Sofia Val & Asaf Kazimov

[CaroLiza_fan]

Sofía VAL and Asaf Kazimovich KAZIMOV (Russian: Асаф Казимович КАЗИМОВ) are Ice Dancers who represent Spain.

Sofía Val was born on 14th November 2004 in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain.

Asaf Kazimov was born on 12th March 2000 in St. Petersburg, Russia.


This is going to be a slightly different Fan Fest. There is already a thread about Sofía’s whole career. So, rather than repeat everything here, the additional OP’s in this thread will focus on Asaf.

Consequently, rather than having just one “Original Post”, this Fan Fest has two!

The first post (this one) is for the current Ice Dance partnership.
The second post is for Asaf’s former partnerships.
The third post is for Asaf as a Singles skater.

Please note that there is also a separate thread for Sofía’s partnership with Linus Colmor Jepsen, where they were representing Spain:

https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/79535


Updated: 29th January 2024

Ice Dance​

Biographical Info

ISU Bio:
https://results.isu.org/bios/isufs00116442.htm

Skating Scores Bio:
https://skatingscores.com/esp/dance/sofia_val_asaf_kazimov/


Programmes

Ice Dance​	Short Dance​	Free Dance​	Exhibition​
2023–24 Season	“Playing With The Boys” (12 Inch Version) by Kenny Loggins “Take My Breath Away” by Berlin “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins	“SOFIA” by Askjell, Iris, and Aurora “Turning Page” by Sleeping At Last
2022–23 Season	“Havana” by Camila Cabello “Don’t Go Yet”, by Camila Cabello	“SOFIA” by Askjell, Iris, and Aurora “Turning Page” by Sleeping At Last

Personal Best Scores

ISU Personal Best Scores for Sofía Val / Asaf Kazimov:
https://results.isu.org/bios/isufs_pb_00116442.htm

+5 / -5 Grade Of Execution System

Ice Dance​	Short Dance​	Free Dance​	Total​
ISU Personal Best Score	Sofía and Asaf’s best score is 65.51 at 2023 Budapest Trophy. Link places it on ISU best ever list.	Sofía and Asaf’s best score is 102.83 at 2023 Budapest Trophy. Link places it on ISU best ever list.	Sofía and Asaf’s best score is 168.34 at 2023 Budapest Trophy. Link places it on ISU best ever list.
2023–24 ISU Season’s Best Score	65.51 at 2023 Budapest Trophy	102.83 at 2023 Budapest Trophy	168.34 at 2023 Budapest Trophy
2022–23 ISU Season’s Best Score	91st Place 53.94 at 2023 ISU World Championships	N/A	N/A

The Personal Best and Season Best scores that the ISU uses for a skater only take into consideration certain competitions. For example, they do not take into consideration domestic competitions, such as Sectional, Regional or National Championships.

The table below takes into consideration all the events that the skater has taken part in. These scores are referred to as “Absolute Personal Best” and “Absolute Season’s Best” so as to distinguish them from the scores recorded by the ISU.

Absolute Personal Best Score​

Absolute Season’s Best Score​

The Absolute designations are based purely on the contents of the Competitive History table in this post. If anybody knows of any scores that are not in the table, please let us know, and we will be only too happy to add them in.

+5 / -5 Grade Of Execution System

Ice Dance *​	SD Date​	Competition​	SD Score​	FD Date​	Competition​	FD Score​	Event Dates​	Competition​	Total Score​
Major Championships	12 Jan. 2024	European Championships	58.04​			​	08–14 Jan. 2024	European Championships	58.04​
Grands Prix			​			​			​
Challenger Events	13 Oct. 2023	Budapest Trophy	65.51​	14 Oct. 2023	Budapest Trophy	102.83​	12–15 Oct. 2023	Budapest Trophy	168.34​
Other International Competitions	27 Jan. 2024	Ephesus Cup	70.89​	02 Dec. 2023	Bosphorus Cup	106.37​	27 Nov. – 03 Dec. 2023	Bosphorus Cup	176.36​
National Championships	16 Dec. 2023	Spanish Championships	70.71​	17 Dec. 2023	Spanish Championships	108.08​	14–17 Dec. 2023	Spanish Championships	178.79​
Other Domestic Competitions			​			​			​
Absolute PB	27 Jan. 2024	Ephesus Cup	70.89​	17 Dec. 2023	Spanish Championships	108.08​	14–17 Dec. 2023	Spanish Championships	178.79​

* = For more information about Personal Best scores, and to find out how the competitions were defined for the purposes of the above table, please see the following post:

https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/posts/2144915


Competitive History

Absolute Personal Best Score​

Absolute Season’s Best Score​

Disclaimer: Absolute Personal Best (PB) and Absolute Season’s Best (SB) score designations are based purely on the contents of the Competitive History table in this post. If anybody knows of any scores that are not in the table, please let us know, and we will be only too happy to add them in.


+5 / -5 Grade Of Execution System

Date​	Competition​	Level​	SD Pos​	SD Score​	FD Pos​	FD Score​	Total Pos​	Total Score​
	2023–24 Season​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
		​	​	​	​	​	​	​
22–28 Jan. 2024	Ephesus Cup	Senior​	1​	70.89​	1​	107.32​	1​	178.21​
08–14 Jan. 2024	European Championships	Senior​	23​	58.04​	–​	–​	23​	58.04​
14–17 Dec. 2023	Spanish Championships	Senior​	2​	70.71​	2​	108.08​	2​	178.79​
27 Nov. – 03 Dec. 2023	Bosphorus Cup	Junior​	3​	69.99​	3​	106.37​	3​	176.36​
18–22 Oct. 2023	Trophée Metropole Nice Côte D’Azur	Senior​	1​	60.34​	1​	95.55​	1​	155.89​
12–15 Oct. 2023	Budapest Trophy	Senior​	6​	65.51​	6​	102.83​	6​	168.34​
28–30 Sep. 2023	Ondrej Nepela Memorial Trophy	Senior​	13​	56.96​	13​	86.92​	13​	143.88​
	2022–23 Season​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
22–26 Mar. 2023	ISU World Championships	Senior​	30​	53.94​	–​	–​	30​	53.94​
23–26 Feb. 2023	Challenge Cup	Senior​	5​	61.85​	6​	97.49​	6​	159.34​
16–18 Dec. 2022	Spanish Championships	Senior (Guest)​	–​	–​	–​	–​	–​	–​

Absolute Personal Best Score​

Absolute Season’s Best Score​

Disclaimer: Absolute Personal Best (PB) and Absolute Season’s Best (SB) score designations are based purely on the contents of the Competitive History table in this post. If anybody knows of any scores that are not in the table, please let us know, and we will be only too happy to add them in.


