Ondrej Nepela 2017 full List of entries

[YesWay]

Full list of entries is now published on the ISU site...

Very interesting fields once again... the Challenger series is really becoming quite something!

They just about scraped up enough teams here, to qualify as a Challenger Pairs competition...! :-D
Better hope Purich/Portz don't withdraw

Men
1 Slavik HAYRAPETYAN ARM 1
2 Brendan KERRY AUS 2
3 Albert MÜCK AUT 3
4 Nicolas NADEAU CAN 4
5 Chih-I TSAO TPE 5
6 Jan KURNIK CZE 6
7 Chafik BESSEGHIER FRA 7
8 Alexander MASZLJANKO HUN 8
9 Marco ZANDRON ITA 9
10 Ryuju HINO JPN 10
11 Keiji TANAKA JPN 10
12 Jinseo KIM KOR 11
13 Mikhail KOLYADA RUS 12
14 Alexander SAMARIN RUS 12
15 Sergei VORONOV RUS 12
16 Marco KLEPOCH SVK 13
17 Jakub KRSNAK SVK 13
18 Michael NEUMAN SVK 13
19 Lukas BRITSCHGI SUI 14
20 Engin Ali ARTAN TUR 15
21 Burak DEMIRBOGA TUR 15
22 Ivan PAVLOV UKR 16

Yaroslav PANIOT UKR 16 S
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23 Grant HOCHSTEIN USA 17

Max AARON USA 17 S
Jordan MOELLER USA 17 S
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Ladies
1 Kailani CRAINE AUS 1
2 Lara ROTH AUT 2
3 Larkyn AUSTMAN CAN 3
4 Eliska BREZINOVA CZE 4
5 Aneta JANICZKOVA CZE 4
6 Danielle HARRISON GBR 5
7 Katie POWELL GBR 5
8 Karly ROBERTSON GBR 5
9 Rika HONGO JPN 6
10 Diana NIKITINA LAT 7
11 Dabin CHOI KOR 8
12 Seoyoung YOON KOR 8

Yena KWON KOR 8 S
JooHyun LEE KOR 8 S
Suh Hyun SON KOR 8 S
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13 Alena LEONOVA RUS 9
14 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS 9
15 Elena RADIONOVA RUS 9
16 Ceciliane Mei Ling HARTMANN SGP 10
17 Ema GABANIOVA SVK 11
18 Silvia HUGEC SVK 11
19 Nina LETENAYOVA SVK 11
20 Nicole RAJICOVA SVK 11

Miroslava MAGULOVA SVK 11 S
Maria Sofia PUCHEROVA SVK 11 S
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21 Birce ATABEY TUR 12
22 Sila SAYGI TUR 12
23 Anastasia GOZHVA UKR 13

Anna KHNYCHENKOVA UKR 13 S
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24 Caroline ZHANG USA 14

Vivian LE USA 14 S
Paige RYDBERG USA 14 S
Angela WANG USA 14 S
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Pairs
1 Natasha PURICH / Davin PORTZ CAN 1
2 Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV RUS 2
3 Alisa EFIMOVA / Alexander KOROVIN RUS 2
4 Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT RUS 2
5 Jessica PFUND / Joshua SANTILLAN USA 3
6 Erika SMITH / AJ REISS USA 3

Nica DIGERNESS / Danny NEUDECKER USA 3 S
Chelsea LIU / Brian JOHNSON USA 3 S
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Ice dance
1 Kimberley HEW-LOW / Timothy MCKERNAN AUS 1
2 Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV BLR 2
3 Cortney MANSOUR / Michal CESKA CZE 3
4 Angelique ABACHKINA / Louis THAURON FRA 4
5 Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN GER 5

Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK GER 5 S
Jennifer URBAN / Benjamin STEFFAN GER 5 S
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6 Robynne TWEEDALE / Joseph BUCKLAND GBR 6
7 Aurelija IPOLITO / Malcolm JONES LAT 7
8 Olga JAKUSHINA / Andrey NEVSKIY LAT 7
9 Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU 8
10 Yura MIN / Alexander GAMELIN KOR 9
11 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS 10
12 Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV RUS 10

Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS 10 S
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13 Yuliia ZHATA / Yan LUKOUSKI UKR 11

Alexandra NAZAROVA / Maxim NIKITIN UKR 11 S
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14 Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS USA 12

Julia BIECHLER / Damian DODGE USA 12 S
Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER USA 12 S
Elliana POGREBINSKY / Alex BENOIT USA 12 S​

Updated with changes made up to 19.09.2017 13:23:45

 

[puremagic]

Wow! Very nice fields indeed. Especially ladies field! Evgenia, Elena, Gracie, Rika. Also I guess it's the first senior international debut for Diana Nikitina.

