Year 1, Chapter 3- They Have Figure Skating in August?
"Greenland is Ice, but Iceland is Nice"
-D2: The Mighty Ducks
The plane accelerated down the runway and began lifting off the ground. Shortly thereafter, we were airborne. I relaxed back in my seat, and waited for the signal to get out electronic devices. When that was given shortly thereafter, I had my laptop out ready to work. My assistant Katja, to my left in the window seat, had a dossier ready where she could take notes. (The seat to my right was mercifully empty)
We were on route to Austria for the start of the world cup ski season, but this trip was still mostly business, after all. There was work to be done, after all.
"Well, what are we starting with today, Katja?"
"Nothing too exciting, unfortunately. We have a lot of expense reports and financial paperwork to approve today. Lots of electronic signatures and the like."
I grimaced. Necessary, but not fun. Katja detailed more of the day's tasks, all of which were similarly mundane.
"...oh, and we do have one more thing. I have a report for you to review. Figure Skating results from August and September."
I did a double-take. Had she said what I thought she had said?
"They do figure skating in August?" I asked incredulously.
Katja laughed. I knew that she had been a novice skater when she was younger, and that she was more knowledgeable about the figure-skating world than was I.
"Jeff, the figure skating season never stops. But, yes, the Junior Grand Prix circuit goes from August to October"
I had probably been told that, mind you, but that particular piece of information apparently hadn't stuck.
"Ah. That means we'll be checking in to see how Alex Robertsson did, then. Let's take care of that first, then."
Katja nodded, and handed me the report.
Junior Grand Prix- Riga, Latvia Sep. 7th to 10th
Code:
152.56|5|4|83(0)|000077859|Adam_Tremblay |*1|Canada
120.31|7|5|71(0)|000066328|Jaagup_Mihhailov |*1|Estonia
116.44|6|6|78(0)|000007045|Gabriel_Bouchard |*1|France
112.29|5|6|82(0)|000015807|Yang_Tao |*1|China
110.27|7|6|68(0)|000007047|Etienne_Caillat |*1|France
109.89|6|5|75(0)|000000470|Joshua_Miller |*1|USA
109.34|6|6|77(0)|000011441|Luca_Romano |*1|Italy
106.74|6|6|78(0)|000009016|Lukas_Schmidt |*1|Germany
106.16|7|6|71(0)|000084346|Janis_Jansons |*1|Latvia
99.73|6|7|77(0)|000003263|Oleg_Zaytsev |*1|Russia
98.11|6|7|77(0)|000076251|Gabriele_Rossi |*1|Italy
96.41|6|7|74(0)|000077856|Reginald_Campbell |*1|Canada
92.03|7|7|73(0)|000075152|Ivan_Solovyov |*1|Russia
85.06|7|7|69(0)|000076248|Davide_Bianchi |*1|Italy
82.26|7|8|70(0)|000011434|Gabriele_Esposito |*1|Italy
77.80|7|8|69(0)|000077249|Sora_Ogawa |*1|Japan
77.25|8|8|67(0)|000080190|Mykyta_Homenyuk |*1|Ukraine
73.32|8|8|66(0)|000084997|Lukas_Fischer |*1|Luxembourg
71.93|8|8|67(0)|000077246|Sho_Miura |*1|Japan
70.61|8|8|67(0)|000078538|Min-jun_Ha |*1|South_Korea
70.14|6|8|77(0)|000009035|Maximilian_Wagner |*1|Germany
69.91|7|8|68(0)|000036103|Michal_Hrozný |*1|Czech_Republic
68.00|8|9|65(0)|000084755|Alexanderson_Robertsson |*1|Iceland
65.68|8|8|66(0)|000031374|Levin_Abdi |*1|Switzerland
58.34|7|9|70(0)|000037574|Robin_Goossens |*1|Belgium
58.30|8|9|65(0)|000017286|Jackson_Parker |*1|Australia
54.75|8|8|65(0)|000062199|Koba_Jgenti |*1|Georgia
52.92|8|9|65(0)|000072495|Matyáš_Procházka |*1|Slovakia
51.03|8|9|67(0)|000013494|Anders_Eriksson |*1|Sweden
Junior Grand Prix- Yerevan, Armenia Sep. 21st to 24th
Code:
106.44|5|7|83(0)|000077859|Adam_Tremblay |*1|Canada
105.55|6|6|77(0)|000009035|Maximilian_Wagner |*1|Germany
103.30|5|7|82(0)|000015807|Yang_Tao |*1|China
102.50|6|7|77(0)|000076251|Gabriele_Rossi |*1|Italy
100.09|6|6|78(0)|000009016|Lukas_Schmidt |*1|Germany
98.91|6|7|75(0)|000000470|Joshua_Miller |*1|USA
98.16|6|7|74(0)|000077856|Reginald_Campbell |*1|Canada
96.66|6|7|78(0)|000007045|Gabriel_Bouchard |*1|France
94.23|6|6|77(0)|000011441|Luca_Romano |*1|Italy
93.39|7|6|69(0)|000077249|Sora_Ogawa |*1|Japan
90.30|7|8|73(0)|000075152|Ivan_Solovyov |*1|Russia
90.26|6|6|77(0)|000003263|Oleg_Zaytsev |*1|Russia
88.76|7|6|68(0)|000036103|Michal_Hrozný |*1|Czech_Republic
88.74|7|7|70(0)|000011434|Gabriele_Esposito |*1|Italy
87.29|8|7|65(0)|000084755|Alexanderson_Robertsson |*1|Iceland
77.89|8|8|67(0)|000078538|Min-jun_Ha |*1|South_Korea
71.28|7|8|68(0)|000007047|Etienne_Caillat |*1|France
70.70|7|8|71(0)|000084346|Janis_Jansons |*1|Latvia
70.57|8|8|67(0)|000080190|Mykyta_Homenyuk |*1|Ukraine
70.09|7|8|69(0)|000076248|Davide_Bianchi |*1|Italy
69.53|7|9|70(0)|000037574|Robin_Goossens |*1|Belgium
60.80|8|8|65(0)|000072495|Matyáš_Procházka |*1|Slovakia
57.59|8|9|65(0)|000017286|Jackson_Parker |*1|Australia
52.98|8|10|66(0)|000031374|Levin_Abdi |*1|Switzerland
51.97|7|9|71(0)|000066328|Jaagup_Mihhailov |*1|Estonia
43.45|8|9|67(0)|000077246|Sho_Miura |*1|Japan
42.55|8|10|66(0)|000084997|Lukas_Fischer |*1|Luxembourg
38.37|8|10|67(0)|000013494|Anders_Eriksson |*1|Sweden
34.30|8|10|65(0)|000062199|Koba_Jgenti |*1|Georgia
23rd in Riga, and 15th in Yerevan. The results looked okay, but it was clear that Alex had a lot of work to do still if he hoped to move up in the figure skating world.
"Didn't Aldis say that she thought there was a chance of Alex qualifying for Junior Worlds this year?" I had spoken with Aldis Bjornsdottir, our national figure skating coach, over the summer.
Katja nodded.
"She did."
"And will these results get him there?"
Katja shook her head.
"I don't believe so, no"
I frowned. "I hope she's not just trying to sell hopes and dreams here. We don't have the budget to fund or market athletes that have no chance of international success"
"I know that, sir. Hopefully our senior ice dance team will have better results."
"I hope so, or Aldis and I will have to chat about setting realistic expectations."
The mediocre report and impending paperwork had now made me grumpy, and I proceeded to sulk my way through part of the flight. On the other end, though, skiing and Austrian Alps awaited...soon enough, things would be fun again!
[END Year 1, Chapter 3]
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If not, I may have to pad with some filler