Videos

2023–24 Season

28th January 2024: Ephesus Cup FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONhht7177_s
27th January 2024: Ephesus Cup SD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrRA7ba-Sl0

17th December 2023: Spanish Championships FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONhht7177_s
16th December 2023: Spanish Championships SD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma-WJ8a5xa4

2nd December 2023: Bosphorus Cup FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETXTf7PVk_M
1st December 2023: Bosphorus Cup SD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAW-VlwVWLQ

22nd October 2023: Trophée Metropole Nice Côte D’Azur FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udSwXYYFoRM
20th October 2023: Trophée Metropole Nice Côte D’Azur SD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB38yW3fEWI

14th October 2023: Budapest Trophy FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg0A7OBTJlM
13th October 2023: Budapest Trophy SD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR6JfoGlRNU

30th September 2023: Ondrej Nepela Memorial Trophy FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OloPNNCTtoI
29th September 2023: Ondrej Nepela Memorial Trophy SD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej51cAnxrSc


2022–23 Season

24th February 2023: Challenge Cup FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7JZDHk3eDQ
23rd February 2023: Challenge Cup SD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdlAkTPWelE

17th December 2022: Spanish Championships FD (Spanish Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS7cEUraaJ4
16th December 2022: Spanish Championships SD (Spanish Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v27R7NpK6GM


Other Videos

12th January 2024: Sofia Val / Asaf Kazimov 58.04 (Sick Sam YT) [Somebody reading out a quote from Sofía and Asaf about the 2024 European Championships, accompanied with photographs of them]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j87fw6ub38

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Asaf Kazimov (Ice Dance)​

Asaf Kazimovich KAZIMOV (Russian: Асаф Казимович КАЗИМОВ) is an Ice Dancer who represents Spain. He was born on 12th March 2000 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

His current partner is Sofía VAL. She was born on 14th November 2004 in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain. (For more information about Sofía, see her separate Fan Fest thread).

Before partnering Val, his partner was Viktoriia LOPUSOVA (Russian: Виктория ЛОПУСОВА). She was born on 15th November 2003 in Moscow, Russia.

Before partnering Lopusova, his partner was Lara LUFT. She was born on 26th January 2004 in Lauterbach, Germany.

Before partnering Luft, his partner was Diana SCHEIDT.


Updated: 15th February 2021


Biographical Info – Lopusova / Kazimov

ISU Bio:
https://results.isu.org/bios/isufs00108993.htm

Skating Scores Bio:
https://skatingscores.com/ger/dance/viktoriia_lopusova_asaf_kazimov/

Stats On Ice Bio:
https://www.statsonice.com/skaterteam/viktoriialasafkazimo/

Tracings Bio:
https://tracings.net/lopu-kazi.html


Biographical Info – Viktoriia Lopusova

FSkate Bio:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190510134847/http://www.fskate.ru/skaters/3279.html

Rink Results Bio:
https://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=36891

Skating Scores Bio:
https://skatingscores.com/skater/viktoriia_lopusova/

Stats On Ice Bio:
https://www.statsonice.com/skater/viktoriialopusova/


Biographical Info – Luft / Kazimov

ISU Bio:
https://results.isu.org/bios/isufs00102732.htm

Ice-Dance Bio:
https://www.ice-dance.com/site/profile-lara-luft-asaf-kazimov/

Skating Scores Bio:
https://skatingscores.com/ger/dance/lara_luft_asaf_kazimov/

Stats On Ice Bio:
https://www.statsonice.com/skaterteam/laraluftasafkazimo/

Tracings Bio:
https://tracings.net/luft-kazi.html


Biographical Info – Lara Luft

Rink Results Bio:
https://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=1237

Skating Scores Bio:
https://skatingscores.com/skater/lara_luft/

Stats On Ice Bio:
https://www.statsonice.com/skater/laraluft/

Tracings Bio:
https://tracings.net/luft-lara.html


Biographical Info – Diana Scheidt

Rink Results Bio:
https://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=20650

Skating Scores Bio:
https://skatingscores.com/skater/diana_scheidt/

Stats On Ice Bio:
https://www.statsonice.com/skater/dianascheidt/


Biographical Info – Scheidt / Kazimov

Skating Scores Bio:
https://skatingscores.com/ger/dance/diana_scheidt_asaf_kazimov/

Stats On Ice Bio:
https://www.statsonice.com/skaterteam/dianascheiasafkazimo/

Tracings Bio:
https://tracings.net/sche-kazi.html


Programmes

Ice Dance​	Short Dance​	Free Dance​	Exhibition​
2022–23 Season (with Viktoriia Lopusova)	Rhumba: “Temptation” by Diana Krall Samba: “Timbale by” Watazu	“End Title” by Nino Rota “Mi Loco Tango” “Perla Più Piano”
2021–22 Season (with Viktoriia Lopusova)	Blues: “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues” by Elton John Disco: “Victim Of Love” by Elton John	“Belonging 2” by Denis Stelmakh “Smallest Light” by Ingrid Michaelson “Obscura” by Christian Reindl “Shine A Light” by BANNERS
2020–21 Season (with Viktoriia Lopusova)
2019–20 Season (with Viktoriia Lopusova)
2018–19 Season (with Lara Luft)	Argentine Tango: “Tango De Besame” by Benise Waltz: “Corazon D’Oro” by Lalo Shifrin	“Say Something” by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera “Sixth Breath” by Ezio Bosso “The Last Breath” by Ezio Bosso
2017–18 Season (with Lara Luft)	Cha Cha: “Everybody Cha Cha” by Cecil Jonni Lauro Rhumba: “La Playa” by Chayanne Samba: “Tequila” by Sonia y Selena	“Gimme That Swing” by Cissy Redgwick “After Dark” by Tito & Tarantula “Rock It For Me” by Caravan Palace
2016–17 Season (with Lara Luft)

Ice Dance​	Pattern Dance 1​	Pattern Dance 2​	Free Dance​	Exhibition​
2015–16 Season (with Lara Luft)	Rocker Foxtrot:	Starlight Waltz:
2014–15 Season (with Diana Scheidt)	Foxtrot:	American Waltz:
2013–14 Season (with Diana Scheidt)

Personal Best Scores

ISU Personal Best Scores for Viktoriia Lopusova / Asaf Kazimov:
https://results.isu.org/bios/isufs_pb_00108993.htm

ISU Personal Best Scores for Lara Luft / Asaf Kazimov:
https://results.isu.org/bios/isufs_pb_00102732.htm

