2014 Japan Open, CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy & JGP Germany
SYWTW FS
Busy week coming up! Here’s a rundown of the competitions this weekend. More relevant links will be added as they become available, so check back to this post.
JAPAN OPEN
Invitational team event where skaters only compete with free skates. Skaters are split into Team Japan, Team Europe and Team North America with two ladies and two men on each team. Retired skaters can also be invited. Skaters’ scores are added up and the team with the highest total score wins. This is not a very serious competition, but it’s the first time we get to see some of the top skaters’ free skates. Carnival on Ice, the Japan Open gala, also invites other skaters besides the ones who competed.
Results
Japan Open website
Carnival on Ice website
When: Oct. 4
Where: Saitama, Japan
How to watch: No live broadcast. Competition will air on TV Tokyo Oct. 4 at 16:00; gala on Oct. 5 at 16:00 local time. Expect videos to show up on Youtube/Dailymotion.
Entries: Kanako Murakami, Satoko Miyahara, Takahiko Kozuka, Takahito Mura, Ashley Wagner, Mirai Nagasu, Patrick Chan, Jeffrey Buttle, Elena Radionova, Anna Pogorilaya, Javier Fernandez, Tomas Verner
ONDREJ NEPELA TROPHY
Results, entries, schedule etc.
Website
When: Oct. 1-5
Where: Bratislava, Slovakia
How to watch: Free livestream
Notable entries: Jin Seo Kim, Stephen Carriere, Haruka Imai, Hae Jin Kim, Nathalie Weinzierl, Joshi Helgesson, Viktoria Helgesson, Ashley Cain, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani
JGP POKAL DER BLAUEN SCHWERTER
Results, entries, schedule etc.
When: Oct. 1-5
Where: Dresden, Germany
How to watch: Livestream on the JGP Youtube channel
Notable entries: Roman Sadovsky, He Zhang, Wakaba Higuchi, Mariko Kihara, Elizabet Turzynbaeva, Elizaveta Iushenko, Alexandra Proklova, Leah Keiser, Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau, Lina Federova/Maxim Miroshkin, Betina Popova/Yuri Vlasenko, Lorraine McNamara/Quinn Carpenter