What Assignments have Lee & Faustino Been Given for the Upcoming Season?

[lutzskate]

any assignments on the grand prix circuit? Skate Canada?

[Annes]

Definitely not SCanada. Only 3 Cdn pairs can compete, and P/W, L/A and M/B are these 3.

[schnood]

I'm sure they'll get something before nationals, maybe Nebelhorn or Vienna Cup?

[blades]

8-)

uh...lutzskate...considering your location...shouldn't you be the first to know???...and btw...since you're there...any reports on progress???

[haribobo]

Has Hjordis Lee even passed all her pairs tests yet? She can't get any assignments until she's officially a senior pairs skater, I'd think...

[supersk8er]

Originally posted by blades
8-)

uh...lutzskate...considering your location...shouldn't you be the first to know???...and btw...since you're there...any reports on progress???

Haha. No kidding. I saw an interview with the two of them on CBC a few weeks ago, and they look so good together!! They didn't show anything besides a few lifts and death spirals...But I think they looked great.

Haribobo,

Does Hjordis have to try ALL of her pairs test to become a Senior Pairs Skater? Or does she only have to try her Senior Pairs Test?

[Trillian]

Originally posted by supersk8er
Does Hjordis have to try ALL of her pairs test to become a Senior Pairs Skater? Or does she only have to try her Senior Pairs Test?

I don't know for sure if the system is the same in Canada, but here in the U.S., skaters have to pass all the tests in order. In fact, I'm pretty sure I remember hearing that Jennifer Don, who began pairs skating just a few months before her first competitive season, had to pass all her pairs tests (preliminary through senior) in a single day--she had one shot or she would have been out for the season, because her partner was already tested to the senior level. Talk about pressure! I doubt Hjordis is working under the same kind of deadline, and for an accomplished skater I wouldn't imagine she'll have too much trouble with the tests if they're well-prepared.

[Isabelle]

I believe she only has to pass her senior test.

[macsmatty]

Yes, she only has to pass the Senior test to be able to compete. In Canada, if you pass a test at a level without having passed the ones below that level, you are basically 'grandfathered' and are allowed to compete at that level.

[lotusland]

If memory serves me correctly, to take your pairs test (at any level) you must skate the long program. I can't remember if there are still specific elements to be tested as a separate part of the test. But, if Hjordis had to take her Pre-Novice, Novice, and Junior tests before she took the Senior test, she'd have to skate a whole whack of long programs. 8O

If its the same in the States ... poor Jennifer Don! That must have been one heck of a longggg day!

[macsmatty]

For the pairs test you still have to do a short and a long program... there are no elements skated in a competitive test in Canada, just a program (singles) or two programs (pairs). However, as I said above, she doesn't have to do all of the levels, she only has to do the senior test, because that is the level she wants to compete at.

[PointBleu]

There is one program (long) to be skated in order for one to pass a pair competitive test.

And in dance a skater only has to do his/her free dance.