The competition at NRW Trophy concluded Sunday with the Men's Free Skating.
Samuel CONTESTI of Italy skated to the gold medal in the Men`s event at NRW Trophy and Germany's Peter LIEBERS
claimed the silver medal. Kento NAKAMURA of Japan took the bronze followed by his teammate Takahito MURA
and Alexander MAJOROV of Sweden.
Samuel CONTESTI completed a triple axel, a triple toeloop-double axel combination and earned high program
components for his entertaining free skating to french music by Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel. He picked up 131.51 for his free skating and
totaled 204.53 points overall to remain in first place. "My short program was very good and I feel confident with my
performance. I made some mistakes in the free skating, maybe because I have been ill. But I tried to fight until
the end and am happy about the place now," Contesti told us.
Great comeback for Peter LIEBERS. He opened his beautiful routine with a triple flip-triple toeloop
combination but stumbled on his triple axel-double lutz combination. Furthermore he completed a triple
lutz-double toeloop combination and earned level four for two spins to score 127.53 points and remained in second
place at 199,93 points. "After my injury I`m back in practice since three weeks. That`s why I`m very pleased with how
it went today as well as I could notice that the free skating is quite new for me," the 23-years old commented.
Kento NAKAMURA hit a triple axel-double toeloop combination, a triple lutz but his triple salchow-double
touloop-toeloop combination was a bit wobbly. He scored 125.68 points for his free skating. Overall he accumulated
196.18 points.
Takahito MURA (JPN) came fourth with 192,81 points ahead
Alexander MAJOROV (SWE)with 191,54 points.
Enjoy the Free Skating of gold medal winner Samuel Contesti
Enjoy the Free Skating of gold medal winner Viktoria Helgesson:
Viktoria Helgesson strikes the gold
Viktoria Helgesson of Sweden edged out Yuki NISHINO of Japan by less than one point to win
the Ladies competition. Kako TOMOTAKI of Japan came third.
Viktoria Helgesson completed a triple toeloop-double toeloop-double loop combination as well as triple loop and a double axel-double toeloop combination. She picked up high levels for her spins and collected 159,92 points overall. Viktoria HELGESSON commented "I`m very happy with the place and the points. I did some mistakes in the Free Skating, but they are non-serious. I will be able to fix them until the next competition. I really like my program in this season, I feel confident with it and it`s fun to skate.
Yuki NISHINO`s elegant routine featured a triple loop a double axel-double toeloop combination and a level four combination spin. She was ranked fourth in the free skating and slipped from first to second with 159,90 points.
Her teammate Kako TOMOTAKI grabbed the lead in the free skating judgement and scored 158,97 points overall. She earned high levels for her spins and hit a triple loop-double axel sequence and a triple flip-double toeloop-double loop combination. "I`m very happy with my performance and my place today. The silver is very good and I`m satisfied," TOMOTAK commented.
Kristina ZASEEVA was rewarded with the third place in the free skating judgement and moved up from fifth to fourth "I`m very happy with my place and my performance. I scored a season best as well as a personal best. My jumps went really well yesterday and today. My coach is really satisfied and convinced that the next competition will be even better." She noted.
Technical Problems
04.12.11 11:00
Due to technical problems we are not able to upload the Free Skating videos of the category Senior Ladies as fast as we used to do. We totally regret this delay and hope to solve the problem as soon as possible. Our router broke down yesterday.
That`s also the reason why programs of the category Senior Pairs are missing. And we know, that there are still some programs
of other participants missing, because our video program broke down sometimes. We recorded them also with another recorder and
will try to upload them in the next days. We are sorry for all skaters whose programs are not uploaded to youtube until know.
Result Senior Pairs after Free Skating
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1. Mari VARTMANN /
Aaron VAN CLEAVE
GER 151,20 p.
2. Lubob BAKIROVA /
Mikalai KAMIANCHUK
BLR 129,84 p.
3. Natalja ZABIJAKO /
Sergej KULBACH
EST 129,31 p.
Victory Ceremoy Senior Pairs
4. Daria POPOVA /
Bruno MASSOT
FRA 126.04 p.
5. Katharina GIEROK /
Florian JUST
GER 121.96 p.
