Nebelhorn Trophy 2012

[RemyRose]

September 27th to 29th in Oberstdorf, Germany.

Site and Schedule

Entry List & Results
This looks like a pretty good competition!!! Looking forward to the ladies and mens

 

[ice coverage]

Nebelhorn ice dance:

Allison REED is now skating for ISR with Vasili ROGOV -- a new partnership??

 

[dorispulaski]

It does look good!

http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00051395.htm

Dance


Kira GEIL / Tobias EISENBAUER AUT
Julia ZLOBINA / Alexei SITNIKOV AZE
Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM CAN
Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL CAN
Gabriela KUBOVA / Dmitri KISELEV CZE
Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Neil BROWN CZE
Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES FRA
Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Alexis MIART FRA
Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI GER
Zsuzsanna NAGY / Mate FEJES HUN
Allison REED / Vasili ROGOV ISR
Federica BERNARDI / Christopher MIOR ITA
Emi HIRAI / Marien DE LA ASUNCION JPN
Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS LTU
Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN RUS
Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO RUS
Federica TESTA / Lukas CSOLLEY SVK
Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ ESP
Ramona ELSENER / Florian ROOST SUI
Siobhan HEEKIN-CANEDY / Dmitri DUN UKR
Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA

 

[fairly4]

good skaters all,

ladies, men, pairs, dance is interesting. up for grabs in all.
good luck to all

 

[dorispulaski]

Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf Germany is scheduled for September 27th through 28th.
The announcement page is here
http://www.eislauf-union.de/Nebelho...detail_Zuschauer_44_kkdetail_view_verans.html

Here is the entry list page:
http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00051395.htm

In dance, noted competitors are Paul & Islam and Ralph & Hill of Canada, Chock & Bates of the US, Zlobina & Sitnikov of AZE, & Monko & Khaliavin of Russia.

In pairs, Volosozhar & Trankov and Bazarova & Larionov, both of Russia, are the headliners. Donlan & Speroff and Denney & Coughlin of the US will also be competing.

In men, the headliners are Michal Brezina & Tomas Verner of the Czech Republic and Nobunari Oda of Japan. Denis Ten KAZ. Keegan Messing and Stephen Carriere USA, Andrew Rogozine & Elladj Balde of Canada are also competing.

In ladies, Adelina Sotnikova RUS is the headliner. Polina Shelepen RUS, Caroline Zhang USA, Haruka Imai JPN, Kaetlyn Osmond CAN, and Sarah Hecken of GER will be competing.

 

[FSGMT]

This year's Nebelhorn field is the toughest I have ever seen! For the gold, I think Sotnikova is the obvious favourite, I predict a fight Shelepen vs Zhang vs Imai for the other medals... Predictable results in Pairs: easy win for Volosozhar-Trankov, silver for Bazarova-Larionov, bronze Denney-Coughlin. I'm very interested in Oda: is he still a high-level competitor? Will he fight against Brezina and Verner for the Gold? I really hope we're not seeing another R. Shoji... I hope Chock-Bates will skate well their Doctor Zivago, I watched their practice video and it looked a great program! For the other medals, the battle is quite open: a year ago, Monko-Khaliavin would have been the favourites for the Bronze, I think they'll have to fight with the Canadians, especially, and it won't be easy...

 

[demarinis5]

Thanks Doris. Quite a few top skaters in this competition. I wonder if there will be a live stream.

 

[mikiandorocks]

I'm very curious about Oda. The line-up for the Nebelhorn Trophy looks great!

 

[dorispulaski]

Giving this a bump because it starts in 2 days!

Some roster changes:
Dance

Julia ZLOBINA / Alexei SITNIKOV AZE
Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM CAN
Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL CAN
Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Neil BROWN CZE
Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES FRA
Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI GER
Charlotte AIKEN / Josh WHIDBORNE GBR
Zsuzsanna NAGY / Mate FEJES HUN
Allison REED / Vasili ROGOV ISR
Federica BERNARDI / Christopher MIOR ITA
Emi HIRAI / Marien DE LA ASUNCION JPN
Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS LTU
Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN RUS
Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ ESP
Ramona ELSENER / Florian ROOST SUI
Siobhan HEEKIN-CANEDY / Dmitri DUN UKR
Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA

Pushkash & Guerreiro and Zahorski & Miart are not on the list.
I hope they are OK.

