Sara Hurtado & Kirill Khaliavin

[turquoiseblue]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BS09JQXDwZH/

sarasobrehielo
Who's excited about #latin for #shortdance next year?...I AM!! Even more if king #CarlosSantana brings the heat So now you know our music choice people! Get ready for a good party with @kirill_khalyavin and I
#HurtadoKhalyavin #magicguitar #musiclegend #nextseason #latindace #onice #roadtopyeongchang

 

[Barb]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BS09JQXDwZH/

 

[Marta25]

Sara and Kirill worked with Antonio Najarro for the upcoming season https://www.instagram.com/p/BTvvojWAH-Y/

I`m curious if it`s for their Latin Short Dance or if we can expect a Flamenco as their Free Dance. Either way, I love Najarro`s choreo, so I`m super excited about this.

 

[Eisfee]

Sara and Kirill worked with Antonio Najarro for the upcoming season https://www.instagram.com/p/BTvvojWAH-Y/

I`m curious if it`s for their Latin Short Dance or if we can expect a Flamenco as their Free Dance. Either way, I love Najarro`s choreo, so I`m super excited about this.

It's their new FD! I think a Flamenco!

 

[sarama]

I'm really excited for their second season! Whatever happens next season I hope their fed has a more transparent policy, because what happened last year was weird and definitely left me questioning whether Gadbois influence had something to do with it.

 

[legjumper]

Sara has announced that their FD is to Don Quixote.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BT1osSqDSX2/

Really looking forward to seeing what these two can do with a full season of training programs.

 

[legjumper]

The Spanish government has approved citizenship for Kirill (and for Olivia Smart, for that matter).

Kirill's post: https://www.instagram.com/p/BW8WUQZAu72/

Sara's post with English text: https://www.instagram.com/p/BW8M4_CA4l2/

Great news! Spanish Government Council granted @kirill_khalyavin the Spanish nationality Spain not only wins an excellent athlete but also a great human being My friend, my partner, my team and now under the same flag⛸ The best is yet to come

Additionally, the Spanish Federation published its criteria for the one Olympic ice dance spot: it will go to the team that has the greatest cumulative points from Golden Spin and Spanish Nationals.

https://twitter.com/Hieloespanol/status/882151247041769472

 

[cathlen]

That's great to hear! For both couples

 

[legjumper]

New article by Tatjana Flade: http://www.goldenskate.com/2017/07/sara-hurtado-and-kirill-khaliavin/

They haven't picked their fall competitions yet, but they would like to start competing in September. Kirill is also studying Spanish intensively and is improving quickly.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

New article by Tatjana Flade: http://www.goldenskate.com/2017/07/sara-hurtado-and-kirill-khaliavin/

And I have updated the Original Post of this thread to coincide with the article.

As they are still a relatively new partnership, not all the websites I use to gather information from are up to date. So, if anybody spots something that should be included that I may have missed, please do not hesitate to let us know.

As well as updating the OP for this thread, I have also added two extra OP's to the thread for Sara and Adrià's partnership, to cover their Singles careers.

Sara Hurtado Martín OP:
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sh...ri%E0-D%EDaz&p=1753500&viewfull=1#post1753500

Adrià Díaz Bronchud OP:
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sh...ri%E0-D%EDaz&p=1753508&viewfull=1#post1753508

Incidentally, neither Ksenia Monko nor Kirill Khaliavin competed in Singles. So, that is why I decided to do it this way.

Since giving Hurtado / Khaliavin a full OP was the priority, I have not updated the OP's for either of the previous partnerships yet.

They haven't picked their fall competitions yet, but they would like to start competing in September. Kirill is also studying Spanish intensively and is improving quickly.

You can hear him speaking Spanish (and Sara speaking Russian) in this video from back in January:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUSH-4Epzhs

They both sound fine to me! :agree: (Says the guy who doesn't speak either language...! )

CaroLiza_fan

 

[nimi]

New interview!

https://www.ice-dance.com/site/road-to-a-partnership-hurtado-khaliavin/

Lots of interesting tidbits, well worth a read!

 

[lauravvv]

Thanks, nimi (sorry if the bolding doesn't work. I don't have those options on the site's mobile version) for some reason. An interesting interview indeed. I wish them success this season. To be honest, I don't have a strong preference for them or Smart/Diaz yet. It may depend on Hurtado/Khaliavin's new programs, since I like S/D's. I wish improvement and good results to both teams, and then it will be interesting to watch how everything plays out and what competitions they get.

 

[legjumper]

Sara and Kirill are entered for Lombardia Trophy (Sept. 13-16)! It's a very good field for them to compete against, with a chance at a medal.

http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03108182.htm

 

[Barb]

Sara is injured . https://www.instagram.com/p/BYgbo8_AHBe/

Sara: This is how you see the 3cm that have separated me from the ice the last days ... A fiber break in the right adductor that has made us reorganize our season start ... So it will not be in Lombardos where we will debut but in Finland ! ⛸ Don´t worry that I'm in good hands ... These setbacks are part of the sport and although they are never welcome one uses them to get even stronger.

 

[dorispulaski]

Sorry to hear this.

 

[humbaba]

Best wishes to Sara; hope she recovers soon. I'm anxious to see how she and Kirill are coming along in their partnership.

((Sara))

 

[legjumper]

Sara and Kirill debuted their new programs this weekend at Finlandia Trophy, where they finished 6th in a very deep field.

SD: https://youtu.be/v_aTJcAlE-g
FD: https://youtu.be/3CZhrz4VIGM

They are scheduled to compete again at the end of the month at the Challenger in Minsk. Can't wait to see how these programs have grown!

 

[Barb]

Their FD is great!! , Now that almost all the teams are trying a modern route, their program looks so fresh, different from the other teams.

 

[nimi]

Their FD is great!! , Now that almost all the teams are trying a modern route, their program looks so fresh, different from the other teams.

Agreed! The FD really is perfect for Sara a to show fire and character and highlights Kirill's classical poise as well. (I hope they manage to make Kirill's jacket fit better around the shoulders, though, I think it makes his shoulders look a bit hunched up at times even though his posture is actually fine.) I'm happy they delivered a solid free in Finlandia after the TES problems they had in SD (twizzles and rumba pattern both level 1, yikes!) and grabbed the 6th spot. That means they got some ranking points out of their first international comp this season. They are now 41th in the World Standings, right after Smart/Diaz.

 

[bramweld]

Their FD is great!! , Now that almost all the teams are trying a modern route, their program looks so fresh, different from the other teams.

I really like their SD, Sara is a great dancer. I only wish Kiril would get into it more. I get the same feeling watching their FD. I keep on thinking how much better I/K were . But their SD is one of my favourites, I'm willing to give them more time though as Sara was recovering from an injury, so that may have had an effect.