ISU Challenger Series #10 - Golden Spin - Zagreb, CRO - 6-10 Dec. 2022

[Elizabeth]

The entries (& alternates), by discipline, are now posted: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00113553.htm

Of note - in Pairs, the new CDN team of Lia Pereira & Trennt Michaud are listed - an opportunity to gain the needed minimum TES points for international competition in the last of the Challenger events of this season.

[Elizabeth]

The Skate Canada press release about the Canadians competing in Zagreb: https://skatecanada.ca/2022/11/new-pair ... of-zagreb/

New Pair Team to Compete at the 54th Golden Spin of Zagreb
November 29, 2022/by Skate Canada

OTTAWA, ON (November 29, 2022) – The ISU Challenger series is scheduled to come to an end with the 54th Golden Spin of Zagreb taking place in Sisak, Croatia from December 7-10, 2022. Canada will be sending a small team to the event, including one woman, one man and one pair team.

National champion Madeline Schizas will be representing Canada in the women’s event. The Olympian has had a strong season so far, finishing 5th at the 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy, 7th at the 2022 Skate Canada International and 5th at the Grand Prix Espoo.

Corey Circelli of Toronto, Ontario, will be the sole Canadian entry in the men’s competition. Circelli claimed bronze at the 2022 Skate Canada Challenge and finished 10th at the MK John Wilson Trophy, which marked his first-ever ISU Grand Prix participation.

They will be joined by the newly formed pair team of Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud, who will be competing at their first international competition. Michaud won bronze at the 2022 Four Continents and is a three-time national silver medalist, while Pereira placed 4th at last year’s Skate Canada Challenge in the women’s discipline. The pair have already won a gold medal at the 2023 Skate Ontario Junior & Senior Sectional Championships.

The US press release on their skaters competing: https://t.co/i8uGyn7iDK

[Elizabeth]

This is happening concurrently with the GPF with competition in each beginning on Thursday, Dec. 8th. Zagreb is 6 hours ahead of ET.

The detailed time schedules (in local time) for the short programs and rhythm dance:

[Elizabeth]

Apparently there are technical problems so there is no results link at the moment.

Here are the official results of the Men SP:



This is from a photo of the scoreboard:
2022 CS Golden Spin Pairs SP top 6:
Efimova/Blommaert 65.79
Smirnova/Siianytsia 62.44
Kam/O’Shea 62.07
Pereira/Michaud 61.13
McBeath/Bartholomay 60.68
Danilova/Tsiba 58.17

According to reports, Pereira & Michaud achieved a TES of 34.26 which is well above the minimum required for ISU championships, including 4CC & Worlds.

[Elizabeth]

The protocols are now available for Men & Pairs SPs and Skate Canada has provided some Kiss 'n Cry photos of the CDN skaters.

Men: https://t.co/bJtbKSDB5j



Pairs: https://t.co/ucejVdVBbJ



The Women SP results


The Women SP protocols: https://t.co/zd3lNBNjtf

[Elizabeth]

There is no live stream for this event this year.

There seems to be a live results link working now: https://www.villa-madison.com/gs2022/index.htm

Rhythm Dance results


Results of the Pairs FS and overall results - a medal for our new CDN team




The final event of the day was the Women FS - Madeline Schizas moved up to third in the FS and took the bronze medal

[Elizabeth]

Skate Canada's press release on the results today at Golden Spin: https://skatecanada.ca/2022/12/two-bron ... er-series/

[Elizabeth]

The free dance has been completed - the results


The overall results

[Elizabeth]

The results of the Men FS - the final event


Corey Circell of CAN achieved the TES minimum in the FS for ISU champsionship events; in the SP he achieved that needed for the 4CC.

The overall results - Corey Circella of CAN moved up 2 spots.