ISU Challenger #5 - Finlandia Trophy - 4-8 October - Espoo, FIN

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The entries have now been posted: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117410.htm

You will see that Fiona Bombardier is currently shown as an entry in the Women's event, despite apparently now also skating pairs, based on the entries in the Georges Ethier competition posted in another thread.

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Skate Canada press release on the CDN skaters headed to Challenger events 5 and 6 - https://skatecanada.ca/2023/10/twelve-c ... er-series/

Twelve Canadian Skaters Head to Europe to Compete in ISU Challenger Series
October 2, 2023/by Skate Canada

OTTAWA, ON (October 2, 2023) – A total of 12 Canadian skaters will make their way across the pond this month to compete at two ISU Challenger Series events. Eight skaters will be representing Canada at the Finlandia Trophy from October 4-8, 2023 in Espoo, Finland, while four additional skaters will be taking part in the Budapest Trophy from October 13-15, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.

Canadian Champions and ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships silver medalists, Laurence Fournier-Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen, will be headlining the ice dance competition, while 2022 NHK Trophy bronze medalists Brooke McIntosh and Benjamin Mimar will be serious contenders in the pair discipline.

In the singles events, both 2023 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships bronze medalist Fiona Bombardier and Gabriel Blumenthal will be showcasing their new programs for the first time this season.

Two ice dance teams will be competing at the Budapest Trophy, including 2022 Skate America bronze medalists Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac. They will be joined by the young team of Emmy Bronsard and Jacob Richmond.

The Challenger Series is an International Figure Skating Series designed to give skaters adequate opportunities to compete at the international senior level and to earn precious World Standing Points. For full competition schedules, entries and results for Challenger Series events, please click here.

Team Canada

Name | Age | Hometown | Coach | Training Location

Finlandia Trophy

Women
Fiona Bombardier | 18 | Newmarket, Ont. | Bruno Marcotte, Raoul LeBlanc & Leesa Velenosi | Oakville, Ont.

Men
Gabriel Blumenthal | 22 | Burnaby, B.C. | Keegan Murphy & Eileen Murphy | Richmond, B.C.

Pair
Brooke McIntosh | 18 | Toronto, Ont. & Benjamin Mimar | 22 | Terrebonne, Que. | Andrew Evans & Alexander Sheldrick | Toronto, Ont. 

Ice Dance
Laurence Fournier Beaudry | 31 | Montreal, Que. & Nikolaj Soerensen | 34 | Montreal, Que. | Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon | Montreal, Que.   
Lily Hensen | 22 | London, Ont. & Nathan Lickers | 22 | Six Nation of the Grand River Territory, Ont. | Scott Moir | London, Ont.   

Team Leader – Mike Slipchuk
Medical Team – Susan Massitti
Officials – Susan Morriss & Erica Topolski 

Budapest Trophy

Ice Dance
Emmy Bronsard | 18 | Montreal, Que. & Jacob Richmond | 23 | Toronto, Ont. | Marie-France Dubreuil | Montreal, Que.
Marie-Jade Lauriault | 26 | Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, Que. & Romain Le Gac | 28 | Laval, Que. | Marie-France Dubreuil | Montreal, Que. 

Team Leader – Cynthia Ullmark
Official – Hilary Quick 

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The main event page: https://www.finlandiatrophy.com/en/

The Entries/Start Orders/Results page: https://www.figureskatingresults.fi/res ... /index.htm

Practice & Competition schedule by day (official practice starts on Thursday; competition takes place Friday-Sunday): https://www.finlandiatrophy.com/wp-cont ... 102023.pdf

Paid stream info: https://skatingfinlandlive.fi/skatingfinland/pass
"Watch all three days of Finlandia Trophy with a single payment [24.9 EUR]. Includes livestreams and replays. Watch on-demand until Nov 2 2023."
Day 1 (Friday) live broadcast is 10.9 EUR: https://skatingfinlandlive.fi/skatingfi ... y-6-8-2023

Time conversion chart for each part of the event - EDT is 2nd from the bottom, as usual

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Pairs SP start order


Men SP start order

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The Women SP start order

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Inside and outside the arena in Espoo

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Results of the Pairs SP:


From Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar

“We lost some points on the table but we are happy in general with our first outing of the season.
We had a bit of minor injury and thus started the season a little later. We also a great time here last year and we will also do the GP here, so it’s great to get used to the place.
Our new SP is a new style for us it was fun to perform it for the first time and we will hope it will grow over the season!”

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Start order for the Rhythm Dance on Saturday

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Results of the Men SP

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Women SP results

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The "home team" have taken the lead after the Rhythm Dance

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Results of Pairs Free Skate


Overall Pairs results


The Pairs medalists

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The Free Skate results of the Men and the overall results:




The Men's medalists

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The Finlandia Trophy includes Synchronized Skating - the SP results:

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On the final day of competition (Sunday) -
Free Dance results:


Overall results:




Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis become the first Finnish ice dancers to win a Finlandia Trophy title.

After having a fall on the twizzles in the RD (Laurence) and a low level on another element, Laurence & Nikolaj came back in the FD to win a medal

Ice Dance medalists (from left to right, gold, silver & bronze) wearing the traditional Finlandia hand knitted mitts.


Fun with medals


Our two ice dance teams in the Kiss 'n Cry

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The Women FS results


And the overall results:


Fiona Bombardier in the Kiss 'n Cry with coach Bruno Marcotte