6. Anne Laure LETSCHER /
Artem PATLASOV
FRA 117,52 p.
Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE of Germany claimed the gold in the Pairs Free Skating. Belarussian's BAKIROVA
/ Mikalai KAMIANCHUK took the silver medal and the bronze went to ZABIJAKO / Sergey KULBACH of Estonia.
Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE opened their beautiful program with a triple toeloop-double toeloop sequence
and a throw double lutz but then she doubled the throw salchow. The Germans went on as if nothing happened,
reeling off difficult lifts and beautiful level four spins to score 97.24 points. (48,17 element score/49,07
program component score). Overall they accumulated 151,20 points, which is a new personal best. Their coach Knut
Schubert commented "I`m happy for Mari and Aaron. It was a very good competition. The short program was
very good and the free skating was good too. The achieved a personal best with 150,20 points. It`s always a
special feeling to finish on the podium. But it was hard-earned. Mari and Aaron have trained really hard
in the last time and as a coach I`m proud that they finished on the podium. For me It was a worthwhile
trip to my old trainings base." Mari Vartmann added "I`m so happy, I can`t express my feelings in words.
Finally a short program without mistakes and a free skating which wasn't a perfect, but a solid skate.
We made two unfortunate mistakes on the jumps and try to avoid them next time. But how good of a feeling
it is to be on the podium. I'm glad to finish here with the gold medal. It`s the first time they play the
german anthem for us. That`s special."
Samuel Contesti of Italy skated to the lead in Men's Short Program. Germany`s Peter LIEBERS
and Kento NAKAMURA of Japan are following not far behind in second and third.
Samuel Contesti was on fire performing his short program on Saturday at NRW Trophy 2011.
He entered the ice in an elegant smoking and opened his routine with a triple lutz-triple
toelopp which was a bit wobbly. He completed a triple axel and a triple flip and earned
level four for two spins to score 73,03 points. Peter Liebers landed a triple axel and a triple flip-triple
toeloop and got a level four for his three spins. He picked up 72,40 points. Kento NAKAMURA`s routine
included a triple lutz-triple toeloop combination combination, a triple flip and a triple axel.
Like Contesti he earned level four for two spins. The Japanese skater scored 70,50 points, Takahito MURA
(JPN) came fourth at 70,40 points and Artem GRIGORIEV (RUS) placed fifth with 69,18 points.
Victory Ceremony Junior Pairs
03.12.11 15:17
1. Lina FEDOROVA
/ Maksim MIROSHKIN
RUS 137,41 p.
2. Anastasia DOLIDZE /
Vadim IVANOV
RUS 105,85 p.
3. Maria DERYABINA /
Vladimir ARKHIPOV
RUS 99,85 p.
NRW Trophy 2011 continued Saturday with the Senior Ladies Short.
Japans's Yuki NISHINO captured the Ladies Short Program. Viktoria HELGESSON of Sweden finished second and
her sister Joshi HELGESSON came third.
Yuki NISHINO 's program featured a double lutz-double toeloop combination, a triple loop as well as three level-four spins. The young Japanese lady scored 56,76 points.
Viktoria HELGESSON opened her program with a triple toeloop-triple toeloop combination but fell on the second toeloop. The young swedish lady produced also a triple loop and one spin merited a level four. Viktoria HELGESSON collected 54,94 points.
Joshi HELGESSON completed a triple lutz and a triple salchow-double toeloop combination and earned level three and four for her three spins. She picked up 53.67 points.
Kako TOMOTAKI (JPN) is not far behind in fourth place at 53,64 points, followed by Kristina ZASEEVA (RUS) with 52,69 points.
Photoalbum Day 3
04.12.11. 12:14
Enjoy the photos of the 3rd day of NRW Trophy in our photogallery.
Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE of Germany captured the Pairs Short Program. France's Daria POPOVA /
Bruno MASSOT came second while Lubov BAKIROVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK (BLR) were third. Less than one point
behind are Germany`s Katharina GIEROK / Florian JUST who are sitting in fourth.
Mari VARTMANN / Aaron VAN CLEAVE opened their short program with a triple toeloop and a throw double lutz.
