International Skating Union

[lambielfan26]

[Satu]

Yeah, he actually complained a bit about his PCS saying that apparently one has to skate in the latter half of the competitors to receive a PCS of over 30 points. I didn't see each and every skater of the competition so I can't say whether that is true or not but an interesting point anyway. Overall he was happy with his performance and his new PB. Let's hope he keeps up the good work today as well! Can't wait to get there!!

[icequeen]

Great to see Samuel Contesti doing so well - I was capitivated by his performance at the Karl Schäfer Cup back in October. Can't wait to see his fabulous free program again!

Good also to see Joubert and Verner in superb form. Love them both!

[crystal]

[crystal]

in English:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/21/sports/AP-FIG-Euro-Championships-Withdrawal.html?_r=1

[AliasJohnDoe]

Dance OD Results:

1 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS 62.17 32.90 29.27 7.65 7.45 7.85 7.80 7.80 0.00 #22
2 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA 59.03 30.90 28.13 7.40 7.20 7.50 7.50 7.45 0.00 #21
3 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR 57.71 30.20 27.51 7.05 6.85 7.35 7.55 7.45 0.00 #20
4 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA 57.56 30.40 27.16 7.15 6.95 7.25 7.30 7.15 0.00 #28
5 Pernelle CARRON / Matthieu JOST FRA 56.18 30.30 25.88 6.70 6.60 6.95 6.95 6.90 0.00 #27
6 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA 54.38 29.10 25.28 6.50 6.40 6.80 6.80 6.80 0.00 #24
7 Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKI ISR 51.65 28.20 23.45 6.15 6.05 6.20 6.20 6.25 0.00 #19
8 Katherine COPELY / Deividas STAGNIUNAS LTU 50.17 28.70 21.47 5.65 5.45 5.65 5.75 5.75 0.00 #16
9 Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergei VERBILLO UKR 50.07 26.10 23.97 6.30 6.10 6.35 6.40 6.40 0.00 #23
10 Ekaterina RUBLEVA / Ivan SHEFER RUS 49.97 27.70 22.27 5.95 5.80 5.80 5.90 5.85 0.00 #17
11 Kristin FRASER / Igor LUKANIN AZE 49.65 27.00 22.65 6.05 5.75 6.10 6.00 5.95 0.00 #13
12 Nora HOFFMANN / Maxim ZAVOZIN HUN 46.83 24.10 23.73 6.20 6.05 6.15 6.40 6.40 1.00 #25
13 Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Vladimir ZUEV UKR 46.08 24.20 21.88 5.75 5.45 5.80 5.90 5.90 0.00 #15
14 Barbora SILNA / Dmitri MATSJUK AUT 46.02 26.50 19.52 5.25 4.95 5.15 5.20 5.15 0.00 #12
15 Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANN GER 45.75 25.20 20.55 5.45 5.25 5.40 5.50 5.45 0.00 #18
16 Caitlin MALLORY / Kristian RAND EST 45.70 26.90 18.80 4.90 4.80 5.00 5.15 4.95 0.00 #11
17 Isabella PAJARDI / Stefano CARUSO ITA 45.48 27.40 18.08 4.65 4.45 4.90 4.85 4.95 0.00 #10
18 Christina CHITWOOD / Mark HANRETTY GBR 44.56 25.70 18.86 4.85 4.70 5.10 5.10 5.10 0.00 #14
19 Kamila HAJKOVA / David VINCOUR CZE 44.00 24.80 19.20 5.00 4.90 5.05 5.25 5.10 0.00 #9
20 Terra FINDLAY / Benoit RICHAUD FRA 43.37 26.30 17.07 4.60 4.35 4.55 4.55 4.45 0.00 #6
21 Oksana KLIMOVA / Sasha PALOMAKI FIN 39.29 24.10 15.19 3.90 3.80 4.10 4.20 4.05 0.00 #5
22 Joanna BUDNER / Jan MOSCICKI POL 39.18 22.60 16.58 4.45 4.20 4.40 4.45 4.35 0.00 #7
23 Leonie KRAIL / Oscar PETER SUI 37.90 21.80 16.10 4.30 4.05 4.30 4.40 4.20 0.00 #3
24 Ksenia SHMIRINA / Egor MAISTROV BLR 34.38 20.80 13.58 3.65 3.50 3.65 3.70 3.45 0.00 #2
25 Ina DEMIREVA / Juri KURAKIN BUL 31.31 18.30 13.01 3.40 3.20 3.50 3.55 3.50 0.00 #8
26 Christa GOULAKOS / Bradley YAEGER GRE 29.45 18.00 11.45 3.10 2.95 3.05 3.05 2.95 0.00 #1
27 Nadine AHMED / Bruce PORTER AZE 26.98 17.50 10.48 2.80 2.70 2.85 2.95 2.60 1.00 #

