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Virtue/Moir, Shibs, Cappelini/Lanotte, Korpi to Finlandia Trophy

Sep 15, 2011 16:27

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fuckload of skaters in this post, dancing on ice is satan, even ice dance, curling is not important right now, yes it's a sport too, lol women's skating idc

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anotherdream September 15 2011, 14:31:30 UTC

I'm going with my sister, stalking staying at the skaters' hotel like last time. (What, they're actually convenient, nice, and affordable!)

If anyone is wondering about Laura Lepistö's absence, she is withdrawing from Finlandia AND Skate America due to yet another foot injury. Helsingin Sanomat (national newspaper in Finland) states it's an injury caused by "chafing of the skate boot" or something to that effect.

EDIT: another news source (Yle) clarifies that the injury is due to a skate boot causing irritation in the foot's nervous tissue.

TV schedule doesn't seem to be available in detail yet, but something will be aired on the Sunday at 5:30pm local time - that's after the competition has ended.

m3hu September 15 2011, 14:56:11 UTC

Thank's for the info, I'd missed that. Such a pity about her injury though, I was so looking forward to seeing her come back on the ice :/ hope this doesn't mess up her entire season again...

bananrama September 15 2011, 14:40:25 UTC

It's weird how the dance competition here is stacked, but there are hardly any top teams at Nebelhorn, and the reverse for the men's competition. Hope Laura can recover in time for the GPs!

m3hu September 15 2011, 14:51:29 UTC

Ikr? I almost fell off my chair when I saw Voir on the list, but the men seem pretty meh to me...

thebadunkadunk September 15 2011, 23:00:10 UTC

Is this a new competition? Maybe they're just trying to draw an audience with top names?

anotherdream September 16 2011, 13:29:08 UTC

Not really new, no - this is the fifteenth or sixteenth Finlandia Trophy. It has just always been somewhat uneven, for whatever reason! We'll get ten relative who-r-us, but often also several skaters who are in the top 10 internationally, and even reigning world/olympic champs.

warmuse September 15 2011, 15:10:55 UTC

summoning a prayer circle for Artem tbh

ludmi_83 September 15 2011, 20:11:47 UTC

omg yes!!!!

clayrulzz September 15 2011, 15:11:47 UTC

Hope there's a stream or something, or YT videos at least!

Anotherdream, please give lots of deets about Virtue and Moir :)

safina_chos September 15 2011, 15:49:25 UTC

Haha I hope Mura will win this~ :P
I know it'll be difficult with two Swedish boys in competition tho