Les double champions d’Europe et médaillés de bronze au championnat du monde, Nathalie PECHALAT et Fabian BOURZAT ont décidé de changer de coach pour l’année olympique afin de donner à leur dernière saison une impulsion supplémentaire.
Ils se préparent désormais intensivement à Détroit (USA) avec le fameux Igor SHPILBAND, qui a entrainé les plus grands couples de danse de la planète dont les médaillés d’or et d’argent lors des derniers Jeux Olympiques de Vancouver 2010.
The French Figure skating Federation announced today Pechalat (29) / Bourzat (32) 's decision to choose coach Igor Shpilband for the upcoming Olympic season. The decision seems suggested by the dance couple's will to compete at their best for what looks like their last competitive season Olympics. However, Nathalie and Fabian will remain in Detroit, where they were previously coached by Carmelengo.
As Piseev declared on Wednesday, the Russian Federation board met yestarday to decide if granting a release to Ivan Bariev. The 22 years old skater signaled to the FISG his desire to skate for Italy last month. The Russian Fed granted Bariev its permission to skate for Italy, as it granted the same permission to Polina Shelepen, who asked to skate for Israel, since both skaters have already the citizenship of these countries and theirs feds' approval.
I'm sure you've already heard that Ivan Bariev, 22 years old, intends to skate for Italy. Doppio Axel, an Italian figure skating magazine, recently shared the news on facebook.
Ivan Bariev sceglie l'Italia! Il 22enne nato a Mosca da madre russa e padre italiano ha manifestato alla Federazione Italiana Sport del ghiaccio la propria intenzione di pattinare per l'Italia a partire dalla prossima stagione.
Bariev, coached by Nikolai Morozov, is the 2008 Russian Junior Champion. He underwent meniscus surgery in his right knee end of October 2007 and also missed most of the 2009/10 season due to injury. His father being Italian, citizenship wont be an issue for Ivan. However, he can't qualify for the Olympics, where Italy is entitled to only one spot, because he last skated for Russia at Cup of Nice in October 2012, finishing fifth, and he will be in "quarantine" till the end of October.
The biggest problem for Bariev is getting a release from the Russian federation. At the start of the month, Piseev told R-media that they didn't get any request from Bariev. But something seems to have changed: Piseev declared yesterday that the Federation board will meet May 16 to take a decision on the matter.
Ivan Bariev is not the only skater that could increase the family. Indeed, also world champion Dario Betti is assessing if he has any chance to move successfully from roller skating to ice skating. The transition shouldn't be too hard, we have many example of successful transition of the kind: Matteo Guarise, to remain in Italy, but also Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier, and Tara Lipinski, if I remember well.
Synchronized skating is a large and fast-growing discipline of figure skating where 8—20 (the number of skaters on a team depends on the level) skaters skate on ice as a team, moving as one flowing unit at high speeds. The discipline was originally called precision skating in North America because of the emphasis on maintaining precise formations and timing of the group.
Held since 2000, the World Synchronized Skating Championships is an annual event organized by the International Skating Union and attracts the most elite synchronized skating teams from around the world to compete for the World Championship. The 2013 WSSC will be held April 2-6 in Boston.
This year team entries are as follow.
Australia – Nova
Canada 1 – Nexxice
Canada 2 – Les Supremes
Croatia – Zagreb Snowflakes
Czech Republic – Olympia
Finland 1 – Team Unique
Finland 2 – Marigold IceUnity
France – Les Zoulous
Germany – Team Berlin 1
Hungary – Team Passion
Italy – Hot Shivers
Japan – Jungu Ice Messengers Grace
Mexico – Merging Edge
Russia 1 – Paradise
Russia 2 – Tartarstan
South Africa – Team Sun Things
Sweden 1 – Team Surprise
Sweden 2 – Team Boomerang
USA 1 – Haydenettes
USA 2 – Miami University
The WSSCwill be streamed live and for free via the ISU Channelfor all countries, except for Japan, Finland, Sweden, France, Canada and USA.
The streaming scheduleSHOULD be as follow. Remember that times are GMT+1 and in this time zone now it is
The 2013 World Team Trophy will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from 11 to 14 April. The WTT will be streamed live and for free via the ISU Channelfor all countries, except for Japan, Korea and maybe few others.
Last year the videos were also uploaded afterwards on that site playlists, so you can still watch the competition if you've missed it live.