The couple got a level four for their combination spin as well as for their Step Sequence to earn 53,96 points.
Daria POPOVA / Bruno MASSOT`s program was highlighted by a throw triple lutz and a throw triple salchow.
The French couple picked up 48.94 points and is currently sitting in second.
Lubov BAKIROVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK of Belarus earned a level three for their lift and their death spiral
as well as a level four for their combination spin to score 42.45 points.
Result Junior Pairs after Free Skating
02.12.11 19:55
1. Lina FEDOROVA
/ Maksim MIROSHKIN
RUS 137,41 p.
2. Anastasia DOLIDZE /
Vadim IVANOV
RUS 105,85 p.
3. Maria DERYABINA /
Vladimir ARKHIPOV
RUS 99,85 p.
Overnight leader Lina FEDOROVA / Maksim MIROSHKIN of Russia remained in first place
and claimed the gold
followed by two other russian pairs. Anastasia DOLIDZE / Vadim IVANOV took the silver and Maria DERYABINA /
Vladimir ARKHIPOV skated off with the bronze.
Lina FEDOROVA / Maksim MIROSHKIN gave an beautiful performance
and completed a double flip-double toeloop combination and earned level 4 and 3 for their lifts. They scored 87.63 points and took the gold with 137.41 points. Anastasia DOLIDZE / Vadim IVANOV`s routine was highlighted by a throw triple flip and difficult lifts.
They picked up 69.45 points for the Free Skating and 105.85 overall.
Maria DERYABINA / Vladimir ARKHIPOV moved up from fourth to take the bronze. The Russian
couple produced a double lutz twist lift and received 66.68 points. The captured the bronze with a total of
99,85 points.
Enjoy Russia`s Lina FEDOROVA / Maksim MIROSHKIN skating to the gold.
Enjoy the Free Skating of gold medal winner Angelika Dubinski of Germany:
Angelika Dubinski strikes the gold
02.12.11 18:55
Angelika DUBINSKI claimed the title in the Ladies event on Friday.
Elizaveta UKOLOVa (CZE) took the silver medal and the bronze went to the young swiss lady Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA.
Angelika DUBINSKI`s program featured a double axel-double toeloop-double toeloop combination as well as a
triple toeloop-double toeloop combination. The young lady of Berlin also produced a level four flying change foot
sit spin and two spins merited a level three. She collected 82.75 points in her free skating. Overall she
totaled 125,63 points. Elizaveta UKOLOVA (CZE) completed triple toeloop-double toeloop-double loop combination as well
as a double lutz-double toeloop-double toeloop combination and earned three times a level four for her beautiful
spins to pick up 79.91 points. Elizaveta UKOLOVA moved up from fourth to take the silver medal with 120,28 points.
"It`s my first time in Dortmund and I`m happy about the silver medal. I had a great skate today and I enjoyed the
ice rink and the crowd." Elizaveta commented.
Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA (SUI) delivered a solid program that was highlighted by a triple salchow-double
toeloop combination and a double lutz-double toeloop-double loop combination. Only her layback spin garnered
a level one. Overall she totaled 119,22 and said "I am very happy to have won the bronze. My coach
is very happy with how I performed today and I`m satisfied too. It`s was my best free skating in this season."
Niko ULANOVSKY (GER) pulled up from second to edge out Matthias VERSLUIS of Finland by nearly 8 points for the gold
medal. Italy`s Maurizio ZANDRON earned the bronze.
Niko ULANOVSKY put out a strong performance. His coach Martina Dieck told us, that he was a bit nervous to skate
as last skater, but he delivered a clean program and impressed the audience with all triple jumps. He nailed a triple lutz,
a triple lutz-triple toeloop combination, a triple toelopp-double toelopp-double combination and picked up
a level 3 for his step sequence and his change foot combination spin. He scored a personal best of 166,07 points. That`s about
ten points more than he scored before. "I`m happy to have won the NRW Trophy for the first time. I scored a personal best
and skated without mistakes. It was fun to skate here," Niko commented.
