#nebelhorn trophy 2021

[figureskatingcostumes]

Starr Andrews in a Lisa McKinnon dress for her free program at the 2021 Cup of Austria and 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy. She was skating to Beyoncé for the 2021–2022 season and Je suis malade for her the 2022–2023 season.

(Sources: Phantom Kabocha and Wilma Alberti)

#Starr Andrews #Figure skating #Beyoncé #Bigger #I Was Here #Je suis malade #Lara Fabian #Lisa McKinnon #2021–2022 #2022–2023 #2021 Cup of Austria #2022 Nebelhorn Trophy #Women #United States

[allekha]

Fun With Jump Arm Variations

When jumping, different skaters put their arms in different places, but generally they are pressed flat against the torso, especially on higher-revolution jumps. This compressed shape increases the skater’s rotational speed, which is important for attempting triples and quads.

But as anyone who has watched much skating has seen, you can jump with your arms in different positions, too. There are two main arm variations you will see in modern skating programs:

One arm above the head - these are nicknamed ‘tanos’ after Brian Boitano, who did not invent but did popularize the variation. Ones where the arm is bent a lot may be derisively nicknamed ‘helicopter tanos’, as some fans don’t like how they look. (Brian Boitano 1988 Olympics SP, Brian Orser 1988 Olympics SP, Petra Burka 1965 FS, Wendy Burge 1976 Olympics FS, Ekaterina Kurakova 2022 Euros FS)

Two arms above the head - these are nicknamed ‘rippons’ after Adam Rippon, who also did not invent them but popularized them when he started doing it on his lutz. (He did tanos on it for a while, but then started using both arms when he trained with Brian Orser, because he felt bad doing ‘tanos’ in front of Orser, who famously took silver behind Boitano at the Olympics.) (Adam Rippon 2016 GP France FS, Midori Ito 1988 Olympics SP, Ting Cui 2018 JGP Ostrava  SP, Sihyeong Lee 2021 Nebelhorn FS)

However, there are also other arm variations. These are all rare nowadays, although if you watch older programs, you are more likely to spot a variation that’s not a tano or rippon. Ones I’ve seen include:

Hands on hips - these used to be much more popular back in the day but have fallen out of fashion. I would guess it’s because they slow down rotational speed too much, as every one I have seen is a double except this one by Michael Chack, but I don’t know for sure. (Jill Trenary 1990 Worlds FS, Michael Chack 1992 USNats FS, Rory Flack 1988 USNats SP, Tonia Kwiatkowski 1988 USNats SP, Midori Ito 1987 Worlds SP, Anna Kondrashova 1988 Olympics SP, Yuzuru Hanyu 2010 JPNats FS)

Helicopter arms - this one has been used as a warm-up by Yuzuru Hanyu, and I’ve spotted it in competitions a couple of times with single and double jumps (Rory Flack 1994 US Open Artistic Program, Yuzuru Hanyu 2012 Finlandia Trophy SP warmup)

Arms behind back - I’ve only seen this one performed by Jason Brown in his Riverdance program, where depending on the event he placed either one or both arms behind his back during the second jump of this combo (2013 SA FS, 2014 Nats FS)

Arm switching midair - I’ve only seen this one in this lovely axel variation by John Curry (1976 Olympic SP)

Hands by the head - I believe I may have seen this used by at least one other skater, but the only example I have at hand is this one by Nancy Kerrigan (1990 Goodwill Games SP)

Beginning in 2009, ‘varied position in the air’ became a positive GOE bullet point for jumps. This was because they are supposed to add to the difficulty of a jump, although I’ve seen arguments back and forth from skaters about how true that is for some arm positions (and even if which arm is raised makes a difference for tanos). Years later, they exploded in popularity, particularly in the women’s competition. The trend had its beginning around 2014 or so; the previous season, junior World medalists Evgenia Medvedeva and Serafima Sakhanovich were given programs constructed to include raised arms on a couple of jumps, which wasn’t too unusual, but in 2014, their programs contained many more of them. Medvedeva would go on to dominate the senior circuit for several years and notably used raised arms on most of her jumps during that time, which started the trend in earnest among other skaters.