Pairs

Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES FRA
Daria POPOVA / Bruno MASSOT FRA
Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE GER
Danielle MONTALBANO / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI ISR
Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV RUS
Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV RUS
Ronja ROLL / Gustav FORSGREN SWE
Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN USA
Gretchen DONLAN / Andrew SPEROFF USA

Men

Mark WEBSTER AUS
Vitali LUCHANOK BLR
Kevin ALVES BRA
Luiz MANELLA BRA
Elladj BALDE CAN
Andrei ROGOZINE CAN
Michal BREZINA CZE
Tomas VERNER CZE
Valtter VIRTANEN FIN
Paul FENTZ GER
Peter LIEBERS GER
Phillip HARRIS GBR
Alexei BYCHENKO ISR
Paolo BACCHINI ITA
Paul Bonifacio PARKINSON ITA
Nobunari ODA JPN
Denis TEN KAZ
Michael Christian MARTINEZ PHI
Maciej CIEPLUCHA POL
Zoltan KELEMEN ROU
Ivan BARIEV RUS
Konstantin MENSHOV RUS
Alexander MAJOROV SWE
Yakov GODOROZHA UKR
Keegan Messing USA
Stephen Carriere USA

Ladies

Brooklee HAN AUS
Kerstin FRANK AUT
Isadora WILLIAMS BRA
Kaetlyn OSMOND CAN
Eliska BREZINOVA CZE
Elena GLEBOVA EST
Rosaliina KUPARINEN FIN
Juulia TURKKILA FIN
Nea VIIRI FIN
Sarah HECKEN GER
Nathalie WEINZIERL GER
Carol BRESSANUTTI ITA
Haruka IMAI JPN
Fleur MAXWELL LUX
Reyna HAMUI MEX
Polina SHELEPEN RUS
Adelina SOTNIKOVA RUS
Sofia BIRYUKOVA RUS
Marina SEEH SRB
Dominika MURCKOVA SVK
Lejeanne MARAIS RSA
Viktoria HELGESSON SWE
Caroline ZHANG USA

 

[Skater Boy]

Oda is in the fight of his life with such a strong Japanese men field He must feel the pressure even if he doesn't say it. I think Caroline Zhang could potentially wtn over Sotnkova. She is a more mature skater than the Russian and if her jumps hold up. Sotnikova has also had growth issues and I am not so sure she is consistent or stable enough at this point. I do think V and T are the class of the field in pairs. In dance I see a dog fight for bronze and the Canadians will see early on who is the better of the two teams - I do think though these Canadian teams will be off the podium at their nationals - I think Gilles and Porier are Canada's no. 3 team behind Virtue and Moir and Weaver and Poje.

 

[AlexRus]

Webcam http://www.oberstdorf.de/bilder/92707.html

 

[sky_fly20]

Giving this a bump because it starts in 2 days!

Some roster changes:
Dance


Pushkash & Guerreiro are not on the list.
I hope they are OK.

they are OK
they probably just skipped the event as they will compete in Federation Cup in Sochi
on Oct 5-7, 2012

 

[FSGMT]

I really hope there will be a live streaming or at least an official YouTube channel (like the Challenge Cup's one), that webcam is always on, we can't watch the competition from there...

 

[AlexRus]

Info from spectator, morning training.
Adelina Sotnikova 2А+3Т, 2F, 2A, 3F(?), 3T+3T, 3Lz, 3Lz+2T+2Lo, 3Lo, 3F, 2A, 3S, 3Lo
Polina Shelepen 3S+2T, 3F+2T, 2A, 2F+2T, 3F, 3Lo, 3F+3T, 3S+2T+2Lo

 

[FSGMT]

Info from spectator, morning training.
Adelina Sotnikova 2А+3Т, 2F, 2A, 3F(?), 3T+3T, 3Lz, 3Lz+2T+2Lo, 3Lo, 3F, 2A, 3S, 3Lo
Polina Shelepen 3S+2T, 3F+2T, 2A, 2F+2T, 3F, 3Lo, 3F+3T, 3S+2T+2Lo

Are you there??
Did you see Caroline Zhang, too?

