Dutch Figure Skating 2023-2024
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I wish Lindsay van Zundert and Nika Osipova/Dmitry Epstein a lot of success at Nebelhorn this weekend. Nika and Dmitry are also scheduled to skate in Dordrecht (NL), so I wonder where they really are going to skate! The distance is too big to combine!
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Jolanda's SP at the JGP Budapest. Not the best she's ever done, but she has been injured before, so I would call this a mighty effort!
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Jolanda Vos in Budapest
Jolanda tijdens Junior Grand Prix in Budapest, Hongarije met haar korte kür
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I have found out why Nika and Dmitry are not in Oberstdorf this weekend. No injury (thankfully) but another dire reason: finances (source: Dutch website schaatsen.nl). They're not the first alas. The ice dancers Chelsea Verhaegh and Sherim van Geffem made note of having financial problems earlier in the off season while the National Training centre made big cuts as well, which will also limit the up and coming.
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Well, I watched the FS live of the Jr men (only one entree, and from Belgium), the Sr Women (soley Dutch) entrees), the Sr Pairs (one pair: Nika and Dmitry) and the Jr women (13 entrees from 4 countries including one from Mexico) in Dordrecht today. Not that many other watchers although you could watch for free. It was a little difficult to get into Dordrecht by car which might have limited the numbers of the audience, but the lack of marketing of the competition nationally must also have played a role. There were also boys and girls entered at the novice and advanced novice level (from 5 countries, but I did not watch those (too early for my taste).
The level was lower than at a Challenger or Sr B, but still fun to see. A pity only the Jr women had a decent number of entrees though and the rest was lacking. In jrs Homegirl Julia van Dijk won with a total of 142.67 points
Nika and Dmitry are not ready yet for the season, but it was nice to take a look at their new Free Skate. I'm sure it will get better once the season gets rolling on. One lift got missed but it didn't look scary. The Sr women were at a rather low level. I won't elaborate. The jr women were quite fun to watch. Yes, some falls, and a lot of double jumps but still interesting.
The level was lower than at a Challenger or Sr B, but still fun to see. A pity only the Jr women had a decent number of entrees though and the rest was lacking. In jrs Homegirl Julia van Dijk won with a total of 142.67 points
Nika and Dmitry are not ready yet for the season, but it was nice to take a look at their new Free Skate. I'm sure it will get better once the season gets rolling on. One lift got missed but it didn't look scary. The Sr women were at a rather low level. I won't elaborate. The jr women were quite fun to watch. Yes, some falls, and a lot of double jumps but still interesting.
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SP by Julia van Dijk at Yerevan (last JGP). She is currently in 14th place. Let's hope she keeps it up.
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Nika Osipova and Dmitry Epstein have regrettably withdrawn from Skate America. I don't know the reason. They had some money troubles, but that should not have been the problem here, even if they wouldn't have been able to take their coach along. I hope there are no injuries!
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Update:
At Mezzaluna Cup Ice Dance Hanna and Alessio are in 10th place (60.74 points) and Chelsea and Sherim in 18th place (50.91 points) with 20 couples in total after the Rhythm Dance. Not even close regrettably - I like it better when they score pretty close. I like the rivalry, not so much when one couple is such a lot better than the other.
At the end Hanna and Alessio remained 10th (with 88.74 points for the FD) and Chelsea and Sherim rose to 17th (with 77.68 points for the FD).
At the Trophy Metropole Nice Ymke Yagersma was 19th finally among the Juniors in a total of 22 skaters.
At Diamond Spin in Poland Angel Delevaque was in 2nd place and a silver medal (2nd in both parts of the competition) and Jolanda Vos in 14th (5th in the SP, 16th in the FS) after the competition. There were 21 junior women participating.
Well done everybody with a special 'well done' for Angel!
At Mezzaluna Cup Ice Dance Hanna and Alessio are in 10th place (60.74 points) and Chelsea and Sherim in 18th place (50.91 points) with 20 couples in total after the Rhythm Dance. Not even close regrettably - I like it better when they score pretty close. I like the rivalry, not so much when one couple is such a lot better than the other.
At the end Hanna and Alessio remained 10th (with 88.74 points for the FD) and Chelsea and Sherim rose to 17th (with 77.68 points for the FD).
At the Trophy Metropole Nice Ymke Yagersma was 19th finally among the Juniors in a total of 22 skaters.
At Diamond Spin in Poland Angel Delevaque was in 2nd place and a silver medal (2nd in both parts of the competition) and Jolanda Vos in 14th (5th in the SP, 16th in the FS) after the competition. There were 21 junior women participating.
Well done everybody with a special 'well done' for Angel!
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Hanna and Alessio go their Worlds minimums back, by the way. Both teams had lost it after the RD TES minimum was raised to 35 at the start of the season.Update:
At Mezzaluna Cup Ice Dance Hanna and Alessio are in 10th place (60.74 points) and Chelsea and Sherim in 18th place (50.91 points) with 20 couples in total after the Rhythm Dance. Not even close regrettably - I like it better when they score pretty close. I like the rivalry, not so much when one couple is such a lot better than the other.
At the Trophy Metropole Nice Ymke Yagersma was 19th finally among the Juniors in a total of 22 skaters.
At Diamond Spin in Poland Angel Delevaque was in 2nd place and a silver medal (2nd in both parts of the competition) and Jolanda Vos in 14th (5th in the SP, 16th in the FS) after the competition. There were 21 junior women participating.
Well done everybody with a special 'well done' for Angel!
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Thank you @Jumping_Bean for noting it. I was too busy with the junior women for now. Good for them!
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I really enjoyed this program of theirs! Also I think it might be the best I've seen them skate.
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To my great regret, I just got the following news:
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Dmitry Epstein on Instagram: "So unfortunately I have sad news, Nika and me decided we've had a fine run together. Gladly would I have skated on with Nika, I really prefer to keep trying to improve as it's my general philosophy in live and to always
77 likes, 7 comments - dmitryepstein on November 2, 2023: "So unfortunately I have sad news, Nika and me decided we've had a fine run together. Gladly would..."
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There were also three Dutch girls competing in the Advanced Novice 2008-2011 category at the Volvo Open this morning.
Out of the 28 skaters in the SP, Floor van der Pas is in 2nd, Lucca Dijkhuizen is in 5th, and Pheline Wisse is in 27th.
The Free Skate is first thing tomorrow morning, starting at 08:00 EET (07:00 CET). So, 11 hours from now.
On Sunday, there will be four Dutch girls competing. One skater in each of the following categories:
- Beginners 2008-2010
- Beginners 2011-2012
- Basic Novice 2010-2012
- Basic Novice 2013 and Younger
The results for all the skaters mentioned in this post will be on the Entries / Results page for the Interclub part of the event:
http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/volvoopencup50th.interclub/
So, 9 skaters in total sent to Riga. Quite a contingent!
All the best to them all!
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Thank you @CaroLiza_fan. Somehow I often forget these youngsters.