This GOE bullet point was removed for the 2018-2019 season. But if arm variations no longer get that bit of GOE, why do we still see them so often? There are probably a few reasons:

Skaters who trained them for GOE a few years ago got used to doing them that way and don’t want to mess with their muscle memory

They can add to a program aesthetically

Skaters and their teams may still hope to impress the judges by using them

Skaters have said that rippons help straighten their jump axis

I’ve also seen speculation that rippons can be used to help muscle jumps using the upper body in some cases

I would also like to shout out arm variations on jump exits that aren’t the standard check-out position. These aren’t as common as mid-air variations nowadays and rarely get talked about as their own thing - probably in part because they were never a GOE bullet - but they can add difficulty to the exit as well as give a nice choreographic touch to a program. You can see a few in the above gifs, but here’s a few more:

(Petra Burka 1965 Worlds FS, Yuzuru Hanyu 2021 “White Nights” EX, Anett Pötzsch 1976 Olympics FS, Hana Mašková 1968 Worlds FS, Claudia Kristofics-Binder 1976 Olympics FS, Brian Boitano 1988 Olympics SP, Vladimir Kovalyov 1976 Olympics SP)

#figure skating #fskateedit #fs history #Yuzuru Hanyu #Midori Ito #Brian Orser #Brian Boitano #Jason Brown #John Curry #Adam Rippon #Rory Flack #Ekaterina Kurakova #gifs #I went kind of crazy on the gifs here #long post

[sunskate]

JGP Austria ice dance -

Darya Grimm/Michail Savitskiy 🇩🇪GER (16/20 yo) they were 5th at the JGP Final last season and 6th in the RD at junior worlds but had to withdraw from the FD due to food poisoning. he was the engaging commentator for Nebelhorn Trophy last fall. their ISU bio hobbies are cherry pit spitting (her) and failure management (him), and their skating has personality as well 😊 he's been the stand out - lovely skater, strong partner - he draws your eye when you watch them. she was very young when they began, has lots of potential. her extension and free leg weren't quite matching his last season. their RD is to ELO, and they have a Habanera (so, Spanish themed?) FD. this is their 3rd and final junior season. the podium at worlds feels like an attainable goal for them

i wrote this before news of their accident 😢 we won't get to see them skate, but check out their previous programs if you like. hope she recovers stronger than ever and that we see them back this season

Angelina Kudryavtseva/Ilia Karankevich 🇨🇾CYP (17/19 yo) known for their creativity and flair, they had a cheerleader FD last season. every season they do something nobody else is doing (2021, 2019). i love their audacity and quirkiness - most of their programs have some surprise, their take on most styles has their stamp on it. they like no hands balance lifts where she's holding on by her heel or toe, or rotational lifts where she's spinning on top of his head. even in a lyrical program ⬆️ look. at. these. lifts! maybe not every novel thing works, but so often it does. they've been as high as 8th at junior worlds but tend to lose points on levels and twizzle errors. there are details of unison and control that they need to improve in order to move up. i'm sure they're aiming for top 5 in the world and want to make the JGPF. they're skating a Madonna RD and a Nights of Cabiria FD - if that's the Fellini film music, it's bright and jazzy but more in a characterful than cool way, 50s, kind of lush in places, and it’s the story that Sweet Charity is based on - am very interested to see what they came up with for their final junior FD

Elliana Peal/Ethan Peal 🇺🇸USA (16/19 yo) a sibling team, they've been as high as 3rd at US Nationals and have silver medals from Dallas and Lake Placid this season already. they're aiming for the worlds team for the US this season. they have a Janet Jackson RD ⬆️ and Lord of the Rings FD. they've always been coached by their dad, who went to jr worlds for US ice dance himself, but at Lake Placid, Igor was also at the boards for them although he's not officially on their team. they maybe lack speed but have good unison

Iryna Pidgaina/Artem Koval 🇺🇦UKR (14/19 yo) she looks more mature as a skater than her years, so they seem balanced as a team. last season was their first in int'l competition, and they had a 4th place at JGP Gdansk. this season they're skating George Benson and Pump Up the Jam for their RD, Robbie Williams and I Love Rock n' Roll for their FD, and Nazarova/Nikitin are 2 of their choreographers😭

Chloe Nguyen/Brendan Giang 🇨🇦CAN (18/20 yo) they're a newly formed team training with WIng/Lowe in Vancouver. both have been to the JGP with their previous partners. they won the Next Gen competition, have good fundamental skills, seem well matched and are off to a good start (they're at 1:09:30 ⬆️) i really hate their Aspects of Love FD music- it's from an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that was a huge flop on Broadway. i'd dislike the music anyway, but what makes it worse is that the show, among a number of storylines, has 2 inappropriate relationships between an adult and a minor, and two of the songs in this FD are about those relationships. i don't know why their team would choose this for a junior program

