http://www.eislauf-union.de/NebelhornTrophy2011.htmlNEBELHORN-TROPHY 2011
An International Senior Competition for Men, Ladies, Pairs and Ice Dance
September, 21st to 24th, 2011 in Oberstdorf, GermanyEvery year the international figure skating family welcomes a new skating season by coming together in Oberstdorf to compete in the prestigious Nebelhorn Trophy. As in years gone by, the field of participants promises an exciting competition of high quality.
31 nations will be represented this year, including some of the medal winners of the world championships 2011.
Besides striving to reach their personal goals, the athletes of each nation are at the same time united by a common goal: Coming out first in the Nebelhorn Trophy's team competition!
Starting order / results: http://www.deu-event.de/results/Nebelho ... index.htmlTime schedule:Thursday, September 22, 201114:00 h Ice Dance Short Dance
16:30 h Men Short Program
20:00 h Pairs Short Program
Friday, September 23, 201110:00 h Ladies Short Program
13:35 h Men Free Skating
19:00 h Pairs Free Skating
Saturday, September, 24, 201110:00 h Ladies Free Skating
14:00 h Ice Dance Free Dance
20:00 h Exhibition / Schaulaufen
Entries: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00011282.htm(some interesting Entries)
Men 6 Michal BREZINA CZE
11 Yuzuru HANYU JPN 9
12 Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN 9
13 Denis TEN KAZ 10
16 Zhan BUSH RUS 13
17 Konstantin MENSHOV RUS 13
18 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP 14
Ladies 5 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO 5
15 Ksenia MAKAROVA RUS 13
19 Viktoria HELGESSON SWE 16
22 Mirai NAGASU USA 18
(Ashley WAGNER USA 18 S)
Pairs 1 Jessica DUBE / Sebastien WOLFE CAN
6 Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV RUS
7 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV RUS
(Katarina GERBOLDT / Alexander ENBERT RUS 4 S)
8 Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN USA
[u]Ice Dance[/u]
9 Cathy REED / Chris REED JPN 7
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http://loopaxles.blogspot.com/2011/09/2 ... l?spref=tw2011 NebelhornThis competition always gets me excited! I feel like it gets the major skating season underway even though Skate America is yet a month away...I don't care, I say begin! Skaters hit the ice Thursday.
This years' Nebelhorn I feel is like a show and tell. Show me what you've got and tell me if your worth it...if you will. What be I keepin' me eye on?
The Men: The Japanese upstart Yuzuru Hanyu and last season's surprise winner Tatsuki Machida. Looking to see if Hanyu has learned to reign in his excitement and add refinement and if Machida can bring the goods again. Denis Ten is competing and I'm still waiting for him to put an entire competition together and shock everyone. Last season was really a disaster for him...he needs a rebound. Michal Brezina, can he find his way to the top? And Americans Carriere and Aaron are in the mix. Stephen has been beset by so much bad luck the last two season's...is he back on track? And Aaron puts his foot in the "big boy" water...can he swim?
The Pairs: Newbies galore! Russia's Volosozhar and Trankov were amazing at last years' Worlds...can they keep it going? Dube and Wolfe...how will Jessica do with Sebastien as opposed to Bryce? And can Americans Denney and Coughlin live up to the hype?
The Women: If all things are equal this should boil down to Ksenia vs Mirai (in Figure Skating, things are often not equal though!). I think Mirai needs to win this...and I think she needs a big win.
The Dancers: Somewhat less explosive field. I'm interested to see how Hubbell and Donohue gel.