Pairs & Dance Teams with Citizenship Issues

[nimi]

Google translate is right .

Really!?!
Good for them!

 

[Andrea82]

Alexandrovskaya has received Australian citizenship on Tuesday according to Australian chef de (Olympic) mission

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/10/20/question-mark-over-bright-winter-games

the item is half way the article in the link)

 

[karne]

*running around in happy circles throwing green and gold streamers everywhere*

 

[4everchan]

*running around in happy circles throwing green and gold streamers everywhere*

so nice to see you happy once in a while ! I cheer with you! I am happy for them as well! HOORAY!!!!

 

[charmblade]

This is fantastic news and I can't wait to see them at the Olympics!! :hap36:

 

[Jana]

I would like to see M&C get their shot. They earned the place, and it was hard won. (As well as giving the team a shot). I do believe it was important for Czech Republic to have M&C at Nebelhorn. The two teams are relatively close, and I agree that S&K have more potential for the future. But at this point in time, M&C have the experience, and this was a VERY close competition at Nebelhorn. Currently, they have the higher ranking internationally and the higher PB. I'd be happy to see K&S prove to be the stronger team in an international head-to-head. But I don't want to see them going by default. I'd like to see the real battle.

Czech figure skating association nominated M&C for Olympics, K&S as alternates. (source: http://czechskating.org/gallery/files/Informace_z_P_CKS_2017-10-07_59f04c433f08e.pdf)

 

[Andrea82]

Angelique Abachkina has received the French passport

https://www.instagram.com/p/BauJrpfnIT9/?taken-by=icesmurfette

 

[Snowman2]

Any way to update this list. Now that October 30th deadline came and went there should be some sort of news.

 

[shmay]

Israeli media is reporting that Ilia Tkachenko was not granted citizenship and that Tobias/Tkachenko will not be competing at the Olympics.

Is this old news? It surprised me given their strong results. I assumed Boris Chait would just pay off whomever needed to be paid off

 

[SnowWhite]

Israeli media is reporting that Ilia Tkachenko was not granted citizenship and that Tobias/Tkachenko will not be competing at the Olympics.

Is this old news? It surprised me given their strong results. I assumed Boris Chait would just pay off whomever needed to be paid off

According to the article I read Paige Connors is fine for citizenship though.

 

[Anyasnake]

Israeli media is reporting that Ilia Tkachenko was not granted citizenship and that Tobias/Tkachenko will not be competing at the Olympics.

Is this old news? It surprised me given their strong results. I assumed Boris Chait would just pay off whomever needed to be paid off

Really ?!
Oh that changes everything ! who is going to get their Olympic spot then ? (Does someone knows who is the 1st alternate from Nebelhorn ?)

 

[4everchan]

Really ?!
Oh that changes everything ! who is going to get their Olympic spot then ? (Does someone knows who is the 1st alternate from Nebelhorn ?)

they have a junior team that may just keep that spot

 

[seabm7]

T/T is not listed in the Skate America entry

http://www.2017skateamerica.com/athletes

 

[karne]

they have a junior team that may just keep that spot

Does the Junior team have the minimums and/or citizenship?

 

[4everchan]

Does the Junior team have the minimums and/or citizenship?

no idea.

 

[Andrea82]

Tankova/Zilberberg have the minimum TES for Olympics. She is Ukrainian, don't know her citizenship status though.

Junior team have not competed in Sr yet. So no minimum achieved but given their Jr top score it is doable.

First alternate at Nebelhorn is Lithuania with Alison Reed probably without citizenship but their D level Jr team just got it at Volvo Cup.

 

[Crossover]

Israeli media is reporting that Ilia Tkachenko was not granted citizenship and that Tobias/Tkachenko will not be competing at the Olympics.

Is this old news? It surprised me given their strong results. I assumed Boris Chait would just pay off whomever needed to be paid off

How disappointing to hear that! It will be a loss to the Olympic dance event. Then, what will happen to Israel's Olympic spot? Is there any other replaceable Israeli dance team going to the Olympics instead? Or will it pass down to an alternative team?

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Deleted. Total brain fade - looked up Pairs teams instead of Dance.

CaroLiza_fan

EDIT: Actually, I will put what I wrote back in, because I am now curious about the status of the partnerships I mentioned.

Really ?!
Oh that changes everything ! who is going to get their Olympic spot then ? (Does someone knows who is the 1st alternate from Nebelhorn ?)

If I understand the Olympic Qualification column on the results table on Wikipedia correctly, the next in line was Japan, courtesy of Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet finishing 11[SUP]th[/SUP] (does he have citizenship? I've lost track)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_CS_Nebelhorn_Trophy#Pairs

they have a junior team that may just keep that spot

Is that Hailey Esther KOPS / Artem TSOGLIN, who withdrew from their only Junior GP allocation this season, the Croatia Cup?

I just looked at the PB Page of their ISU Bio, and if the TES requirements are the same as for Worlds (25 for SP; 43 for FS), then yes they do have them.

BUT, do either of them have citizenship? (She is American; he is Ukrainian).

What about Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski, who finished 8[SUP]th[/SUP] at the Nebelhorn?

I know he has citizenship (he competed for Israel at Sochi), but does she? (Funnily enough, they are actually from the same countries as the Juniors I just mentioned).

CaroLiza_fan

 

[karne]

Tankova/Zilberberg have the minimum TES for Olympics. She is Ukrainian, don't know her citizenship status though.

Junior team have not competed in Sr yet. So no minimum achieved but given their Jr top score it is doable.

First alternate at Nebelhorn is Lithuania with Alison Reed probably without citizenship but their D level Jr team just got it at Volvo Cup.

So the second team could be out. There should be enough time for them to get the Juniors out to a B to get the TES.

If they can't, doesn't that mean Israel goes down to two disciplines?.....the team event?

 

[SnowWhite]

This article from the Jerusalem Post says that the junior dance team will get the spot, so I assume that means they have citizenship. It also says Conners/Krasnopolski are going, so ditto. Don't know how reliable a source it is.

Alexei Bychenko and Daniel Samohin will take part in the men’s competition, Evgeni Krasnopolski and Paige Conners will participate in the pairs and Adel Tanakova and Ronald Zilberberg will compete in the ice dancing event. Isabella Tobias and Ilia Tkachenko earned Israel’s berth in the ice dancing by finishing in 12th place at the World Championships earlier this year. Both skaters must have citizenship in their country to take part in the Olympics. In the World Championships, it is enough for one of them to be a citizen. As a result, Tanakova and Zilberberg will take their place.