2023 French Nationals - December 9-14 - Vaujany

[Nmsis]

The french federation is organising the French Elite Championships for all its ice disciplines (from curling to synchro) over one week.
Many are not satisfied by this unusual schedule, too close to the GP Final and during audience-unfriendly weekdays.


Anyway, here is the schedule (UTC +1)
And the results page

Saturday 9
5:45 pm : Jr Synchro SP
6:15 pm Sr Synchro SP

Sunday 10 (also the day for the Ballet on Ice competition, wondering how the Sr couples from Villard will manage to do 3 programs in a day)
1:30 PM Jr Synchro FS
2:00 PM Sr Synchro FS
2:30 PM Ice Dance SD

Monday 11
2:30 PM Ice Dance FD

Tuesday 12
2:45 PM Women SP
4:15 PM Pairs SP

Wednesday 13
1:25 PM Women FS
3:45 PM Pairs FS
6:00 PM Men SP

Thursday
12:00 PM Men FS

A gala will be organised there during the following week-end.


Part of the competition will be broadcasted on the FFSG's youtube channel (currently extreme ice skating)
Part on the Sport En France website.

 

[Spikefan]

I just watched dance replay and agree with Dupayage/Nabais in second after the RD. Need to remember to catch this live tomorrow.

 

[Wyliefan]

I didn't even know it had started! But I guess that makes sense, as D/L had to ditch Golden Spin and fly back due to tight schedules. Looks like they moved ahead in the FD, but good for D/N beating them in one segment at least!

 

[Hedwig]

Men will be interesting. Apart from the top two I was very impressed by Samy Hammi, Xan Rols and Landry le May this season. Especially by Samy.

 

[skatingguy]

Rhythm Dance - or at least part of the it

Free Dance

 

[Wyliefan]

I had no chance to watch the women's short today, but here are their scores:

​

Pl.	Name	Club	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Lorine SCHILD	REIMS	FRA	66.50​	37.44​		29.06​	7.30​	7.15​	7.40​	0.00​	#7​
2​	Stefania GLADKI	NICE	FRA	60.31​	33.51​		26.80​	6.85​	6.80​	6.50​	0.00​	#5​
3​	Lea SERNA	PFV	FRA	59.65​	30.91​		28.74​	7.20​	7.05​	7.35​	0.00​	#6​
4​	Eve DUBECQ	REIMS	FRA	57.14​	32.20​		24.94​	6.30​	6.15​	6.30​	0.00​	#3​
5​	Clemence MAYINDU	DAMMA	FRA	54.03​	30.42​		23.61​	5.90​	5.90​	5.95​	0.00​	#1​
6​	Ninon DAPOIGNY	GRENO	FRA	46.36​	25.61​		21.75​	5.50​	5.10​	5.75​	1.00​	#2​
WD​	Lola GHOZALI	REIMS	FRA	​	​		​	​	​	​	​	#4​

Oh, and the pairs -- almost forgot about them!

Pl.	Name	Club	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV	COURB/COURB	FRA	60.07​	30.61​		29.46​	7.40​	7.35​	7.40​	0.00​	#5​
2​	Oceane PIEGAD / Denys STREKALIN	COURB/COURB	FRA	58.36​	31.56​		26.80​	6.75​	6.65​	6.75​	0.00​	#3​
3​	Aurelie FAULA / Theo BELLE	PFV/PFV	FRA	51.72​	28.38​		23.34​	5.90​	5.70​	5.95​	0.00​	#2​
4​	Lori-Ann MATTE / Noel Antoine PIERRE	PFV/PFV		44.57​	23.62​		21.95​	5.65​	5.35​	5.50​	1.00​	#1​
5​	Louise EHRHARD / Matthis PELLEGRIS	CHAMP/CHAMP	FRA	44.36​	26.00​		21.36​	5.50​	5.05​	5.50​	3.00​	#4​

 

[skatingguy]

This includes some of the women's short program - seems to start in the middle of the competition - some synchro, and then the pairs short program.

 

[Amy L]

I watched the pairs SP live this morning. I really liked Faula/Belle, they were the surprise of the event for me!

 

[Frau Muller]

No Mae-Berenice Meite? She was at G-P France a month ago. She hasn’t retired, that I know.

 

[BrightSkates]

Elite Senior Couple Combined Results

1. Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEVCOURB/COURB
177.8811

2. Oceane PIEGAD / Denys STREKALINCOURB/COURB
FRA
161.9422

3. Aurelie FAULA / Theo BELLEPFV/PFV
FRA
139.6633

4. Louise EHRHARD / Matthis PELLEGRISCHAMP/CHAMP
FRA
127.6144

 

[Wyliefan]

Women's final results:

FPl.	Name	Club	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Lorine SCHILD	REIMS	FRA	200.00	1	1
2	Stefania GLADKI	NICE	FRA	184.55	2	2
3	Lea SERNA	PFV	FRA	182.81	3	3
4	Eve DUBECQ	REIMS	FRA	146.69	4	4
5	Clemence MAYINDU	DAMMA	FRA	142.14	5	5
6	Ninon DAPOIGNY	GRENO	FRA	121.56	6	6
WD	Lola GHOZALI	REIMS	FRA

Men's short:

Pl.	Name	Club	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Adam SIAO HIM FA	NICE	FRA	99.82​	53.15​		46.67​	9.20​	9.40​	9.35​	0.00​	#13​
2​	Kevin AYMOZ	GRENO	FRA	93.69​	46.68​		47.01​	9.45​	9.55​	9.15​	0.00​	#12​
3​	Luc ECONOMIDES	AFSAV	FRA	86.55​	46.55​		40.00​	7.95​	8.20​	7.80​	0.00​	#10​
4​	Francois PITOT	ORLSG	FRA	81.27​	43.19​		38.08​	7.55​	7.60​	7.65​	0.00​	#11​
5​	Xavier VAUCLIN	GRENO	FRA	71.06​	35.90​		35.16​	6.95​	7.25​	6.85​	0.00​	#4​
6​	Landry le MAY	VAL26	FRA	70.79​	36.39​		35.40​	7.05​	6.95​	7.20​	1.00​	#8​
7​	Samy HAMMI	NICE	FRA	69.61​	35.04​		34.57​	6.90​	6.95​	6.85​	0.00​	#9​
8​	Ilia GOGITIDZE	ANNE	FRA	64.71​	32.90​		31.81​	6.40​	6.60​	6.05​	0.00​	#6​
9​	Xan ROLS	NICE	FRA	63.39​	32.66​		31.73​	6.40​	6.35​	6.25​	1.00​	#3​
10​	Davide LEWTON-BRAIN		MON	61.49​	28.83​		33.66​	6.85​	6.65​	6.65​	1.00​	#1​
11​	Corentin SPINAR	ANNE	FRA	61.25​	28.43​		33.82​	6.80​	6.70​	6.75​	1.00​	#7​
12​	Gianni MOTILLA	REIMS	FRA	59.54​	30.64​		28.90​	5.80​	5.55​	5.95​	0.00​	#5​
13​	Axel AHMED	COURB	FRA	50.21​	22.48​		29.73​	5.95​	6.10​	5.75​	2.00​	#2​

 

[Amy L]

What happened to Matte/Pierre? They didn't just W/D or anything, they were completely erased from the results page.

 

[Karen-W]

What happened to Matte/Pierre? They didn't just W/D or anything, they were completely erased from the results page.

I'm wondering if she doesn't have her release from Skate Canada yet.

 

[Amy L]

I'm starting the replay from today. Matte/Pierre performed in the LP! I don't know French so I don't know if anything was mentioned, so I think @Karen-W 's guess may be right.

 

[Amy L]

Since I'm a jinx, Faula/Belle had a rough skate in the LP. She fell on both throws and she completely smacked into the boards on the second one. They ended up with the exact same overall score as Matte/Pierre, 139.66 M/P won the tiebreak so they would have had the bronze if they didn't disappear from score page.

 

[Wyliefan]

Okay, that's just bonkers.

 

[AYS]

Shoutout to the skater named Axel, even if he placed last in the sp.

 

[cholla]

No Mae-Berenice Meite? She was at G-P France a month ago. She hasn’t retired, that I know.

She is injured. Her knee
again.

@Amy L @Wyliefan @Karen-W

Karen wins Matte has not been released hence she can only compete as a guest and she and Noël-Antoine can't be mentioned in the results. But they are on the protocols (3rd in the FP).

 

[miffy]

Kevin only got a point more in the FS than in the SP?! I saw a video but it looked like it was a practice or something, where he was choosing to leave bits out. I hope he isn’t injured, it was certainly painful to watch

 

[Frau Muller]

FA wins with 304+ points!

Kevin is 7th. I wonder if he’ll go to Europeans or if this is the end of his season?

Sr Men’s results:

FFSG ELITES 2023 - Elite Senior Homme

www.ffsg.org

 

[cholla]

Kevin only got a point more in the FS than in the SP?! I saw a video but it looked like it was a practice or something, where he was choosing to leave bits out. I hope he isn’t injured, it was certainly painful to watch

He literally gave up after he missed his 1st quad. He even fell on a spin. It was an epic mess. And he is not injured AFAIK. It was just Kevin being a headcase. Again.

 

[Debbie S]

So does this mean Kevin won't be at Worlds (or Euros)?

 

[ks1227]

Kevin only got a point more in the FS than in the SP?! I saw a video but it looked like it was a practice or something, where he was choosing to leave bits out. I hope he isn’t injured, it was certainly painful to watch

God, yes, that was really painful to watch. I'm trying to remember when I've ever seen a worse meltdown from such a top skater, one week after being in the Grand Prix Final no less (though maybe his performance there was a warning of worse things to come ).

 

[Karen-W]

God, yes, that was really painful to watch. I'm trying to remember when I've ever seen a worse meltdown from such a top skater, one week after being in the Grand Prix Final no less (though maybe his performance there was a warning of worse things to come ).

It's weird because usually Kevin manages to bounce back after one bad performance, and he did very well in his SP yesterday. He's got 3 weeks to figure it out before Euros - France has 3 men there so I'd be surprised if he isn't named to the team.

 

[Wyliefan]

I've never seen anything like that in my life. Not even from Pogorilaya.

 

[kwanfan1818]

And Pogorilaya was injured.

 

[airgelaal]

I've never seen anything like that in my life. Not even from Pogorilaya.

Nobunari Oda, World Championship 2010, SP

 

[skatingguy]

Nobunari Oda, World Championship 2010, SP

Carolina Kostner 2009 World Championships Free Skate

 

[Wyliefan]

Those were bad, yes, but neither Kostner nor Oda just completely let the program go.

 

[Private Citizen]

The Aymoz disaster seems unique in that it had ALL of:

• Multiple pops, with hardly anything even attempted (just 3T and 3Lo, plus the 3A<<) +
• Multiple falls, including on a relatively easy element and a spin +
• Program stopped +
• No obvious explanation (nerves, equipment failure, illness)

I think it was legitimately worse than Laetitia Hubert's 1992 Olympic free skate, which is still probably the worst overall skate I've seen.

There was also a Canadian skater named Tara Ferguson who fell six times in her free skate at a Grand Prix one year (I think in France), but at least she rotated everything. All six of her falls were on jumps IIRC.

On a more positive note, great to see Adam Siao Him Fa attempt a 4F in both programs, in addition to all of his other quads. He and Malinin will continue to push each other.