+5 / -5 Grade Of Execution System

Ice Dance​	Short Dance​	Free Dance​	Total​
ISU Personal Best Score	Viktoriia and Asaf’s best score is 56.37 at 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy. Lara and Asaf’s best score is 47.59 at 2018 ISU Junior Grand Prix Armenian Cup. Link places it on ISU best ever list.	Viktoriia and Asaf’s best score is 84.21 at 2021 Warsaw Cup. Lara and Asaf’s best score is 70.23 at 2018 ISU Junior Grand Prix Amber Cup. Link places it on ISU best ever list.	Viktoriia and Asaf’s best score is 132.00 at 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy. Lara and Asaf’s best score is 115.73 at 2018 ISU Junior Grand Prix Amber Cup. Link places it on ISU best ever list.
2021–22 ISU Season’s Best Score	96th Place 56.37 at 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy	93rd Place 84.21 at 2021 Warsaw Cup	107th Place 132.00 at 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
2020–21 ISU Season’s Best Score	N/A	N/A	N/A
2019–20 ISU Season’s Best Score	N/A	N/A	N/A
2018–19 ISU Season’s Best Score	95th Place 47.59 at 2018 ISU Junior Grand Prix Armenian Cup	106th Place 70.23 at 2018 ISU Junior Grand Prix Amber Cup	104th Place 115.73 at 2018 ISU Junior Grand Prix Amber Cup

+3 / -3 Grade Of Execution System

Ice Dance​	Short Dance​	Free Dance​	Total​
ISU Personal Best Score	Lara and Asaf’s best score is 29.51 at 2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix Cup Of Austria. Link places it on ISU best ever list.	Lara and Asaf’s best score is 52.97 at 2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix Cup Of Austria. Link places it on ISU best ever list.	Lara and Asaf’s best score is 82.48 at 2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix Cup Of Austria. Link places it on ISU best ever list.
2017–18 ISU Season’s Best Score	147th Place 29.51 at 2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix Cup Of Austria	134th Place 52.97 at 2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix Cup Of Austria	141st Place 82.48 at 2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix Cup Of Austria

The Personal Best and Season Best scores that the ISU uses for a skater only take into consideration certain competitions. For example, they do not take into consideration domestic competitions, such as Sectional, Regional or National Championships.

The table below takes into consideration all the events that the skater has taken part in. These scores are referred to as “Absolute Personal Best” and “Absolute Season’s Best” so as to distinguish them from the scores recorded by the ISU.

Absolute Personal Best Score​

Absolute Season’s Best Score​

The Absolute designations are based purely on the contents of the Competitive History table in this post. If anybody knows of any scores that are not in the table, please let us know, and we will be only too happy to add them in.

+5 / -5 Grade Of Execution System

Ice Dance *​	SD Date​	Competition​	SD Score​	FD Date​	Competition​	FD Score​	Event Dates​	Competition​	Total Score​
Major Championships			​			​			​
Grands Prix	12 Oct. 2018	ISU Junior Grand Prix Armenian Cup	47.59​	08 Sep. 2018	ISU Junior Grand Prix Amber Cup	70.23​	05–08 Sep. 2018	ISU Junior Grand Prix Amber Cup	115.73​
Challenger Events	24 Sep. 2021	Nebelhorn Trophy	56.37​	20 Nov. 2021	Warsaw Cup	84.21​	22–25 Sep. 2021	Nebelhorn Trophy	132.00​
Other International Competitions	05 Feb. 2022	Egna Dance Trophy	61.79​	06 Feb. 2022	Egna Dance Trophy	87.46​	04–06 Feb. 2022	Egna Dance Trophy	149.25​
National Championships	22 Dec. 2018	German Championships	53.02​	11 Dec. 2021	German Championships	79.68​	21–23 Dec. 2018	German Championships	131.89​
Other Domestic Competitions			​			​			​
Absolute PB	05 Feb. 2022	Egna Dance Trophy	61.79​	06 Feb. 2022	Egna Dance Trophy	87.46​	04–06 Feb. 2022	Egna Dance Trophy	149.25​

+3 / -3 Grade Of Execution System

Ice Dance *​	SD Date​	Competition​	SD Score​	FD Date​	Competition​	FD Score​	Event Dates​	Competition​	Total Score​
Major Championships			​			​			​
Grands Prix	31 Aug. 2017	ISU Junior Grand Prix Cup Of Austria	29.51​	01 Sep. 2017	ISU Junior Grand Prix Cup Of Austria	52.97​	30 Aug. – 02 Sep. 2017	ISU Junior Grand Prix Cup Of Austria	82.48​
Challenger Events			​			​			​
Other International Competitions	01 Feb. 2018	Toruń Cup	46.00​	02 Feb. 2018	Toruń Cup	67.67​	30 Jan. – 04 Feb. 2018	Toruń Cup	113.67​
National Championships	15 Dec. 2017	German Championships	40.93​	16 Dec. 2017	German Championships	62.20​	14–16 Dec. 2017	German Championships	103.13​
Other Domestic Competitions			​			​			​
Absolute PB	01 Feb. 2018	Toruń Cup	46.00​	02 Feb. 2018	Toruń Cup	67.67​	30 Jan. – 04 Feb. 2018	Toruń Cup	113.67​

Ice Dance *​	PD1 Date​	Competition​	PD1 Score​	PD2 Date​	Competition​	PD2 Score​	FD Date​	Competition​	FD Score​	Event Dates​	Competition​	Total Score​
Major Championships			​			​			​			​
Grands Prix			​			​			​			​
Challenger Events			​			​			​			​
Other International Competitions	09 Nov. 2016	Volvo Open Cup	19.60​	10 Dec. 2016	Santa Claus Cup	11.93​	06 Nov. 2016	NRW Trophy	48.33​	04–06 Nov. 2016	NRW Trophy	68.46​
National Championships	14 Jan. 2017	German Championships	13.73​	14 Jan. 2017	German Championships	11.10​	15 Jan. 2017	German Championships	49.02​	11–15 Jan. 2017	German Championships	73.85​
Other Domestic Competitions	14 Mar. 2015	German Cup	11.99​	14 Mar. 2015	German Cup	10.61​	15 Mar. 2015	German Cup	45.66​	12–15 Mar. 2015	German Cup	68.26​
Absolute PB	09 Nov. 2016	Volvo Open Cup	19.60​	10 Dec. 2016	Santa Claus Cup	11.93​			​			​

* = For more information about Personal Best scores, and to find out how the competitions were defined for the purposes of the above table, please see the following post:

https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/posts/2144915


Competitive History

Absolute Personal Best Score​

Absolute Season’s Best Score​

Disclaimer: Absolute Personal Best (PB) and Absolute Season’s Best (SB) score designations are based purely on the contents of the Competitive History table in this post. If anybody knows of any scores that are not in the table, please let us know, and we will be only too happy to add them in.

