#Zingas Kolesnik

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Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik 2024-25 RD at Nebelhorn Trophy

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Emilia Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik's rhythm dance costumes at the 2023 US Championships.

(Source: absoluteskating.com)

[careysattheonsenagain]

Still getting chills watching this.

[leahthedreamer]

I’ve been rewatching a bunch of ice dance from the Grand Prix so far and it’s just even more ridiculous in theory that the usfsa would rather continue pushing solely chock/bates when they by far have the strongest lineup of young ice dancers.

Madness.

[sarakiz]

only 10 photos allowed from the mobile app so first batch from the free dance!

[incorrectfigureskatingopinions]

Beautiful transitions in this program, right on the music

[raininyourblackeyes]

Expanding on list of US ice dancers that deserve better than to be placed behind Bock in their fed's plans: Emilea and Vadym

[sywtwfs]

Team USA for 2024 ISU Championships

World Championships

Men: Ilia Malinin, Jason Brown, Camden Pulkinen (Alt: Maxim Naumov, Andrew Torgashev, Jimmy Ma)

Women: Amber Glenn, Isabeau Levito (Alt: Ava Ziegler, Elyce Lin-Gracey, Starr Andrews)

Pairs: Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe, Ellie Kam/Danny O’Shea, Valentina Plazas/Maximiliano Fernandez (Alt: Chelsea Liu/Balazs Nagy, Isabelle Martins/Ryan Bedard*)

Ice Dance: Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko, Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville (Alt: Caroline Green/Michael Parsons, Eva Pate/Logan Bye, Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik)

Four Continents Championships (announced before Nationals)

Men: Tomoki Hiwatashi, Camden Pulkinen (WD), Andrew Torgashev (Alt: Maxim Naumov, Liam Kapeikis, Jimmy Ma)

Women: Amber Glenn (WD), Lindsay Thorngren, Ava Ziegler (Alt: Elyce Lin-Gracey, Audrey Shin, Starr Andrews)

Pairs: Ellie Kam/Danny O’Shea, Chelsea Liu/Balazs Nagy, Valentina Plazas/Maximiliano Fernandez (Alt: Isabelle Martins/Ryan Bedard, Maria Mokhova/Ivan Mokhov)

Ice Dance: Madison Chock/Evan Bates (WD), Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko, Caroline Green/Michael Parsons (Alt: Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik, Oona Brown/Gage Brown, Eva Pate/Logan Bye)

Junior World Championships

Men: Daniel Martynov, Jacob Sanchez (Alt: Beck Strommer, Taira Shinohara, Lucius Kazanecki)

Women: Josephine Lee, Sherry Zhang (Alt: Logan Higase-Chen, Sarah Everhardt, Elyce Lin-Gracey)

Pairs: Olivia Flores/Luke Wang, Naomi Williams/Lachlan Lewer, Adele Zheng/Andy Deng

Ice Dance: Leah Neset/Artem Markelov, Elliana Peal/Ethan Peal, Yahli Pedersen/Jeffrey Chen (Alt: Jenna Hauer/Benjamin Starr, Caroline Mullen/Brendan Mullen, Olivia Ilin/Dylan Cain)

*Pending TES minimums

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

[flores-desyatov]

I think right now their best bet is to try and get at least 1 GP spot for next year, if not 2 (but that may not happened since there’s more juniors incoming than seniors retiring and spots are limited). I think they have a shot at the Olympic year 4CC. That’s when the top 4-6 US skaters go since the timing conflicts with the Olys. So as it stands that 4CC team would likely be (1) green/parsons or zingas/kolesnik depending on which of those goes to the Olys (2) probably Leah and Artem barring some issue that pops up (3) a fight between the Browns, Bella/Vanya, and Bratti/Somerville. Of course that’s 2 years away and things change rapidly so who knows. I hope Bella isn’t too hard on herself. I know she called the politics BS but they very much are a factor unfortunately. I don’t think it’s as doom and gloom for them as Reddit makes it out to be sometimes though. Especially because ice dancers are competing much longer now. Madi and Evan are in their 30s.