Overnight leader Matthias Versluis openes his routine with a triple toe-double toe combination but fell on the triple
lutz and the triple toeloop. His change foot combination spin garnered a level four and he picked up a level three for
his step sequence. Overall he racked up 158,08 points.
Maurizio ZANDRON put out a strong performance reeling off a triple lutz-triple toeloop combination, a triple lutz, a triple
loop and triple loop-double toelopp combination. His excellent flying change foot combination spin merited a level four. Overall
he totaled 157,88 points and remained in third place.
Mentionable as well the Free Skating of Germany`s Pavel IGNATENKO. With his beautiful routine he grabbed the fourth pace in
the free skating judgment. He completed a triple loop-double toeloop combination and a triple salchow as well as two level-four spins. He earned 104.67 points and racked up a total of 152.40 points.
NRW Trophy 2011 Day 3
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Welcome to the third Day of NRW Trophy 2011. NRW Trophy continues with the Free Dance, Junior Men, Ladies and Pairs
and Senior Pair`s Short Program. We wish all skaters today good luck and are looking forward to exciting and fair competitions.
We hope all Videos are uploaded to our youtube channel now. We
did have some technical problems, because youtube didn`t accept all videos. But we hope we have fixed it. If there are any
videos missing please do not hesitate to contact us.
We do not only have artists on the ice but also a talented baker with Mrs. Kalicanin. She baked this cake for the judges.
Isn`t it a shame that it`s eaten up now?
Anna Baumgärtel of Germany grabbed the lead in the Ladies's Short Program with Germany's Angelika Dubinski and
Rimgaile MESKAITE of Lithuania following in second and third.
Anna Baumgärtels routine included a triple Toeloop double axel combination, a double axel and beautiful spins. She earned 43,31 points.
Her coach Martha Albrecht was pretty satisified with Anna. "Anna put out a clean program, it`s nothing to
criticize about. She earned high levels for her spins, I think that`s her advantage compared to the other skaters," she commented. And Anna added "I`m totally satisfied.
Today I presented myself as I know I can do out of my everyday practice. I will do my best in the free skating to repeat
my result." Angelika Dubinki`s routine was highlighted by a triple lutz but she fell at the triple toeloop.
She collected 42,88 points. "I`m not satisfied with myself. The triple toeloop is my favorite jump and
I do it very well usually but today I fell on the landing. That was bad luck. But I`m happy about the judgement," Angelika
told us. Rimgaile MESKAITE of Lithuania came in third with 41,13 points. She delivered a double flip double toelopp combination and a double axel.
The medals in the category Advanced Novice Girls are assigned. The young ladies showed some top-class
performances highlighted by several triple jumps.
Aleksandra GOLOVKINA of Lithuania surged from thirdplace to win the Advanced Novice Girls title. She put out technically demanding performance which
was rewarded with 66.40 points. Overall she collected 106,55 points. Nelma HEDE of Finnland grabbed the third place
in free skating judgment with a score of 65.12 points and earned the silver in the final result with 103,54 points.
Elizabet TURSYNBAYEVA convinced the audience and as well the judges with her beautiful free skating. She was rewarded
with the second place in the free skating judgement and pulled up from 6th to 3rd and claimed the bronze. Jennifer Schmiddt
of NRW put out an energetic performance and was rewarded with fourth place in the free skating judgement.
She collected 94.16 points overall and came in 7th.
The Junior Men closed the first competition day with some top performances in their short program.
Matthias VERSLUIS of Finland grabbed the lead in th junior short. His beautiful routine was rewarded with 56,01 points.
There is also a succesful result for NRW; Nico Ulanovsky scored a personal best with 55,51 points as well as his double
axel was a bit wobbly. Maurizio ZANDRON came in third, he scored 53.02 points. Pavel IGNATENKO who is currently ranked
5th impressed the audience with a triple axel.
Alexander PETROV puts out an excellent performance and elated the audience with his ambitious short programm. Ivan PAVLOV
is currently ranked second with 37,83 points and Deniss VASILJEVS of Latvia came in third.
Two russian ladies grabbed the lead in the Advanced Novice Girls competion.Svetlana LEBEDEVA came in first with
a score of 41,70 ahead of Karolina LUKHTONEN (41,68). Aleksandra GOLOVKINA ist currently ranked third with 40,19 points.