+5 / -5 Grade Of Execution System

Date​	Competition​	Level​	SD Pos​	SD Score​	FD Pos​	FD Score​	Total Pos​	Total Score​
	2021–22 Season (with Viktoriia Lopusova)​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
24–27 Feb. 2022	Challenge Cup	Senior​	7​	52.29​	8​	77.97​	7​	130.26​
04–06 Feb. 2022	Egna Dance Trophy	Senior​	8​	61.79​	9​	87.46​	9​	149.25​
18–23 Jan. 2022	Bavarian Open	Senior​	8​	57.61​	8​	88.49​	8​	146.10​
09–11 Dec. 2021	German Championships	Senior​	4​	50.04​	4​	79.68​	4​	129.72​
24–28 Nov. 2021	Open D’Andorra	Senior​	9​	50.61​	9​	81.98​	9​	132.59​
18–20 Nov. 2021	Warsaw Cup	Senior​	21​	47.46​	17​	84.21​	20​	131.67​
20–24 Oct. 2021	Trophée Métropole Nice Côte D’Azur	Senior​	10​	50.84​	10​	70.17​	10​	121.01​
22–25 Sep. 2021	Nebelhorn Trophy	Senior​	15​	56.37​	16​	75.63​	15​	132.00​
	2020–21 Season (with Viktoriia Lopusova)​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
		​	​	​	​	​	​	​
	2019–20 Season (with Viktoriia Lopusova)​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
07–09 Feb. 2020	Egna Dance Trophy	Junior​	W/D​	–​	W/D​	–​	W/D​	–​
01–03 Jan. 2020	German Championships	Junior​	3​	50.52​	3​	76.20​	3​	126.72​
13–15 Dec. 2019	Grand Prix Of Bratislava	Junior​	6​	44.60​	3​	80.40​	4​	125.00​
04–07 Dec. 2019	Golden Spin Of Zagreb	Junior​	12​	46.09​	9​	72.96​	10​	119.05​
	2018–19 Season (with Lara Luft)​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
08–13 Jan. 2019	Toruń Cup	Junior​	11​	46.37​	9​	76.78​	10​	123.15​
21–23 Dec. 2018	German Championships	Junior​	2​	53.02​	2​	78.87​	2​	131.89​
29 Nov. – 12 Dec. 2018	Christmas Cup	Junior​	2​	51.73​	3​	75.63​	3​	127.36​
06–11 Nov. 2018	Volvo Open Cup	Junior​	11​	50.37​	11​	77.35​	11​	127.72​
10–13 Oct. 2018	ISU Junior Grand Prix Armenian Cup	Junior​	11​	47.59​	13​	67.96​	11​	115.55​
05–08 Sep. 2018	ISU Junior Grand Prix Amber Cup	Junior​	12​	45.50​	11​	70.23​	10​	115.73​
10–12 Aug. 2018	NRW Summer Trophy	Junior​	3​	50.57​	2​	80.54​	2​	131.29​

+3 / -3 Grade Of Execution System

Date​	Competition​	Level​	SD Pos​	SD Score​	FD Pos​	FD Score​	Total Pos​	Total Score​
	2017–18 Season (with Lara Luft)​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
09–11 Feb. 2018	NRW Championships	Junior​	W/D​	–​	W/D​	–​	W/D​	–​
30 Jan. – 04 Feb. 2018	Toruń Cup	Junior​	8​	46.00​	4​	67.67​	6​	113.67​
14–16 Dec. 2017	German Championships	Junior​	3​	40.93​	3​	62.20​	3​	103.13​
04–10 Dec. 2017	Santa Claus Cup	Junior​	8​	45.21​	9​	64.34​	8​	109.55​
08–12 Nov. 2017	Volvo Open Cup	Junior​	4​	44.28​	3​	64.54​	4​	108.82​
26–29 Oct. 2017	Ice Star	Junior​	6​	45.42​	8​	57.46​	7​	102.88​
30 Aug. – 02 Sep. 2017	ISU Junior Grand Prix Cup Of Austria	Junior​	16​	29.51​	12​	52.97​	16​	82.48​
	2016–17 Season (with Lara Luft)​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
14–19 Feb. 2017	Bavarian Open	Junior​	19​	36.70​	19​	58.80​	19​	95.50​

Date​	Competition​	Level​	PD1 Pos​	PD1 Score​	PD2 Pos​	PD2 Score​	FD Pos​	FD Score​	Total Pos​	Total Score​
	2016–17 Season (with Lara Luft)​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
11–15 Jan. 2017	German Championships	Advanced Novice​	1​	13.73​	2​	11.10​	1​	49.02​	1​	73.85​
06–11 Dec. 2016	Santa Claus Cup	Advanced Novice​	7​	10.50​	3​	11.93​	4​	42.51​	4​	64.94​
09–13 Nov. 2016	Volvo Open Cup	Advanced Novice​	3​	19.60​	3​	11.54​	7​	29.84​	7​	60.98​
04–06 Nov. 2016	NRW Trophy	Advanced Novice​	13​	9.23​	5​	10.90​	3​	48.33​	5​	68.46​
	2015–16 Season (with Lara Luft)​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
10–13 Mar. 2016	German Cup	Advanced Novice​	3​	9.33​	2​	8.75​	1​	39.84​	1​	57.92​
27–28 Feb. 2016	NRW Championships	Advanced Novice​	1​	8.75​	1​	9.96​	1​	36.42​	1​	55.13​
06–10 Jan. 2016	German Championships	Advanced Novice​	4​	8.64​	2​	10.51​	2​	39.56​	2​	58.71​
17–22 Nov. 2015	Tallinn Trophy	Advanced Novice​	9​	9.45​	8​	9.98​	5​	41.40​	8​	60.83​
06–08 Nov. 2015	NRW Trophy	Advanced Novice​	9​	8.26​	10​	7.49​	12​	30.05​	10​	45.80​
	2014–15 Season (with Diana Scheidt)​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
12–15 Mar. 2015	German Cup	Advanced Novice​	2​	11.99​	3​	10.61​	1​	45.66​	2​	68.26​
11–15 Feb. 2015	Bavarian Open	Advanced Novice​	6​	9.40​	4​	10.87​	3​	46.25​	4​	66.52​
12–14 Dec. 2014	German Championships	Advanced Novice​	1​	10.37​	2​	10.35​	4​	33.66​	3​	54.38​
07–09 Nov. 2014	NRW Trophy	Advanced Novice​	12​	8.37​	6​	10.63​	9​	41.65​	8​	60.65​
	2013–14 Season (with Diana Scheidt)​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
29 Jan. – 02 Feb. 2014	Bavarian Open	Advanced Novice​	3​	9.70​	7​	7.27​	5​	36.00​	5​	52.97​
08–12 Jan. 2014	German Championships	Advanced Novice​	1​	10.20​	2​	8.94​	2​	36.46​	2​	55.60​

Absolute Personal Best Score​

Absolute Season’s Best Score​

Disclaimer: Absolute Personal Best (PB) and Absolute Season’s Best (SB) score designations are based purely on the contents of the Competitive History table in this post. If anybody knows of any scores that are not in the table, please let us know, and we will be only too happy to add them in.