The streaming scheduleSHOULD be as follow. Remember that times are GMT+1 and in this time zone now it is
Thu, April 11
07:35 Opening Ceremony
08:15 Ice Dance Short Dance
09:35 Men Short Program
11:40 Ladies Short Program
Fri, April 12
09:00 Pairs Short Program
10:25 Ice Dance Free Dance
12:00 Men Free Program
Sat, April 13
08:15 Pairs Free Program
09:50 Ladies Free Program
11:50 Victory Ceremony
"No doubt his (Chan's) skating is very good and he glides and moves well on the ice. Still, his placement and the marks he was awarded in the PCS, in my opinion, are definitely not acceptable. How could he be placed ahead of Javier Fernandez and Yuzuru Hanyu, who executed flawless programs of a very high technical and artistic standard? And this is not the first time that this has happened. It has become “normal”. I am speechless. Surely it is not Patrick’s fault if the judges continue to overmark him. He is the lucky and happy victim of a judging system that, thanks to secret judging, allows the judges to carry on unpunished" - Sonia Bianchetti
This petition is not an idea of mine, but I totally agree with it. Hope we can make us heard.
Feel free to sign, or not to. And don't forget to tell me what you think.
The six best national teams based upon the ISU World Standing points , including the host national team, will compete at the ISU World Team Trophy in Tokyo, Japan, from 11 to 14 April.
This year six teams are: Canada - 7,824 points; United States - 7,156 points; Japan - 6,823 points; Russia - 6,648 points; France - 4,826 points; China - 4,702 points.
Each team will be composed of 2 Men Single Skaters, 2 Lady Single Skaters, 1 Pair Skating couple, and 1 Ice Dance couple, a total of 8 skaters per team.
The first placed skater/couple will be awarded 12 points in each category and decreasing in descending order by 1 point. (The last placed Single Skater will receive 1 point, Pairs and Ice Dance couple will receive 7 points). The national team having earned the highest number of aggregate points will be awarded the ISU World Team Trophy.
This will be the third World Team Trophy, with the two previous events having taken place in 2009 and 2012. An event was scheduled for 2011, also in Japan, but it was postponed after the March earthquake and tsunami.
Stay tuned to this page for the list of entrants for each country when they are released. The list of entrants will be announced at the latest on March 25.
The 2013 World Championships continued in London, Ontario, Canada, with the last medals awarded in the Dance and Ladies events. You can read everything about the FIRST, SECOND and THIRD day of competition in the previous post.
DANCE FP
FPl.
Name
Nation
Points
SD
FD
1
Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE
USA
189.56
1
1
2
Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
CAN
185.04
2
2
3
Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
RUS
169.19
3
4
4
Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE
ITA
168.04
5
3
5
Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
CAN
166.20
6
5
6
Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT
FRA
165.60
4
7
7
Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
USA
163.93
7
6
8
Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
USA
157.71
8
9
9
Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV
RUS
157.52
9
10
10
Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI
GER
154.27
11
8
11
Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Ilia TKACHENKO
RUS
149.78
13
11
12
Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES
FRA
145.98
12
12
13
Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND
GBR
145.71
10
17
14
Siobhan HEEKIN-CANEDY / Dmitri DUN
UKR
141.88
14
16
15
Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS
LTU
141.64
18
13
16
Julia ZLOBINA / Alexei SITNIKOV
AZE
141.44
17
14
17
Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
ITA
140.95
16
15
18
Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER
CAN
140.02
15
18
19
Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ
ESP
131.28
20
19
20
Cathy REED / Chris REED
JPN
129.94
19
20
21
Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Neil BROWN
CZE
FNR
21
22
Olesia KARMI / Max LINDHOLM
FIN
FNR
22
23
Allison REED / Vasili ROGOV
ISR
FNR
23
24
Zsuzsanna NAGY / Mate FEJES
HUN
FNR
24
25
Irina SHTORK / Taavi RAND
EST
FNR
25
26
Federica TESTA / Lukas CSOLLEY
SVK
FNR
26
27
Justyna PLUTOWSKA / Peter GERBER
POL
FNR
27
28
Alisa AGAFONOVA / Alper UCAR
TUR
FNR
28
29
Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV
BLR
FNR
29
Pl.
Name
Nation
TSS
=
TES
+
PCS
+
SS
TR
PE
CC
IT
Ded.
-
StN.