CD and OD Combined Results:

1 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS
99.60 1 1
2 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA
95.06 2 2
3 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR
92.60 3 3
4 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA
91.94 4 4
5 Pernelle CARRON / Matthieu JOST FRA
89.39 6 5
6 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA
86.96 7 6
7 Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKI ISR
81.81 10 7
8 Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergei VERBILLO UKR
80.52 9 9
9 Kristin FRASER / Igor LUKANIN AZE
79.59 11 11
10 Ekaterina RUBLEVA / Ivan SHEFER RUS
79.01 12 10
11 Nora HOFFMANN / Maxim ZAVOZIN HUN
77.96 8 12
12 Katherine COPELY / Deividas STAGNIUNAS LTU
77.41 15 8
13 Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Vladimir ZUEV UKR
74.85 13 13
14 Carolina HERMANN / Daniel HERMANN GER
74.15 14 15
15 Barbora SILNA / Dmitri MATSJUK AUT
72.12 17 14
16 Kamila HAJKOVA / David VINCOUR CZE
70.66 16 19
17 Isabella PAJARDI / Stefano CARUSO ITA
70.00 18 17
18 Caitlin MALLORY / Kristian RAND EST
69.92 19 16
19 Christina CHITWOOD / Mark HANRETTY GBR
68.31 20 18
20 Terra FINDLAY / Benoit RICHAUD FRA
66.93 21 20
21 Joanna BUDNER / Jan MOSCICKI POL
62.17 22 22
22 Leonie KRAIL / Oscar PETER SUI
60.78 23 23
23 Oksana KLIMOVA / Sasha PALOMAKI FIN
60.72 24 21
24 Ksenia SHMIRINA / Egor MAISTROV BLR
55.29 25 24
25 Ina DEMIREVA / Juri KURAKIN BUL
48.46 26 25
26 Christa GOULAKOS / Bradley YAEGER GRE
45.28 27 26
27 Nadine AHMED / Bruce PORTER AZE
42.08 28 27
WD Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN RUS
5

[crystal]

I am really impressed with K/N and especially F/S's improvement. The speed, the flow, perfectly synchronized steps and spins, plus spectacular lifts from K/N as expected. Looks like K/N are in a great position to win this one because they are already a few points ahead of the rest and their FD is much stronger than F/S's.

[AliasJohnDoe]

Maybe it's just me, but I don't understand why Cappellini/Lanotte are behind the 2 French teams. They skate much closer together, have speed, edges and great technical content IMO. I don't feel the 2 French teams would be ahead of C/L if Delobel/Schoenfelder skated. They are good, but IMO not as good as Cappellini/Lanotte. Could it be Politics to ensure 3 French spots next year? or is my bias for C/L clouding my judement?

And I really do like Pechalat/Bourzat and Carron/Jost,

[Dragonlady]

I'm watching the live coverage of Europeans on the Russian television website. Excellent coverage - no commentators at all during the programs, only after. The feed and the picture are very high quality.

Ponsero is leading the LP with 3 skaters remaining.

[tennisfan]

lambielfan26 wrote:

[Summerwind82]

YLE broadcasts live internationally:

http://akastreaming.yle.fi/vp/fiyle/fi/live_o.asx

At least in finnish they said it would show in abroad.

[tennisfan]

This is the message I got on my windows media player when I clicked the link you just posted. My Finnish is well, non-existent so I don't know what it says but I imagine it says something to the extent that this video is not available from your location - very annoying!! Anyways, thanks for trying.

Tekijanoikeudellisista sysita videon katsominen ei ole mahdollista Suomen ulkopuolella

On another subject - looks like Joubert is going to win with another so-so free skate. Did he use a new program? Will he be able to win worlds with a free skate of between 144 - 147? I bet Verner is not feeling so great especially when he sees that score. A clean free skate from him could have landed this title.