Videos

2021–22 Season (with Viktoriia Lopusova)

22nd October 2021: Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur SD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9gKnKUjRSw

25th September 2021: Nebelhorn Trophy FD (English Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIUC9njVmaM
24th September 2021: Nebelhorn Trophy SD (English Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCl5xSFovkE


2019–20 Season (with Viktoriia Lopusova)

3rd January 2020: German Championships FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-969IrDlkI

15th December 2019: Grand Prix Of Bratislava FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhK9hx4AuaE


2018–19 Season (with Lara Luft)

12th January 2019: Toruń Cup FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enUtbl2r55s
11th January 2019: Toruń Cup SD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH97de4Rb2g

13th October 2018: ISU Junior Grand Prix Armenian Cup FD (Canadian Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM1pa8PT94w
12th October 2018: ISU Junior Grand Prix Armenian Cup SD (Canadian Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k91tELwG44g

8th September 2018: ISU Junior Grand Prix Amber Cup FD (Canadian Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=003mkFokvjE
7th September 2018: ISU Junior Grand Prix Amber Cup SD (Canadian Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbeEMbaaYB0


2017–18 Season (with Lara Luft)

2nd February 2018: Toruń Cup FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUqdY0rIxR0
1st February 2018: Toruń Cup SD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjbxjB1Mixk

9th November 2017: Volvo Open Cup FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HiknGE17eE

1st September 2017: ISU Junior Grand Prix Cup Of Austria FD (Canadian Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_fhW7ndQxU
31st August 2017: ISU Junior Grand Prix Cup Of Austria SD (Canadian Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yATV0-ThF0


2016–17 Season (with Lara Luft)

6th November 2016: NRW Trophy FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTOkVypMIWo
5th November 2016: NRW Trophy PD2 (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBXKwRflnNk
5th November 2016: NRW Trophy PD1 (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPeWv_EB1Ek
4th November 2016: NRW Trophy PD2 Practice (Fan Cam)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa5odfwjQ8g
4th November 2016: NRW Trophy PD1 Practice (Fan Cam)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YgSXmQkhRc


2015–16 Season (with Lara Luft)

28th February 2016: NRW Championships FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDEtyCj6B7E
27th February 2016: NRW Championships PD2 (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYpj5vcfbrA
27th February 2016: NRW Championships PD1 (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE-a79O-q9U

8th November 2015: NRW Trophy FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2foakwhm7c
7th November 2015: NRW Trophy PD2 (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHT9ATzdp2w
7th November 2015: NRW Trophy PD1 (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaRx8MizRKs


2014–15 Season (with Diana Scheidt)

14th February 2015: Bavarian Open FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6_oGM-V6b4

9th November 2014: NRW Trophy FD (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdePWDSi7YI
8th November 2014: NRW Trophy PD2 (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2IfHsy11J0
8th November 2014: NRW Trophy PD1 (No Commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DLT0umpJIA

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Asaf Kazimov (Singles Skating)​

Asaf Kazimovich KAZIMOV (Russian: Асаф Казимович КАЗИМОВ) is a Men's Singles skater who represents Russia. He was born on 12th March 2000 in St. Petersburg, Russia.


Biographical Info

FSkate Bio:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190514150234/fskate.ru/skaters/2511.html

Rink Results Bio:
https://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=32572

Skating Scores Bio:
https://skatingscores.com/skater/asaf_kazimov/


Social Media

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/asaf.kazimov/


Programmes

Men​	Short Programme​	Free Skate​	Exhibition​
2010–11 Season

Personal Best Scores

The Personal Best and Season Best scores that the ISU uses for a skater only take into consideration certain competitions. For example, they do not take into consideration domestic competitions, such as Sectional, Regional or National Championships.

The table below takes into consideration all the events that the skater has taken part in. These scores are referred to as “Absolute Personal Best” and “Absolute Season’s Best” so as to distinguish them from the scores recorded by the ISU.

Absolute Personal Best Score​

Absolute Season’s Best Score​

The Absolute designations are based purely on the contents of the Competitive History table in this post. If anybody knows of any scores that are not in the table, please let us know, and we will be only too happy to add them in.

+3 / -3 Grade Of Execution System

Men *​	SP Date​	Competition​	SP Score​	FS Date​	Competition​	FS Score​	Event Dates​	Competition​	Total Score​
Major Championships			​			​			​
Grands Prix			​			​			​
Challenger Events			​			​			​
Other International Competitions			​			​			​
National Championships			​			​			​
Other Domestic Competitions			​	1X Feb. 2011	St. Petersburg Championships	93.29​	15–18 Feb. 2011	St. Petersburg Championships	93.29​
Absolute PB			​	1X Feb. 2011	St. Petersburg Championships	93.29​	15–18 Feb. 2011	St. Petersburg Championships	93.29​

* = For more information about Personal Best scores, and to find out how the competitions were defined for the purposes of the above table, please see the following post:

https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/posts/2144915


Competitive History

Absolute Personal Best Score​

Absolute Season’s Best Score​

Disclaimer: Absolute Personal Best (PB) and Absolute Season’s Best (SB) score designations are based purely on the contents of the Competitive History table in this post. If anybody knows of any scores that are not in the table, please let us know, and we will be only too happy to add them in.

+3 / -3 Grade Of Execution System

Date​	Competition​	Level​	SP Pos​	SP Score​	FS Pos​	FS Score​	Total Pos​	Total Score​
	2011–12 Season​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
15–18 Feb. 2011	St. Petersburg Championships	Boys (Younger Age)​	–​	–​	12​	93.29​	12​	93.29​

Absolute Personal Best Score​

Absolute Season’s Best Score​

Disclaimer: Absolute Personal Best (PB) and Absolute Season’s Best (SB) score designations are based purely on the contents of the Competitive History table in this post. If anybody knows of any scores that are not in the table, please let us know, and we will be only too happy to add them in.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Sofía and Azaf will be making their international debut today at the Challenge Cup in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

The Short Dance is due to start at 18:55:00 CET (17:55:00 GMT / 20:55:00 MSK). So 12 hours from now.

Sofía and Azaf will be the 5th partnership to start. So, first partnership in Group 2 (and first partnership after the resurfacing).

The Group 2 Warm-Up is due to start at 19:42:10 CET (18:42:10 GMT / 21:42:10 MSK). So 12h 47ms from now.

Sofía and Azaf are due to start at 19:47:40 CET (18:47:40 GMT / 21:47:40 MSK). So 12h 52m from now.

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

Here is the link for the livestream:
https://www.schaatsen.nl/video/kunstrijden/2022-2023/livestream-dag-1-challenge-cup-2023/

Here is the Time Schedule:
https://knsbfigureskatingresults.nl...----------QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
https://knsbfigureskatingresults.nl/2022-2023/20230223/SEG007.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[removof]

Who is their coach ?

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Who is their coach ?

I wasn't not sure, but Sara Hurtado was supposed to be coaching the partnership between Sofía and Aleksandr Gnedin that didn't happen.

Then I looked up Sofía's Instagram there now, and in the following post about her and Asaf's debut at Nationals, she says that both Sara and Kirill are their coaches:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CmW7wpEowSd/

Kirill was in all probablity part of the coaching set-up all along, but I just didn't pick up on it because the story where we found out about the partnership with Gnedin was actually a story about Sara.