 

[AlexRus]

Are you there??
Did you see Caroline Zhang, too?

No, info from spectator who writes to Russian forum.

 

[let`s talk]

One more comment from the audience (it's not me! I am not there): "Oda-san is in an excellent shape. Saved quite a few off-the-axis jumps easily. Landed several 3As without a problem. Was having troubles with a 3A with a difficult entrance (a spread eagle variation) for some time, but finally landed that one too. Did a triple with both arms up. Toward the end of the practice landed a couple of 4+3s (the triple might have been a tiny bit UR)."

 

[FSGMT]

One more comment from the audience (it's not me! I am not there): "Oda-san is in an excellent shape. Saved quite a few off-the-axis jumps easily. Landed several 3As without a problem. Was having troubles with a 3A with a difficult entrance (a spread eagle variation) for some time, but finally landed that one too. Did a triple with both arms up. Toward the end of the practice landed a couple of 4+3s (the triple might have been a tiny bit UR)."

Wow, I really hope he's back in good shape... He's always been one of the best men of the world (in my opinion), but he has never showed it in the important events, I really hope he will have a good season, with medals both in the GP and the ISU Championships...

 

[dorispulaski]

Start Orders are beginning to come up
http://deu-event.de/results/Nebelhorn_2012/index.htm

DANCE
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Zsuzsanna NAGY / Mate FEJES HUN
2 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA
3 Emi HIRAI / Marien DE LA ASUNCION JPN
4 Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Neil BROWN CZE
5 Allison REED / Vasili ROGOV ISR

Warm-Up Group 2
6 Ramona ELSENER / Florian ROOST SUI
7 Julia ZLOBINA / Alexei SITNIKOV AZE
8 Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN RUS
9 Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM
CAN
10 Federica BERNARDI / Christopher MIOR ITA

Warm-Up Group 3
11 Charlotte AIKEN / Josh WHIDBORNE GBR
12 Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI GER
13 Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ ESP
14 Siobhan HEEKIN-CANEDY / Dmitri DUN UKR
15 Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL CAN

PAIRS

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV RUS
2 Danielle MONTALBANO / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI ISR
3 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV RUS

Warm-Up Group 2
4 Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES FRA
5 Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE GER
6 Daria POPOVA / Bruno MASSOT FRA

Warm-Up Group 3
7 Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN USA
8 Gretchen DONLAN / Andrew SPEROFF USA
9 Ronja ROLL / Gustav FORSGREN SWE

Men's & Ladies aren't up yet

Schedule

Oberstdorf Time (GMT+1)/EDT

September 27
13:00:00/ 7AM EDT/ Ice Dance Short Dance
16:00:00/ 10 AM EDT/ Pairs Short Program
18:45:00/ 12:45 PM EDT/ Men Short Program

September 28
10:00:00/4AM EDT/ Ladies Short Program
13:40:00/6:40 AM EDT/ Pairs Free Skating
18:00:00/12 Noon EDT/ Men Free Skating

September 29
10:00:00/4 AM EDT/ Ladies Free Skating
14:00:00/8 AM EDT/ Ice Dance Free Dance

 

[Violet Bliss]

Wow, I really hope he's back in good shape... He's always been one of the best men of the world (in my opinion),

Oda is one of the best and has the best and consistent 3A.

but he has never showed it in the important events, I really hope he will have a good season, with medals both in the GP and the ISU Championships...

He has shown his talents in many important events, often too much, and handed the gold medal over, mostly to Takahashi. I'm not sure if special COP math class would help him. I truly wish he will win a Worlds medal before calling it a career.