I agree with you there! Especially about reddit. They seem to be a bit pessimist over there. I know Olympics is the ultimate end goal but they have other goals in mind before that.

[wntw-virtuemoir-edition]

Christina is the biggest VMie out there. I’m sure she pushed for Carmen. I think it’s a good choice strategically. They do a warhorse right before the Olympics and something that will show how much better their chemistry is than Green/Parsons, Bratti/Somerville, and obviously the Browns. Zingas/Kolesnik could challenge on chemistry but they have less difficulty and haven’t been as consistent.

[austerlitzborodinoleipzig]

Need the top ice dancers to retire ASAP because at this point Lim/Quan, the Taschlerovi, the Mrazkovi, Zingas/Kolesnik, CPom, Yoshida/Morita, Bekker/Hernandez, Lopareva/Brissaud, LaLa, Dupayage/Nabais they all have much more enjoyable and engaging programs.

[sunskate]

Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik 2024-25 FD at Nebelhorn Trophy

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2023/24 International Selection Pool

The International Selection Pool (ISP) includes junior- and senior-level athletes and teams who meet criteria approved by the U.S. Figure Skating International Committee. These athletes and teams are eligible to be considered for assignment to international competitions.    

List as of 8/13/2023

Men

William Annis

Lucas Broussard

Nicholas Brooks

Jason Brown

Lorenzo Elano

Goku Endo

Aleksandr Fegan

Kirk Haugeto

Jonathan Hildebrandt

Tomoki Hiwatashi

Liam Kapeikis

Lucius Kazanecki

Joseph Klein

Kai Kovar

Alexander Liu

Zachary LoPinto

Jimmy Ma

Ilia Malinin

Daniel Martynov

Samuel Mindra

Antonio Monaco

Daniil Murzin

Maxim Naumov

Nhat-Viet Nguyen

Yaroslav Paniot

Camden Pulkinen

Jacob Sanchez

Taira Shinohara

Beck Strommer

Andrew Torgashev

Michael Xie

Robert Yampolsky

Maxim Zharkov

Women

Starr Andrews

Sonia Baram

Mia Barghout

Juliana Barshay

Alena Budko

Annika Chao

Elsa Cheng

Ela Cui

Ting Cui

Sarah Everhardt

Alexa Gasparotto

Lilah Gibson

Amber Glenn

Gracie Gold

Hanna Harrell

Jill Heiner

Hannah Herrera

Sonja Hilmer

Logan Higase-Chen

Athena Huang

Jiaying Ellyse Johnson

Jessica Jurka

Mia Kalin

Ella Kim

Teryn Kim

Katie Krafchik

Josephine Lee

Michelle Lee

Soho Lee

Isabeau Levito

Elyce Lin-Gracey

Hannah Lofton

Cleo Park

Nicole Park

Maryn Pierce

Clare Seo

Katie Shen

Audrey Shin

Phoebe Stubblefield

Bradie Tennell

Lindsay Thorngren

Lindsay Wang

Wren Warne-Jacobsen

Sherry Zhang

Adele Zheng

Ava Ziegler

Pairs

Emily Chan and Spencer Howe

Olivia Flores and Luke Wang

Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea

Chelsea Liu and Balazs Nagy

Isabelle Martins and Ryan Bedard

Maria Mokhova and Ivan Mokhov

Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez

Anastasiia Smirnova and Danil Siianytsia

Naomi Williams and Lachlan Lewer

Adele Zheng and Andy Deng

Ice Dance

Kristina Bland and Matthew Sperry

Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville

Oona Brown and Gage Brown

Helena Carhart and Volodymyr Horovyi

Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko

Madison Chock and Evan Bates

Amy Cui and Kenny Ekchert

Julia Epps and Blake Gilman

Isabella Flores and Ivan Desyatov

Caroline Green and Michael Parsons

Jenna Hauer and Benjamin Starr

Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker

Olivia Ilin and Dylan Cain

Raffaella Koncius and Alexey Shchepetov

Anya Lavrova and Jonathan Rogers

Angela Ling and Caleb Wein

Lorraine McNamara and Anton Spiridonov

Caroline Mullen and Brendan Mullen

Leah Neset and Artem Markelov

Eva Pate and Logan Bye

Elliana Peal and Ethan Peal

Yahli Pedersen and Jeffrey Chen

Katarina Wolfkostin and Dmitry Tsarevski

Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik

[anewbeginningagain]