Ashlie Slatter/Atl Ongay-Perez 🇬🇧GBR (14/16 yo) they are musical and have been vibrant performers since they were little. as their skating skills develop to catch up to their performance quality, they'll rise. levels in step sequences and patterns have been a challenge. but they have interesting choreo and i think? skate more in hold than a lot of teams. they were 18th at junior worlds in march. their RD is Run-DMC, and their FD is jazz, blues and Great Balls of Fire

Caroline Mullen/Brendan Mullen 🇺🇸 USA (17/19 yo) they had to sit out last season due to injury and also switched camps from WISA to Rockville with Dmitri Ilin but have been spending time at MIDA getting choreo as well. they have a bronze medal from Lake Placid this season, and this is their first JGP

Ambre Perrier Gianesini/Samuel Blanc Klaperman 🇫🇷 FRA (16/16 yo) this is their 2nd junior and 2nd JGP season. they medaled at some events last season and have nice qualities but also were prone to falls and twizzle errors. hopefully they got their nerves out and will have good outings here

#Youtube #jgp linz #cup of austria #sept 1-2

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

saw your poll on twitter but i thought the japanese fed said they won’t send their top skaters to challengers anymore? did i just imagine that?

Hm...I actually never heard of that??? 😅 I don't think it's true...but don't take my word for it...

All Japanese skaters at a certain level do Challengers - if they wish - for as long as I follow skating more closely, I don't think this changed. In 2021 - 2022 season JSF decided to not send skaters to the earlier Challengers because of the pandemic, but Kaori, Yuma, Shun and Mai did the Asian Open Trophy in October 2021 and others attended later events during the season.

I think it makes no sense to deny top skaters a Challenger event as it gains them world ranking points and experience in how their programs are perceived by international judges before it goes to the more important events like the GPs.

According to this tweet which skaters are selected for the Challengers is already decided, we'll see when announcements are made.

Here is my poll for anyone who wants to give a vote. I honestly don't know if Shoma would want to do a Challenger and how that should fit his schedule. But I do have hopes that Shoma attends a Challenger pls Nebelhorn Trophy 🙏

#figure skating #Replies #i just want to know if Shoma goes to a challenger or not bc i need to know if i should make a 4th comp trip until December

[threeterns]

Anastasiia Metelkina & Daniil Parkman

Country: Georgia Age: 17 & 23 Career highlight: Placing 16th at the 2021 World Championships SP music: I'll Take Care Of You by Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa

Comments: Metelkina and Parkman were born and train in Russia, but competing for Georgia has increased their opportunities for the big competitions – especially now! They were the first Georgian pairs team to compete at the World Championships (see video!). I am a little concerned that they’re still recovering from injury? (They withdrew from 2022 Europeans, 2022 Worlds and 2022 Finlandia Trophy, although they did make it to 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy.)

Their best elements are their twists and lifts, and their biggest liability are their side-by-side jumps. Style-wise, I think his flair and her beautiful poise shine through!

#Metelkina and Parkman

[sakamotokaori]

sihyeong lee + rippon 3A @ nebelhorn trophy 2021

#sihyeong lee #figure skating #fskateedit #nebelhorn trophy 2021 #i loveeee this

[wanderlustinwonderland18]

So much emotions in one picture.

I am so, so happy for them 🥺 It really has been a journey. Two single skaters on the verge of retirement came together in 2016 to try ice dance. The potential was there, they slowly rised, they faced devastating injuries and now, they have secured a spot at the Olympics, winning the qualifier event by almost ten points 🥇 I am so excited to see what’s in the future for them ✨ BRAVO my loves 👏🏻💙👏🏻

#AlmostCriedWhenTheirPerformanceEnded 🥺 #Turkkila Versluis #Juulia Turkkila #Matthias Versluis #Ice Dance #Figure Skating #Nebelhorn Trophy #Nebelhorn Trophy 2021 #Olympics #Finland #Sport #Art #Skating #Dance #Emotions #Partnership

[sywtwfs]

2022 Olympic Figure Skating Qualification after Nebelhorn Trophy

This is the final list of nations that have earned spots for the 2022 Winter Olympics after the conclusion of 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy. Read a summary of the qualification process here.