Hope this helps

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Challenge Cup Short Dance: Results; Protocols

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

Sofía and Asaf finished 5th out of 14 in the SD, with a score of 61.85.

Unfortunately, I was not able to watch LIVE. However, the Spanish Federation is always very good at putting up videos of their skaters, so I was able to watch them this morning.

First thing I have to say is "Wow!" They may have only been together for 4 months, but they are so good already! To somebody like me who is not an Ice Dance expert, that looked faultless.

When Sofía was partnered with Nikita Vitryanyuk, there were always problems with the Twizzles. As a result, I have got into the habit of keeping close attention to them. Well, I can safely say that there were no issues with them in this programme! They looked so good! Indeed, when you go to the Protocols, they got the best marks from the Judges, with a +1 from Judge 3; and +2 from the remaining four Judges. They also got the second highest GOE, at +1.44.

There was not a single minus in their Protocols. For that matter, they only got two 0's from the Judges (one for each of the last two elements). Everything else was positive. Indeed, when you look at the GOE's, there was only one element that got less than +1.00. Like, how often does any skater I have adopted get GOE's of over +1.00?!

If you look at the Protocols, the only slight blemish is the final element, the Rotational Lift. There was nothing wrong with how it looked. The Judges marks attest to that. 0 from Judge 3, and +2 from the remaining four Judges. In other words, the second best Judges marks after the Twizzles. The problem was that the lift went on for longer than it was supposed to. As a result, it only got +0.77 in GOE.

Sofía and Asaf are currently 6.93 points behind 4th position, Misato KOMATSUBARA / Tim KOLETO (JPN), and 1.10 points ahead of 5th position, Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS (FRA). Sofía and Asaf are at the head of a group where 4 partnerships are covered by 3.07 points, stretching down to Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim van GEFFEN (NED) in 8th position.

In fact, they are at the head of an even tighter group within this group, where 3 partnerships are covered by 1.74 points, stretching down to Mariia NOSOVITSKAYA / Mikhail NOSOVITSKIY (ISR) in 7th position.

Being realistic, without something disasterous happening to any of the partnerships in front of them, Sofía and Asaf are not going to finish any higher than they currently are. However, the do need to put in a very good Free Dance, because they have three partnerships breathing down their necks.

But, after seeing what they did in the Short, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they were able to pull away from these partnerships.

This may have been their first performance in a proper competition, but this is a great partnership in the making.

WELL DONE!!!

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The Senior Free Dance is due to start at 20:40:00 CET (19:40:00 GMT / 22:40:00 MSK). So 13 hours from now.

Sofía and Asaf will be the 10th partnership to start. So, first partnership in Group 3.

The Group 3 Warm-Up is due to start at 22:16:30 CET (21:16:30 GMT / 00:16:30 MSK Saturday). So 14h 36m from now.

Sofía and Asaf are due to start at 22:22:00 CET (21:22:00 GMT / 00:22:00 MSK Saturday). So 14h 42m from now.

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

Here is the link for the livestream:
[Link to be edited in after it becomes available]

Here is the Time Schedule:
https://knsbfigureskatingresults.nl...----------FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
https://knsbfigureskatingresults.nl/2022-2023/20230223/SEG008.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[gsk8]

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Challenge Cup Free Dance: Results; Protocols

No video uploaded yet

Sofía and Asaf finished 6th out of 14 in the FS, with a score of 97.49. This meant that they dropped to 6th position overall, with a score of 159.34.


(Sorry, I forgot that I hadn't done this. I'll write a report as soon as I can).


WELL DONE!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Sofía and Asaf will be making their Senior World Championship debut, both as a partnership and individually, tonight in Saitama, Japan.

The Short Dance is due to start at 11:00:00 JST (02:00:00 GMT / 03:00:00 CET / 05:00:00 MSK). So 6 hours from now.

Sofía and Asaf will be the 1st partnership to start. So, first partnership in Group 1.

The Group 1 Warm-Up is due to start at 11:00:00 JST (02:00:00 GMT / 03:00:00 CET / 05:00:00 MSK). So 6 hours from now.

Sofía and Asaf are due to start at 11:07:00 JST (02:07:00 GMT / 03:07:00 CET / 05:07:00 MSK). So 6h 07m from now.

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

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the ISU YouTube Channel (starts in 6 hours from now):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7LNQ2J74oI

Here is the link for the British Eurosport 1 coverage on the Eurosport website (starts in 9h 45m from now):
https://www.eurosport.com/figure-sk...ge_brdeurosport-e-2023304812c0ch2/video.shtml

Here is the link for the "No Advert" coverage on the Eurosport website (starts in 5h 51m from now):
https://www.eurosport.com/figure-sk..._brdeurosport-e100243847c0ch20022/video.shtml

Here is the link for the British Eurosport 1 coverage on the Eurosport website (starts in 9h 45m from now):
https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/vi...sport/world-championships-e1-coverage-4399791

Here is the link for the "No Advert" coverage on Discovery+ UK (starts in 5h 51m from now):
https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/vi...dplus-sport-sport/world-championships-3835136

Here is the Time Schedule:
https://results.isu.org/results/season2223/wc2023/time0403.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
https://results.isu.org/results/season2223/wc2023/data0403.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Senior World Championships Short Dance: Results; Protocols

No video uploaded yet

Sofía and Asaf finished 30th out of 33 in the SD, with a score of 53.94.


Full report to follow


WELL DONE!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Olibritt]

Yesss!!! We have a team again. So looking forward to seeing them grow.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Sofía and Asaf will be making their season debut today at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial Trophy in Bratislava, Slovakia.

The Short Dance is due to start at 17:20:00 CEST (15:20:00 GMT / 16:20:00 BST / 18:20:00 MSK). So 9 hours from now.

Sofía and Asaf will be the 7th partnership to start. So, third and penultimate partnership in Group 2 (and penultimate partnership before the resurfacing).

The Group 2 Warm-Up is due to start at 17:52:10 CEST (15:52:10 GMT / 16:52:10 BST / 18:52:10 MSK). So 9h 32m from now.

Sofía and Asaf are due to start at 18:11:00 CEST (16:11:00 GMT / 17:11:00 BST / 19:11:00 MSK). So 9h 51m from now.

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

Here is the link for the livestream (€7.99):
https://solidsport.com/nepela-memorial/watch/31th-nepela-memorial-friday

Here is the Time Schedule:
https://www.kraso.sk/wp-content/upl...----------QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
https://www.kraso.sk/wp-content/uploads/sutaze/2023_2024/NepelaMemorial2023/SEG005.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Ondrej Nepela Memorial Trophy Senior Short Dance: Results; Protocols

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej51cAnxrSc

Sofía and Asaf finished 13th out of 16 in the SP, with a score of 56.96.

Unfortunately, I was not able to watch LIVE. However, I have now watched the video that Hielo Español very kindly uploaded to their own YouTube channel, and have written a comment along the lines of what I would have wrote if I had been watching LIVE:

Looking from a distance, I thought Sofía was wearing training clothes! It was only when I looked closer that I realised that she was supposed to be an air hostess! The fact that I didn't realise shows that she needs to take notes from Liza Tuktamysheva).

