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16.06.08
The ISU has announced the 2008/09 season Grand Prix entries. Sasha and Roman Zaretsky's Grand Prix assignments are Cup of China (Nov. 6-9th, Beijing, China) and Cup of Russia, Nov. 20-23d, Moscow, Russia)
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Our team's music selections for the coming season to be announced soon.
IISF was honoured to take part in the General Assembly meeting of the World Congress of Russian Jewry (WCRJ), which took place in Jerusalem, May 21st-22nd, and was dedicated to Israel' s 60th anniversary.
23.04.2008
Skaters, Instructors, Coaches, First time in Israel:
Instructor Course in Ice Skating.
Please see attached links: + IISF Cover letter + Theory Part of Course
23.04.2008
Sasha Zaretsky Takes Center Stage In Her Interview
She is the younger of the two siblings and usually lets her elder brother have his say while we talk. But this time she takes over. The reason is plain – Roma is resting, and we decide not to disturb him. After all, he has done his fair share of work this season – we are back into the top 10 in ice dance.
2008 Season Wrap-up
The 2008 figure skating season has ended with the World Championships in Gothenburg. Israel was presented in all the four disciplines and has won back its top 10 position with the 9th place of Sasha and Roman Zaretsky in ice dance. We would like to thank the entire IISF team and particularly our athletes for their effort and achievement. Kudos to our supporters who came from many parts of the world to cheer on, waving Israeli flags in the Scandinavium – the Championships venue. We had five days of intense competition, emotions running high, and immense beauty of performance – all that figure skating is about. We would like to thank the Organizing Committee for the warm hospitality making us feel at home during the entire event. It was great to see images of Sasha and Roman Zaretsky performing their original dance in the documentary of the Worlds shown during the closing banquet. And some skaters and coaches proved again they're capable of breathtaking dancing not only on the ice! We are grateful to our media colleagues who gave wide media coverage to our team – Nir Shuali from Maariv Sefi Shalem from Sport5, Jeremi Ist fromthe Jerusalem Post, YairKasparius from Yedioth Aharonot and all the other media sources that covered the event. We are looking forward to an even more successful next season with your cooperation and support.
IISF team
Sofia Bardakova (junior ladies) and Evgeny Krasnopolsky ( junior men) will take part in the 2008 Junior World Figure Skating Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria (Feb 25th-March 3rd)
High hopes had a fall
After his impressive 19th placement in the World Cup Short Track series in Quebec (Feb 1-3) Vladi Bikanov was enthusiastic about competing in the next World Cup event in Salt Lake City (Feb 8-10th). However, a bad fall during the practice session dashed his and our hopes and left him with the right leg broken. We wish Vladi a speedy recovery. For that reason we couldn't post the results of the competition since Vladi was our only competitor in that event.
The Nokia Sports Centre is turning into an ice skating denizen. The mega-popular ice show "The Ice Age" known as "Stars on Ice" last year has again conquered a fully sold-out 12,000 seats auditorium. I have had a chance to talk to some of the participants – Olympic, World, and European Champions whom I was able to catch up with during their extremely busy schedule. Their words are presented precisely in the order they were taped.
Elena Kaplan and Vladi Bikanov took part in the ISU World Cup Short Track series in Quebec City (Canada) Feb 1-3.
Vladi was 19th (the best result in the short track history for an Israeli short track athlete trained entirely on home ground since the first days of training) in the 1000 m distance and 26th in the 1500 m.
Lena Kaplan had a fall and couldn't finish the 1000 m. She cut her chin during the fall, which required stitching later on. But she pulled herself together and went out on the 1500 m heat to the applause of the public. She finished 25 th in it. The next series of the World Cup short track is in Salt Lake City, USA, Feb.8-10th.
Sasha and Roman Zaretsky are seventh after the compulsory dance (Yankee Polka), the highest standing since they started to compete in the Europeans (2006) and the best personal score for that section of the competitive programme – 33.12. http://www.sport5.co.il/liga.aspx?FolderID=412
The 2008 Europeans start today with a compulsory dance and pairs' short programme. Both of our pairs are 6th in the draw.
COLD SENDOFF TO THE EUROPEANS Three days are left before the 2008 European Championships in Zagreb. We have been working hard throughout the year to get our skaters ready for the major competition of the season. Our skaters have been training hard to reach the top of their competitive form.
Competition is always tougher on foreign turf. Maxim Shipov has just tested it on his own blades. He was recently back from the Golden Spin of Zagreb (November 8-11), placed 23 out of 25 participants
The Zaretsky placed 7th in Skate America, the kickoff of 2007 ISU Grand Prix Series.The brother and sister climbed one place up compared with their standings in Skate America 2006, ahead of ice dancing couples from Russia, Japan and China, and earning a total of 157.85 points, which is 13.90 points higher than their result at the same competition last year. 10 ice dancing teams took part in the event, with the US Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto taking the first place.
