part didn't have a great landing.

Next she came back towards the end of the rink the camera was at, and was lining up a jump as she went out of shot. So I don't know what happened.

When she came back into shot, she went over to her coach. I don't know who it was, though. They had the wrong profile to be Sergey. After a long talk, she set off and did exactly the same as she had just done, before heading back to the coach for another, shorter, talk.

I don't know if it was the same jump she was doing, but she then went through the same process (but without stopping to talk to her coach) for a third time, and then a fourth time. She then went ack to her coach for a moment.

When the one minute warning came, she set off to towards the far end of the rink, and did a spin, and then went back to her coach for what I thought was going to be a final pep talk befoe her programme. But then she went off doing some stretches and even fitted in some practice routines before her final pep talk.

Oh, I hope this is as good as it has been the past couple of weeks.

CaroLiza_fan​

I didn't include an "All The Best" message at the end, because I did actually post one at the time she was being introduced:

I may not be watching LIVE, but I'm with you in spirit.

ALL THE BEST MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

And here is the sort of comment that I would have written about the programme if I had been watching LIVE:

Camera zoomed in too far in when she got into position, and didn't get fully zoomed out in time for her starting. So we missed the first few steps.

Opening combination jump same as in the Warm-Up - first part beautiful, second part not a great landing.

Triple Lutz beautiful.

Change Foot Combination Spin beautiful.

Not the best landing on the Double Axel.

Layback Spin and the Flying Camel Spin that followed both beautiful.

Step Sequence beautiful.

Awww, the look of relief on her face when she finished!

And then she nearly goes headlong when she reaches the gate! Too much speed coming up to the end of the ice. Thank goodness her coach was standing where he was to help her.

She looks happy waiting for her scores. They're chatting away, and it seems quite jovial.

Mmmm. She didn't seem too pleased when the scores came through.

Well, it mightn't be as high as at the Denkova-Staviski Cup, but it is just a whisker higher than the Tallinn Trophy.

WELL DONE MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan​

Marilena is currently 0.04 points behind 3rd position, Anastasia GRACHEVA (MDA), and 1.88 points ahead of 4th position, Antonina DUBININA (SRB). The three of them are part of a group of 9 skaters covered by 6.44 points, stretching from Eliška BŘEZINOVÁ (CZE) in 2nd position, 1.13 points ahead of Marilena, down to Cathryn LIMKETKAI (PHL) in 10th position, 5.31 points behind Marilena.

I'm probably being a bit unfair here, because there is actually a gap of 1.99 points between Dubinina and the skater in 5th position, Sofiya FARAFONOVA (KAZ), who is 3.87 points behind Marilena. But, I wanted to show that there are a lot of skaters that could potentially benefit if Marilena's Free Skate woes continue.

On the more positive side, if Marilena has a good Free Skate, she could potentially claim 2nd position.

So let's hope she has a good Free Skate, and moves up!

WELL DONE MARILENA!!!

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The Senior Ladies FS is due to start today at 14:25:00 TRT (06:25:00 EST / 11:25:00 GMT / 13:25:00 EET). So 5 hours from now.

Marilena will be the 17th skater to start. So, second skater to go in Group 4.

The Group 4 Warm-Up is due to start at 16:52:00 TRT (08:52:00 EST / 13:52:00 GMT / 15:52:00 EET). So 8h 27m from now.

Marilena is due to start at 17:06:00 TRT (09:06:00 EST / 14:06:00 GMT / 16:06:00 EET). So 8h 41m from now.

But, those times may change if somebody that is due on before her withdraws.

More information in the event thread:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/98575

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Bosphorus Cup Senior Ladies FS: Results; Protocols
Bosphorus Cup Junior Ladies: Results

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Marilena finished 3rd out of 20 in the FS, with a score of 93.51. This meant that she remained in 4th position overall, with a score of 143.49.