It’s been a while... But I’m back! Let’s talk GP assignments 

Pairs:

Yikes, this is a very dire state, if we will see more than one team breaks 75 and 140 I will be SHOCKED. The amount of TBDs is also staggering... 

That being said, we still get one Japanese, 2 Canadians, 2 Italians, and one American teams with a lot of potential. But please god, make them all stop using emo pop songs.

Men:

I had a moment of panic when I couldn't find Shoma on the list, but gladly he is there. Jason however is not (boo). Happy to see Yuma back and there a lot of great names on the list. Canada is really in a bad place when not one man got 2 assignments from what I see and they all go only to two GP assignments (yikes). It’s funny how in almost every GP you can mostly see who is in a good position to win it, but everything else can go wild because men will men. 

Women:

Another example of the dire state of Canadian skating, only three women with assignments and only one of them with two assignments, this is bad. So happy to see Wakaba back on the list, and overall great names from Japan and Korea.

Also worth noting that in all 3 disciplines we are not really seeing more than 1-2 up and coming juniors, which I find kind of unfortunate. 

Dance:

Unsurprisingly the discipline I find most interesting. Most worthy notes:

We really are stuck with G/P, C/B, and G/F for another year. What will it take for at least one of these teams to clear out ffs?

Welcome to the stage Smart/Dieck

Welcome back HAwayek/Baker

Lajoie/Lagha vs. Green/Parsons in both GP assignments feels intentional and like the powers at be are setting up the next big rivalry. I don’t like it.

CPom up against Zinga/Kolesnik in a GP is also quite the challenge and I think intentional from USFS.

Juniors debuts: Mrazeks with 2 assignments, Lim/Quan with 2 assignments, B/B with just one. Suepr sad not to see the junior Brits here (love them) and hope at least on of the TBDs will go to them.

Canadian federation backing Fabbri/Ayer (understandable) and Langhan/Razgulajevs (infuriating)  but not supporting Hensen/Lickers which very much annoys me.

US dance field remains crowded with 9 (!!!!) different teams on the GP circuit: C/B, H/B, G/P(2), CPom, Z/K, Browns, P/B, M/A. B/S. The only other country to come close is Canada with 7 teams: G/P, Candanes, L/L, F/A, B/B, L/LG, L/R.

I have to admit I felt emotionally disconnected from skating since WTT and in most way it still feels that way. I hope things will start getting more exciting soon and we will get some (good) programs announcements. Either way, bring it on.

[leahthedreamer]

Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik (USA) Free Dance- Beauty and the Beast || Grand Prix Espoo 2023

[lunalilith19]

can you make a list of the top ice dance teams & their star signs? it seems like 80% of female ice dancers are scorpios 👀

this post says the signs of most of the top teams

others who aren't on that list-- the Taschlers: Sagittarius/Virgo (fire/earth) the Mrazeks: Virgo/Taurus (earth/earth) the Browns: Virgo/Libra (earth/air) Bashynska/Beaumont: Scorpio/Leo (water/fire) Lim/Quan: Scorpio/Libra (water/air) Reed/Ambrulevicius: Gemini/Gemini (air/air) Lopareva/Brissaud: Gemini/Aries (air/fire) Zingas/Kolesnik: Taurus/Scorpio (earth/water) Lauriault/Le Gac: Scorpio/Gemini (water/air) Pate/Bye: Scorpio/Pisces (water/water) Kazakova/Revia: Cancer/Aries (water/fire) Davis/Smolkin: Capricorn/Virgo (earth/earth) Wang/Liu: Taurus/Libra (earth/air)