Well, it was obvious what Asaf was dressed as!

I didn't know the Kenny Loggins song at the start, but I didn't like it's weird intro. But, I have always loved the other two songs. Mind you, I really didn't like the way that the edit from "Take My Breath Away" to "Dangerzone" was done. Dragging the record away while the needle is still on it damages both record and needle! I know it was a sound effect, but making it sound like that is what was happening still sets a bad example.

They got badly out of sync towards the end of the Twizzles. But, otherwise, I couldn't spot any issues.

They are being kept waiting for a long time. Sofía and Asaf aren't bothered - they are laughing and joking away. But Kirill looks very worried.

Into 6th with a score of 56.96.

WELL DONE!!!

CaroLiza_fan​

Here are a couple of comments from the time. Starting with one from an Austrian member:

Ngl, big fan of the stewardess and pilot theme! ​

And one from my friend in Sicily:

well that was fun, the music was cut with a machete, but fun​

As ever, she says what I am thinking better in less words.


Sofía and Asaf are currently 0.42 points behind 12th position, Mária Sofia PUCHEROVÁ / Nikita LYSAK (SVK), and 4.66 points ahead of 14th position, Paulina RAMANAUSKAITĖ / Deividas KIZALA (LTU).

Sofía and Asaf are at the bottom of a very tight group of 3 partnerships covered by 0.79 points that is headed by Charise MATTHAEI / Max LIEBERS (DEU) in 11th position. And these 3 partnerships in turn form the bottom of a larger group of 4 partnerships covered by 2.68 points that is headed by Anna ŠIMOVÁ / Kirill AKSENOV (SVK) in 10th position.

Ramanauskaitė / Kizala are at the head of a group of a very tight group of 3 partnerships covered by 0.53 points that stretches down to Olivia OLIVER / Filip BOJANOWSKI (POL) in 16th and last position, 5.19 points behind Sofía and Asaf.

If they put in a good Free Dance, Sofía and Asaf have a good chance of moving up, potentially into the Top 10. But they have to be careful, because if they make mistakes and the partnerships behind them have good skates, there is the potential of dropping into the group behind. And given how tight that group is, this could result in finishing in last position.

So, let's hope for a good Free Dance from Sofía and Asaf!

WELL DONE!!!

---

The Short Dance is due to start at 15:00:00 CEST (13:00:00 GMT / 14:00:00 BST / 16:00:00 MSK). So 8 hours from now.

Sofía and Asaf will be the 4th partnership to start. So, fourth and last partnership in Group 1.

The Group 1 Warm-Up is due to start at 15:00:00 CEST (13:00:00 GMT / 14:00:00 BST / 16:00:00 MSK). So 8 hours from now.

Sofía and Asaf are due to start at 15:29:00 CEST (13:29:00 GMT / 14:29:00 BST / 16:29:00 MSK). So 8h 29m from now.

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

More information in the competition forum:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/forums/971

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Ondrej Nepela Memorial Trophy Senior Free Dance: Results; Protocols
Ondrej Nepela Memorial Trophy Senior Ice Dance: Results

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

Sofía and Asaf finished 13th out of 16 in the FD, with a score of 86.92. This meant that they remained in 13th position overall, with a score of 143.88.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to watch LIVE. However, one member that was watching did post about Sofía and Asaf in the competition thread. The problem is that it did not really give any indication on how they got on. But, it is complimentary, so I will copy it in here anyway:

Sofia Val is very pretty ​

Well, that goes without saying!

Here is my comment that I wrote while watching Hielo Español's video:

Don't know the music, but it is beautiful. As was everything about the programme.

I'm in two minds about the vocals. I thought the wee preview of the vocals spoiled it. But, when the vocals came in permanently, I did think they added atmosphere. That said, it still would have been beautiful if it had stayed as an instrumental.

Sofía looks sensational. Asaf, well, he's just wearing a white shirt (with the top button open) and black trousers. Normally if somebody was wearing this combination, I would say that it looks like he didn't put any effort in. But, in this case, it looks like he did!

Again, like in the Short, they went badly out of sync on the Twizzles.

Apart from that one issue, the programme looked flawless.

My goodness, how long are they going to keep them waiting for the score?! The rink DJ has had to go onto a second song!

It was worth the wait. They go into the lead!

All three of them are delighted! And so they should be!

WELL DONE!!!

CaroLiza_fan​

HOWEVER, they got 3 points in deductions! One was for violation of choreo restrictions; one was for a time violation; and one was for an extended lift.

Sofía and Asaf finished the Free Dance 1.09 points behind 12th position, Charise MATTHAEI / Max LIEBERS (DEU), and 5.06 points ahead of 14th position, Paulina RAMANAUSKAITĖ / Deividas KIZALA (LTU). Sofía and Asaf were at the bottom of a group of 3 partnerships covered by 1.37 points that was headed by Mária Sofia PUCHEROVÁ / Nikita LYSAK (SVK) in 11th position.

Overall, Sofía and Asaf finished 1.79 points behind 12th position, Pucherová / Lysak, and 9.72 points ahead of 14th position, Ramanauskaitė / Kizala. Sofía and Asaf were at the bottom of a group of 3 partnerships covered by 1.88 points that was headed by Matthaei / Liebers in 11th position.

Without the deductions, they would have been 11th in both the Free and overall. So, they need to get all of them sorted out before they go any further into the season, or it could get very costly.

That aside, these are two very good programmes. And as the season goes on, they will get even better. So, I am predicting a very good season for them.

Seeing these two programmes, it is hard to believe that Sofía and Asaf have not yet been skating together a full year. They look like they have been together forever!

This is a very good partnership.

WELL DONE!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Today marks the start of back-to-back events for Sofía and Asaf. This week, they are in Hungary for the Budapest Trophy, and next week they will be in France for the Trophée Metropole Nice Côte d'Azur.

The Senior Short Dance is due to start at 14:35:00 CEST (12:35:00 GMT / 13:35:00 BST / 16:35:00 MSK). So 7 hours from now.

Sofía and Asaf will be the 15th partnership to start. So, third and middle partnership in Group 4 (and antepenultimate partnership of the segment).

The Group 4 Warm-Up is due to start at 16:10:30 CEST (14:10:30 GMT / 15:10:30 BST / 18:10:30 MSK). So 8h 35m from now.

Sofía and Asaf are due to start at 16:26:40 CEST (14:26:40 GMT / 15:26:40 BST / 18:26:40 MSK). So 8h 51m from now.

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

More information in the event sub-forum:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/forums/969

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Budapest Trophy Senior Short Dance: Results; Protocols

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR6JfoGlRNU

Sofía and Asaf finished 6th out of 17 in the SP, with a score of 65.51.