The Medals in the category Basic Novice Girls are assigned. Arina SUROVTSEVA (RUS) scored 44,,20 points and came in
first. She put out technical ambitious performance and sparkled on the ice with excellent jumps and left the other
competitors far behind. She nailed a double flip-single loop combination and earned level 2 for her spins. Last years winner
Dariia GOZHVA (UKR) was rewarded with the silver medal for her
amazing performance. Her program included a double flip-double loop combination as well as a double lutz-double
toeloop combination. Overall she produced a solid performance and scored 35,11 points. Migle MAZEIKAITE of Lithuania
scored 32,37 points and earned the bronze. Congratulation to all young ladies!
Enjoy the Free skating of gold medal winner Daniel SAPOZHNIKOV:
Joel and Daniel happy in Dortmund
Welcome in Dortmund
30.11.11 10:00
Today the Basic Novice and Advanced Novice categories open the NRW Trophy 2011 for Figure and Pair Skating.
Our charming and entertaining announcer Mr. Stephan Brill welcomes the people in
Dortmund right know and wish all skaters succes and all visitors good entertainment! Have fun at the ice rink
or at home watching our youtube channel.
Preview
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NRW Trophy 2011 for Single and Pair Skating starts next Wednesday, November 30th, 2011. About 300 world class skaters/couples from 30 nations
meet at the ice rink to compete in all categories until Sunday, December 4th, 2011. As in the last years, we expect a
large number of international Skating Stars.
The large number of participants leaded to some organizational problems especially to create an ideal time schedule
for the participants. But the proven OC team solved that in a perfect way. We`re proud to invite you to a well-staffed competition
with many tidbits for ice skating friends.
Samuel Contesti of Italy who placed sixth at the last European Championships leads the category Senior Men. He`ll meet
Denis Ten (KAS) who placed 14th at the last World Championships. Other competitors include last years gold and silver
medal winner at NRW Trophy, Alexander Majorov of Sweden and Ivan Tretyakov of Russia.
In the Ladie`s event we`ll welcome Joshi Helgesson of Sweden who placed 15th at the last world championships and
Yretha Silete of France who earned the bronze at last years NRW Trophy. Isabel Drescher of Germany
returned back to her long-time trainings base in Dortmund and is looking forward to challenge the international competition.
9 couples of 7 nations compete in the Senior Pair Skating event. German vice-champion Maylin Hausch/Daniel Wende
will meet the Belorussian champions Lubov Bakirova/Mikalai Kamianchuk. Two young german couples who trained in Dortmund for a long time
are hoping for a podium finish here in Dortmund: Katharina Gierok/Florian Just
and Mari-Doris Vartman/Aarvon van Cleave are competing in the Pairs event on Friday and Saturday.
As well the categories Junior and Novice will offer exciting competition. The category junior men includes
two participants of Dortmund. Alexander Betke and Niko Ulanovsky are looking forward
to challenge the international competition. In the category Junior Ladies 7 participants of NRW are competing in a well staffed category which concludes 42 young ladies
of 11 nations. Exciting as well the category Basic novice with the youngest participants. With Katharina Frieben,
Lioba Spangemacher, Charlotte Tillmann und Cassandra Wendt four young ladies
of Dortmund will give their best on the frozen surface.
Please find the complete entry list here. All further information like the time schedule, results, news, videos and photos
can be found on the event page. The admission is about 5 € at the
day`s takings, the season ticket costs 20 €. Children under 12 years are free.
We will be glad to welcome you at NRW Trophy 2011 at Eissportzentrum Westfalenhallen
(Strobelallee 32, 44139 Dortmund).
NRW Trophy 2011 starts next week
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NRW Trophy 2011 starts next week. Our News Section and the Photogallery
will be updated with some more pictures and videos during the competition. As a special service we will upload videos of all participants to our
youtube channel.
We`re glad to welcome you to the last day of NRW Trophy 2011. We hope you will enjoy your day at the ice rink!. Our News Section and the Photogallery
will be updated with some more pictures and videos during the competition. As a special service we will upload videos of all participants to our
youtube channel.
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