 

[Tulipstar]

Thank you for posting!

 

[randomfan]

My early ladies predictions (why not ):

Evgenia wins gold (obviously), Elena wins silver, and bronze will be a fight between Rika and Dabin (and maybe Gracie if she's back in form).

 

[YesWay]

My early ladies predictions (why not ):

Evgenia wins gold (obviously), Elena wins silver, and bronze will be a fight between Rika and Dabin (and maybe Gracie if she's back in form).

I'm hoping Leonova, Rajicova and Kuchvalska will join that fight too... :-D

 

[Spirals for Miles]

I know Evgenia started her season here 2 years ago, but that was her senior international debut... now that she's got the reputation I wonder why she would come back to a challenger series event ... ? Not complaining though--there's never enough Evgenia!! :luv17:

 

[randomfan]

I know Evgenia started her season here 2 years ago, but that was her senior international debut... now that she's got the reputation I wonder why she would come back to a challenger series event ... ? Not complaining though--there's never enough Evgenia!! :luv17:

What's wrong with competing in a challenger event? It does give extra ranking points.

 

[YesWay]

What's wrong with competing in a challenger event? It does give extra ranking points.

Indeed, it's not a "backward" step to compete at a Challenger or Senior B competition. Many top skaters start their season that way, and have been doing so for years.

It's a good opportunity for skaters to try out their new programs in competition before the GP series starts, and earn some ranking points while they're at it. Actually it seems it's almost required now, if a skater wants to keep a high World Standing and be considered one of the elite.

Mind you... with more and more top-level participation - especially since the Challenger series was created - it's getting harder to get those ranking points...! Some of the competitions this season (and the last few), have (had) such deep and high-level fields of competitors... they're pretty much Grand Prix standard...

 

[xeyra]

Mind you... with more and more top-level participation - especially since the Challenger series was created - it's getting harder to get those ranking points...! Some of the competitions this season (and the last few), have (had) such deep and high-level fields of competitors... they're pretty much Grand Prix standard...

And in some cases it costs as much or more as one (*cough* Lombardia *cough*).

 

[cheerknithanson]

OMG the Parsons!!!!

 

[YesWay]

Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN RUS removed

 

[Spirals for Miles]

Indeed, it's not a "backward" step to compete at a Challenger or Senior B competition. Many top skaters start their season that way, and have been doing so for years.

It's a good opportunity for skaters to try out their new programs in competition before the GP series starts, and earn some ranking points while they're at it. Actually it seems it's almost required now, if a skater wants to keep a high World Standing and be considered one of the elite.

Mind you... with more and more top-level participation - especially since the Challenger series was created - it's getting harder to get those ranking points...! Some of the competitions this season (and the last few), have (had) such deep and high-level fields of competitors... they're pretty much Grand Prix standard...

Yes, that makes a lot more sense. Very eager to see Zhenya

 

[YesWay]

Isabelle Olsson (SWE) removed

 

[surimi]

Hungary's Yanovskaya/Lukacs are now removed.

 

[surimi]

3 ladies removed from the official list:
Angelina Kuchvalska (Lat), Alexandra Hagarova (Svk), and predictably Gracie Gold.

 

[YesWay]

Dmitri Aliev withdrawn, replaced by Sergei Voronov...!

 

[LadyB]

I like Dima very much, but I'm super happy for Sergei. He's getting another chance to show what he's got up his sleeve. It seems to go well for him at the mo. Long may it continue!

 

[Antyv]

Dmitri Aliev withdrawn, replaced by Sergei Voronov...!

Dmitri Aliev is injured, as his coach said. Sergei Voronov performed at the first stage of the Cup of Russia until September 17.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGxt7gE8wyY

 

[silverfoxes]

At least it doesn't seem like Dima's injury is too serious...I'm disappointed, but glad that Sergei gets to go, hope he's had enough rest after competing last weekend.

 

[Antyv]

Aliev's coach said. "He felt pain in the foot, now he is being examined, while it is unclear how much will have to be restored. He had problems with rolling shoes, but then everything was normal and everything was in order. But now there was inflammation in the ankle."