Kiira-Korpi.net

On Finnish Figure Skating Federation official website

http://www.stll.fi/?x2126=4679234

some news about future Kiira’s plans: her injury is finally healthy, and now she’s ready to go back to Lake Arrowhead to continue training with Rafael Arutyunyan, before moving to Toronto in July for a new FS program with her choreographer Shae Lynn Bourne.
Here some Kiira’s cheers (thanks to Elina Paasonen)!

http://instagram.com/p/pToGDrNVc9/#

Following, dates of six next ISU Grand Prix qualifying rounds and Finals:

24/10 – 26/10 : Skate America (Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA)
31/10 – 02/11 : Skate Canada (Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada)
07/11 – 09/11 : Cup of China (Shanghai, China)
14/11 – 16/11 : Rostelecom Cup (Moscow, Russia)
21/11 – 23/11 : Trophée Eric Bompard (Bordeaux, France)
28/11 – 30/11 : NHK Trophy (Osaka, Japan)

11/12-14/12 : Grand Prix Final (Barcelona, Spain)

Entries parameters should be the same of previous season: so, a total of 60 competitors should be chosen reckoning the last Worlds table.
According to this, and considering the likely default of Kostner, Kim, Asada and Suzuki, these are the only athletes who’ll take part for sure in two events:

Lipnitskaia (RUS), Pogorilaya (RUS), Gold (USA), Wagner (USA), Edmunds (USA), Park (KOR), Murakami (JPN), Osmond (CAN), Weinzierl (GER), Daleman (CAN), Helgesson J. (SWE), Meite (FRA).

All others will be selected by Top 24 World Standing order and Top 24 Season Best order:

Sotnikova (RUS), Radionova (RUS), Marchei (ITA), Tuktamysheva (RUS), Imai (JPN), Li (CHN), Helgesson V. (SWE), Miyahara (JPN), Gao (USA), Zawadzki (USA), Hicks (USA), Korpi (FIN), Nagasu (USA), Leonova (RUS).

All of them, Kiira included, at the moment are still not sure to compete in two events,  but their odds are very high anyway.

A new communication by ISU (1858), introducing a change in Figure Skating:

http://static.isu.org/media/142889/1858-challenger-series-version-april-1-2014.pdf

In my opinion, one of really few good ideas by Mr. Cinquanta:
about all the rest, better forget…

Mao Asada is the new World Champion!

Now it’s official: Kiira’s season is over. Well, it never really started: but according to this article on Finnish Figure Skating Federation website

http://www.stll.fi/?x2126=4348065

her withdraw from Worlds in Saitama is now definite.
Her rehabilitation from Achille’s injury is actually keeping on in Munich, under the supervision of famous german specialist Müller-Wohlfahrt, who already’s following many other athletes like Usain Bolt and National Team Soccer of Germany. With the co-operation of portuguese coach Carlos Ávila de Borba regarding physical side, Kiira’s main goal at this moment is fully recovering from her previous injury, in order to avoid future problems, and then going back to Lake Arrowhead later in the spring, to progress on technical programs for new incoming season. The first competition she’ll can take part in should be Finlandia Trophy in Espoo, next fall, from 10 to 12 of October.
Anyway, she’ll be present in Japan, from 26 to 30 of March, because of Finnair’s tasks.

According to this article on YLE

http://yle.fi/urheilu/kiira_korpi_jattamassa_mm-kilpailut_valiin/7059110

Kiira most likely won’t be present at ISU Worlds in Japan, at the end of March: at the moment she’s practising on ice, but still no jumps on it, and her physical training is followed by a portuguese tennis coach, who already worked with Carolina Kostner and Mao Asada. In Kiira’s plans, technical aspects will be refined with coach Rafael Arutyunyan in March, when she’ll get back to Lake Arrowhead.
So, Kiira should skip the whole season: despite the encouraging opinions of portuguese Avila De Borba, this could be a relevant problem for her career. As we could see in the past, even recent, Kiira’s a fighter, and for sure she’s now suitably training, but… young Russian girls are running up at incredible speed, and even Ashley Wagner, who’s sharing same coach with Kiira, has been forced to modify her programs, ’cause latest results haven’t been so satisfying.
Well… only time will tell. So c’mon Kiira, wishing you the podium one more time!

As we already knew, Kiira skipped European Championships too: following, final results.
Russian Julia Lipnitskaia is the new European queen!

Kiira won’t defend her title, won last year for the 4th time in career, this year in Espoo, from 13th to 15th of December. Following, final results:

Sera Väistö  represented Club Tappara Taitoluistelu.

Update: Juulia Turkkila is the new Finnish Champion, but at Junior Championships, Jenni Saarinen got a score (154,08) good for gold!

Due to 14th placement of Juulia Turkkila at Nebelhorn Trophy,

http://www.isuresults.com/results/nt2013/CAT002RS.HTM

Finland won’t be represented (regarding Ladies Skating) at next Olympics in Sochi on February: most likely, next possible competition for Kiira could be European Championships in Budapest (Hungary), from 13rd  to 19th of January.

Many, many wishes from all of us!

Hyvaa syntymäpäivää!