ISU Challenger Series - 2017/18

[Elizabeth]

I managed to catch the end of the men's event and saw the skater from Belgium. QUITE impressive

Yes, I've been watching him for several years. Both he and his sister compete and under difficult conditions regarding funding, etc.

[kittykins]

That's great! It's too bad they have such difficult training conditions! Sometimes the countries you least expect have skaters that rise up in the ranks. Israel is an example of a country that has had many talented skaters especially over the past few years that have seemed to rise up suddenly. Even Spain with Fernandez...who would have expected it?!

[Elizabeth]

Danielle Earl has once again provided a time conversion for this weeks' event:

Here's the link for the entries by discipline: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111455.htm

This is supposed to be the link for the official live stream: https://t.co/3r0m1XgEcS It will apparently be free on Friday but there will be a charge for the remainder of the competition.

Here is the Skate Canada article on the Canadians competing in the Finlandia Trophy, including Lubov travelling on her Canadian passport for the first time : https://skatecanada.ca/2017/10/canadian ... n-finland/

[Elizabeth]

Here's the link for the Schedule/Entries/Results: http://www.figureskatingresults.fi/resu ... /index.htm

Videos from the Finlandia Trophy 2017 are being uploaded to these channels quite quickly:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm8h2_ ... rveXnQbymg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM_UaC ... AXQowpJcrQ

There is a delay in the middle of the men's free skate - a fire alarm has gone off and the building has been evacuated and the fire department has arrived. The 10th skater of 18, Li of CHN, had completed his program and awaits his scores outside the building.

[Elizabeth]

Should you be interested in photos, etc. from this event, check out this website: https://ajtl.pictures.fi/kuvat/Finlandia+Trophy+2017/

[Elizabeth]

This week the 7th event, the Minsk Arena Ice Star 2017, will take place in Minsk, BLR from Oct. 26 through 29.

The entries, by discipline, can be found here: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111463.htm

There are no CDN skaters entered.

[Elizabeth]

The 8th event, the Warsaw Cup 2017, will take place in Warsaw, POL from Nov. 16-19.

Entries, by discipline, can be found here: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111473.htm

Canadian skaters are entered in all but pairs.

[Elizabeth]

The standings, by discipline, after 6 completed events:

• Men - http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2017/csmen.htm

• Ladies - http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2017/csladies.htm

• Pairs - http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2017/cspairs.htm

• Ice Dance - http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2017/csdance.htm

[fred]

If these are "results" it's totally absurd.

[Elizabeth]

If these are "results" it's totally absurd.

For many of the skaters they are their rankings/standings based on the combination of their total scores from two Challenger events from this season. For some, however, it is only the score from one event in which they have participated (so far) - for example, Kevin Reynolds has only the score from his 11th place finish at the Finlandia Trophy(186.36).

A reminder about the rationale behind these events, as I posted at the beginning of this particular thread:

This series of 10 events provides an opportunity for skaters, especially those not participating in the Grand Prix events, to earn the technical scores necessary to participate in ISU championship events such as Europeans, Four Continents and Worlds. One of the events, the Nebelhorn Trophy, is also the only opportunity for countries to qualify for the last remaining spots in the Olympics.

Some skaters take advantage of one of the Challenger Series events to get their programs out before the International judges, even though they may also be participating in one or more GP events later in the season.

For the top 3 in each discipline, at the end of the 10 events there is prize money involved, as you will see here: http://www.isu.org/figure-skating/figur ... ger-series

By the way, according to the official announcement, skaters/couples may compete in up to three of the 10 competitions with their two best scores being counted.

[Elizabeth]

The Warsaw Cup, Nov. 16-19, has Canadian participation - here's the Skate Canada article: https://skatecanada.ca/2017/11/skate-ca ... arsaw-cup/

The entries in each discipline can be found from the links here: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111473.htm The Schedule/Entries/Results link should appear there soon.

There will be a live stream: http://www.vistream.pl/stream.html

The standings, by discipline, after the seven events already completed:

Men - http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2017/csmen.htm

Ladies - http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2017/csladies.htm

Pairs - http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2017/cspairs.htm

Ice Dance - http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2017/csdance.htm

[Elizabeth]

Here's the Schedule/Entries/Results link: http://www.pfsa.com.pl/results/1718/CSPOL2017/index.htm

[Elizabeth]

An alternate site for the live stream, at least for Friday: https://t.co/m3EuJy5nQt

[Elizabeth]

Here a video of the Free Skate of Liam Firus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbiL__Sl_kc

[Elizabeth]

The standing in the Challenger Series have been updated:

• MEN: http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2017/csmen.htm
• LADIES: http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2017/csladies.htm
• PAIRS: http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2017/cspairs.htm
• DANCE: http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2017/csdance.htm

There are two events remaining:

• ISU CS Tallinn Trophy 2017, Tallinn / EST - 21.11.2017 - 26.11.2017
• ISU CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2017, Zagreb / CRO - 12.06.2017 - 12.09.2017

[Elizabeth]

The Tallinn Trophy is taking place in Tallinn, EST.

Here's the Schedule/Entries/Results page: https://data.tallinntrophy.eu/2017/Tall ... /index.htm

Here's the link for the live stream: https://www.youtube.com/user/TallinnTrophy

[Elizabeth]

The final Challenger Series event of this season is the Golden Spin of Zagreb.

Entries in each discipline are here: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111484.htm

Here is the results page: http://sharp-jackson-2e11d8.bitballoon.com/

This is perhaps the last opportunity for skaters to get the minimum TES numbers needed for ISU championship/Olympic competition.

[Elizabeth]

The senior events start today.