The second day of competition at the Mozart Cup in Salzburg delivered high-level performances in the Senior and Junior ISU free programs. As expected, the top-ranked teams maintained their positions, while others made significant improvements in the overall standings.
The Mozart Cup 2025 in Salzburg, Austria, opened on Friday with breathtaking performances in the Junior and Senior ISU Short Programs. Finnish teams dominated the first day, leading both categories with precise, elegant routines that thrilled the crowd.
With an excellent free program, Team Unique kept the lead after Saturday's short program and won the competition. In the Junior category, Team Fintastic claimed the gold medal and Valley Bay Synchronics won the Novice division. The Novice and Junior category teams compete for a place in the Finnish championships, where the 12 best teams for both series are selected. The teams will be announced soon after this competition.
This weekend it is time for the second qualification competition in Finland, Tampere and also time for teams to show how they've improved their programs. On Saturday, Group 2 of Novice teams skated their free programs, and Seniors and Juniors competed with their short programs. Team Unique in Seniors and Team Fintastic are leading the competition after the first day. Starlights won the Novice competition.
With a amazing free program on Sunday, the Helsinki Rockettes secured the gold medal at the first national qualification competition. In Juniors, Dream Edges soared to victory, while Team Starlights narrowly edged out Team Dynamique by just half a point in the Novice category.
The season 2024-25 really started when the first qualification competition took place on Saturday in Jyväskylä, Central Finland. In the Novice competition, team Finettes won, and Helsinki Rockettes and Dream Edges took the lead after short programs.
In the most important competition of the Finnish synchronized skating season, the Helsinki Rockettes succeeded excellently. Their powerful program "Manaus (Incantation)" received 153.38 points, and they earned 230.65 overall scores. This result secured them the gold medals, and they will be Team Finland 1 in the Senior World Championships next April. Team Unique was appointed as Team Finland 2.
This weekend, the Finnish National Championships in synchronized skating is in progress in Turku. Once again, the final Senior competition in Finland is extremely exciting. The two Senior World Championship representatives will be chosen, and all the top three teams will be in a good position to gain the seat. After the short program competition, Helsinki Rockettes is leading with 77.27 points.
The 4th and penultimate leg of the Challenger Series took place this weekend in Gdansk, Poland, at the Hevelius Cup. Two US teams took the gold. Teams Elite won the competition in the Junior category, while the Haydenettes (USA) scored another victory in the Senior category.
Finnish synchro audiences got to enjoy two full evenings of skating, cheerleading, and other entertainment when Synchro Tour’s new evening competition format took place at the Helsinki Ice Hall. The first, short program competition was on Wednesday, November 22nd, and the second, free program competition on Monday, November 27th. The competitions started at an unusual time, at 6 pm on a weekday, to create an interesting yet compact experience.
By less than a point, Team Unique won the 2nd Finnish national qualifier. It's a precious victory for the rest of the season. In the junior category, Valley Bay Synchro took the gold title.
This weekend it is time for the second qualification competition of ISU synchronized skating in Finland, Helsinki. On Saturday, the group 2 of Novice teams skated their free programs, Seniors and Juniors competed with their short programs. The competition in every division was extremely tight, only a few tenths separate the top teams from each other.