2015 Latvian National Championships
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The three men skated together- in the same warm up. Lukas, apparently, was pleased with how he skated given that he has taken a lot of time off and nurtured an ACL injury which he sustained before Salt Lake City. To paraphrase him, don't remember where I saw it- 'no big tricks, just good to be getting myself out there again.' Apparently he is fluent in Latvian and has been to Latvia quite a few times to visit family.
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I have heard Diana Nikitina is latvian officially, by passport.
I think Angelina and Deniss are also Latvian by passport?
Diana is the most Latvian-ish of all of them because all her relatives from mothers side are completely Latvians (I read this somewhere) and she's also studying in Latvian class (where Latvian is considered as a first language) unlike Angelina and Deniss who are both in Latvian-Russian class (both languages considered as the 1st language).
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Lukas missed virtually all of last season b/c of injury -- he was not taking time off just b/c he did not feel like skating. (Just want to be sure that no one misinterprets your post.)
I don't remember whether he skated in any early comp(s) in summer 2014, but b/c of injury, he had no 2014-15 season to speak of.
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I hope that Lukas has a great competition here - does he have a World's qualifying score? Or does he need to win here to get to go to Europeans and get the score there to skate in Boston?
Lukas lives and trains in the States but has been brought up 'Latvian'. All four of his grandparents hail from Latvia. Latvians- not Russians, so I gather. I really liked his SP at US Nationals in Boston- very unfortunate that he has been sidelined with injury since but great to see him back on the scene.
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Why is Nikitina staying junior at Natioanals with her scores she can easily beat Alina and get the second euro spot..
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Presumably because she's not age eligible
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Right, she just turned 15 a few days ago. Too bad.
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SP results
http://slidas.sauc.lv/proto/2015.12.lch/index.htm
Men
1. Vasiljevs 71.xx
2. Kaugars 62.xx
3. Basins 61.xx
Ladies
1. Kuchvalska 48.xx
2. Fjodorova 46.xx
Junior ladies
1. Nikitina 55.xx
2. Klujeva 43.xx
3. Butko 41.xx
http://slidas.sauc.lv/proto/2015.12.lch/index.htm
Men
1. Vasiljevs 71.xx
2. Kaugars 62.xx
3. Basins 61.xx
Ladies
1. Kuchvalska 48.xx
2. Fjodorova 46.xx
Junior ladies
1. Nikitina 55.xx
2. Klujeva 43.xx
3. Butko 41.xx
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oh no! Lukas was injured again?! Whyyyyyyyyyy?! Is it contagious among the Bahdiez?!
Lukas has always considered himself primarily Latvian, I believe. He is also studying medicine in Colorado Springs. So, you know, go Dr. Kaugars.
He is performing in iceshows in Lithuania which starts from 13th evening. He has to go to Lithuania after the competition.
That's why he's skating earlier than other senior skaters.
http://www.pramoguarena.lt/index.php?id=270
That's why he's skating earlier than other senior skaters.
http://www.pramoguarena.lt/index.php?id=270
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Top 2
Junior ladies
1. Diana Nikitina
2. Aleksandra Butko
http://facebook.com/olga.kovalkova.54?v=timeline
Junior ladies
1. Diana Nikitina
2. Aleksandra Butko
http://facebook.com/olga.kovalkova.54?v=timeline
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Damn. Wasn't aware of that. Well good luck to Fjodorova in probably her last Euro.
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SP+FP results
http://slidas.sauc.lv/proto/2015.12.lch/index.htm
Men
1. Vasiljevs 219.xx
2. Basins 163.xx
3. Kaugars 160.xx
Ladies
1. Kuchvalska 157.xx
2. Fjodorova 115.xx
Junior ladies
1. Nikitina 159.xx
2. Butko 121.xx
3. Klujeva 118.xx
http://slidas.sauc.lv/proto/2015.12.lch/index.htm
Men
1. Vasiljevs 219.xx
2. Basins 163.xx
3. Kaugars 160.xx
Ladies
1. Kuchvalska 157.xx
2. Fjodorova 115.xx
Junior ladies
1. Nikitina 159.xx
2. Butko 121.xx
3. Klujeva 118.xx
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^^ Thanks...not really surprising results, of course, but it will be interesting to see the rivalry between Diana & Angelina next season.
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Unacceptable. Completely unacceptable, how ridiculous. If he wants to skate in shows instead of Nationals then there's a solution for that: he turns pro. Otherwise, the competitions come first. Demanding the rescheduling of your skate just so you can go skate in a show is not on and the federation should not have allowed it.
Can you imagine the uproar if Yuzuru did that at Japanese Nationals, or Kovtun, or Jason or Max or someone? It does not happen. If NHK and the Senior Men at Australian Nationals had clashed, the answer would have been, Sorry Brendan, you will get a bye to 4CCs/Worlds selection, but you won't be National Champion this year.
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Review in latvian :
http://sportacentrs.com/ziemas_sports/slidosana/14122015-vasiljevs_kucvalska_un_nikitina_triumfe_i :cool14:
http://sportacentrs.com/ziemas_sports/slidosana/14122015-vasiljevs_kucvalska_un_nikitina_triumfe_i :cool14:
