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You can become part
of an exciting new adventure
in Israel
Bat-Yam Ice Skating Center Ltd. invites you to take part in a unique investment and culture project of constructing an ice rink in the center of Israel.
For more information, please contact
Ms. Margaret Isenstein,
PR Coordinator
or call:
Cell - 972 50 28 66 713
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2008/09 Israel National Championships
December 18-20, the National Centre for Winter Sports, Metulla
December 18th 17:15-22:30
Compulsory dance/short programme/original dance – all age categories
December 19th 16:00- 20:15
Free dance/free programme. Novice – senior
December 20th 17:00-19:00
Gala Exhibition
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The IISF wishes the young skaters from the Metulla Club best of luck participating in the Santa Claus Cup 2008 – Budapest, Hungary, December 4-7:
Yafit Asaf
Dasha Berngolz
Katia Bugrov
Hillel Melzer
Elina Kuritsky
Nofar Maoz Villner
Vika Yaskiv
Coaches – Tatiana Stolin & Julia Sheiko |
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Sasha and Roman Zaretsky and Ekaterina and Fedor Sokolov (who received a last-minute invitation to the Cup of Russia replacing Brooke Castile and Ben Okolsky of the US team) have completed their Grand Prix assignments this season.
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Summer on Ice 2008
August 24-26, Sport-o-Rama ice rink, New York
A photo fest in the Gallery section
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IISF regretfully announces the cancellation of Skate Israel 2008 due to technical and economic problems. Thank you for the understanding. |
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A bigger Israeli team in Moscow – Ekaterina and Fedor Sokolov who placed 12th in the pairs event at 2008 Europeans will take part in Cup of Russia ( Nov. 20-23) along with Sasha and Roman Zaretsky competing in the ice dance category. Please, follow up on event broadcasts on Eurosport and event updates at www.isu.org |
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IISF President Boris Chait reflects on his involvement with figure skating, gives an evaluation of the past competitive season, and contours out the future perspective a year and a half before the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver |
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Eurosport is broadcasting the Grand Prix series this year. Make sure to tune in and see Sasha and Roman Zaretsky perform their routines live from China to millions of viewers across the globe as early as 3 months before the European Championships.
For Eurosport Cup of China TV listings (Nov 6-9), please, click here:
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Congratulations to Sasha and Roman Zaretsky and coach Galit Chait on their silver medal at Nebelhorn Trophy.
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20.08.08
A Reunion 20 Years After
Judge and former 5-time Israel's National Champion Kfir Natan is hosting a reunion of the first skating school in Israel, which was started in Bat Yam in the early 90s by Ida Hilzberg. Most of the skaters that trained in the school are expected to come and share stories of their current life, hear Kfir's briefing on our National team and the new judging system, and even pay homage to the days of training by skating in the neighbouring Exhibition Gardens rink. The reunion will take place at the Yarkon Park, Tel Aviv, on August 23d at 12pm. |
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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)
www.isu.org
Our team's music selections for the coming season to be announced soon. |
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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. |
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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
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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. |
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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 from the Jerusalem Post, Yair Kasparius 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 |
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Junior Worlds in Sofia
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)
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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
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The 2008 Europeans start today with a compulsory dance and pairs' short programme. Both of our pairs are 6th in the draw.
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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. |
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Vladi Bikanov talks about his taking part in World Cup short track series |
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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
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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. |
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| + 2007 news archive |
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