Unfortunately, I was not able to watch the Senior Ladies FS LIVE as I was watching the Formula 1 Sprint Race and then the Feature Race Qualifying at the time. But, I have just watched the Warm-Up and Marilena's programme on the archived livestream.

Here is the sort of comment that I would have written about the Warm-Up for the competition thread if I had been watching LIVE:

After just one lap of the rink, Marilena did a beautiful jump in the far corner!

Whoa, she scared me there going past the camera! But then she went down towards but not as far as the corner, and did a combination jump. The first part was beautiful, and the second part would have been too except she was worried that she was a bit too close to the boards and was cautious. Better safe than sorry.

Lovely jump underneath the scoreboard, and then back up to this end of the rink, lining up another jump as she went out of camera shot. Then she circled around and lined up another jump out of camera shot

I think she might have gone to talk to her coach, because it took a while for her to re-appear (unlike during the SP Warm-Up, the coach was out of camera shot for the FS Warm-Up). When she did eventually re-appear, she circled around and did the same again. And then the exact same thing happened again.

She was again out of camera shot for a good while, but when she re-appeared this time, she went down to under the scoreboard at the far end of the rink and did a beautiful jump.

She then went out of camera shot for a while, and when she re-appeared she went back down to the scoreboard, did a jump and fell. She then circled round, and did another jump under the scoreboard, and this time it was beautiful.

About 30 seconds from the end, she practiced a spin, and then did some final practice routines in the dying seconds.

When she came off the ice, the coach wasn't looking when handing over her jacket and and stuffed it in her face! Ooops!

Oh, I really hope the programme goes well.

CaroLiza_fan​

And here is the sort of comment that I would have written about the programme if I had been watching LIVE:

Erm, yoohoo! It's the skater you're meant to be looking at, not the coach.

Ah, good. The camera has found Marilena.

Beautiful Double Axel to start with.

Hard to tell if the combination jump was landed alright because the camera was zoomed in a bit too far, resulting in the graphic covering her feet.

Next combination jump was good.

Beautiful Triple Lutz.

Beautiful Flying Camel Spin.

Choreographic Sequence and Double Flip immediately afterwards both beautiful too.

Ach, fall on Triple Salchow.

Popped first part of the combination jump. But second part was fine.

Beautiful Layback Spin.

Step Sequence beautiful.

And a beautiful Change Foot Combination Spin to finish with.

YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think you can guess the word I will use to sum up that programme - yes, it's "beautiful".

I was actually getting emotional during that. And even more so when she finished.

Immediately after she finished, her face was so shocked. I don't think she can believe that she got through that so well.

Sitting waiting for her scores, it's hard to read her. I'm not sure any more if she's happy or not.

Unsurprisingly, she gets new Season's Best scores for both the FS and overall. And by some margin.

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

WELL DONE MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan​

Our basion of positivity, @Jeanie19, was watching LIVE, and wrote:

Marilena. Pretty dress and a pretty program. Good skate.

Marilena finished the Free Skate 14.42 points behind 2nd position, Anastasia GRACHEVA (MDA), and 0.50 points ahead of 4th position, Eliška BŘEZINOVÁ (CZE). Marilena is at the head of a group of 4 skaters covered by 2.89 points, stretching down to Cathryn LIMKETKAI (PHL) in 6th position.

Overall, Marilena finished 0.63 points behind 3rd position, Březinová, and 4.30 points ahead of 5th position, Antonina DUBININA (SRB).

Well, she did it. She changed her Free Skate programme. She has gone back to her 2022-23 FS. And it made all the difference.

After what happened to her in the FS in Sofia and Tallinn, I cannot express how happy I am that Marilena had such a beautiful Free Skate in Istanbul. If she had carried on with the other programme, and things had gone wrong again, it would have been a massive blow to her confidence. But, this will hopefully give her a boost, which she can carry forward into her next competition.

Europeans isn't until the very end of January, so I hope she will be able to fit in something between now and then. To keep up the momentum.

But for now, I just want to savour this moment.

WELL DONE MARILENA!!!

CaroLiza_fan