OnrnDecember 20th, the first Italian synchronized skating online competition tookrnplace.
This event was organized to replace the first nationalrncompetition that should have taken place on November 29th in Aosta but wasrncancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic. The teams had to send their programs untilrnDecember 17th, and then, on Sunday the technical panel and the judges assignedrnthe points.
This event was organized to replace the first nationalrncompetition that should have taken place on November 29th in Aosta but wasrncancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic. The teams had to send their programs untilrnDecember 17th, and then, on Sunday the technical panel and the judges assignedrnthe points.
Therncompetition was a success even if only a few teams were able to participate. The Covid-19 situation in Italy is still very dramatic, and the lucky enough teams to be ready for this competition had to overcome manyrndifficulties. For some time there were restrictions on skating in groups and itrnoften happened that some skaters weren't able to train because of quarantine.rn
"Some of our athletes had to stay in preventive quarantine mainly forrnCovid-19 cases in their schools, so the number of skaters that could train wasrnreduced" said team Ice Sparkles from Aosta.
"Getting ready for competitionsrnwasn't easy this year, after the season started we were forced to stop trainingrnand stayed in quarantine for three weeks because some of us were positive tornCovid-19" explained Team Ice on Fire from Trento.
rnrnFor allrnthese reasons, many teams decided to reuse their program from last season andrnupgrade them; another motive was also that last year many of them hadn't had the possibility to fullyrnshow their program at their best.
"Some of our athletes had to stay in preventive quarantine mainly forrnCovid-19 cases in their schools, so the number of skaters that could train wasrnreduced" said team Ice Sparkles from Aosta.
"Getting ready for competitionsrnwasn't easy this year, after the season started we were forced to stop trainingrnand stayed in quarantine for three weeks because some of us were positive tornCovid-19" explained Team Ice on Fire from Trento.
rnrnFor allrnthese reasons, many teams decided to reuse their program from last season andrnupgrade them; another motive was also that last year many of them hadn't had the possibility to fullyrnshow their program at their best.
Basic Novice
Inrnthis division, five teams were competing. Team Hot Shivers skated on thernsoundtrack of the film "Tangled" and won the gold with 40.18 points.rnTeam Shining Blades earned a total of 35.92 points and ranked second, whilernTeam Ladybirds took the bronze medal with 28.94 points. Team Ice Sparkles, whornskated on "Steps from the highlands" by ErichrnKunzel, ranked fourth with 24.29 points. And last butrnnot least, Team Ice Breakers collected a total of 17.79 points.
Advanced Novice
The team HotrnShivers took the lead with 65.73 points; they skated to "Mary PoppinsrnReturns" soundtrack. The team Ladybirds ranked second with 43.17 points.
Senior
In thernSenior division only Team Ice on Fire competed and showed two new programs. "Our Short Program is a mash-up of two songs: "Elizabeth" byrnAshram and "Strength of a thousand men" from "Two steps fromrnHell" soundtrack. The title is "A woman can do everything" andrntells the story of a group of Russian female aviators. Our free programrnis more romantic, we skate to "La terre vue du ciel" by Armand Amarrnand we tell the tale of the red tread".
rnrnDespite arnfall in the free program, the team managed to skate two clean and smoothrnprograms and earned a total of 137.87 points.
rnrnDespite arnfall in the free program, the team managed to skate two clean and smoothrnprograms and earned a total of 137.87 points.
NON-ISU divisions
Only three teams competed in the NON-ISU divisions.
rnrnIn thernJuvenile division, Team Ice Sparkles skated to the song "Tryrneverything" from the Disney movie Zootopia and earned a total of 20.54rnpoints.
The team Shining Blades competed in the Mixed Age category and earned 40.63rnpoints; theyrnskated a romantic and dramatic themed program to the song "Dance forrnme Wallis" by Abel Korzeniowski.
For the Junior non-ISU division, Team Ice on Fire skated to the theme "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and collected a total of 34.20 points
rnrnIn thernJuvenile division, Team Ice Sparkles skated to the song "Tryrneverything" from the Disney movie Zootopia and earned a total of 20.54rnpoints.
The team Shining Blades competed in the Mixed Age category and earned 40.63rnpoints; theyrnskated a romantic and dramatic themed program to the song "Dance forrnme Wallis" by Abel Korzeniowski.
For the Junior non-ISU division, Team Ice on Fire skated to the theme "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and collected a total of 34.20 points
Despiternall the difficulties, Italian teams were enthusiastic about competing again after arnlong time.
"We faced this competition with determination and a lot of motivation inrnorder to get involved in another challenge completely different from what wernare used to" said Team Hot Shivers.
"We would have never thought torncompete in an online event, but our commitment and passion allowed us tornovercome this challenge and found the team spirit and support that characterisedrnus" explained Team Ice Sparkles.
"We faced this competition with determination and a lot of motivation inrnorder to get involved in another challenge completely different from what wernare used to" said Team Hot Shivers.
"We would have never thought torncompete in an online event, but our commitment and passion allowed us tornovercome this challenge and found the team spirit and support that characterisedrnus" explained Team Ice Sparkles.