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2023–24 Figure Skating Season
The 2023–24 figure skating season began on July 1, 2023, and ended on June 30, 2024. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU (International Skating Union) Championship level at the 2024 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, World Junior Championships, World Championships, and the Winter Youth Olympics. They also competed at elite events such as the ISU Challenger Series as well as the Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating at the Grand Prix Final. On June 15, 2023, the International Skating Union announced that all figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus would remain banned from attending any international competitions. Season notes Age eligibility Skaters are eligible to compete in ISU events at either junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not apply to non-ISU events such as national championships. At the ISU Congress held in Phuket, Thailand, in June 2022, members of the ISU Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Figure Skating Season
The 2022–23 figure skating season began on July 1, 2022, and ended on June 30, 2023. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU (International Skating Union) Championship level at the 2023 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, World Junior Championships, and World Championships. They also competed at elite events such as the ISU Challenger Series as well as the Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating at the Grand Prix Final. On March 1, 2022, the International Skating Union banned all figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus from attending any international competitions following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The season was the first under newly elected ISU President Kim Jae-youl and ISU Vice President for Figure Skating Benoît Lavoie. Season notes Age eligibility Skaters were eligible to compete in ISU events on the junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not have applied to non- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Match TV
Match! TV () is a Russian free-to-air federal sports television channel owned by Gazprom Media. The channel began broadcasting on November 1, 2015, and had been created in accordance with the order of Russian president Vladimir Putin, with the assistance of the editorial office of Gazprom-Media Holding, technical assistance of ANO ''Sports Broadcasting'' (Panorama's brand) and the frequency of Russia-2 (All-Russia State Television and Radio Company, VGTRK). The general producer of the channel was Tina Kandelaki until she was replaced in September 2021 by Alexander Tashchin. History Establishment On 17 April 2015, the RBK Group, RBK media holding initially reported unconfirmed information that the TV channel Russia-2 might be transferred to the Gazprom-Media, Gazprom-Media holding, with NTV Plus, NTV-Plus planning to create a full-fledged sports channel on its basis. Three days later, according to TASS, Ministry of Sport (Russia), Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko expresse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Dudakov
Sergei Viktorovich Dudakov (; born 13 January 1970) is a Russian figure skating coach and former competitor who represented the Soviet Union. He is the 1989 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion and a two-time (1989–90) Piruetten champion. He finished 7th at the 1987 World Junior Championships. He was coached by Viktor Kudriavtsev in Moscow. Dudakov coached at DYUSSH No. 48 (Moscow) in 2006–11 before joining Eteri Tutberidze's group at Sambo 70 (Moscow) in the 2011–12 season. His past and present students include: Yulia Lipnitskaya (until 2015), Serafima Sakhanovich (2014–15), Evgenia Medvedeva (until 2018), Alina Zagitova, Alena Kostornaia, Anna Shcherbakova, Alexandra Trusova, Kamila Valieva, Sergei Voronov (2013–16), Adian Pitkeev (until 2016), Moris Kvitelashvili, and Polina Tsurskaya Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya (pronounced ''TSOO-rskaya''; , born 11 July 2001) is a retired competitive Russian figure skater and figure skating coach. She is the 2017 NHK Trophy bron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eteri Tutberidze
Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze (Georgian language, Georgian: ეთერი გიორგის ასული თუთბერიძე; ; born 24 February 1974) is a Georgian-Russian figure skating coach who works mainly with female single skating, single skaters. She is head coach at the Sambo 70 skating club in Moscow. She has coached several Russian skaters to success in international competitions, including 2022 Olympic and 2021 World champion Anna Shcherbakova, 2022 Olympic silver medalist and two-time Junior World champion Alexandra Trusova, 2020 Junior World champion Kamila Valieva, 2020 European Champion Alena Kostornaia, 2018 Olympic and 2019 World champion Alina Zagitova, two-time World champion and 2018 Olympic silver medalist Evgenia Medvedeva, and 2014 Olympic Team champion Yulia Lipnitskaya. Personal life Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze was born 24 February 1974 in Moscow. The youngest of five children, she is half-Georgians, Georgian, a quarter Russians, Russian, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galit Chait
Galit Chait (, ''Galit Hayat''; born on January 29, 1975) is an Israeli former competitive ice dancer. She and her partner Sergei Sakhnovski competed internationally for Israel from 1995 to 2006, becoming the 2002 World bronze medalists. Personal life Chait was born in Israel. Her family moved to New Jersey when she was young, and she first skated at age 8. Her father, Boris Chait, has been president of the Israeli Ice Skating Federation since 2002. On August 23, 2008, Chait married former Italian military policeman Francesco Moracci in New Jersey and then on September 13, 2008, they had a second wedding in Florence, Italy. The two had met at the 2006 Olympic Games in Torino, Italy, where Moracci was a member of the security detail assigned to protect the Israeli team. They have two daughters, Raffaella, born in 2009, and Gabriella, born in 2011. They also have a son named Matteo. Chait has been a resident of Paramus, New Jersey. Career She first tried ice dancing in the 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeni Krasnopolski
Evgeni Krasnopolski (, ; born 4 October 1988) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli retired pair skater. Krasnopolski and Andrea Davidovich were the first pair representing Israel to qualify for Israel at the 2014 Olympics. They finished 15th in Sochi. Krasnopolski competed with Danielle Montalbano from 2009 to 2012. He competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics with Paige Conners in figure skating in pairs skating and a team event in Pyeongchang, South Korea. He and Hailey Kops competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and qualified to compete for Israel at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Personal life Krasnopolski was born in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, and is Jewish. He arrived in Israel with his family when he was three years old. Career Early years Krasnopolski began skating as an eight-year-old at the Canada Centre in Metula. As a Single skating, single skater, he won three silver medals on the senior national level at the Israeli Figure Skating Championships, Isr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