[tennisfan]

Ponsero with the best free skate of the competition and misses the podium by 6 hundredths of a point - that's heartbreaking.

[AliasJohnDoe]

Mens Free Skate Result:

1 Yannick PONSERO FRA 151.85 81.45 70.40 7.05 6.55 7.25 7.10 7.25 0.00 #15
2 Brian JOUBERT FRA 145.11 71.51 74.60 7.60 6.95 7.65 7.55 7.55 1.00 #22
3 Samuel CONTESTI ITA 144.97 76.77 68.20 6.65 6.30 6.95 7.05 7.15 0.00 #21
4 Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL 143.56 76.86 66.70 6.70 6.35 6.85 6.70 6.75 0.00 #23
5 Alban PREAUBERT FRA 138.72 74.02 64.70 6.50 6.20 6.45 6.55 6.65 0.00 #20
6 Andrei LUTAI RUS 132.82 70.72 62.10 6.35 5.85 6.25 6.30 6.30 0.00 #17
7 Tomas VERNER CZE 126.53 54.23 72.30 7.30 6.95 7.20 7.35 7.35 0.00 #19
8 Michal BREZINA CZE 123.84 66.34 58.50 6.20 5.45 5.90 5.85 5.85 1.00 #12
9 Jamal OTHMAN SUI 121.29 64.89 56.40 5.70 5.30 5.75 5.60 5.85 0.00 #5
10 Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE 117.96 54.26 63.70 6.45 5.95 6.50 6.40 6.55 0.00 #16
11 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP 117.16 58.56 58.60 5.95 5.45 6.00 5.95 5.95 0.00 #18
12 Artem BORODULIN RUS 114.22 58.22 56.00 5.75 5.25 5.75 5.65 5.60 0.00 #9
13 Sergei VORONOV RUS 113.67 51.57 63.10 6.60 6.05 6.30 6.40 6.20 1.00 #24
14 Igor MACYPURA SVK 110.56 58.96 51.60 5.40 4.75 5.20 5.30 5.15 0.00 #4
15 Gregor URBAS SLO 108.75 58.25 50.50 5.30 4.70 5.15 5.05 5.05 0.00 #2
16 Peter LIEBERS GER 108.66 55.26 54.40 5.60 5.10 5.40 5.55 5.55 1.00 #8
17 Clemens BRUMMER GER 106.11 57.71 49.40 5.15 4.75 4.90 5.05 4.85 1.00 #1
18 Przemyslaw DOMANSKI POL 105.21 56.81 48.40 5.05 4.60 4.75 5.00 4.80 0.00 #7
19 Ari-Pekka NURMENKARI FIN 104.24 49.24 55.00 5.80 5.10 5.55 5.50 5.55 0.00 #13
20 Anton KOVALEVSKI UKR 100.68 48.18 52.50 5.45 4.95 5.10 5.45 5.30 0.00 #10
21 Adrian SCHULTHEISS SWE 97.82 43.72 54.10 5.70 5.10 5.30 5.55 5.40 0.00 #14
22 Boris MARTINEC CRO 96.00 49.20 47.80 4.85 4.30 4.80 4.90 5.05 1.00 #3
23 Alexander MAJOROV SWE 92.79 42.79 54.00 5.50 5.00 5.30 5.60 5.60 4.00 #11
24 Elliot HILTON GBR 88.54 42.94 47.60 5.05 4.40 4.75 4.90 4.70 2.00 #6

Mens Final Result:

1 Brian JOUBERT FRA
232.01 1 2
2 Samuel CONTESTI ITA
220.92 3 3
3 Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL
219.36 4 4
4 Yannick PONSERO FRA
219.30 9 1
5 Alban PREAUBERT FRA
212.22 5 5
6 Tomas VERNER CZE
207.98 2 7
7 Andrei LUTAI RUS
200.57 8 6
8 Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE
186.15 7 10
9 Sergei VORONOV RUS
184.96 6 13
10 Michal BREZINA CZE
183.19 17 8
11 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP
182.91 12 11
12 Jamal OTHMAN SUI
178.79 20 9
13 Artem BORODULIN RUS
175.99 15 12
14 Ari-Pekka NURMENKARI FIN
170.88 10 19
15 Peter LIEBERS GER
170.85 14 16
16 Igor MACYPURA SVK
169.76 19 14
17 Przemyslaw DOMANSKI POL
165.24 16 18
18 Adrian SCHULTHEISS SWE
164.27 11 21
19 Anton KOVALEVSKI UKR
164.03 13 20
20 Clemens BRUMMER GER
159.58 22 17
21 Gregor URBAS SLO
157.98 24 15
22 Alexander MAJOROV SWE
152.03 18 23
23 Boris MARTINEC CRO
150.80 21 22
24 Elliot HILTON GBR
139.69 23 24

[lambielfan26]

[Summerwind82]

Sorry.. How annoying really, because they claim so on their website.. Well, enough about that. I just know from experience that sometimes its irritating when you can't see championships all over the world.


I think we saw some great performances, but not like yesterday perhaps. I always like Joubert, he's got better expressing himself through the years (skating more like a sensitive man than excited young boy). I did like Lutai and Ponsero. Voronov is for me a bit too "grey", the body expressions are great and he is obviously skillful, but his face needs more expressions, I think. Didn't see Contesti skate though. Perhaps I'll watch a rerun somewhere..

About yesterday... I'm so happy for Savchenko&Szolkovy, I remember rooting for them when they were on their way to the top all the way years ago. They got amazing charisma. I don't know so much about the technical side of skating, so I appreciate the artistic side more. I know the jumps, scores etc. after watching over ten years of ice skating, but when people talk about ankles etc. I'm not quite interested in.

[Skater boy]

S and S are improving nicely but I think they will ditch these programs for the Olympics. I am not sure especially the SP if they are Oly gold medal materials. M and T need to work on their long; K and S are developing nicely. It would have been nice to see if K and S could do individual triple loops or flips though since she was supposed to be a strong singles skater. She and Fumie used to duke it out I heard in Japan. The Ukranians are in tough - they have to beat the Russians (all three) plus three or four North Americans before they can tackle the Germans and Chinese.

[Summerwind82]

I didn't like the SP either... I usually like new styles etc. but to me it wasn't their best program. It was sloppy and the music was awful. I mean it could have been good with the costumes etc. but the music was so poorly mixed and confusing that it really spoiled the routine. It wasn't enjoyable to me and that's what I want. To enjoy. I don't think I've ever seen such a poor program from them (I mean in an artistic way).

I do prefer the "new" russian skaters to the older ones in the pairs/ice dance. I never liked that much about Totmianina, Petrova, Obertas etc. I used to hardly watch Europeans pair's because of them, I always preferred canadian, french or chinese.

[IneZR]

What a disappointing result for Ponsero! Joubert: I wish he kept his old free program, this one is a total mess. Kevin Van Der Perren: I truly respect him for his courage and for giving his best in the FS despite his injury, but his PCS are outrageous. His program was all about jumps with ZERO transitions.

And back to the OD, commentators on the Russian Eurosport said that Linichuk was against D/S going to Euros, as she wanted Maxim to rest his knee (which, obviously, is still giving him troubles), but they insisted on going to defend their title. Russian Fed. must be really pissed at them right now: had Oksana/Maxim withdrawn a week earlier, they could have send to Euros Gorshkova/Butikov or Bobrova/Soloviev instead. I don't know how bad Maxim's knee is, but now it's not even clear if he manages to recover in time for Worlds: his injury seems to be pretty serious.

[Satu]

What a night at Hartwall Areena yesterday! I was impressed by many, many skaters, especially Ponsero and Contesti of course, but also Préaubert, Othman, Borodulin, Brezina, Lutai and Fernandez for example. I've always liked Brian Joubert and I think he deserved to win though his FS was not quite as spectacular as his SP but it seemed to me that there was quite a bit of "Joubert inflation" in his PCS. He was not the star of the last flight, Contesti was. Who is this guy anyway and where has he been all these years??? Apparently he used to skate for France. The French must regret now to have let him go!

Can't wait till the ladies' event starts! I couldn't afford tickets to that but for obvious reasons it will be well covered by the national broadcasting company so I won't miss much watching it on TV only.