Unfortunately, I was not able to watch LIVE. However, I have now watched Hielo Español's video, and have written a comment along the lines of what I would have wrote if I had been watching LIVE:

Great synchonicity in the Twizzles, although the way Asaf gets out of them does look a bit awkward.

And there was another point just before the switch to "Take My Breath Away" where Asaf had to do a turn that looked a bit awkward.

The fact that I am picking out insignificant things like turns says everything about how well the programme went. On the whole, it looked flawless.

Sorry that I don't have much more to say. I was totally mesmerised by them.

What were Asaf, Sofía and Sara trying to do with their hands?! Whatever it was, it didn't work!

They go into 5th with a score of 65.51.

If that performance is only worth 5th position, there must have been some really exceptional performances before them!

WELL DONE!!!

CaroLiza_fan​

My Norwegian friend wrote this in the competition thread at the time:

Wow, really like this program ​

Same here!

I just checked the Protocols to see if there were any mistakes that I didn't spot, and there weren't. There wasn't a single minus in there. In fact, except that Judge 1 was marking lower than the other Judges, there wouldn't have been any 0's either. He gave 0 for the final two elements, the Straight Line Lift and the Choreographic Rhythm Sequence. (I should add, Judge 1 was the only male Judge).

And the GOE's are the highest I have seen for a long time. The lowest was +0.86 for the aforementioned Straight Line Lift, while the highest was +2.08 for the second element, the Midline Step Sequence In Hold.

Sofía and Asaf are currently 3.41 points behind 5th position, Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Dimitry TSAREVSKI (USA), and 1.56 points ahead of 7th position, Natacha LAGOUGE / Arnaud CAFFA (FRA).

Wolfkostin / Tsarevski are at the bottom of a very tight group of 3 partnerships covered by 0.45 points that stretches up to Loïcia DEMOUGEOT / Théo le MERCIER (POL) in 3rd position, 3.86 points ahead of Sofía and Asaf.

1.52 points behind Lagouge / Caffa are Mariia NOSOVITSKAYA / Mikhail NOSOVITSKIY (ISR) in 8th position, 3.08 points ahead of Sofía and Asaf.

If they put in a good Free Dance, Sofía and Asaf have a chance of moving up, potentially even onto the podium. But they have to be careful, because the gap to the two partnerships behind them is smaller than the gap ahead of them.

So, let's hope for a good Free Dance from Sofía and Asaf!

WELL DONE!!!

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The Free Dance is due to start at 18:00:00 CEST (16:00:00 GMT / 17:00:00 BST / 19:00:00 MSK). So 10 hours from now.

Sofía and Asaf will be the 12th partnership to start. So, fourth and last partnership in Group 3 (and fourth partnership after the resurfacing).

The Group 3 Warm-Up is due to start at 19:18:00 CEST (17:18:00 GMT / 18:18:00 BST / 20:18:00 MSK). So 10h 18m from now.

Sofía and Asaf are due to start at 19:43:00 CEST (17:43:00 GMT / 18:43:00 BST / 20:43:00 MSK). So 10h 43m from now.

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

More information in the competition forum:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/forums/969

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Olibritt]

Here are the videos of their programs at Budapest Trophy
Val / Kazimov RD Budapest 2023
Val / Kazimov FD Budapest 2023

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Budapest Trophy Senior Free Dance: Results; Protocols
Budapest Trophy Senior Ice Dance: Results

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg0A7OBTJlM

Sofía and Asaf finished 6th out of 17 in the FD, with a score of 102.83. This meant that they remained in 13th position overall, with a score of 168.34.

Unfortunately, I was not able to watch LIVE. However, I have now watched Hielo Español's video, and have written a comment along the lines of what I would have wrote if I had been watching LIVE:

Oh, that's a disappointment. The music has been removed from the video, presumably for copyright reasons. Right, I'm going to try to synchronise it up with the audio from their performance at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial. I probably won't be successful in getting them timed perfectly, but it's worth a try.

That is interesting - it was only the instrumental music in the first half that was muted. The audio came back when the vocals kicked in. Up until then, I thought I had done a good job getting them in sync, but it turned out that the Nepela audio was about a second behind.

I honestly don't know what to say. I was totally mesmerised by them.

In the Short, all I could pick out was a couple of awkward looking turns. Well, I can't even manage that with the Free. It looked totally flawless!

That was just magical to watch. There are no other ways of describing it.

And yet again, they have to wait half a day for their scores. And I'm getting worried now, because this happened at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial, and they ended up getting 3 deductions.

Sara and Sofía doing a little dance to pass the time. And Asaf totally oblivious to it! :Laugh:

They are laughing and chatting away. But, in between, you can see that they are worried about what the wait means.

It took until the last minute of the next group's Warm-Up for the scores to be announced!

Into the lead, with a score of 102.83.

At first, Sara looked like she couldn't understand why it wasn't higher, but then she saw that the other two were delighted, so she was happy too.

And so they should be. That is the first time that they broke the 100 point mark in the Free!

WELL DONE!!!

CaroLiza_fan​

I just checked the Protocols, and they were even better than for the Short. None of the Judges gave them anything lower than +1. And there were quite a few +3's, and even two +4's for the final element, the Choreographic Dance Lift. That element also got the highest GOE, at +2.66! The lowest GOE was +0.90 for the fourth element, the Dance Spin.

The second highest GOE, +2.50, was for the element before the Dance Spin, which was a Curve Lift into a Rotational Lift. However, it was called for an extended lift (the Protocols don't indicate whether it was the first part, the second part, or both). Nevertherless, it had by far the highest Base Value, so despite getting a call, it was still by far their highest scoring element at an eye-watering 13.40 points!

One Judge called them for a violation of choreographic restrictions. But, because the other seven Judges didn't, they escaped without a deduction.

Sofía and Asaf finished the Free Dance as the middle partnership in a group of 3 partnerships covered by 3.77 points. They were 1.13 points behind 5th position, Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Dimitry TSAREVSKI (USA), and 2.64 points ahead of 7th position, Natacha LAGOUGE / Arnaud CAFFA (FRA).

Overall, Sofía and Asaf finished 4.54 points behind 5th position, Wolfkostin / Tsarevski, and 4.20 points ahead of 7th position, Lagouge / Caffa.

They will not have to wait long to be back in action, as they are heading to France to compete in the Trophée Metropole Nice Côte d'Azur in just a few days time.

WELL DONE!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Here are the videos of their programs at Budapest Trophy
Val / Kazimov RD Budapest 2023
Val / Kazimov FD Budapest 2023

This is what I love about the Spanish Fed. They always upload copies of their skaters' videos onto their own YouTube channel, so that there will be a copy available in case the original livestream or other copies of the individual programme get taken down or zapped.

I wish other Feds would do this. It provides a useful archive having all your skaters' videos in the one place.

Thank you for posting the links for the Budapest videos! I've already got the link for the Short video in the OP, but will add the link for the Free video later when I edit in the remaining scores from Budapest, and add the row for Nice.



CaroLiza_fan