MEN (30 spots total)

3 spots: Japan, USA, Russia

2 spots: Italy, Canada, France, S. Korea

1 spot: China, Georgia, Switzerland, Estonia, Belarus, Latvia, Czech Republic, Mexico, Ukraine, Sweden, Israel, Azerbaijan, Australia

WOMEN (30 spots total)

3 spots: Russia, Japan, USA

2 spots: S. Korea

1 spot: Belgium, Austria, Azerbaijan, Canada, Estonia, Sweden, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Germany, Georgia, China, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Finland, Poland, Belarus, Switzerland, Ukraine, Australia

ICE DANCE (23 spots total)

3 spots: Russia, USA, Canada

1 spot: Italy, Great Britain, Spain, Poland, China, Lithuania, France, Germany, Japan, Ukraine, Finland, Georgia, Armenia, Czech Republic

PAIRS (19 spots total)

3 spots: Russia

2 spots: China, Canada, USA, Italy

1 spot: Japan, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, Spain, Georgia, Israel

TEAM EVENT (10 teams total)

Canada

China

Czech Republic

Georgia

Germany *AAQ man

Italy *AAQ woman

Japan

Russia

Ukraine *AAQ pair

USA

*The Additional Athletes Quota can be used to fill a team’s missing discipline, only for the team event.

#figure skating #olympics #olympics 2022 #nebelhorn trophy #nebelhorn trophy 2021 #events #season: 2021 2022

[rabidline]

Alysa Liu at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy on September 23, 2021 (x)

#alysa liu #figure skating #fs #nebelhorn trophy #nebelhorn trophy 2021 #season: 2021 2022 #figure skating dresses #figure skating costumes

[agnes-saya]

#ekaterina kurakova #alysa liu #figure skating #figure skater #pattinaggioartistico #pattinaggiosulghiaccio #patinaje #figureskatingedit #figureskaters #figure skating memes #team usa #nebelhorn trophy 2021 #beijing 2022 #beijing olympics

[ohtheseskaters]

#ladies #alysa liu #nebelhorn trophy 2021

[figureskatingcostumes]

Aleksandra Golovkina competing at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy, skating to Stand By Me performed by Florence and the Machine.

(Source: glimrende.de)

#Aleksandra Golovkina #Florence and the Machine #Figure skating #Final Fantasy XV #2021 Nebelhorn Trophy #2021–2022 #Lithuania #Women #Green

[figureskatingfanblog]

#figure skating #2021 nebelhorn trophy #olympic qualification

[sunskate]

I would love to hear your opinion on Charlie's teams and how you think they'll do going forward. He's already got huge fed support so things look promising.

There's a podcast where Charlie talks about being a big believer in higher education, and there have been hints that MIDA's curriculum is a little different - they've had classes in History of Figure Skating and nutrition. His students have said he takes time to talk to them about philosophy and skating and making sure that what they do to achieve what they want is sustainable. MIDA has 4 teams competing internationally this season so far. The 3 teams besides W/C switched from WISA in Maryland/Virginia where Greg Zuerlein coached for a time before he went back to Michigan:

Katerina Wolfkostin/Jeffrey Chen: 17/20 yo They've been skating together since 2019 and were 2021 US Jr Champions. She was US intermediate and novice champ with her previous partner, went to a JGP with him, then split and teamed with Jeffrey. Jeffrey had several different partners, including Layla Karnes, who's been training solo at IAM.O. His older sister is Karen Chen. He moved to Novi to team with Katerina and train with Igor. They competed at senior US Nats earlier this year and came in 6th, were 4th at Junior Worlds, then moved to MIDA They skate with attack and good unison. For a dance team, they've fallen or make major errors a LOT, but they're young and have a lot of potential and good basics. They were favored at Jr Worlds last season but fell in the RD and came back from 11th all the way to 4th. The way they throw themselves into programs with high energy (which sometimes tips over into loss of control) is a bit like younger Charlie himself. I really like their FD even if it wasn't quite cooked in their first 2 competitions- they fixed some of the timing issues by Budapest Trophy, where they won bronze. But then had a big issue with their rotational lift at GP France, so developing consistency has to be a major focus for them