1
Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE
USA
112.44
53.65
58.79
9.71
9.64
9.96
9.96
9.86
0.00
#18
2
Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
CAN
111.17
52.85
58.32
9.61
9.50
9.96
9.86
9.86
0.00
#16
3
Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE
ITA
100.11
48.29
51.82
8.57
8.39
8.86
8.75
8.82
0.00
#17
4
Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
RUS
99.14
45.31
53.83
8.96
8.75
9.18
9.07
9.07
0.00
#19
5
Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
CAN
98.66
47.14
51.52
8.57
8.36
8.79
8.71
8.68
0.00
#15
6
Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
USA
97.19
47.35
49.84
8.29
8.07
8.43
8.54
8.39
0.00
#14
7
Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT
FRA
95.95
43.35
53.60
8.89
8.71
9.07
9.14
9.04
1.00
#20
8
Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI
GER
93.68
45.64
48.04
7.71
7.57
8.43
8.43
8.29
0.00
#7
9
Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
USA
91.57
43.12
48.45
8.14
7.89
8.18
8.21
8.07
0.00
#13
10
Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV
RUS
91.45
39.65
51.80
8.64
8.43
8.64
8.86
8.75
0.00
#12
11
Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Ilia TKACHENKO
RUS
90.26
42.64
47.62
7.96
7.75
8.07
8.11
7.93
0.00
#10
12
Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES
FRA
85.40
42.19
44.21
7.29
7.18
7.50
7.57
7.46
1.00
#6
13
Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS
LTU
84.25
41.11
43.14
7.25
6.86
7.36
7.39
7.32
0.00
#3
14
Julia ZLOBINA / Alexei SITNIKOV
AZE
83.64
39.96
43.68
7.32
7.04
7.39
7.46
7.36
0.00
#2
15
Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
ITA
83.06
42.22
41.84
7.14
6.75
7.07
7.14
6.89
1.00
#5
16
Siobhan HEEKIN-CANEDY / Dmitri DUN
UKR
82.68
39.04
43.64
7.29
7.14
7.36
7.46
7.21
0.00
#8
17
Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND
GBR
82.05
36.83
45.22
7.57
7.39
7.50
7.79
7.54
0.00
#11
18
Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER
CAN
81.41
38.55
43.86
7.36
7.07
7.39
7.54
7.36
1.00
#9
19
Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ
ESP
78.16
40.88
38.28
6.36
6.07
6.64
6.57
6.50
1.00
#4
20
Cathy REED / Chris REED
JPN
75.99
37.01
38.98
6.57
6.32
6.64
6.61
6.46
0.00
#1
Davis/White’s performance to “Notre Dame de Paris” was highlighted by intricate footwork and difficult lifts. The 2012 World silver medalists earned a level four for the lifts, twizzles and the spin and a level three for the two step sequences to pick up 112.44 points and totalled 189.56 points to take their second world title since 2011.
Virtue/Moir completed innovative lifts and strong footwork in their passionate “Carmen” program to post a seasons best of 111.17 points. At 185.04 points overall, they remained in second place.
Dancing to “Man With A Harmonica” and “Tosca”, Bobrova/Soloviev produced level-four lifts and twizzles, but the two step sequences merited a level two only. With 99.14 points, the European Champions were ranked fourth in the Free Dance, but overall held on to third place to take their first World medal at 169.19 points.
Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte were ranked third with their “Carmen” and moved up from fifth to fourth overall (168.04 points). Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje placed fifth at 166.20 points while 2012 World bronze medalists Nathalie Pechalat/Fabian Bourzat dropped from fourth to sixth at 165.60 points.
Performing to “Les Miserables”, Kim reeled off a triple Lutz-triple toe combination, triple flip, three more triple jumps as well as three level-four spins and level-four footwork. The Olympic Champion scored 148.34 points and racked up 218.31 points overall to win her second World title and her fifth medal at the ISU World Championships.
Kostner hit a triple Lutz, triple flip-triple toe and two more triples as well as difficult spins and steps in her “Bolero” routine, but fell on an under rotated triple Salchow at the very end. The 2012 World Champion had to overcome a nose bleed that started just before her performance. Kostner collected 131.03 points, a seasons best, and accumulated 197.89 points to take home her fifth World medal.
Asada went for a triple Axel right out of the gate in her “Swan Lake” program but two-footed. The two-time World Champion rallied back to land five triples including a double Axel-triple toe combination and got a level four for one spin and the footwork. The reigning Four Continents Champion scored a seasons best of 134.37 points and was ranked second in the Free Skating. Overall she scored 196.47 points. Asada took her fourth World medal.
Kanako Murakami slipped from third to fourth at 189.73 points. Ashley Wagner placed fifth ahead of teammate Gracie Gold who moved up from ninth to sixth (184.25 points).
