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"In the future, we will probably use the Challenger Series as a qualification for Worlds"
The 4th and last stage of the Synchronized Skating Challenger Series will be held this weekend in Italy! With 15 Junior and 23 Senior teams announced this weekend, the Spring Cup will be a really important competition and teams will try to collect a maximum of points. A few hours before the start of the event, we take stock of the situation with Philippe Maitrot, the Chair of the ISU Technical Committee!
A great synchro weekend took place in Neuss
The NRW-Trophy for Synchronized Skating 2020 took place last weekend in Neuss, a city in western Germany. Mixed Age, Basic Novices and Juveniles teams competed.
Ontario Regionals: One Step Closer to Calgary
The 2020 Ontario Regional championships took place at the Markham Centennial Community Centre from February 7th-9th. 89 teams from Windsor to Ottawa competed over the 3 day period, with teams in Novice, Intermediate, Open, Junior and Senior vying for a trip to the 2020 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships in Calgary, Alberta in just over 2 weeks.
New Scottish Champions crowned at Trophy D'Ecosse
The three day Trophy D’Ecosse kicked started this weekend at Dumfries Ice Bowl Leisure Complex, Dumfries, Scotland, comprising of 44 teams. Encompassing the Scottish Championships, teams were also vying for their national title. Friday and Saturday saw the Junior and Senior categories and the non-ISU categories were interspersed throughout the weekend.
Team Mystique and Team Fintastic to represent Finland at the Junior Worlds 2020
This was an incredible weekend for Team Mystique! The little sisters of Team Unique won the third Finnish qualification for Juniors. The team will represent Finland as Team FIN1 at the Worlds Junior Synchronized Skating Championship 2020 in Nottingham, United Kingdom in March. Even after a difficult short program this weekend, Team Fintastic will be FIN2.
Almost 140 teams competed at the 2nd Interclub-level Qualification Competition in Finland
Because of the big amount of the teams in every category, the competition was divided into two groups. On Saturday the 8th of February, the skaters of Group 2 performed. 12 Adult, 18 Beginners, 10 Basic Novice, 9 Juvenile, 9 Senior B and 10 Junior B teams skated their programs.
Team Mystique is leading the Finnish qualification for Juniors
Best Junior teams from Finland compete for access to the World Championships this weekend. Teams skated their short programs on Saturday and both record points and failures were seen. Team Mystique is currently leading the competition.
Five Finnish Junior teams will fight for a spot at the Worlds
This coming weekend there will be the synchronized skating 2nd Interclub-level qualification competition and the Junior ISU qualification for the World Championships arranged in Helsinki Finland. The five best Junior teams of this season participate in this competition.
Two Swedish teams will fly to the 2020 Junior Worlds
Qualifications for the Junior World Synchronized Skating Championship are well underway. Two Swedish teams have been selected to represent the country in March in Great Britain: Team Spirit and Team Seaside.
VIDEO: The great journey of the Australian teams
Each season, teams from Australia travel thousands of kilometers to compete in synchro competitions in Europe. This was the case, for example, for the Ice Storm and Nova teams which recently competed in Poland and France. Discover our interview with these senior skaters who train on the other side of the globe.
Busy period for Quebec teams in Canada
While the eyes of the whole world were turned to the French Cup, all the Quebec teams competed for the fourth consecutive year, in the city of Sherbrooke at the Quebec regional synchronized skating championships.
The first Swiss competition took place this weekend in Huttwil
23 teams from all over Switzerland took part in the very first Swiss competition of the year, which took place this weekend in Huttwil, in the canton of Bern.
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