Molly Cesanek/Yehor Yehorov: 21/23 yo Yehor is from Ukraine and represented them on the JGP circuit with 2 previous partners from 2014-17. He then teamed with Molly in 2018 and was released by Ukraine to compete internationally for the US in 2019. Molly is from Virginia, competed in the US with 3 partners before teaming with Yehor. They trained in Maryland and Virginia with Alexei Kiliakov and Elena Novak before moving to MIDA earlier this year. They were 4th at US Jr Nats in 2020 and 10th at senior US Nats this year. This season so far they've placed 10th at Nebelhorn, 9th at Skate Canada, and 5th at Ice Challenge. There's no question they feel the music, but they needed guidance refining their presentation - their facial expressions and arms were ott and distracting from the big picture. Choreo that had him doing the Worm didn't help. His flexibility isn't great, especially his back, so there can be a lack of suppleness in their movement Good news is, MIDA seems to be reining in some of the emoting, or giving them programs that are as dramatic. Their new FD has big, sweeping music, and they look a little sharper already. Their packaging is sleeker, and i like these programs a lot better than their previous material, especially the FD. Molly had emergency surgery for appendicitis in July so had to delay the start of their season, but the coaching change looks promising for them

#figure skating #MIDA #charlie white #wolfkostin chen #cesanek yehorov #bratti somerville and gr/p next #sorry it took a while

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

I am at the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf! So if anyone's here, let me know!

#personal #nebelhorn trophy 2021

[figure-skating-watch-party]

Worlds, Olympics and Nebelhorn spots

I’ve just thought that based on the results of 2021 Worlds it would be interesting to do a little compilation and comparison of spots earned for 2022 Worlds, 2022 Olympics and the Nebelhorn situation. (I hope all the numbers are right...)

So first, let’s do the 2022 Worlds spots. I have a comparison here of countries that have more than one spot in a given discipline for 2021 Worlds (that was based on 2019 Worlds results) and how it changed for the next year thanks to these Worlds. 

In ladies, the situation is pretty straight-forward I’d say. Thanks to Bradie Tennell and especially Karen Chen USA got the third spot which is so important because Karen, Bradie, Alysa, Mariah, Amber all deserve a chance! Japanese and Russian ladies, as expected, kept the three spots. The same goes to the two South Korean spots. Thanks to great results of Loena Hendrickx and Olga Mikutina, Belgium and Austria can have two participants in ladies next year, though it’s a question if they’ll be able to get the TES minimum to really participate. The biggest loss “on paper” goes to Kazakhstan, Elizabet Tursynbaeva qualified three spots for these Worlds but she was unable to participate and no other Kazakhstan lady got the TES to participate either. Which renders Kazakhstan with the basic quota of 1 skater for next year. But given the fact that they weren’t able to use the spots this year, I’d say it’s not such a loss as it’s for Canada. This year unfortunately the ladies weren’t the strongest and even thought I absolutely adored Madeline’s performances, it wasn’t enough to keep two spots for Canada.

In men, the US and Japan kept 3 spots (poor Vincent though) and Russia got the third one too!! Awesome job by Misha and Evgeni! I was so nervous for them. Keegan Messing, Kevin Aymoz and Jun-hwan Cha also did a great job and got the second spot for their countries. Matteo and Daniel safely kept Italian two spots. And then we have some losses. Only one spot for the Czech Repulic. But given that Czech Republic had two spots this year (thanks to Michal’s eight place in Saitama) and yet neither Jiří Bělohradský, Matyáš Bělohradský and Gregory Reshtenko reached the min TES to qualify, the only one spot available could motivate them. Much more severe in my opinion is this loss for China. Poor Boyang (because it wasn’t his day) and also poor Han Yan (because I think it would be him who’d have to miss next Worlds).

Let’s go to pairs and ice dance. 

I just love the fact that ice dance is true to its image of the most conservative discipline and there are so few changes :D Russia, US and Canada are just power-houses in ice dance. Great Britain got the second spot! We can look forward to Fear sisters’ awesomness next year. 

And France... France lost one spot... I’ll talk about this a bit later. Let’s say that for Worlds it doesn’t matter that much if P/C grace us with their presence next year, they should qualify two or three spots for 2023 without any problems. 

And in pairs there were surprisingly more losses of spots. France lost one, which was a bit expected, I love Hamon/Strekalyn and Keriven/Pierre but it was very unlikely from the beginning that they would keep the two spots. Though it was great nontheless that they both had the opportunity to compete at Worlds!

 Austria and Germany finished outside of top ten, which means only one spot for next year. Austria has had only one elite pair team so they sent only Ziegler/Kiefer also to these Worlds even though they had the right for two teams... Though, I almkst forgot that Austria has another young pair Chloe Choinard/Livio Mayr! Germany however... that’s worse. They had two spots, but Hase/Seegert couldn’t go. So they sent only Hocke/Kunkel... They did great but unfortunately only one team will be allowed to go next year... (and let's not forget Efimova/Blommeart if she gets the release from Russia)

And very surprisingly (at least for me) Japan got two spots thanks to a top ten finish. Though again, it’s a question if Japan even has another pairs team that can qualify. 

Olympic spots

That was a turmoil (please ISU a bit clearer wording next time maybe). But now everything is clear and we know this: 

I wrote “+ 1 chance at Nebelhorn” obviously meaning that the given country can get one more spot at Nebelhorn Trophy. (It gets on my nerves so so incredibly much when people say they have to “re-earn” or “confirm” the spot. Like WT* ?! The spot is not guaranteed they are just guaranteed a chance to fight for the spots as other countries. Let’s say Vincent Zhou will be on the same starting line as Brandan Kerry. So just no “re-earning” and “confirming” please.)

The situation is in many aspects similar to World spots, so I’ll just talk about some of the differences. Well, the main difference is that for Worlds every country whose skater gets the min. TES can send one skater to every category. For the Olympics, the skaters have to fight “even” for the 1 spot. 

Which is a problem notably eg. for France in ladies. Mae-Berenice Meite got injured, France can send one lady to Worlds 2022 no problem here (provided she gets the minimum TES) but right now there’s no Olympic spot for French ladies. Right now there’s also no Olympic spot for French pairs even though Hamon/Strekalyn advanced to the FP, they finished too far back to qualify for Olympics. Uffff 

The Olympic rules being a bit different from Worlds also mean that USA in ladies and men and Russia in men don’t have the 3 spots right away. They have 2 and a right to fight for the third one. Should be interesting, beginning with the selection of the suitable competitor who’ll be sent to Nebelhorn! 

And similarly, while Keegan, Kevin and Jun-hwan; Loena and Olga earned (here really earned) the second spot for their countries at next year’s Worlds, they earned “just” the right for their compatriots to fight for the second spot at the Olympics. 

Very sadly, China will have only one participant in men in Beijing T_T

And yeah, France will have only one ice dance team at the Olympics. Obviously, it’s their decision and it’s only sport but ... the more I think about P/C non-participation at these Worlds the more selfish I find it... Yeah, maybe they wanted to show their stand but nobody followed them... so it was kinda useless. Had they participated, France would almost certainly have 2 spots for Words and Olympics.

(Hey, even if they would have seriously trained only since let’s say January and would have shown up with old RD and FD, they would be strong medal contenders. And I also don’t think it was beneficial for them personally to not participate. S/K have their momentum, some judges may began to prefer them...) 

Maybe they thought they could qualify via Nebelhorn but that’s simply not possible in this case. I have to admit I would like to imagine Galyavieva/Thauron being sent to the Olympics as it was them who fought for the spot but I can’t see this happening (given no lady and pair yet qualified, Kevin with top ten chance but a medal is really not a certainty, so French federation would certainly want a medal chance at least in ice dance...)

And also very surprisingly, in ladies Poland, Switzerland and Italy haven’t managed yet to qualify. But they will, I believe it!

Nebelhorn

Lastly, Nebelhorn! I have to admit I caaaan’t wait. There are 22 spots for grabs!

I just wrote “some other countries” but essentially, all countries that don’t have a spot yet can participate. I just wrote the most probable candidates. Mainly countries that didn’t advance into FP/FD at Worlds.

(Croatia is in brackets because Petranovic/Souza Kordeiru split shortly after Worlds, and North Korea banned all athletes, and well everyone, from travelling abroad so... )

So my guesses who’ll qualify ;)

MEN: US, Russia, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, Azerbaijan (I want to see Vladimir Litvinsev at the Olympics, he deserves)

LADIES: US, Switzerland, Italy, Taipei, Poland, France (fingers crossed for literally everyone here)

PAIRS: China, Belarus, France, Georgia

ICE DANCE: Finland, Czech Republic, Italy, UK, Hungary (I was a bit shocked and sad that Turkkila/Versluis didn’t make it into FD at Worlds so I hope they’ll qualify here. And I also hope the Taschlers qualify because it would mean a participation in every category at the Olympics for the Czech Republic!)

#figure skating #figureskating #worlds 2021 #olympics 2022 #qualification #season 2020/2021 #watch party #nebelhorn trophy